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Design Your Own Barbie Design Your Own BarbieBarbie has come up to be the companion of almost every little girl and for that matter; it is a craze with their mothers as well. The Barbie Inc has come up with various styles of Barbie dolls that capture the styles from all around the world like the Italian Barbie, the French Barbie, the Scottish Barbie, the Spanish Barbie, the Chinese Barbie, the Korean Barbie etc. even profession wise Barbie has been design to present the doctor Barbie, the stewardess Barbie, the fashion queen Barbie and a lot more. But it always fancies young girls to design the clothes of the Barbies they own. They love to dress Barbie up in their typical manner and it is a favorite pass time with them. Even the moms get to be a part of the whole game and help the little ladies design clothes and look of their precious Barbie doll.

So, if you want to design your own Barbie doll or you want to help out your little one with making a beautiful unique Barbie, then you can easily do it with a little patience and creativity. You would be surprised how actively your little girl participates in the process of designing the Barbie. One of the things that give Barbie so much value that, it is a versatile looking doll that can be customized to fit any look and it gives one’s creative talents a true vent out. When designing a Barbie, you can be as creative and innovative as possible, you need not only think about making the Barbie a fashion diva, rather try something which is unique and pleasant to look at. The most common Barbies, young girls love are the fictional characters taken from fairy tales; you can actually go beyond that and design something new.

Choose a theme for your Barbie

The most difficult task is always settling down with a theme for your Barbie that would make your design worth a second glance. You can pick the theme depending on the traditional attires and looks from the world or pick a profession which you like. You can also choose a festival and its unique outfits to design a Barbie. You can also choose a profession like an astronaut or an engineer or a nurse or choose some region of the world that appeals to you. But take time to choose the way you want your Barbie to look like. As this is the stage where you finalize what all accessories you are going to need and make a note on the things your must secure before you set about designing your Barbie.

Start with the hair

No look can be complete without a proper and suitable hairdo. If you choose a particular region or culture for your Barbie, you must make sure, that your Barbie’s looks are completely inspired from that place else, the costume and looks may not gel well. Suppose you choose an African Barbie, you can dye the hair black and perm it thoroughly or braid the hair like the African women do and accessorize them with beads at the end. You can keep it shoulder length to make it more appealing. If you want to go for a Japanese Barbie, then you dye the hair black and make a typical Japanese knot. You can accessories the Japanese hairdo with flowers and small shiny clips, which can look like the traditional combs Japanese women use in their hair style. To make it a bit different, you can leave the hair open at the back and keep it little longer to make it more attractive.Design Your Own Barbie1 Design Your Own Barbie

Make a costume

The last and most important part of designing your Barbie is to cloth the Barbie appropriately. Like a Christmas Barbie can wear some thing red and white in velvet or wool like cloths. You can decorate the costume with lots of stars and make a hat like Santa’s. Add white fur shoes and you can get your festive Barbie. In case, the African Barbie attracts you, you can follow the traditional African princess looks and get the cloths done in the similar manner. You can note that, the African princess wears lots of beads as their top and a two piece strip of matted cloth fixed to a belt or obi around their waist. You can get some multi-colored thick cloth and lots of beads to make the top. To be a little fanciful, you can also get some beads hanging from the bracelet to make it even better. Similarly, a Japanese Barbie would wear a kimono which is like an overcoat worn on top of a longish gown. The over coat can be made of bright and shiny colored silk like cloths. You can also make it look like the quilted over coats. The Japanese Barbie can be accessorized with a necklace and hand fan or an umbrella made up of paper.

There are lots of things you can do with your Barbie; you just need to think creatively!

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