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How to Make Mermaid Dolls

Making a mermaid doll is easy if you're used to making cloth dolls. Instead of making two legs, you'll make a mermaid tail to finish your beautiful doll into a mermaid. A few green sequins and you'll have a fishy girl for your daughter to play with. Here's how to get started.

Things You'll Need

  • green and silver sequins
  • polyester fiberfill
  • needle and thread
  • fabric scraps
  • yarn for hair
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Instructions

  1. How to Make a Mermaid Doll

    • 1

      Begin by forming a regular cloth doll. Assemble a head, torso and arms by sewing together a circle, two oblong arms and a rectangle for the body. Stuff with fiberfill.

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      Shape a "V" shaped bottom for your doll and stuff with polyester fiberfill.

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      Attach head, arms, torso and V-shaped tail by handsewing. Cut a fin for the bottom and attach by hand sewing.

    • 4

      Sew on green and silver sequins to the tail and fin portions. Make a bikini out of fabric scraps and sew. Add yarn hair and you're done!

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