Since the discussion about the value of Julie’s new VW and the car wash set have been so passionate, I thought it would be fun to make our own car wash set for today’s 100 Days of Doll Play activity.
Kanani and Gwen saved the best for last at the car wash! They are having fun washing the little red convertible from Buildabear (the best $30 we ever spent at Buildabear Workshop by the way). Gwen added a little too much soap to the wash bucket but Kanani doesn’t mind – she says it will make the car extra shiny.
Gwen is making sure she does not miss a spot on the car’s hood! The water bucket is made from a disposable drinking cup with a pipe cleaner handle and cotton balls for the soap suds. I cut up a regular kitchen sponge to make the girls car washing sponges.
A successful day at the car wash and now Gwen and Kanani are going to drive their little red convertible to the beach!
Our True Hope Bratz & Moxie dolls are having their car washed too. Jaxson and Avery are discussing car washing techniques while Yasmin waits patiently for them to be done! Their car is made of cardboard and was part of a kids meal from the restaurant Cheeburger Cheeburger. The water bucket for the smaller dolls is made from an empty (and well rinsed out) K Cup from my Keurig Coffee Maker. You could use the lid from laundry detergent or smaller disposable cups, too.
For today’s printable you get a Car Wash sign you can cut out and color to match your scene plus the instructions for making the water buckets. We also made a squeegie for cleaning the windows out of two popsicle sticks and some fun foam. It turned out okay, but I think I need to tweak it a bit before I photograph it.
Download the Car Wash printable sheet as a PDF file.
You can use mini bottles from other doll sets for the soap if you wish and I took a green pipe cleaner and wrapped it up to look like a water hose, too. Take a look around and what you have and be creative! If you have photos of your dolls having a car wash, email them to me at share@dolldiaries.com and I’ll post them here.
Have a great day!
awesome and firstie!!!! and char were did u get the car???????????? ( for ag )
Wow this craft is great!
You could use any doll car and make the car washing set to recreate Julie’s Car Washing Set without spending $350. 
Great craft Char!
Megan – the car is from Build-a-Bear Workshop. It costs $30. We bought it about 4-5 years ago and it was the best $30 we spent at Buildabear ever. It gets used all the time to drive around stuffed animals and dolls. Two AG dolls fit very comfortably in it.
Thirdie!
Megan, Char got it a Build A Bear Workshop.
I really really like this, very creative use of a K cup too–I hated throwing those away when I was working in an office.
Charlie – I know what you mean. I have actually started using a new brand of K-cup that is much more eco-friendly and tastes just as good. It is San Francisco Bay Organic Coffee.
I think I am gonna buy that build a bear car and maybe a purse the AG ones are way too small.
I might just have to try the eco friendly coffe…:)
oops I ment coffee
i love this!me and my friend might have to do this at our sleepover!
Cute!
Cute! Though I’m deciding, buildabear or our generation…..
I might be going to build a bear for my birthday this week and this is definitely going on my shopping list!
What I mean by “this” is the red car.
aww so sweet the boy true hope is cute too
I’m doing this for my birthday
i LOVE the build-a-bear car!
So cute!
Hey Char, love it! Did you hear that Ellowyne Wilde is having a sale on all orders over $70 dollars get 15% off?
Yes, that is a great deal
Char, are the printables free to print?
Natalia – yes you may print any of our printables for free and use them for yourself. The only thing you can not do is repackage them to sell or post without credit on another site.
my dolls are going to do some kind of “wash” today char!