Diy Yarn Doll Wig Tutorial - How To Make A Doll Wig

Posted on 18 December, 2016
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By Anonymous

Hi guys! In this tutorial I'm showing you how I made the yarn wig that I used in my recent Christmas elf Monter High repaint video ^^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUU2q4...

This method can also be used for other types of doll hair, if you don't want to use yarn. I used a Draculaura doll in this video, you can use whatever doll you want.

I've been making wigs for my handsculpted dolls like this for years, but very recently saw someone on youtube use yarn to make the actual lines of hair and liked the idea. I don't know who originally came up with the concept, but I first saw this channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIc7A... use yarn for wigging :)

Materials for wig cap;

Kitchen film

Stretchy fabric

Glue

Rubber band

Materials for wig;

100% acrylic yarn (or any doll hair of your choice)

Comb

Glue

Scissors

Marker

Kitchen film

Thank you so much for watching, I hope you enjoyed this video ^^

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Hi guys in this video I'll be showing you how maybe your own work that I used in my very recent elf repent, video I'll, be showing you how you can prepare acrylic yarn and turn it into West, which you can use to make the wig. But you can also use the general wick making method for any type of doll hair. If you have yet to see my elf repaint it'll, be a link in the infobox and at the end of the video. The first thing we're going to do is make a wig cap I'll be working on this Monster High Draculaura, but you can use any type of doll to get a wig cap with a proper fit we're, firstly going to need to remove all the hair. I start by cutting away the most of the hair before removing the head from the body and putting the rest out from the inside using a pair pliers. It can be a little hard to do the shape of the head, but you squish it around as you need to and take your time it can be hard to get out the plugs from the back of the head to the shape, but you can also pick Those out from the outside and there well now we have a very nice and smooth surface to work on. There are many different ways of making wig caps we're going to do a very simple one in this video using some stretchy fabric, some sort of glue and a rubber band. Firstly, take a piece of kitchen film and smooth this over the head of the doll. This is to protect the dolphin glue. Next, you want to place the fabric over that and use the rubber band to hold it down, try and smooth it out as much as possible you, since we left the factory paint on her head. We can easily see where the hair used to cover now you're, going to take your glue and apply a coat all over this area once you've got an even code everywhere, leave it to dry completely before adding another. I did this round one more time, so I ended up having three layers. Once the final layer is completely dry, you can remove it from the head. You then use a pair of scissors to trim away the excess and there we are that's a basic wig cap. Now, if you guys don't want to use yarn and just use some other type of loose doll hair, you can skip the next few steps of preparing the yarn and go straight to making the webs for my project. I use this 100 % acrylic white yarn decide what length you want. The doll here to be and then make strands that are twice that and cut a bunch of these next you're going to need something to tie the yarn to you can use the handle of paintbrush or something similar. But I in like this tool because it has the rough handle, so it really holds on to the your nicely tie down like so and then get out any type of cone. The one I had is actually for hair dyeing, but it doesn't really matter, and then you start to comb out the yarn from the bottom going up. You will have a buildup of excess fluff on your console, remove this once in a while and save it for other projects keep combing until you unravel the yarn all the way to the top. At this point, you should have some very fluffy. Looking dull hair, you can leave it at this or, if you want it straight and smooth you take a flat iron on the lowest setting and straighten it to get this smooth. This result push the iron down firmly and pull the hair through in a nice smooth motion, and there we are now we have some nice shiny strands of doll. Hair then cut away the excess yarn that was knotted and that's how hey I'm ready now we're going to use glue to make our hair into webs. You can use any type of doll hair for this you're going to need a smooth surface. For this part, I'm using a sheet of glass, but you can also work on a plastic bag or tile place, a strip of glue on your surface in the length you want. Your width then take strands of your doll, hair and spread it over the glue. Make sure it's an even layer, you then hold down the hair, while you spread glue on top making sure all the hairs get saturated. I like to use this silicon sculpt tool for this, just because it doesn't really stick afterwards once you're sure the entire line of hair is stuck together firmly, then you leave it to dry before peeling it off your surface, then drill away the excess. So you have a nice clean weft. How many West you'll need depends on what type of doll you're making a wig for. I made mine along the way, measuring how long I needed them to be now we're going to start applying the hair to the wig cap. I wanted my wig to have both banks and a middle part, so I made a line to show me where the part was going to go. I stopped the part at the top of the head, leaving room for the bangs, we're going to start the banks by gluing on a strip of hair and the front of the wig cap at the very beginning, then separate what part of this layer you want to Be short and then cut it to length when gluon another whiff of hair on top working. Your way up. The wig cap cut this new layer to match the previous one and that's the bank sorted now we're going to flip the doll over and start working on. The back start going on with from the very bottom of the wig cap working your way up once the base of the neck is covered. You want to flip it to the side and add a small strand to each side before the years. Then you can add a long width that goes all the way from the back of the neck and to the side of the head, keep adding long strands of hair like this. Until we reach the point where we drew the line for the part, then I'd shot. A left on top of the head until you reach the part now we're going to form the part, starting from the left side, you're going to glue on a width that is pointed to the right covering the part. Let it dry completely, and then you can flip it back then you're going to do it the opposite way: gluing a whiffed of hair, going from the right to the left, letting it dry and then flipping it over. This gives you a natural-looking part with no wig cap showing comb all the hair into place and then cover it with another sheet of kitchen film to keep it down. This is going to help to set it leave it a set like that until the banks are no longer poofy, then remove the film and then give the weight the final trim, and there we go. That'S a very basic week done, as I said previously, you don't have to use yarn for this. You can use any type of doll hair for this method. I use this week for my ELF repaint, and this is the reason why I made it white because I thought it was very appropriate. I hope you enjoyed this video and that you found it helpful, be sure to leave me a like if you did, and thank you guys so much watching I'll, see you in my next video bye. You

