Camp Doll Whiz: Make a Hiking Backpack

 Hey, readers! Do you have a place to hike at your doll camp? If you do, then your dolls need a backpack to carry their hiking gear! Let's make a backpack using a household item. Would you expect that a doll backpack could be made out of a gift bag? Well, it can! If you are one of those see-it-to-believe-it kind of people, then keep reading to watch a magical transformation!

  To make a doll hiking backpack you will need:

• A gift bag (you will need one with handles unless you plan to make duct tape straps)
• Scissors
• Tape (you can use clear tape, but I used duct tape and then covered the whole bag with duct tape)
• Decorations (stickers, duct tape)

 Once you have gathered your supplies, read the directions to get crafting!

 Step 1: Get out your gift bag. Mine was white paper, but any bag will work.

Step 2: Rip the handles off of the inside.

Step 3: Make a fold at the top as shown. You may need to flatten your bag to fold it. I would fold the top halfway.

 Step 4: Cut one side of the bag off, below the fold line in step 3.

 Step 5: Stand your bag up straight again and fold it on the crease. Use tape to hold the fold down. (If you are not covering the bag with duct tape then I suggest using clear tape for this step.)

 Step 6: Take one of your handles and tape it to one side of the bag. Repeat on the other side, keeping in mind that you need to put a flat side against your doll's back, not a pointy corner.

 Step 7: If you are using duct tape like me, cover the rest of your bag with duct tape. If you are coloring the bag with markers or covering it with colored paper, do that now.

Step 8: Add additional embellishments to your bag.

Look at what you can put in this bag! The contents include 4 water bottles, a camera, a box of raisins, a bag of trail mix, a bottle of sunscreen, and a bird guide book!

 After picking up her backpack at the front desk, Nellie walks back to her cabin so that she can take the girls on a hike!

 Are you going to make your dolls a hiking backpack? As you saw from the photos, they can carry a lot!  And I hope, see-it-to-believe-it people, that you can now see that a bag can become a backpack! 

 So, before you throw out your gift bags after a party, make them into something new! Thanks to my mom for coming up with the idea for how to make this backpack. See you later with more fun activities! :Doll Whiz

 P.S. The directions for this craft may be confusing, so if you have any questions, leave them in the comments and I will answer them.

Camp Doll Whiz: Time for Lunch!

 Hello, readers! I hope your dolls are having fun at camp! But by now, do you think that they are hungry? Probably! So, we are going to make them some food! 

 Today's lunch is not really considered "camp food", and it is all food that I have made in the past. But, I hope you enjoy looking at the ways to make these foods!

 Rebecca gets in the line at the cafeteria cabin. Chef Mollie will serve her.

 Here is a closer look at Rebecca's tray. It started out as a piece of cardboard. Then, I put construction paper on the front of the tray. Hold the paper down with duct tape and voila! A tray! I left the back plain (no construction paper.) The plate is from the Our Generation Baking Set, and the silverware is from the Our Generation R.V. Seeing You Camper Accessories.

 Take a look at what's for lunch!

 Here's some grapes, blueberries, and raspberries. The grapes and blueberries are blue and purple beads. The raspberries are made by stringing 5 pinkish-red beads onto a small bracelet cord (any string will work though) and tying the ends into a knot. The beads will become a circle. Arrange the beads so that one bead is at the bottom and there are two on either side (see picture). And there are your raspberries!

Make your dolls some punch! Tear up some tissue paper and stuff it into a doll sized pitcher. The cups and pitcher are from the Our Generation Baking Set.

Present some pizza by cutting a circle out of tan construction paper. Cut a red construction paper circle or two and glue that on top of your tan circle for sauce. Then glue on some strips of yellow construction paper for cheese. Add any additional toppings you want!

Serve some pasta by cutting long pieces of white yarn and curling them up on a plate.

Oooh, dessert! All of these items (the tiered display included) are either from the Our Generation Baking Set or the Our Generation R.V. Seeing You Camper Accessories Set.

"Boy, am I glad that I don't have to eat mystery meat! Isn't that what they usually serve at cafeterias?" said Rebecca as she got some pasta.

 So, make some lunch for your dolls! Use your imagination! Some of these foods were inspired by the American Girl craft book "Doll Dining". See you later! :Doll Whiz

 P.S. Don't forget to vote at the poll!

Camp Doll Whiz: Make Camp Name Tags

 Hello, readers! I hope you enjoyed the camp check-in photo story that I made (click here if you haven't read it yet). Today we're going to go back to camp. But this time, you get to make a craft! With inspiration from Doll Diaries, I present this photo story/craft!

 Early this morning, Consuelo woke up stressed. Why? She forgot to make the staff name tags! Consuelo was, after all, the arts and crafts director.

 So, Consuelo quickly got dressed and headed over to the Arts and Crafts cabin. Then, she pulled out all of her supplies. These included:

• Ribbon
• Paper (it can be scratch paper)
• Scissors
• Clear tape
• Markers, pencils, crayons, or whatever you want to use to draw

  Step 1: Cut out some rectangles from your paper for however many dolls you need. Consuelo had to make one for Mollie, one for Bethany, one for Nellie, and one for herself, so that meant that she needed four rectangles.

 Step 2: Decorate the paper with a name, position, and some drawings like Consuelo did.

 Step 3: Cover the paper with clear tape.

