DOLLS - THE CHINA DOLL - MARINA'S SKELETON

Remember the china doll with the 

dryer lint.

Well, this is the first doll that I started with.

This china doll never did have any skeleton

beneath her lint!

She was a limp, wimpy doll.

My hubby was out running some errands

so I asked him to pick me up some pipe

cleaners.

He came back with some of the worst ones

that I have ever seen.

They were a pretty color but they were so

prickly!!

I hated touching those pipe cleaners.

I had to use pliers to hold them!!

I made MARINA a SKELETON.

Right now you cannot see how bad

she really was.

Her body parts were in terrible shape.

I could not get all of the glue off of her legs.

In fact - I could not even get the glue out of her legs!!!

No way was I going to get the pipe cleaners

inside of her legs!!!

The pipe cleaners are just glued to the top

of the glue!!!

I had to hold it down on the glue until each

pipe cleaner stuck. 

Can you tell that I had to hold it with pliers

that is why the pipe cleaners are a 

little flattened!!

I had to do the same to the arms!!!

Something must have been wrong with me - cause

normally something like this I would

have tossed it in the garbage!!

She was a lot of trouble.

Surprised at myself for finishing her.

With excessive use - this china doll

just might become crippled - that is

if her pipe cleaners break!!

She might need a wheelchair!

Finally - this is the wrapped body of

Marina.

I used cotton balls to wrap her.

Marina stands 5.5 inches high.

Oh, I did forget to tell you that her

head and breastplate is bigger than most

normal miniature dolls.

But hey none of us are built the same,

so why should a doll be perfect!

Must make her some bloomers.

Thanks for stopping by!

Conny