Doll Giveaways

With the holidays right around the corner, dolls are on lots of Christmas wish lists. We have rounded up some of the best doll giveaways going right now!

JUST ADDED!! Win a custom My Twinn doll here at Doll Diaries – hurry it ends December 4th.
JUST ADDED!! Win a Maplelea Canadian Girl 18″ doll here at [...]

How to Pierce A Doll’s Ears

Let me start off by saying, DO NOT pierce your doll’s ears without first getting parental permission, and I highly recommend that you have parental supervision while doing this. Also, if you pierce your dolls’ ears, it is PERMANENT so think long and hard about taking on this project first.
Now that I got all that [...]

Craft: Make Your Own Doll Shoes

One of our readers, Aunt Karen of North Vancouver, Canada has made some of the cutest shoes for her nieces dolls. She has offered to share her instructions for making your own doll shoes.

What you will need to make to make your doll a pair (or several pairs of shoes)

1 felt board (can be purchased [...]

Doll Day Spa

I was just going through the Doll Diaries forum and came across this picture that agdanceprincess posted of her dolls’ Day Spa scene. How cute is this?

I love all the creative scenes my readers come up with! Feel free to share yours in the forum or by emailing them to share@dolldiaries.com. I will either post [...]

Best Dolls for Girls Ages 3-6

Little girls, ages 3-6 love dolls. They are old enough to start role playing and have fun being “mommy” and caring for their dolls. My daughter has always loved playing with her dolls, pretending to take them to the mall, caring for them when they are sick, and setting up birthday parties for them.
One of [...]

Dolloween – Halloween Parade Day 4

Our friend Tari, who makes beautiful handmade doll clothes, is joining the Halloween parade today.
Here is JLY #6 revised (now retired I believe), Katie, in the retired Mermaid costume:

Here is Julie in the retired Hippie costume:

This is retired #20, Heather Noelle, in the Grecian Princess:

And finally Natalie #5 in a Battat ballet outfit:

It’s not too [...]

Dolloween – Halloween Parade Day 2

Our Bitty Baby and one of the twins have joined the Halloween parade dressed as a puppy and a kitten.
Get in on the fun! Submit your dolls’ (American Girl, My Twinn, Build a Bear, Webkinz, Barbie, the works!) photos for our Halloween parade. You can submit them by joining the Doll Diaries forum and posting [...]

Dolloween – Halloween Parade Day 1

It’s Halloween Week and time for the first dolls to show off their costumes!

Agfan4ever’s Molly dressed in an elegant red & gold gown.

Gale’s American Girl doll looks adorable in the Bee costume she made!

This is our Kit as a Grecian Princess from last year. Our dolls will be dressing up later today.
It looks like part [...]

Win a Witch’s Costume for Dolls from EmilyRose

UPDATED with a Winner – the winner is Ginny of Scrappy Designs.
Our friend’s at Emily Rose Doll Clothes have got a special giveaway just for Doll Diaries readers! We are giving away this absolutely adorable Witch Halloween Costume for 18″ dolls like American Girl dolls.
Entering to win is EASY and you can even get [...]

The Five Best Doll Houses for Play

My daughters and I are captivated by dollhouses, the collector type dollhouses are just amazing with their detail and accuracy, but the most popular dollhouses are the ones made for play.
1. KidKraft Doll Houses

KidKraft doll houses come in a large variety of styles and are made to be played with by children of all ages [...]