Reborn Baby Doll Store

If you want to make reborn dolls, you will need to get quite a lot of materials and equipment first. This will include things from paints, paintbrushes and craft knives to delicate things for finishing touching like clothes, pacifiers and blankets.

Below are the 3 most important supplies you will need

Glass Doll Eyes
In most cases you will need to replace the dolls eyes with some more realistic looking glass ones. It is usually better to stick with brown eyes but you can go blue or another color if you wish too. Be sure to check what suze eyes you need to buy first however.

Reborn doll Mohair (or a wig)
While wigging is a lot easier to do you simply cannot beat the realistic look that mohair gives. You will need to microroot the mohair by hand which can take quite a while if you are starting out but it is well worth the extra effort. Bags of mohair come in many different sizes but it is always a good idea to buy extra so you never get caught short.

Doll Paints
This is probably the most important supply you will need as can make the doll look incredibly lifelike. Try to get some good quality paints, such as the Genesis Heat Set paints, you can buy a huge selection of ready mixed skin tones so you dont need to worry about remixing and getting it wrong. As the name suggests, once painted you then bake the limbs you have painted in order to get the paint to set. You usually need to do several layers of this so once again, it can be quite time consuming.

These are the 3 most important reborn doll supplies you are going to need. Although there are many other things you should get, they are often one-time purchases only. It is worth buying extra if you have the money available so you can be sure you wont run out half way through making your next baby reborn doll.

reborn dolls a craft that is easy peacy when you get it right from the start, here is how to save money to start off with so you will enjoy your new hobby and not give up just as soon as you have started.

1. Read and look at videos of reborn doll how to's you tube is the best place to start. Check out libraries to borrow books instead of buying a dvd it will save you money. 

2. A secrest doll is the easiest doll to start with its one of the cheaper doll kits to reborn with as the doll is made from vinyl, easy to paint and micro root (the art of putting hair on your reborn baby).if you choose a doll cheap of ebay it doesnt have the same effect, Reborn kits are the best but to practise do not opt to buy a dear reborn doll kit just because the face looks cute.

3. join a reborn baby forum read, watch and learn from other artists. you can often buy resouces direct from sellers as ebay charge a lot for fees so reborners often sell privately to each other.

4.The forums also offer you great meeting place to share ideas, get answers to your crafting problems when painting dolls colour of paints to use, drying methods etc.

5. the reborn doll forums also advertize doll and caft fairs so you can later attend them and share your own reborn doll creations.

6. Buy these top 5 reborn products to start with rooting needle tool, heat set craft gun. do not use an oven been there done that melted lots of dolls so a heat gun is the quickest drying method with genesis heat set paints.very thin paint brushes,plenty various types of small make up sponges and wedges,Only buy the tinest pots of genesis heat set paints from ebay to start with and the paint thinner.

7.When you have got the hang of reborning dolls,you will want to sell them for the best possible price. You want to create a look of a real life newborn baby. use preemie sized and newborn clothes to set off your baby off to perfection you can find these in  all the tiny sizes you need including hard to locate reborn disspossible nappies for baby dolls 9-12 inches long.find them here at cheekychumsonline.co.uk or http://www.tiny-baby-clothes.co.uk