Cat Barbie

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  Step 1

  First of all, buy a Barbie that looks somewhat like yourself. I got mine on eBay and I picked the first one I found with dark hair - it's rather tricky finding a doll that isn't blonde.

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  Step 2

  Next up, pick a photo of yourself to work from.

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  Step 3

  First of all, I gave my doll a hair cut. I wear my hair at a side parting, so to give the doll the same, I cut off a small amount of her hair, glued it in the center of her head, folded it down to the side and then added a little bit of glue just above her ear, to hold the hair in place.

  I also cut her hair shorter and layered it a little - Barbie's have seriously long hair.

  To get the correct colour, either use permanent marker pen or semi-permanent hair dye. If you're going to be dying your own hair, you can use a little bit of this to do your dolls hair too.

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  Step 4

  To make your doll clothes, draw around her body on to paper and make your patterns like you would for real clothes. A great way to make clothes would be to trace around existing Barbie clothes and use these as a template to make your own ones.

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  Step 5

  Pin your patterns to the fabric but leave a hefty margin around the edge - you can then sew the clothes straight on to the doll to get the perfect fit.

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  Step 6

  I made my doll my favorite kitty ear hoodie and star skirt - because I make a lot of my own clothes, I have lots of remnants to make Barbie some matching clothes.

  I also made her a miniature version of my Blinging Name Choker, using the same instructions but on a much smaller scale.

  I added little bindi crystals to the corner of her eyes because I love wearing bindis.

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CookieBird Lover · 25 projects 10th July 2013

u should have put the crystals on the corner of the of her eye on the other side

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Saar O. · Groningen, Groningen, NL · 7 projects 13th July 2012

Cool! a tip for the hair colour: normal hair dye doesnt really work on syntetic hair. Use those powder textile dyes instead! works very good, even if your want a very drastic colour change!

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lauren x 29th May 2011

wow i might try making my own clothes

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JJ S. · Arizona Village, Arizona, US · 5 projects 9th January 2011

omg, you make your clothes??!?!? i made a pair of pj pants once...and they have paw prints!!!

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Lydia H. · 20 projects 1st July 2010

Check out the black dress edition barbies - they are like $24.00 and have barbies with ALL hair colours, skin colours and they are pretty cool too!

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Zina · Tasmania, Tasmania, AU · 32 projects 31st May 2010

I see from everyone's comments dark haired barbies are hard to find,
Barbie makeovers are my specialty!
You can simply color a blond barbie any color you want by using watered down acrylic paint the stronger you want the color the longer you leave the paint in before washing it out!

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Chuckee · Las Vegas, Nevada, US · 15 projects 9th April 2010

LoL!
When I was little, anytime someone told me they would buy me a Barbie I'd start looking right away, because I refused to have blonde ones! And most stores didn't really "stock up" on the dark haired ones; This was before internet shopping...

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Cat Morley · London, GB · 1432 projects 19th January 2010

Have a look on eBay for brunette Barbies, they're not too hard to find

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Pomka Love 15th January 2010

You are so talented, Cat!
Amazing. :3

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halseyisms · 1 project 31st December 2009

This is cute and clever :3*Sigh* i have dark hair too :/ when i finally got a brunette barbie my sister ripped it's head off within the hour i got it.

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