Comments

Athenaash: "Hot glue will work..."-Things said seconds before disaster

daan d: a tip for everyone trying this, use a cat brush with iron tips! it brushes it out really quickly!

nrhani: roses are red, lavenders are blue, i have a yarn, but i have no doll...

Pistacja: Can I dye yarn with hair dye? Should I do it before brushing? Anyway, cool tutorial. I'm about to make a doll and I want it to look like my mom and give it to her for a Christmas gift.I'm about to loose all my money for this and making hair of yarn is the cheapness way. (I'm like 15. I don't have a work, u know) She wants me to paint her a portrait, but I want to suprise her. If the yarn doesn't work, I can always sculpt hair but I saw dolls which are sculpt from polymer clay but have a normal, "real" hair. I like the results better. Wish me luck.

Ken Ken: Ahhh thanks it's really help

RoseaBee: I would love to see a Darculaura turn into Mavis from Hotel Transylvania.

Marge719: The combing is the hardest part, it does take some time to get the wool really fluffy - or is it just me? Yourt tutorial is very helfpful, thank you

Harris Brothers: Can you please make a wig where you can actually put it over the dolls hair.

Alma Solis: I feel like this would also work really well for false eyelashes. Anyone tried it?

Sandrat3a: Here is a great tip for taking the hair plugs out easier... but be SUPER careful, so you don't get hurt ;) 1. When you have unplugged the head: soak the head in a cup of boiling water in about 3-5 minutes 2. Take the head out of the water, empty it for water and then dry... be careful with the hot water! 3. Then you can take your pliers and pull out the hair ;) With this method you loosen up the glue and you can squish the head easier ^_^

Kristina Davis: I don't know what I'm doing wrong. :( I'm using 100% acrylic yarn with a metal toothed cat brush and am tapping, as per the video. My yarn never really gets that fluffy, it all just comes apart. Could this be a cheap yarn issue? And when I do gt it reasonably brushed out and iron it, it never STOPS coming apart!

Timber: a curling iron works as well for those who dont have a flat iron

burningplumbranches: this is the easiest wig tutorial I have ever seen. working on a doll with a VERY small head, and she is ceramic and cant be rooted. No I can finally finish a doll I started a year ago!

Harry: Your voice is like asmr

ItzAbbyRobloxAndGacha :3: I had a doll when I was younger and I cutted it’s hair off so I’ll do this

Veronica Pitts: hey can you do Princess Leia pretty cool can you do that please and thank you

Sarah Longshore: this is one of the clearest videos I have seen on making a wig! This was most helpful Thank you. I always look forward to your videos. I learn alot from you.

