Papier-Mâché a Doll Blow Dryer

The finished doll blow drier is perfect for our American Girl Doll Salon!

       This little hair drier for a doll may be crafted for a doll's bathroom or a American Girl Doll Salon if you'd like. It is made using a simple paper mache technique and once you've mastered this process, you will find yourself capable of crafting a great many things!

The doll blow dryer is masked with tape and ready for a layer of white
typing paper and Mod Podge. 

 Supply List:

• white typing paper
• Mod Podge
• purple acrylic paint
• purple and black
• craft foam sheet
• two tooth picks
• hot glue and hot glue gun
• black puff paint
• covered black wire
• two beads, one red and one green
• baking foil
• masking tape 
• old pop bottle caps 
• old pen cap
• funnel shaped cap or lid
• thin cardboard

Step-by-Step Directions:

1. Look up pictures of blow driers online if you do not have one to look at from your home. It is very helpful to observe the thing that you wish to reproduce closely before attempting to make it. Note the shapes and how these relate to one another. Observe the sizes of attachments. Collect recyclable items from around your home like: bottle caps, old pens, cardboard shapes that you can glue together in order to mimic a hair blow drier. 
2. I glued together a couple of pop bottle caps and a small funnel shape made of plastic to form the upper part of my doll's blow drier.
3. Then I hot glued a discarded pen cap to the base of the blow dryer to act as a handle. 
4. I also wrapped  baking foil around the handle to give it a smooth surface in and around the handle. 
5. After this, use masking tape to wrap the entire surface, making it one solid object visually.
6. Take a small nail and push it into the bottom of the handle to create a cavity for a wire. Insert both the glue and wire into this cavity. This will make the blow drier look as though it even has and electrical cord. 
7. I clipped off the ends of two toothpicks, glue them side-by-side and attached these to the end of the wire with glue. Then I wrapped a small piece of black craft foam around their ends to mimic a two prong plug, securing this to the wire. (see photos above)
8. Be sure to paint the wooden toothpick points black so that the electrical cord looks realistic.
9. Use white school glue or Mod Podge to cover surface areas of the blow drier that look a bit lumpy. Let all the surfaces dry before painting the doll appliance.
10. Use masking tape to cover the cord temporarily while spray painting the blow drier purple. You don't need to use spray paint. Layer the blow drier with acrylic paints if that is what you have on hand.
11. I hot glued some purple craft foam to the doll hair drier to give it added dimension and used black puff paint to add some grill details to the back end of the blow drier. My real blow drier at home has this feature too.
12. Now you can hot glue a green bead for "on" and a red one for "off" onto the handle of your doll's blow drier if you would like it to look more like the sample craft above.
13. Once you get the hang of it, you can make all kinds of salon supplies for your dolls from this simple paper mache technique!  

Make More Blow Driers for Your Dolls:

• Skymagenta makes miniature doll hair dryers from beads