Doll maker Tammy Blunte knows firsthand how important it is for children — and even adults — to see themselves represented in dolls. Growing up in Trinidad in the ’80s and ’90s, Blunte tells Yahoo ...

The art of crochet combines the talent of skilled hands with the love inside the heart of the maker. That love is shared in each stitch and comes together to create beautiful things such as hats, ...

When I asked my son what he thought his Bamboletta doll should look like he told me there should be a vacuum on his shirt. Yeah. Right. Weeks later when our Bamboletta dolls arrived (each doll is ...

Wisconsin mom Amy Jandrisevits creates dolls for kids with all sorts of differences, helping "babies and children to be proud of who they are," one parent tells PEOPLE in this week's issue Siblings ...

1010 WINS- Artist Crystal Kaye is changing lives one doll at a time. Focusing on dermatological disorders such as Albinism and Vitiligo, Kaye hand-paints her custom porcelain dolls to reflect the ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) – Kids often look for dolls that look just like them. That can be a challenge for boys and girls with amputations or prostheses. Now one young woman from Eden hopes to change that ...

She is an amazing sweet little girl. 12 year old Lacey lives in Texas. Her aunt, April O Quinn, is an empty and Richard. She tells everybody about me all the time. Lacey may tell others about how her ...

LOS ANGELES -- A toy company is offering a new line of custom dolls designed to help their young owners feel less different. Makies dolls, which are made using 3-D printers, can be designed to come ...

Rafinha, who’s from Brazil, handcrafts miniature wigs for Barbie dolls. The hairstyles range from luscious blond locks to fiery, curly creations – and his 324 000 Instagram followers love each and ...

“I get messages from women saying that they’re in tears," the artist said. Crystal Kaye holds one her custom vitiligo dolls in this undated photo. Crystal Kaye — -- Crystal Kaye's work designing ...

With eyes as round as grapes and lips too small to do anything but pout, Blythe dolls look like sullen angels. Those haunted stares work to their advantage in a crowded market; Blythes have spent the ...

Tammy Blunte knows what it's like not to feel represented. As a little girl growing up in the 80s and 90s, she remembers not being able to find dolls that looked like her. "It was pretty much ...