Amazing doll transformation, from boring toy to fantastic mermaid
Gather your supplies, clear your workspace, and prepare to dive headfirst into this creative adventure. As we navigate the seas of imagination and craftsmanship, you’ll soon discover the joy of giving life to your own fantastical mermaid. Get ready to be amazed by the stunning results and the sheer satisfaction of turning the mundane into the magical. Let’s transform that dull doll into a fantastic mermaid, one brushstroke at a time!
1. Upgrade her hair
Things you’ll need:
- A razor
- A needle
- Wool
How to do it:
- Shave her hair completely
- Insert threads of wool in her head, using a needle
- Make sure her head is fully covered
2. Clean out her face
This doll will need a mermaid face, so you need to clean it out with acetone:
- Using a cotton pad soaked in acetone, remove the paint on her face
- With the help of a cotton swab, remove the paint on her eyes and any other difficult corners
3. Give her a new body
Things you’ll need:
- A wire
- Polymer clay
- Foil paper
First, the tail:
- Remove the legs of the doll
- Insert the wire through the holes where the legs were, several times
- Cut the ends of the wire with pliers, to make them even
- Wrap the wires together, so they’re a solid single wire
- Wrap the wire with foil paper, covering it well
- Cover the tail with polymer clay, modeling it from the body, to make it look like a mermaid fin
Then, the chest:
- Put two ball of clay on her chest
- Model the clay until it’s fully incorporated to her body
4. Prepare her to shine
Things you’ll need:
- Masking tape
- White spray paint
- An airbrush
How to do it:
- Wrap her hair with the tape to avoid painting it
- Spray the paint on her body
- Blow the air brush on her body
5. Adorn her body
For this, you’ll need plenty of sequins:
- Cover the tail all the way from her waist down
- Also, stick sequins on her chest. They can be of a different color
6. Make a beautiful fin
Things you’ll need:
- Wire
- Pliers
- Film paper
- A lighter
- An iron
How to do it:
- Wrap four wires together and spread the ends
- Cover the wires with film paper on both sides
- Iron the fin you’ve just made
- Burn the edges of the film fin
- Attach the fin to the tail, joining the wires of the ends together
7. Beautiful hair and makeup
Things you’ll need:
- Watercolor pencils
- Acrylic paint
- Glitter
- UV epoxy
- UV lamp
How to do it:
- Using the pencils and acrylic paint, draw the eyes, brows and lips
- Also, apply some eyeshadow on her lids and glitter on her cheeks
- Put some UV epoxy on the makeup and fix it with the UV lamp
- Glue beads on her ears, to make them look like earrings
- Separate the wool threads
8. Build a beautiful home for her
Things you’ll need:
- A wide mouth glass
- Fake water plants
- Transparent epoxy resin
How to do it:
- Put the mermaid in the glass, leaving her tail and fin up
- Glue some fake water plants to the bottom of the glass
- Fill the cup with resin, to the half