How to make a wig for a doll without big expenses

The articulated dolls (BR) have the opportunity to change parts of the body, including wigs. Thanks to this you can make your original image. But this hobby is not the cheapest. The cost of materials is great, but you can always find an inexpensive alternative to this. From our article you will learn how to make a wig for a doll yourself and inexpensively.

Materials for wig

To make a wig, you will need the following materials:

• Silk ribbon or a piece of curtain fabric;
• Thread and needle;
• Package or food film;
• scissors;
• pencil;
• Brush;
• PVA glue;
• cotton fabric.

The meter of tresses for puppet wigs costs from 150 rubles. If you have a doll the size of Barbie, then this is not a problem. But if your doll grows more than 70 cm and the head of the toy is big, you will need a lot of curls, which means there will be serious costs.

Instead, you can use the ribbon - dissolve it and straighten it or carefully thread the strings, then you will get beautiful strands. In addition, you can dissolve the fabric of the curtains. It is glossy and smooth, which makes the wig beautiful.

There are many options for how to make a wig at home for a doll at a low cost. In this article we will use the holders for curtains. They are woven from smooth threads, and to dismiss them simply and quickly.

Preparation for work

Wrap the top of the doll with food film or package. Better a film, as it will sit tight and will not slip. Try to properly tighten it on your head, so that no wrinkles remain.

Prepare a bowl or a bucket of water to wash off the glue from the brush and hands. When creating a wig at each stage, hands must be clean. This is a painstaking work. Any negligence can affect the quality of the wig and its appearance. How to make a wig is easy to understand, the main thing is to learn how to do it carefully.

Make a hat for the wig

Apply glue on the head with a brush.

Wrap it with rags of cloth in a circle. Accept the edges.

Put another piece of cloth on top, cut its edges so that it is convenient to pull them to the head.

After you have well kneaded pieces of cloth to the doll's head, make sure that they do not stick and peel off. Now wait for the drying.

After the cap has dried, draw a pencil outline of its edges and cut out. The contour should extend above the forehead, above the ears and be slightly above the neck. What should eventually turn out, you can see in the photo in the article.

Preparation of strands (cracks)

Now start to dissolve the material that you are using, on the strings and curls. Advice how to make the wig so that it does not cause any inconvenience: use a large strong needle or a small hook.

After the strands were untangled, you need to start connecting them to the tress. Just take one long thread and start tying the strands to it.

Comb comb the comb with sparse denticles. If it is difficult to comb, soak the hair with water and even apply balm.

Straighten the strands with a conventional iron, but it is more convenient to do it with a curling iron, and it will be more qualitative. And if you want to curl them, moisten them, wrap them around the rod of the handle and run them with an iron or curling iron, or put it near the battery and wait until it dries. However, the temperature from the curling iron or iron will be more effective.

Sewing Tresses to the Cap

Strands can be fastened with glue. But if you are not sure of your accuracy, it is better not to use it, otherwise all the strands will be stained, and it will be almost impossible to clean them. In addition, the preparation of the tresses is the most painstaking work. It will be insulting if everything goes wrong.

Mark the pencil on the cap circles, focusing on which you will fasten the strands. Make it mandatory, if this is your first time doing it. Otherwise, it will turn out crooked, and you will not understand: is it possible to fix it and how? Making a wig is not so easy in practice, but the process is easy to remember.

Fasten the nail of thread at one of the edges of the cap in front. Make sure the nodule is strong enough. Start sewing one round in a circle until you reach the opposite end. Do not make the thread too long for it to last for the whole work. In any case, in the process, it will be confused in the hair. Unnecessary nodules will appear. Many puppeteers note that the preparation of puppet wigs requires a lot of patience and great accuracy.

Here is the hat completely trimmed with locks. But you have not yet fully learned how to make a wig. At this stage, it does not look attractive enough, and there is no parting.

Take another piece of the track. Thread, to which the strands are attached, will be a parting. Place it on the head of the toy the way you like and sew. Lead the needle for the parting. Better make spot stitches.

At the end of the work, straighten the hair. If they stick out, moisten them, apply with food film and rubber bands and leave overnight. After that, they will be more obedient.

How to make a wig yourself: a few more tips

If you want to make a wig of unusual shape, it is better to prepare a sketch in advance and think over the course of work. To make an unusual wig from the material that was suggested in this article will not work, especially if it is a small one. Therefore, separately produce braids, bunches, ornaments and glue them or sew them to the wig. It is better not to use hot glue, since it draws strings that can get stuck in strands. Clear this without damaging the wig will be extremely difficult.