How do you play with your dolls??

I sit down and dress them all up every week! I also compliment them and make clothes for them or props.

 

I wish I could be organised enough to do that, but with over 50 of them to change I wouldn't have the time anyway.

Teddy

 

Definitely dress-ups and wig changes. Like keeping them around when I remember them. Maybe when I am brave enough I will attempt face ups.

 

Now there's an idea worth considering - thanks!

I already do this (sort of) with picking a doll to take into work with me each day (only in the office onc day a week these days, working from home the rest) so I could possibly use that choice as the basis for picking the doll of the week or the dolls of the month.

Teddy

 

Usually I fully change everything!

 

Oh my! That is a lot of dolls! I enjoy having few dolls and a lot of clothes (if 13 dolls could be considered a few...)

 

I lean a lot into the writing aspect, between the story of the world their characters live in and role playing. Along with that, I like to draw. For my work, I do a lot of cute anime style girls, but my dolls are almost all male. When I'm art blocked, want to do a study (clothes, lighting, etc), or just want to draw something else, I'll go to my dolls and draw them, whether that's realistically as they appear sitting on my shelf or as their characters in some scene.

 

I display and take a look at them every once in a while. Most dolls dress the way they are from day one because I give each one a plot and a character. Just looking at them makes me feel happy. Also, I like to change their poses to make them more dynamic.

 

I...don't really? I mostly have them to look at and say hello/ good night to. Most of the dolls I have/ want are of existing characters, so unless writing fanfic counts I don't really write for them either. It's the same for the fashion dolls I customized before being able to start getting BJD's. Once I finish them I mostly just have them on display and don't really play with them.

 

I thought I was silly for thinking of my dolls as protectors so I'm glad to know someone does this too.

I don't really like the thought of my dolls just...sitting there...so I am currently in the process of getting a dollhouse built for my 1/6th dolls (I collect mostly mature 1/6 dolls). I would like to take daily life pictures of them once its all set. Kind of like the sims but more hands on LOL

 

@ghostmilky I think it's because they don't look like haunted dolls! They just look like beautiful elves/fairies who can take down evildoers in my sleep!

Ooooh I have 6 mature minis - Soom and Myou - are their more out there? A doll house would be nice! I hope you can get it done!

 

Oh there are so many more! Granado, Blackcherry, Atelier Momoni, and Merrydollround make some just to name a few. There's a thread here with a lot more.

 

I think I am following that thread - it's on part 3 at moment. I guess I will have to go back to the other parts and find the other companies!

 

I don't physically intereact with my dolls often. They're mostly just displayed, but I love just looking at them. Every now and then, I enjoy changing their clothes and re-posing them on the shelf. Other than that, I like to write backstories for my dolls that do have characters.

 

When I do take them out of there boxes I do photoshoots ., And been thinking now since the holidays are coming up to have a movie night with them or kickback and play a good board game with em ..but I have taken them to the feild a few times with me when I fly my model rockets ..but they sit far away don't want one of the rockets going wild coming off the rod hitting one of snice the model rockets I build and fly can reach speeds up to 360 + MPH

 

I have a bad habit of sticking mine in travel bags to take with me, then it's too sunny / not enough time / I don't feel like asking the clerks of the shop I'm in if I can take photos. But beyond that, I do play with them. Even if it's just to randomly pose them in my hands, have them sit beside me while I work on other art, or dress them for the sake of it, they get handled on a weekly basis. Some of them less than others, but sooner or later, everyone gets a turn. I take so many photos that never get uploaded and edited. I need to get back into that. It used to be my joy.