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| Left, two finished tennis rackets for our fashion dolls. Center, one of our dolls (a curvy Fashionista) is dressed and ready to play. I've included a pattern of her tank T-shirt below. Right, tennis racket covers made from felt will protect the racket from wear and tear. |
A tennis match between doll friends may be something you will need to craft on your own. So I have included here the first part of this DIY crafty sport, the rackets. Soon there will be an additional post showing how I made the tennis court and net.
Supply List:
- black tape (color preference)
- wire
- masking tape
- green acrylic paint (or a different color of your own choosing)
- fine mesh netting (plastic, may be purchased from a hardware store)
- tacky craft glue
- white felt (a small amount)
- Download and print out the tennis racket pattern below.
- Shape wires into tennis rackets up against the pattern for twisting the wire.
- Wrap the racket in masking tape until it is stiff.
- Paint the upper half of the rackets, see picture below.
- Cut out the center of the racket's pattern and hold this on top of the netting while cutting out the shapes for the inside of your tennis rackets. Cut these a little larger than you need so that they can be slightly adjusted with scissors as you fit them to your doll rackets.
- Glue the mesh netting shapes in place with a tacky craft glue.
- Let the glue dry and harden before proceeding with the next step.
- Cut long thin strips of black tape to wrap the racket handles.
- Wrap these handles overlapping the tape just a little as you work your way up the handles.
- Now you can trace around the rackets including 1/4 an inch felt for a better fit for the tennis racket covers. You will need four pieces like this for two rackets.
- The cover should not cover the racket entirely see pattern below and picture above.
- Sew a straight seam around each set of felt covers.
- Turn them inside out and fit them to the rackets when they are in storage.
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| Left, Shape wires into tennis rackets up against the pattern for twisting the wire. Center, Paint the upper half of the rackets. Right, Glue the mesh netting shapes in place with a tacky craft glue. |
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| Free guide for doll tennis racket and a free pattern for a doll tank T-shirt. |
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