Tooth Fairy Doll

We have a wiggly tooth at our house! 

It's been loose for over a week now and I am sure will be coming out any day now. At our house we don't usually do fictional characters, Santa Claus, Easter Bunny, and the Tooth Fairy. Our kids know they are not real. But it's still fun to pretend right? In light of our very first loose tooth, I decided that we'd still exchange the tooth for money and still have it be a surprise in the morning. I showed Ella a few pictures of tooth pillows or tooth bags on Pinterest and then we saw a tooth fairy doll and she was in love. 


She gave me very specific direction on how she wanted her to look and I did a sketch for Ella to approve.

 She then colored it and I got to work finding the appropriate fabrics. The drawing didn't photograph well, but you get the idea.


So here's our finished product...

I basically used the Black Apple Doll pattern and just added pig tails, wings, and a pocket. If you add pig tails be sure to tuck them in when you sew the head. I found that out the hard way. I had to seam rip mine and sew it again because her piggies ended up inside her head when I turned it after sewing her head. Ugh! And her wings are a bit too floppy. However, Ella (and little sister, Penelope) love the doll, so I deem it a success.

 Don't tell Ella but her little sister played with her doll, while she was at school.

Baby Doll Party Hat Tutorial

*You may need to adjust measurements for your particular Baby Doll, but I included the measurements I used for our dolls as a starting point.

1. Cut out a semi circle of Stiff Felt- Mine was 9 inches long on the straight side and about 4 1/2 inches at the widest part of the semi circle. (If you had a protractor you could make a super nice circle with a 4 1/2 inch radius and then just cut it in half.)

2. Cover with Fabric. I used wonder under and ironed mine on- you could just wrap around and sew or glue it on, whatever.

3. Sew on ric rac if you like. Sew on some elastic for the chin strap. My chin strap for Bitty Baby was 8 inches long and about 7 inches for the Dora/Diego Dolls. But it stretches so there's some wiggle room.

4.Roll into a cone. Sew shut by hand.

5. Add a little flower or pom pom on top.