October Reader Photo Contest – Halloween Parade

Happy Halloween from Doll Diaries

UPDATED WITH WINNERS!! CONGRATULATIONS TO: Diana – Halloween Beauties, Vivienne – Alice in Wonderland, Allyson – Cowgirls and Indians, Linda – Trick or Treat, Bethany – Renaissance Fair. Thanks to all who entered!

Printable Halloween Puzzles for Girls and Dolls

printable halloween puzzles for girls and dolls

Since we managed to get through yesterday’s storm without losing power I decided to get up early this morning and make you something fun to work on – a printable Halloween puzzle. Ivy is already hard at work on hers! I made girl size and doll size versions of the puzzle page so you and your dolls can work on it together.

What Will You Dress Up As?

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We have been invited to a costume party this evening and it looks like our dolls are more prepared than we are!  From left to right – AG Julie in the retired Kitty costume, McKenna as Little Red Riding Hood from My Pink Planet, Little Miss Matched Hadley is a Mummy (yep, that’s just toilet [...]

Doll Craft – Create a Doll Halloween Party

Doll Halloween Party

I love Halloween and thought it would be fun to show you how to make a Halloween Party for your dolls using items you may already have at home and that you can make from items found at the Dollar or Craft stores.   To make your own Doll Halloween Party you will need: Construction [...]

No-Sew Witch Costume for Dolls

no sew witch costume for dolls

Our friends at My Doll Best Friend were inspired by a recent craft that Karen did (no sew housecoat) and took it one step further to make a doll’s witch costume for Halloween. How adorable!! To see how she made it visit her blog post on the No-Sew Witch’s Cloak.

Printable Halloween Banner for your Dolls

printable Halloween banner for dolls

Here’s a fun Halloween freebie for you from my friend Jen Goode. This printable Happy Halloween Banner is the perfect size just for your dolls. You’ll get a page to print out that includes two different sized banners so you can use them with your 18″ dolls or your smaller dolls. Each banner prints in black [...]

Easy Hello Kitty Costume for Dolls

Hello Kitty costume for dolls

Carrying on with the theme of Halloween, today I wanted to show you the Hello Kitty inspired Costume I made for my niece and her doll. To make your own Hello Kitty costume for your doll you will need: White fun foam A print out of a Hello Kitty Face (download and print the one [...]

Doll Craft Make an Easy Spider Halloween Costume for Dolls

Make a Spider costume for dolls

I love Spiders, and at Halloween I think cute spiders are best. Today I wanted to show you how you can make your own Spider Costume for your dolls using items you may already have on hand. To make a Spider costume for your doll you will need: black fun foam, paper or felt white [...]

How to Make Easy Doll Sized Halloween Treat Bags

how to make easy doll sized halloween treat bags

I’m so glad you liked the printable Halloween Treat bags (the one with the cat on it) that I shared with you yesterday, but I couldn’t help myself and made a few more doll sized Halloween treat bags out of single serve cereal boxes and another little box we just happen to have around. These [...]

Printable Doll Sized Halloween Treat Bag

Doll Sized Halloween Treat Bag

I know you all miss the 100 Days of Doll Play, so between Karen and myself (and maybe a few other crafty guests) we have some fun Halloween inspired doll play, crafts and printables planned for the upcoming weeks. Also, the Halloween Parade for dolls (also known as the October Reader Photo Contest) starts this [...]

Halloween Parade Wrap Up

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I just want to take a few minutes and say thank you to all our readers for such an amazing month full of Halloween fun!! From Karen’s cool crafts to all the great photos of your dolls all decked out for Halloween – October will be a month that is tough to beat! We gave [...]

Doll Craft Halloween Banquet Table for Dolls

Doll cake

Setting the perfect table for your dolls Halloween Party can be easy and a fun way to prepare for the holidays. In today’s post I wanted to show you some fun ways you can add to your doll play collection with items you may have already around the house that will help your dolls enjoy [...]

Halloween Parade Week 4

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This month is FLYING by and I can not believe that Halloween is almost here! We are heading into our FINAL week for entries and while we normally finish up the week on a Saturday, you have all the way until Monday, October 31 to enter week 4.  You may enter as many photos as [...]

Doll Diaries Halloween Parade Week 3 Wrap Up with Winners

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Week 3 of our Halloween Parade had over 20 more fabulous entries – and I am just loving all the creativity!!! It has been a crazy busy weekend in the Doll Diaries house but I am not going anywhere today, so I will be putting together the week 2 and week 3 roundup videos, opening [...]

Halloween Parade Week 3

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Weeks 1 and 2 of the Halloween Parade have been so much fun! You all are so creative and last week featured some of our best photos yet. Now it’s time for week 3. If you entered in Week 1 or 2 you are still welcome to enter this week. The photo should be different [...]

Doll Diaries Halloween Parade Week 2 Wrap Up & Winners

View Week 2 Entries

Week 2 of our Halloween Parade had over 25 more fabulous entries – and some of them were seriously creative!!! Here are this week’s winners of the Doll Diaries t-shirts: Jacsan – The Halloween Ensemble Anne – Baker Lanie Kat – Witch Allison Penny – Stacy the Springfield Bee Remember, winners were drawn at random [...]

Doll Craft: Halloween Treats for Dolls

Doll size treat bag

I love Halloween!  My favorite part is definitely giving out the candy while wearing my Witch’s Hat (another dollar store special I have had for years!) of course! I thought it would be fun to show you how to make some treat sized chocolate bars for your dolls and some little “kisses” out of items [...]

Halloween Parade Week 2

View Week 2 Entries

Week 1 of the Halloween Parade was so much fun! We have some very creative readers and your photography skills are awesome, too. Now it’s time for week 2. If you entered in Week 1 you are welcome to enter this week. The photo should be different from Week 1′s entry. If you were a [...]

Doll Diaries Halloween Parade Week 1 Wrap Up and Winners

View Week 1 Entries

I just wanted to say THANK YOU for all the fabulous entries in the first week of our Halloween Parade and I can not wait to see what you all come up with for week 2! You can use the same form for Week 2 entries as you used last week and tomorrow I will [...]

Doll Craft: Make an Easy Witch Hat for Dolls

Doll Witches Hat for Halloween

You can make your doll an easy fun foam witch’s hat from items you may have on hand or that you can easily find at either the dollar store or craft store. I used a hot glue gun when I made mine, I recommend it as it is a quick bond but you should only [...]

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