An American Girl Makeover

  I have this compulsion to re do dolls I see in need of some TLC.  I bought this American Girl Kit doll on Evil Bay. She had one eye and so floppy... not gotten too far...I keep busy.

She's got the floppies!

first step...new eyes. I could only find brown and green and afford brown, so she got brown

 first the eyes

 new lip color , some lashes and blush

 earrings!

 

Now to work on her body

It took all of a 1/2 hour to do the body joints.

legs and arms washed 

had heat the arm in the water and pull out

reheating all to install the joints that had new elastic tied to rings

what you see on the outside joint is the same as what you can't see INSIDE the leg or arm
the locking forceps were my third hand, hold the elastic really tight while I tied knots.

all ready to stuff

 No more floppy legs and arms, Only what came out in stuffing went back in. I had to make sure the areas around the leg and arm joints  shoulders etc were stuffed first, then the rest of the areas were packed  I now have a "new" brown eyed Kit American Girl doll.