Nicole H: I have to say this is the first time I've found a yarn wig cap tutorial that works! I actually used tule ribbon for my material, and it worked perfectly! My Draculaura had had horrible gluey hair, so she was really happy getting new hair. Needless to say, there were a lot of pencils and straightened yarn in my room lol. Now her name is Pinky since she has no face and I need to wait until spring/summer before I can spray my sealant on her.For the first time, the bangs naturally didn't bounce up, and the wig cap was perfect because she ended up with a hole down her part because of the glue. Since I have a bright yellow design a monster that didn't really come with a wig, now I can remove the horrible face I painted on her and make Joy from Inside Out! I certainly have enough blue wool to do it, and a little tacky glue should help me style it! Thank you so much for helping Pinky come to be! I have another Creepyteria Draculaura who could use the same treatment. But since it took like two hours to get the bloody head off, any help is appreciated! I have some pieces of cheap wig hair from Halloween I might use instead. Either way, Pinky loves her hair!

Americano?: this is really useful! I was planning on making a custom doll for my friend, who has actually designed her own character. I already had the images drawn to show the clothes and hair, but I needed to make the hair. So I came here and it really helped me, I'm going to try and make the clothes as soon as possible, so I'm getting started on the wig first. I can't wait to see her reaction! If she likes it, I will guide her to your videos.

Ramesz Ahmad: you have the same straitner like me

PelusitaFideos: This is awesome, is a really simple and nice tutorial!

Jesse Jesse: This is the best wig tutorial I have ever seen!

lexy martin: Pulling the hair out is actually kinda relaxing and stress relieving... Idk why...

Onis Onion: Imma use this information into my cosplay >:) muahahahahaa

Totally Gruff: Huh. When I brush out my acrylic yarn it like... all comes out. It doesnt just shed a little. I lose most of it all :/

EJ Campbell: holly crap I was just about to throw out tuns of yarn now its actually useful

tinker Seeya: This is so clever you make it look so easy so doable. Fantastic. Thank you.

Toasty: How long do you wait for drying in between each section of hair you add?

Suzanne Aubertin: Thank you for explaining so clearly and simply all of the steps to follow. The result is super - I hope to get the same. <3

selkie: That's so cool, thanks for the tutorial!

salxm4nd3r: oh my god that hair camE oUT beAUtifUL <33

Mara_Starline26: I did not know that you can use yarn as hair...genius. This videos is very useful.

niko sousou dodi: can you make a melanie martinez inspired doll

miss Green: With a lot of patience and yarn, would this work for a wig for a person?

Ein Moon: Should I be able to use Modpodge/Elmers or to I have to use something like Tacky glue?

Rea Clea: To where is your accent from, im loving it!

Misty Jarvis: love this now I have another way to do hair for when I make my clothespin dolls hehe

Meatwad: The best doll maker person ever!!!!!! :D

kat: Who watches these yet never will do these

iara cid: What kind of glue do you use? i can't stop of stain my wigs with glue

Tayla Brownell: Thank you! This was extremely helpful and it was easy to understand. Sometimes, on other videos, when they do yarn wigs, it's extremely hard to understamd.

antonia diaz: Que lindas quedan las monsterjais

BooperBeanV3: I'm happy to know that I don't have to use a pet brush for the wefts. I'm planning to use this for my first custom next month, hope it works out!

Majar dhandli: Pls make one video on how to make my barber's shoes. Pls sis it's request.

TheAva Show?: This was really helpful!!! Will definitely try it soon on my 2nd ever custom

Pies z kosmosu: Wow! I never tought that it can be this easy!

Anna Cullen: I made my first Viking doll

Suuny. exe: alguém aí fala português

Karthik Muppidi: But you can't braid with this hair right? Anyway the tutorial is really nice

shin chan: if it does't work i'll lose my all hairs of my sweet doll

Tayla Brownell: What?! You make this look WAY too easy. HOW?

Rachel Bunnie: thank you for this video! I've always wondered how I could use my yarn to make doll wigs

Moonflower1903: This was so helpful!! Thank you so much for the awesome video!!:)

smurf786able: Thankyou! I’m trying out mixed media art, and I wanted my mermaid to have ‘real’ hair, but wasn’t sure how to lay the yarn down to get something professional looking. I think your wefts will help me so much.

