Step 10: Putting Eyeballs in Your Doll
Materials: Glass eyes (usually 8 or 10MM), sticky tack, tweezers.
Your doll has been fully painted, and she’s looking good... except that she continues to stare into the abyss of your soul with horrifically creepy empty eye sockets that make your darling little doll look like something from a M. Night Shyamalan film. Let’s fix that, shall we?
Start by taking your sticky tack and rolling it into a long little snake.
Once you have done this, wrap it around the eye. Make sure that it’s on there good and tight (so you may have to squish it around some).
Note: Yes, you can see where my fake nails were attached. They were cute, but I’m happy to have them off! Art is hard with them on. :/
Now, using your tweezers grasp the eye/sticky tack combo and put it inside the dolls head. Be careful not to get hung up on the head pin. You’ll want to watch your doll’s face as you do this, so you can be sure to line up your eyes correctly.
Note: My camera had a very difficult time focusing on the inside of the doll head. This was the best I could do, I hope it’s clear enough.
Once they’re in the head, use the end of a paint brush, your tweezers, or even your finger to squish down the tack against the interior of the dolls head. This will stick the eyeball inside where you want it.
Now that both eyeballs are inside the head, you can wiggle them around a bit to have them looking how you like!
Voila. Emily now how eyeballs in her eye holes. Everyone is a little more comfortable with this development.
Stay tuned for Step 10: Final Touches and Step 7.5: Making a Wig
As always, you can find all the steps to my monster high tutorial under #monster high tutorial in my blog. I welcome any and all comments, questions and concerns!
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