Step 2 For stains on the body add spot remover and scrub with a nail brush. Step 4 Use soft soap and a scrubby brush on head and face. You can use also use a magic eraser. Step 5 Then rinse your doll in a bath and squeeze out as much water as you can.
Hang to air dry. Step 6 Then you can use acne cream on the face if stains won't come out make sure it has Benzoyl Peroxide in it. Put it on the dolls face leave in sun for a day, and then wash. Ask a Question Here are the questions asked by community members.
Read on to see the answers provided by the ThriftyFun community or ask a new question. My old Cabbage Patch preemie has a blue stained face, probably due to materials, blankets, sweat, etc.
It has bald head. It's lighter, but the blue stain won't come off around cheeks, mouth, and nose. Is there anything out there I can try? Her face is just fine after all the cleaning.
Ink would be easier to get rid of, believe me. My poor daughter had her 22 years and I wanted to clean her up and get new clothes and a nice clean face. If you were a kid in the s, you probably, at some point, had a Cabbage Patch Kids doll.
Xavier Roberts was born in Cleveland, Georgia, in October ; he is best known as the father of the Cabbage Patch Kids and the creator of a toy phenomenon that had never been seen before. But you might not know about that. You also might not know that a Kentucky artist named Martha Nelson Thomas originally invented the cute little dolls, but her design was stolen and transformed into a multibillion-dollar franchise that dominated the decade. She shopped for them.
She dressed them. They were expressions of her. In , a young art student by the name of Xavier Roberts met Thomas at a craft fair, and was taken by the dolls and their sculpted faces. Roberts began purchasing the Doll Babies from Thomas to sell at a profit at a Georgia State Park gift shop where he worked. After several dolls were sold, Thomas decided to stop supplying her handmade dolls to the shop due to a dispute over pricing with Roberts and also because she was concerned he might take the idea away from her.
With his supply of Doll Babies cut off, Roberts decided to create his own version of the dolls. Roberts was a skilled artist in his own right, so with the help of artist Debbi Moorehead, he began making soft sculpted dolls himself, which he called Little People the name was to change later.
Together they renovated an old building in Cleveland, Georgia, and turned it into a clever little shop that would become known as BabyLand General Hospital. Instead of sales clerks, Roberts turned his employees into nurses and doctors, giving them uniforms.
A woman who had purchased one of his dolls in the Georgia area approached Thomas at an art fair to congratulate her on selling her dolls at the Atlanta Airport. By the following year, Roberts and his friends at the BabyLand General Hospital were unable to keep up with the orders and Roberts licensed the dolls — which were now to have round vinyl heads — exclusively to Coleco for mass-production under the name Cabbage Patch Kids the Xavier Roberts signature remained on the bum, although they were no longer signed with a felt-tip marker.
The dolls were now being mass-produced, but thanks to advances in manufacturing technologies, no two dolls were ever the same. He comes in a Diaper and his name is Neil daren. Could you help me find his worth please? Thank you n God bless. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
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What is a Cabbage Patch Kid? Recognizing a Cabbage Patch Kid While the dolls have been around for many decades, they still sport the same look. Comments Samnang says:. Ann Ryan-Rajnherc says:. Sharon says:. Cindy says:. Erica Jones says:. Betty kirk says:. Pat says:. Tyeita London says:. Leah says:. Melissa Nordhoff says:. Teresa Cole says:. What is a Preemie Cabbage Doll worth?
Has never been out of the box. Her name is Andi Leora. Cindy Robbins says:. Are the all vinyl cabbage patch kids worth anything? Ellen Walker says:. Susan Trebing says:. Brooke says:. Gloria says:. I have 2 cabbage Rinse with mild soap and water afterwards. Let me know how that works for you. Somebody is bound to step in with answers.
Right now I have a mildly grubby cabbage patch doll up for sale on eBay. I thought the nail polish she has on her little fingers was all part of her original look. Any thoughts on this? Any ideas about removal products to try?
Thanks in advance. The doll will likely be sold by the time anyone reads this—-but I am still curious to know if any of the dolls ever had painted nails. Thank you in advance for any and all replies. I could be wrong, and I hope someone will jump in and comment if I am, but I am pretty sure none of them came with painted nails.
Do you have any suggestions just get the musty attic smell out? Airing them outside in the sun maybe? Hi Amy, Great question! Well if it was a bad smell, I would give the doll the full Cabbage Patch spa treatment.
Thank you. Yes, it is a bit of an adventure, cleaning and fixing up a Cabbage Patch doll. Do you know where I can get a new body for a cabbage patch doll I bought at a thrift shop? She is very stained and has some small holes on the back of her neck. I am going to try to clean her but was wondering if bodies are available. Thanks Sandra. Hi Sandra, You have two options. One would be to find or swap with a fellow collector a Cabbie with a good body but a bad head and do a transplant.
That has worked for me on a number of occasions. These are not quite the same, but they will do in a pinch. I am so thrilled to have found your post! I was born in — the year the Coleco version was released — and grew up requesting one for each birthday and Christmas. I had amassed quite a collection by my teens and thought they had all been lost when I went away to college. Most of them are in naked, filthy, and have tiny braids from where I practiced on them.
Do you have recommendations on where I could find some good clothing? Hi Crystal, What an absolutely awesome find — how exciting! Hmmm — I would look for Cabbie clothing on Ebay if I was in a hurry. I am desperate! These dolls came with pre waxed hair to help style it without heat and over the years it has become disgusting. Her hair literally stands straight up and feels so gross. Hi Amandoodle! If it were me I would dunk her head — just the hair part — in boiling water with a little dish soap in it — just for about 5 seconds.
I would do this multiple times — maybe 10 or more — and swish her hair around in the water. This should do the trick.
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