Anano ana: I love your video

Aaliyah Thorpe: I’ll try it

Lady0Grayson: Hello! I dont know if the autor of this amazing video, or someone who reads this comment might help me. When I discovered this DIY video, I almost flipped with exitment to do this, so, I took some yarn I had in a materials bag and started to do the wig. BUT, I made some strings that ended up around... 30 cm, long, and when I was done with the fluffy hair like yarn, I had small 5 cm. long strings and a LOT of fluff. So I was like "Uhhh......" The yarn I was using was not AS FLUFFY as the one from the video, is that why I ended up with that result? Do I need really fluffy yarn to make this beautiful tutorial work?

Abrickshy: Thanks so much I'm doing a custom for my gf and she doesn't know

Tara O'Connell: you can use the fluff for needle felting

GALAXYFOX Gacha life: i really like this

Annabelle BlackyCat: i love the idea ,but i suggest using a pet brush

kora Knight: Thank you so much! I’ve been trying to figure out how to make a yarn wig for an Oswald and Ortensia doll couple and making a wig for Oswald was what I was trying to figure out!

PizzaRoll: This vid was very helpful thank you!

Sam Jq: I've watched many videos similar to this and I've noticed that most don't talk about the placement of the wefts. Sometimes they place them near the weft they had just put down and other times they put it to where there's a significant space between them. If you could make a video about this or even just mention it in one I'd really appreciate it.

musicboxcollector: Can I make a partial wig? I only need a wig for the front for a Rupaul's Drag Race Kim Chi doll I'm working on.

Ķăwäî Ťøťä: Tysm :3 I'm making a lot of wigs now

Bonnie Mairead: That was really helpful.

annie phantom: You are absolutely incredible at making dolls! I wish I had your talent

Zane 2468: I have regular yarn can I use that

EroticUFO: Love tutorials like this, doll repaints or making tiny wigs. It's very inspiring , please keep them coming.

Rajesh Bhuju: thank u for giving us idea about it

Pixelfox365 Gamer: Where did you find stretchy fabric?and what kind of glue did you use?

Chamu: this is such a nice tutorial! never knew yarn's texture can be like this!!

peepo: :o it doesn't even look like yarn anymore! XDDD

Kalverisna Wolfy: The doll is cute The first one

silent horrors: very pretty ❤

Glitter Fly: this was so helpful, especially since I have very little sewing skill!

Paula Unger: That is fantastic - definitely my favourite wig method so far! Looks really beautiful and realistic

Nandan kumar: It is amazing

Mony Nieto: Niceeee... Im gonna make that wig for my daugther's doll . Thanks a lot

Amelia Bowen: Thank you for this great tutorial it helped a lot! And your voice is so calming I love it!

Cakiepop: Goodjob! And the idea of using draculara for the particular one! SHE REALLY IS STEALING MY HEART <3 XDDDDDD

memethyst: i'm just getting into doll customizing and this is very helpful, thank you :)

Jd Damien: So helpful and easy already hade all the materials:)

Jakov Bekavac: This is so easy and so good finally I can make my doll

antonia diaz: Holi están ashy o no

carly Liebman: She should've done this on a different colored surface because white is hard to see on white

Nancy Lopez Cascante: LOVELOVELOVE

Jessica Macleod: I'm seriously about to make some wefts to put streaks of platinum blonde in my black hair that's going to look sick you could sell this stuff literally

HalesParker: great tutorial.. only problem is white on whit hurts my eyes so much!

CaboVerde-ish: This was a great video to watch

Jacqui gill: your voice is so calm ... i made a doll wen i was so angry and then i fix'ed it wen i watch'ed this vid! thanks anyways

Aleera Jewel: Thank you this is very helpful, I just bought some doll making materials at Walmart, mostly for doll hair and painting. This is going to be fun!

Diksha Gurung: Rip Draculara

ellie's makeup: do you glue the the wig cap to the doll?

Lumiri: Thanks for this video! I’m gonna try it!

Dani Nimes: hermosa, gracias

Cyrus Dane Arellano: Thank you for making this video now I can do my barbie haie

Ali Dillard: this is awesome, I can now use this for my sculpture work when I want to make my creations have something extra

Joy Walsh: I know you said that's basic but it's bloody brilliant!!!!

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