The Adventures of a Doll Doctor in Canada

Your favorite childhood doll or toy has just been found stuffed away in a box in the basement? It is cracked and dirty and your family urges you to throw it out. But it is full of memories and despite its many flaws, you just cannot discard it. Doll doctors and restoration artists can help. Many of the saddest dolls and toys can be restored. I restore dolls from my home base in Ontario. Wintertime however, finds me packing up a few projects and fleeing to Florida to work in the sunshine!

Friday, March 6, 2026

An elephant's trunk rehabilitation

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  This is an old toy elephant who has a droopy trunk. He is made of mohair that has become quite sparse. The stuffing in his trunk has shift...
Sunday, March 1, 2026

Let's count paint layers again.

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 We are now counting how many paint layers go on a Schoenhut doll during a restoration. I sometimes wonder why it takes me so long to do a ...
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Thursday, February 26, 2026

How many paint layers can you count?

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 Sometimes, during the 100+ years of an antique doll's existence, they get multiple repairs and/or multiple paint jobs. This Schoenhut b...
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Saturday, February 14, 2026

Mysterious layer on a Schoenhut doll

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This doll has arrived so she can be improved upon. She has had a total repaint of her head.   The repaint layer comes off easily enough but ...
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Thursday, January 8, 2026

Bernadette, the composition doll.

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This is Bernadette, a family doll who has had much loving! She ha s arrived to fix her eyes and get beautified. There is something very wron...
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Sunday, May 18, 2025

A Japanese gofun doll

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  This doll has arrived for repairs. She is a Japanese doll from maybe the 1930's. Her head was wrapped separately from her body as the ...
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Friday, May 9, 2025

A vintage voicebox squawks again

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  This vintage plastic doll has arrived with a few requests. She needs lip and eyebrow paint as her originals have long won off. She needs r...
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