Tree Change Dolls

An Australian woman has gone viral for her doll makeovers, although in this case, they are makeunders rather than makeovers. She finds second-hand Bratz dolls, removes their face paint, paints on a new face, and her mum knits the new clothes. The transformation is quite remarkable. It’s hard to even believe they are the same dolls.

Here are some before and after shots taken from her Tumblr site at http://treechangedolls.tumblr.com:

The make-under dolls are a huge improvement on the original in my opinion. Aside from having a ridiculous amount of makeup for a doll, the original Bratz dolls are just plain ugly. I showed my kids these photographs and asked them which they preferred. Elizabeth said she liked the dolls on the right because the other ones “are ugly”. Daniel also chose the transformed dolls because the original ones “look funny”.

Here’s a wonderful interview with the woman behind the dolls. She’s a scientist who was made redundant from CSIRO. Now she has a shop on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/TreeChangeDolls

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March 14, 2015

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Rachel M

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dolls, makeunder, recycling, toys, Tree Change Dolls

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14 responses to “Tree Change Dolls”

ladysighs

March 14, 2015

I had never heard of Bratz dolls. The new ones are precious. Her mom and daughter look like dolls. 🙂

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1. Rachel M
  
  March 14, 2015
  
  I’d never seen or heard of them either and I’m quite glad of that. The original dolls are the stuff of nightmares!
  
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  1. ladysighs
    
    March 14, 2015
    
    I think Angelina Jolie type lips are plain ugly and those dolls reminded me of that. 😦
ady

March 14, 2015

I don’t know what ‘Bratz dolls’ are but the dolls in left are weird,and in no way meant for kids ! Afterlooks are so sweet and happy 🙂

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1. Rachel M
  
  March 14, 2015
  
  Yes, they do look happier after the change, I agree. I’d never heard of Bratz dolls either and thank goodness for that! I definitely won’t be buying any for my kids.
  
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scifihammy

March 14, 2015

Wow That is amazing! Must say I prefer the Under-made dolls! They look more like dolls I saw as a kid. (I wasn’t keen on dolls myself) The new dolls are really freaky – and setting girls up to be disappointed in their looks and figures!
Also, what a heart-warming story about that incredibly talented scientist and her Mum 🙂

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Sandy McFadden

March 14, 2015

When my oldest was younger she had some of the Bratz dolls. There were even some cartoons made about them. I was very glad when we could get rid of them.

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1. Rachel M
  
  March 14, 2015
  
  Their eyes are quite scary. I’m surprised kids aren’t having nightmares about these dolls. Someone should make a horror movie out of them 🙂
  
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anniegoldfisher

March 15, 2015

The dolls are lovely and so is their maker. The husband is really sweet too. Hope she willingly put her hand up for a redundancy at CSIRO. The government here has absolutely trashed science and cut CSIRO to shreds.

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1. Rachel M
  
  March 15, 2015
  
  When I heard her say she had been made redundant I instantly thought of Tony Abbott and his disdain for science. I hope his days as PM are short.
  
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  1. anniegoldfisher
    
    March 15, 2015
    
    Couldn’t agree more. The whole bang lot of them.
Shub Niggurath

March 19, 2015

I used to think about make-up. This is my conclusion: the objective is to accentuate the elements of the face, and its beauty. Reading white lines on a gray piece of paper is hard, the face is the same

Women do make-up and I don’t think women do any wrong things at all.

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1. Rachel M
  
  March 19, 2015
  
  Women don’t do any wrong things at all? Ever? Ok, if you say so 🙂
  
  I don’t have any objections to make-up and I wear it myself but there’s make-up that has been attractively done and make-up that has been unattractively done. The Bratts dolls fall under the latter category.
  
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Denise

March 29, 2015

Cute! This is a bit like RL – I run a self-esteem group at school and when discussing looks, they seem to prefer their friends to look more natural eg hair colours.

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