newspaper dress

Materials

Newspaper

Paintbrush

Watercolor paint

Scissors

Hot glue gun

Hot glue sticks

step 1

Cut a strip of newspaper measuring

10 in. by 4 in.

step 2

Lift the doll’s arms up and fold the strip of paper in half hot-dog style. Wrap strip around bust.

step 3

Strip should be angled down to cover bust and fit under the armpit. Make sure ends of strip are even on both sides.

step 4

Cut strips in back evenly leaving a small gap in the center.

step 5

Poke the tip of your scissors through twice on each edge of the back sides. Make sure they aren’t too close to the edge or they will rip.

step 6

Weave a pipe cleaner through the holes in the back like a corset. Make sure the ends come out evenly on each side

step 7

step 8

Tie the pipe cleaner and trim the ends so they're not so long.

step 9

Wrap a pipe cleaner around the waist and twist it in the front

step 10

Cut a new piece of newspaper measuring 2 in. by 3 in.

step 11

Wrap paper around the pipe cleaner twisted at the waist. Glue one side to the pipe cleaner. Don’t glue anything to the twisted part of the pipe cleaner. That’s how you will remove the skirt.

step 12

Wrap the rest of the paper around the pipe cleaner and trim the extra pieces to create this skirt shape. Hot glue the paper to the pipe cleaner.

step 13

Tuck pipe cleaner into the skirt

to hide it.

step 14

From a new sheet of newspaper, start cutting long, thin, pointy strips of paper the same length as the dolls calf (toe to knee).

step 15

Hot glue the wide parts of the strips underneath the bottom of the skirt. Keep cutting and glueing until you're satisfied with how it looks.

step 15

Add color with water color paints.