How to Make a Rag Doll Costume

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Raid your wardrobe for any old dress that you won't mind turning into a gorgeous costume.

   If you don't have anything you like, pop down to any clothes shop or charity shop and grab any one that takes your fancy! , Remember, you are a rag doll, the point is that you are a little rough at the edges, played with so many times your becoming a little scraggy.
   
   You don't HAVE to look perfect! That's the beauty of it!, The more frayed and odd looking the better!, You can get some adorable shaped buttons in craft stores too!,,, This puffs the dress out a whole lot more and makes it look more characterised and cute., Stripes and polka dots are always good.
   
   Pull them above the knee.
   
   The more colorful the better!, You could also go a bit crazy with some colored felts dabbing polka dots and flowers everywhere.
   
   This is your chance to get really creative.,,, This really gives you that crazy and wild rag doll hair that looks incredible for such a simple technique!, The bigger and more extravagant the bow is, the better!,, You can also do whatever you want., Then take some enormous fluttery eyelashes and place them as close to your lash line as possible.
   
   This gives you gorgeous cartoon eyes!,, You can fill this line in with a bright pink face paint.
   
   This lasts longer and is more vibrant than blush on it's own.
   
   If you want, sweep some glittery blush over the top!, This makes the cheeks look like they've been sewn on!,, This should blend in with the rest of your face.
   
   It gives you incredible heart shaped doll lips that are cute and pouty!,, Then draw some more 'stitches' around their edges to make them look like they were really sewed on.
   
   On your elbows always looks fantastic!, Patch them from the patch down to your cheekbone!, Then do the same on your legs., Write 'Handmade with love and care in the ragdoll factory' and fasten it to a bracelet with a ribbon!, You can use 'Claire's Accessories'
   
   which is an absolute treasure trove for this sort of thing!, Just go around radiating a lot of positive, bouncy energy, smile a lot and let go! You could always come up with a little song or cute dance whenever someone pulls your 'pull string' too!
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   Step 2: Get a long piece of ribbon

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   Step 3: any colorful

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   Step 4: or patterned piece

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   Step 5: and sew it roughly around the hemline of the dress.

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   Step 6: Sew some patches of pretty material in random areas all over the dress.

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   Step 7: Add some cute buttons wherever you fancy.

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   Step 8: Take a large

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   Step 9: thick ribbon and pull it tight around your waist.

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    Step 10: One always thinks of rag dolls as having long strings that you can tug and they talk

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    Step 11: so simply fasten a curtain ring to a piece of elastic and sewed it onto the belt.

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    Step 12: Get a tutu or any slightly puffy skirt and wear it under the actual rag doll dress.

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    Step 13: Take any old pair of long socks.

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    Step 14: Head down to the local shoe zone and buy a pair of plain white tennis shoes/daps.

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    Step 15: Try sleeping in tight plaits or braids to get a really crimped or wavy fresh style like a rag doll

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    Step 16: however if you have curlers this is even better!

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    Step 17: Tie your hair in bunches and secure with a hair tie

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    Step 18: then fasten a ribbon around!

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    Step 19: Take some colored pieces of yarn or wool and thread through the bunches.

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    Step 20: Take a bigger ribbon and tie it on the top of your head.

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    Step 21: Use a foundation slightly lighter than your own skin tone and apply more than you usually would to get that perfect

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    Step 22: flawless doll look.

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    Step 23: On your eyes

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    Step 24: do a colorful glittery pink and teal smokey eyes.

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    Step 25: Line your water line with a white pencil to make your eyes appear brighter

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    Step 26: and more fresh

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    Step 27: like a doll.

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    Step 28: Contour your nose to make it seem tiny and dainty like a doll's.

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    Step 29: Then give yourself perfect rosy cheeks by taking a lip liner and drawing a circle around the apples of your cheeks.

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    Step 30: Take the lip liner again and drew vertical lines coming out of the cheeks like threads.

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    Step 31: Outline the middle part of lips into a Cupid's Bow about halfway down.

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    Step 32: Cover the corners of your lips with concealer and blended with more foundation until you cannot see them.

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    Step 33: Colour in the lips with a vibrant pink lipstick and add some gloss for extra shine!

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    Step 34: Take some of the left over patches of material

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    Step 35: and using spirit gum to hold them in place

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    Step 36: put them in random areas on your skin!

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    Step 37: Place a checked patch on the left side of your forehead and get some tiny flower appliques.

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    Step 38: Using a black eye pencil

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    Step 39: you can draw seams all around your wrists

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    Step 40: then up the inside of your arm

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    Step 41: past your elbow crease up to your armpit.

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    Step 42: Take a sheet of a colored card and fashion it into a tag shape.

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    Step 43: As far as jewelry goes

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    Step 44: any bright

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    Step 45: bold colorful beads

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    Step 46: childish teddy bears

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    Step 47: buttons

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    Step 48: cute girly trimmings

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    Step 49: or anything of the type will do.

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    Step 50: Act like a rag doll too!

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