DIY Boogie Boards and Surfboards for Dolls

Our doll, Christine with her boogie board (12'' x 6'')

       These doll-sized surfboards and boogie boards are cut from cardboard and decoupaged. Young students may use tracing paper and pencil to copy the shapes of our versions, if they wish. Otherwise, there are many different surfboard shapes on the web that they may work from when designing their own doll ocean crafts. 

Supply List:

• heavy corrugated cardboard
• decorative black and white patterned papers
• decorative ocean wave or colorful printed papers
• Mod Podge
• white school glue
• fun stickers to further decorate the doll surfboard/boogie board
• Velcro
• felt scraps
• masking tape
• twine

Handmade 18 inch, doll boogie boards, front and back. The fronts are decorated with
tropical papers and one with text, 'Ride The Waves.' The backs are papered 
with black and white prints to keep sharks disinterested in human prey. Small cuffs
with Velcro attachments and twine help child dolls hold onto their boogie boards in
the rough ocean waves.

Step-by-Step Instructions:

1. Cut a surfboard or boogie board in a shape similar to our own from the corrugated cardboard. I doubled each of my four examples, gluing the layers together with white school glue.
2. Mask all of the surfaces of cardboard entirely with tape.
3. Now layer decorative papers and stickers using white school glue. After the final layer is completed, brush on Mod Podge  to seal the papers, keep them clean and strengthen the surfaces for play.
4. If you are designing a boogie board cut a hole through the paper layers in the center of the board, near the top using a nail. 
5. Fill the hole with glue and thread a piece of twine into the hole. Let it dry inside.
6. Next, cut a piece of felt and stitch Velcro on each end to make a ''cuff'' for the twine to attach to with stitching. Now the cuff may be wrapped around the dolls wrist to keep the Boggie board with the doll. Boogie boards have this added feature to prevent them from floating away should a small child or doll in this case, fall off their boards in the water.

Left,  an ocean themed surfboard, decoupaged with wavy paper and shark stickers.
The backside is papered with a black and white, zigzag pattern to ward-off sharks!
The next example of a doll surfboard was decoupaged with ''groovy'' colorful
patterned wrapping paper and the underside decorated with a black and
white wavy pattern. Both surfboards are 18'' tall.

Prevent Shark Attack at Sea:

• Painted his surfboard with black and white stripes!
• Dress like a zebra, avoid becoming an ocean snack...
• Black and white mean DO NOT BITE!

1960's surffin' tunes for little ones to play at the beach:

• Jan & Dean sing ''Surf City''
• ''Beach Blanket Bingo'' sung by Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello
• The Surfaris ''Wipe Out''
• The Beach Boys - ''Surfer Girl'' and ''I get around''  and ''Don't Worry Baby''