Dolls without faces...do your kids like them?

[rere]

I'm making some rag dolls for 1 yr old birthday presents.And I like the idea of a doll without a face but I'm wondering if it's a good idea or not.Is it creepy if it has no face at all?

Do your kids play with faceless dolls?The only thing we have that doesn't have a face at all is peg people and my daughter drew faces on most of them.

I would like to just put some button eyes on the dolls but not sure how I feel about giving 1 yr olds toys with buttons on them.

I would love to hear any thoughts!

Here is one of the dolls in progress.

[zech13_9_goforgold]

I don't understand why there won't be a face on the doll. Dolls are representations of humans and humans always have faces. Besides, at one years old, it's fun to say, "where's the dolly's eyes? Where's DD's eyes?" But, that's just me.

[rere]

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[rere]

I like the idea of the kids being able to use imagination to put expression on the doll's face but at the same time the doll is not completely void of character so...

[boheime]

Leaving the face off allows children to imagine any expression they desire.

We have a lot of dolls, all hand made by me, for our children. Some have faces and most (if you include little knotted dolls) do not. The weighted bunting dolls do not have faces, but the "kid" dolls do. Honestly, I think my kids (2 boys ages 6 1/2 and 2 and 1 girl age 4 1/2) play with the faceless dolls more. In fact, my youngest is receiving his very own weighted bunting doll tomorrow for his second birthday - faceless.

[Sasharna]

My son has always been uneasy with dolls without faces. He pretends his dolls have a wide variety of emotions, without regard for whether or not the doll is actually smiling. But if it doesn't have a face at all, the facelessness becomes the focus rather than play. My siblings and I were the same way as kids.

[rere]

Originally Posted by boheime

Leaving the face off allows children to imagine any expression they desire.

We have a lot of dolls, all hand made by me, for our children. Some have faces and most (if you include little knotted dolls) do not. The weighted bunting dolls do not have faces, but the "kid" dolls do. Honestly, I think my kids (2 boys ages 6 1/2 and 2 and 1 girl age 4 1/2) play with the faceless dolls more. In fact, my youngest is receiving his very own weighted bunting doll tomorrow for his second birthday - faceless.

Thank you for sharing.

Originally Posted by Sasharna

My son has always been uneasy with dolls without faces. But if it doesn't have a face at all, the facelessness becomes the focus rather than play.

This is my concern.

I know at age one it won't really matter but I'm hoping that the dolls will be interesting for some years to come.

[Sasharna]

Y'know though... after I posted, I showed DS1 your doll. At first he talked about the face, but then he said he wanted it. It is very cute!

[itsrtimedownhere]

i like the idea of the doll not having features so they can use their imaginations but a completely faceles doll is creepy (even the ones that i've made :P). i usually do the waldorf thing and use 2 dots for eyes and a single dot for a mouth.

[funkymamajoy]

I hope they like dolls without faces because embroidary isn't my strong suit.

[rere]

Originally Posted by Sasharna

Y'know though... after I posted, I showed DS1 your doll. At first he talked about the face, but then he said he wanted it. It is very cute!

Heeeee that makes me smile!Thanks for coming back to tell me that!

Originally Posted by itsrtimedownhere

i like the idea of the doll not having features so they can use their imaginations but a completely faceles doll is creepy (even the ones that i've made :P). i usually do the waldorf thing and use 2 dots for eyes and a single dot for a mouth.

I'm thinking about dot eyes and mouth.Do you make them colored?

Originally Posted by funkymamajoy

I hope they like dolls without faces because embroidary isn't my strong suit.

Mine either.That's why I want to do buttons but I'm afraid of the choke factor.

[E.V. Lowi]

My dd preferred dolls with simple faces, not blank nor with the hard feature that plastic dolls have either. Just two dot eyes and a line for the mouth was plenty, but if completely blank she would have drawn something on.

[Ideesmom]

I've done some rag dolls very similar to yours and painted on very simple eyes and mouth with acrylic paint. And, I've also left some blank. My girls like both.

[rere]

Thanks for the help!

I think I'm going to go with a very simple face.Small eyes and then I'll see if a mouth seems appropriate.

Off to look at simple doll faces...

[mommy2maya]

I've made several faceless waldorf dolls for my kids- they drew faces on with sharpies.