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Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Doll Adoption
Our ward relief society participated in a doll adoption for the Humanitarian Center at the D.I. You got to pick a ratty old doll and bring it home and make it look new again. The finished dolls will be sent to orphans somewhere. So I grabbed the first ratty, hairy doll I saw and brought it home. It ended up being a really fun project for us. Isabella and Zoe had a great time fixing her up and by the time we were done we were a little attached to the doll and a little sad to see her go. I guess you can get a doll anytime and fix it up so we may have to try it again soon. The doll was quite gross and dirty so we gave her a bath in soapy, bleachy water. Then washed her "mass of tangles and fuzz" hair and used a couple big handfuls of conditioner. It took over an hour to comb the hair out with the conditioner in it before we rinsed her out. I also had to sand and file her toe since the previous owner had a good time chewing on it, apparently. The last and most fun part was getting her new clothes and accessories. Great service project for a family!
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What a great idea! It's always nice when the kids can get involved, too.
you guys made some prety impressive improvements - and what a great idea for a project with your kids
Wow. I didn't know a ratty old doll could be made new like that! I'm seriously impressed. She looks great!
WOW, I am really impressed with how good that doll looked in the end.
That hair was crazy.
I was wondering who's doll that was. I couldn't believe that you got that rats nest of a head to look brand new again! Impressive!
great job cindy ! your doll looks so cute !
Good job, the doll looks awesome! Isn't your blog private? If so how do you make it so people can see you've posted a new post? LMK, thanks!!!
Tiffany, I took it off private for a little bit. I may take it back to private in a few days, all the invites will still work. I took the post with everyone's emails off so no one will see them.
I wish you could get the titles to update. I once took it off private for a few hours because I was sick of seeing my Colin Powell video post title on everyone else's blog for a couple months! I know, I'm weird.
Oh my gosh...she seriously looked like a new doll! That's so cool. I'm so glad I did it (though mine didn't turn out quite so cute). It's nice to know that some girls out there who have nothing will get them!
some lucky child will get a beautiful doll!! She will make some one smile! Beautiful job ladies!
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