Anyone with basic artistic skills can jump onto the latest fad of creating reborn dolls, which could be a profitable home business idea.
A reborn doll is a lifelike infant doll, which is created by putting various parts, i.e. head, arms, legs, together to build a one-of-a-kind doll. The heads are typically limited editions heads sculpted by artists, the recreated in vinyl "skin" to make the dolls as lifelike as possible. The bodies are weighted with glass beads to create the feel of a real baby. Some of these dolls are so realistic, they can easily be mistaken for the real thing.
Here's how it works: The reborn doll maker buys a kit, which retail for between to more than 0, which comes with an unpainted head, arms and legs, and without hair. The reborn doll maker then paints the skin, lips and other details, including adding eyebrows, eyelashes, even little finger and toe nails. Some artists go as far as to create tiny capillary veins in the skin, as well as baby acne. Hair is usually micro-rooted using a tiny needle that inserts one or two hairs (usually mohair) at a time.
Reborn dolls have been featured on a BBC documentary, My Fake Baby, and the Today Show, and are quickly becoming the latest cottage industry. No matter what you may think of the idea of a life-like doll, it could be a way for an artistic person to turn their basic skills into a major business. One recent reborn doll on eBay had more than 16 bids and a final selling price of more than 0, and some sell close to ,000.
One of the most skilled reborn doll makers is Nancy Farmer, whose creations often sell for more than ,000. Farmer works out of her home in England, but ships the dolls all over the world. One of her recent dolls sold on eBay for ,295 after 25 bids.
Ambitious artists can try to sculpt their own head. Starter kits, which include everything you need to begin, including a doll's head, instructional DVD, sculpting clay, eyes, oven thermometer, clay palette knife, and a pasta machine for preparing the clay, cost approximately 9.
A rather poignant niche market has opened up as well, a memorial reborn doll custom made to look like a deceased child, which requires a highly skilled artist.
The popularity of the home business is growing daily. Most reborn artists have only been creating dolls less than four years and the skill levels---and sale prices---vary widely.
With reborn dolls gaining in popularity, so are the accessories such a doll needs, such as clothing and baby jewelry, specifically made for this market. While most of these dolls can wear "newborn" clothing, many home business owners create their own clothing and sell them on eBay.
There are plenty of on-line tutorials and sites where the newcomer can learn the business. There are also few instructional DVDs out there to teach the basics. Reborning (as the industry calls it) can just be a fun hobby, but as your skills grow, you can take this hobby to the next level and turn it into a profit-making business for you. One savvy reborner has written a book, "How to Reborn a Doll in a Day" the basic idea being this could be a business, not just a hobby.
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