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What Can I Use to Weight a Doll?

Does anyone have a suggestion for weighting a doll? Meaning when I stuff a doll with polyfill I would also like to stuff it with weights to make it feel more real. I have used plastic pellets, but I'm looking for something with a little more weight because the plastic pellets are just not giving it enough weight.

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I have been told to use "fishing weights", but I don't want to use them because they are made with lead. The only weights that I have found without lead are not heavy enough. I will need to use several in order to get the doll heavy enough. Please if anyone has suggestions please send them to me. Any and all suggestions welcome. Thanks.

By mholley from Lawrenceville, GA

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September 8, 20100 found this helpful

Try filling the doll with unpopped popcorn. I have a crocheted animal that has the bottom stuffed with the kernels. Works great!

 
February 14, 20190 found this helpful

My advice is not to use food - it will eventually rot, and could be eaten by such things as weevils, and even mice. Instead, use pellets made for the purpose. For instance, in UK, Little Oke Dolls sell 'Glorex Pellets' in various weights and sizes, and I would expect them to be available in the US.

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Hope this helps, and good luck.

 
August 28, 20230 found this helpful

Hi since this was all posted. Has anybody come up with any new ideas? I have a vacuum sealer I was going to vacuum seal some beans but not really vacuum it but just seals the bag all the way around. I thought that would be a lot better than pantyhose or something like that. But I'm leaning towards fish gravel now I just don't want anything to burst open and then somebody eats it

 

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September 8, 20100 found this helpful

How about dried beans?

 
August 15, 20180 found this helpful

Can you use pea gravel. It won't collect bugs or decay. Its probably cheaper to buy.

 
April 28, 20210 found this helpful

Yes u can

 

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September 8, 20101 found this helpful

Dried peas or lentils. Also, just so you know, there are non-lead fishing sinkers available which are made from either steel, brass or tungsten.

 
September 8, 20100 found this helpful

May I suggest using wheat or rice as a filling.

 
September 8, 20101 found this helpful

I make fabric snowmen and only use kitty litter. It holds it's shape and work great. I don't like using dried beans or rice because being food it could draw mice.

 
September 8, 20100 found this helpful

I suggest using rice like a few of the other posters did. By the way, we are neighbors, I live in Monroe! Small world!

 
September 8, 20101 found this helpful

I suggest rice or dried beans put into a small plastic bag. (ziplock). I haven't had a problem with bugs or mice even without the plastic bags.

 

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September 9, 20101 found this helpful

Never use food items like rice, beans, popcorn, they attract bugs and vermin and eventually will rot. Sometimes they even contain insect eggs that could hatch. Try the marbles or stones used in vases, aquarium pebbles, washed and dried pebbles from your own yard, pea gravel, or non-dyed aquarium gravel.

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Only use non-toxic material that won't cause discoloration or staining from within if the entire doll should become soaking wet (it happens). Moistened cat litter could cause stains and would probably dry in hard lumps.

 
September 9, 20102 found this helpful

Try decorative gravel or aquarium sand? Michaels and other craft stores often sell "polished" (well varnished anyway) small stones, about dried bean size that might work well.

 
September 9, 20100 found this helpful

If your worried about bugs in the rice, wheat or beans, throw the grains in the freezer for up to 30 days (30 to 60 days is ideal) and any bugs or bug eggs are supposed to be killed by the cold. We use a similar idea to store grains for long term storage and were told this was the best way to keep flour, rice and other items from getting those pesky flour beetles in them.

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I think the idea came from Mother Earth News but we heard it on our frugal living group.

 
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September 9, 20100 found this helpful

how about marbles you can get at dollar store real cheap. ;)

 
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April 16, 20180 found this helpful

Im 8 years late but i agree

 
September 10, 20101 found this helpful

Try going to your local farm store and buying buckwheat. Usually sells from a bin and you buy what you need. I use this for all of my therapy heating bags. Never use marbles and such, if the doll ever splits open it is a choking danger.

 
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October 27, 20120 found this helpful

Go here she has an amazing step by step tutorial hope this helps;)

theynevergrowupnursery.blogspot.com/.../real-weighting-tutorial.html

 
January 22, 20190 found this helpful

This tutorial is for reborn dolls, which is different from cloth dolls.

 
May 23, 20170 found this helpful

Rice is u answer it gives it enough wait and it doesn't have led

 
April 5, 20183 found this helpful

I found that using fish tank gravel inside knee high stockings worked well for the bottom trunk of the doll and then using plastic pellets for the mid-trunk and poly fill for the upper worked well. I easily got a 20 doll to 6lb

 
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August 16, 20181 found this helpful

Why not play sand?

 
January 15, 20191 found this helpful

Steel shot. Most bear makers use this.

 
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January 26, 20190 found this helpful

Well I do good with baby dolls I usually make them too the way I weight them is glass beads and fluf and for the head I put glass beads and fluff in a bag and

 
May 4, 20190 found this helpful

All great suggestions I have one question what can be used to put the weights in so in crocheted toys it doesnt work its way out?

 
September 7, 20190 found this helpful

I have cut up panty hose and used that to keep the stuffing from showing in crocheted dolls. It would hold material for weights too.

 
June 12, 20210 found this helpful

You could use those little chiffon draw string gift bags to hold weights or those mesh bag that come with soap tablets for laundrey ?

 
December 22, 20190 found this helpful

Use silicone bra fillers. Gives them weight and makes the belly feel real.

 
January 3, 20200 found this helpful

Glass beads~they are found on reborn doll sites such as ~ dollsbysandie.com or bountifulbaby.com

 
April 24, 20200 found this helpful

I am having the same problem.
I dont want to use anything that will bring bugs or mice. And I am making bunnys for 6 month old and a 1, 1/2 year old.

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Is there something else your can recomend.

 
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November 6, 20200 found this helpful

If you stuff with snipped up clothes you get more weight than polyester fill, might not be as much as you are looking for but it gives more weight than you'd think

 
Anonymous
December 6, 20200 found this helpful

Sand works too.

 

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