Good NewsMom creates ‘American Boy’ doll for her son’s birthday
Ever a doting mother, Gina DeMillo Wagner didn’t want to disappoint her little boy on his birthday - even if the product he asked for did not yet exist.
Her son, Miles, 6, wanted a doll that looks like him. He’s had this yearning ever since his sister received an American Girl’s popular ‘Truly Me’ look-alike doll for her 7th birthday.
She wasn’t surprised to see American Boy doll on her son’s wish list for his 7th birthday.
The only problem is there are no 18-inch ‘American Boy’ dolls available.
“At first I tried to explain to him that they just don’t make American Boy dolls,” Wagner told Redbook. “I thought he’d eventually lose interest and move on, but he kept asking and asking.”
Wagner would have to get creative and decided to set out on her own DIY project.
The determined mom found an 18-inch Madame Alexander doll on eBay that closely resembled her son’s light blond hair and blue eyes.
“If I looked past the hot pink lipstick and hair bow, I saw the spitting image of my son,” she wrote on her blog.
She made a few adjustments to the doll, most notably removing the makeup and cutting the doll’s hair to match her son’s. She also gave the doll an eyelash trim.
For clothes, the mom turned to Etsy and found a cute Spiderman outfit.
As expected, Miles was thrilled when he saw his American Boy doll. Wagner posted her surprised six-year-old’s reaction on Instagram.
Wagner says on her website that, overall, the project cost less than $50 and only took a couple of hours to make. Miles, in turn, got “the doll of his dreams.”