 Step 4: Put the ribbon around the doll's neck to measure the length. Keep in mind that it needs to be large enough to be able to slip over the doll's head.

 Step 5: Use some more tape to attach the ribbon to the name tag.

 Step 6: Put it on your doll!

Then Consuelo had to make three more for the rest of the staff and place them at everyone's doorway so that she wouldn't wake the sleeping dolls.

 Consuelo went back to the Arts and Crafts room to see what else she could do since she was up.

 But, she didn't get very far! She fell asleep on the desk!

 So, I hope you had fun making these name tags and reading this photo story! If you want to see how Doll Diaries did theirs, click here. Keep watching for more of Camp Doll Whiz! Later! :Doll Whiz

Let's Go to Camp!

 Hello readers! Do you have a camp for your dolls? I know that Doll Diaries does! It's pretty cool, and you can check it out here. There you'll find the homepage for their camp activities. 

 If you taken the time to read through some of the posts, you will find that the Doll Diaries team is very inspirational! So, because of the creative minds at Doll Diaries, we are going to set up camp right here!

 This will be the story of my dolls at their camp location. This may include me doing crafts from Camp Doll Diaries, or just stories I made on my own. Although this is kind of my take on Camp Doll Diaries, I'm going to call my camp Camp Doll Whiz.

 So, let's checked in! Off to our first day at camp!

 Let's meet our staff! From left to right:

• Consuelo is our craft director this summer.
• Bethany is the head of registration.
• Mollie has the role of chef and first aid.

 Bethany waits for the campers to come. Mollie and Consuelo have nothing to do, so they watch Bethany.

 Here is Bethany's sign for registration.

 A bird's eye view of what Bethany keeps on her desk.

 Finally! The first camper, Kanali, has arrived!

 Kanali gets checked in and finds out that she is in Cabin Sunbeam.

 Samantha comes next!

Samantha finds out that she is also in the Sunbeam cabin when she checks in.

Rebecca arrives soon after, eager to start camp.

 

She is the last member of the Sunbeam cabin.

 

When the girls arrive at their room, they find their counselor.

 "Good afternoon, girls! My name is Nellie and I am going to be your counselor this summer. Just put your luggage in the box in front of these beds, and then you can pick out a bed. Each one has its own unique style, so pick the one that you like best!" says Nellie.

                   

 So, the girls all put their luggage in the bin...

...and picked out the bed they wanted. The girls kicked off their shoes. They decided to relax awhile and get used to their new room.

  So, I hope you enjoyed this photo story! Tune in for more camp adventures inspired majorly by Doll Diaries! See you later, alligators! :Doll Whiz

A Little of This and That

 Hello, readers! This post doesn't really have a topic, it just shares some things with you. 

 First, I have a height comparison of different sized dolls to share. Here we go!

 From left to right: Katie, the Liv girl doll; Dora, the Dora Links doll (who sometimes goes by Ginger); Consuelo, the Heart 4 Heart Girls doll; Kanali, the American Girl doll; and Mollie, the Madame Alexander doll.

 After the picture, Katie got mad because she was the shortest.

  Second, if you are looking for the "Blog Info" section under Categories, it now has the new name of "Extras by Doll Whiz". 

 Third, just remember that I'd love to hear from you! Have a great day! :Doll Whiz
 
 P.S. This is the 25th post! Yay Doll Whiz!

Dora Links

 Hiya, readers! How many of you have heard of Dora Links? Some of you may have. Some of you may own her. Still others may not know a thing about what I'm talking about. But, never fear! I am here to tell you about Dora Links and her world!

This is Dora Links. She is a grown up version of (you guessed it) Dora the Explorer.

 Dora Links comes with this outfit, a stand, a purse, a chair, and a brush.

A closer look at the detail of her dress and purse.

Dora is different from most dolls. For instance, she has a USB port on her side...

a place for batteries on her back...

and she talks!

 Let's stick the USB port in Dora's side and plug it in to the computer...

 and then pull up her software.

(Below, from left to right: Emma, Kate, Dora, Naiya, and Alana)

 After we log in, we can start exploring!

 The map of Dora's hometown, Puerto Verde.

 Let's change Dora's hair length and see what happens!

You can do missions on the game... (here's a checklist for the mission I am currently on)

and Dora will talk about your missions!

We can also change Dora's earring and necklace color!

Although you cannot change Dora's clothes in real life unless you buy another outfit, you can change her clothes on the game.

And as if that isn't enough, we can change Dora's eye color, lipstick, and blush!

So, I hope that you learned something today about Dora Links. She's pretty cool, isn't she? I haven't played with her in a while, so you guys get a special treat! 

 I would not recommend her for children under... six or seven, how about, because she has batteries and USB ports and other fancy stuff like that which aren't for rough little kids. However, if you are above that age and are okay with the fact that your doll is really Dora the Explorer and that it is probably not on the cheap side, I say that you might want to buy her.

 Dora has an animated movie with all her friends in it. I saw it at my cousins' house. She and her friends are looking for their concert tickets. You can still find Dora and some of her accessories online.

 All opinions on this product are my own, because as you already know, I do not work for any doll companies. Have a great day! :Doll Whiz

 P.S. If you want to see something creepy that you can do with Dora, watch this video. Beware of the creepiness!

 P.S.S. Here is the answer to the "Guess! Eye Spy" post: Caroline!