Petite Blythe Doll Transformation
I gave my mini factory Blythe doll a makeover!
A couple of months ago, I bought my first factory Blythe doll, a petite or mini Blythe! Even though she’s an Aliexpress fakie I instantly fell in love with her and couldn’t wait to give her a makeover! I only gave her subtle changes but I think they’re still impactful and make her look better than before. Below, I explain the Blythe mini process along with all the changes I have given her.
The first thing I did was open the mini Blythe to see what I was working with. Mini Blythe Dolls (at least the factory ones) are very easy to open as there is only one screw on the back of their head keeping them together (same). The doll comes apart into five parts: a front and back face plate, scalp, body, and eye mechanism.
I washed the hair right away to tame her unruly mane. I used Dawn dish soap and my own hair conditioner to rinse her hair. Later, I did a boil wash technique, which helped straighten her hair. I let her hair naturally air-dry and straightened her bangs with a miniature iron. Her bangs don’t have to stay down so I found a barbie-size hat and placed it on top of her to keep the bangs from rolling upward. I also trimmed her hair to go just slightly above her feet but not long enough it gets in the way of her standing up.
For her face, I used a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser to gently remove some of her greenish-yellow eyeshadow that I wasn’t feeling. I didn’t rub her too much with it as I didn’t want to matte her face. Afterward, I washed the face plate with soap and water to remove any debris and left it to dry.
Because I didn’t like the brown eyelid color, I decided to paint over her eyelids. I used 2-3 coats of a pearlescent satin acrylic paint I had. I wanted her lids to have a subtle satin look but it just looks like her eyelids are bare because the color matches her skin color more. lol
For the eyes, I trimmed her eyelashes a little bit, just enough for her eyes to fully open. The reason some of the mini factory Blythe Dolls can’t open their eyes completely is that their lashes are too big and weigh down the eye mechanism, preventing it from closing even when the doll is positioned up. Trimming the lashes fixes this issue.
I also attached double pull strings because I wanted a way to control her eyelids. I followed the instructions in the Dolls Rescued tutorial video on how to add pull strings to mini Blythe. They used an electric drill but I used a hand drill to easily drill the holes in my doll. It took a minute, so if you plan to do it the way I did, be patient! This is a very tedious process. For the beads, I used the same beads that I used on May’s pull string because they’re the only beads I have.
Stay tuned as I have a YouTube video where I filmed my process of all this coming to my channel soon!
Other changes I would love to do in the future is to change her eye chip color. However, I’m not sure if I can. I tried looking for eye chips for petite Blythes but couldn’t find any so if anybody knows if they sell them anywhere or whether or not I can change out the eyes of a petite Blythe doll, let me know.
I originally bought this petite because I had planned on using her in a DIY project. But, she’s currently watching over my Sylvanian Families figures and in her Littlest Pet Shop era, I wouldn’t want to take her away from that, at least not now. haha