How I open my reborn doll & re weight. Stellan gets an adjustment

Series #2 learning the reborn hobby for new collectors. How to take the head off your reborn & re weight. Stellan gets a weight adjustment. Watch step by step.
This video is intended for adult doll collectors. Not recommended for viewers under the age of 13.
*please note I am not a professional. I am a reborn/silicone doll collector sharing based off my own personal experience. For professional advice please seek a professional reborn artist. Attempting anything done in this video is at your own risk. I do not assume responsibility for the matinence of your dolls.
Zip ties & supplies purchased from Bountiful Baby, Mcphersons arts & crafts & Dolls by Sandy
Fine glass beads purchased from E.bay
Stellan is the first edition Levi sculpt by Bonnie Brown
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*filmed on my Samsung Galaxy S8 phone camera on general default setting. No filters used or applied
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[@maryholmes2363]

I just did mine!! He’s adorable 🥰 I have about 10 babies and I always fix what I don’t like on them this was very helpful

[@piximommysreborns]

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[@fernjasp]

Thank you soooo much.. This tutorial has been so helpful. I was too nervous to fix the head on one of my dolls that was not right when it was received and I did not want to complain to the seller because I was already getting a good deal, I will be able to change it now and also remove some weight from the dolls tummy.

[@pennyallison6065]

Just got my 2nd Levi today been wondering about doing this or how to thanks for going over it

[@chyannbetancourt6808]

Love your personality I felt a bit stressed before watching your video and now feel a bit more comfortable with the ideal of adjusting my baby

[@cynthiajfannin7986]

Stellan is precious! I’ve got the blank kit, I’m learning to paint!

[@springfauna1465]

Thank you so much for this video!!!!! I would've never thought of leaving the current tie in it while putting in the new one and it's just brilliant!!!! I'm currently looking at different suppliers on Etsy to see what kinds of beads and polyfill they have, along with other places on the net. I can't wait to re-weight my new reborn doll!!

[@serenadenursery]

This definitely is a good skill to have. I’ve been considering reweigjting a PG baby and an AD one I have using better quality stuff. Knowing how to do this makes it possible to weight your baby is exactly how you want them without relying on someone else to do it for you. It’s great that you and others make these tutorials for us to watch.

[@Nizhonibearcreek]

Finally a KZbinr who isn’t annoying that sounds like me lol

[@chyannbetancourt6808]

Thank you so much for making this video I'm so nervous but I'm going to need to take my new reborn apart and remove some of the glass beads as she is hard as a rock and I want her to be softer. Do you have any suggestions? I'm like scared but I can't leave her like that she's just way too hard even in her face it's hard: (

[@melps2124]

Thank you for this. My dolls a bit to packed and I wanted to remove a bit of the stuffing inside my Lou Lou but wasn’t sure how to do it. So thanks for this video.

[@christinetravelstead3611]

You said you are selling this baby? May I ask you the price? I am anxious to have one. I ordered one and after waiting months for it and never receiving it , I got my money back. Just wondering what you would charge! My email address is [e-mail] Thankyou!

[@christinetravelstead3611]

Sorry forgot the name Stellen?

[@anusckapotgieter3557]

I want your dolls please my I have this dolls

[@anusckapotgieter3557]

Please

[@spiritualservicesgodbless7641]

Oh wow Mel how many Reborn dolls do you have ???????????

[@kaykemp4149]

Stellan is Precious 🥰💕Levi is my Dream 😍🌺🦋🌸🐥🐝🐣😊

[@teresaplourde1971]

I love you and your beautiful babies.

[@KCsBabies]

I have a June who has an extremely heavy head... I want to sort it out, but scared of damaging the doll...

[@trudybutcher6256]

Awe so cute

[@mylittlerebornfarm756]

Hi there..I think it is because it is not gathered...they just seem to sit way better..Hi from new Zealand!!

[@Lurning-disability]

Im geting a very cheap doll from Walmart. Im exspting it to be very not good compared to hand made reborns, so im thinking ill have to add beads. I know it will not be grat but i want a silicon baby and as we k ow there VERY expensive, will take me years to aford one so i want to get the feel and know if i want to invest that.

[@kaykemp4149]

I think 🤔 it looks good 🥰😊

[@RegalMommy]

I was wondering, is there a way to change the dolls that I have purchased but do not look very real? They are high quality dolls but have been painted minimally and need more paint adjustments. Could I just paint on the doll or does something need to be done before painting? I would love to change my dolls up..

[@piximommysreborns]

Hi, that's something that I would recommend talking with either the artist that painted the dolls or speak to another artist that might beable to add more details for you. Yes it can be done. You would just want to find an artist with the skill level for the realism your looking for & willing to alter another artists work. Sometimes your better off selling & buying exactly what your looking for because it can be hard to find artists that will paint over another artists work. You could always check with the original artist first & see how they feel about it. Hope that helps xoxo

[@RegalMommy]

@@piximommysreborns thank you! These dolls are commercially painted, not from a private artist. They’re a good quality, just not very real. I am “artistically inclined” (tattoo artist and attended art college where I did lots of painting lol), but never tried reborn dolls before just canvas and pottery. Wanted to try practicing on these if possible :)

[@shawnastarr3605]

♥️

[@ThePOOKIE319]

Would you please share which baby that is and where I need to search to find one. He's beautiful. 😊

[@piximommysreborns]

He's the Levi sculpt by Bonnie Brown. All the info in his artist is in the video description, but you can find the sculpt everywhere 🥰

[@roseberryrebornnursery3035]

When his head came off! Reminded me of when I opened the Asher awake, remember that? I was brand new to the hobby and didn't expect that. Watching videos like this one made me comfortable to attach the head... instant professional LOL. Good stuff

[@maribetslilangels]

Yes that belly plate works on Stellan for photos. Thank you for sharing your weighing method, weight and feel definitely matters. 💕 ❤️ 💕

[@nanakatssunshineandlollipo7492]

Very infant thank you 😊

[@spiritualservicesgodbless7641]

Thank you for the video.

[@pixiemermaid]

That belly plate looks great for stellan

[@patlydeval2453]

Very interesting video for new collectors 👍😉 When i got my first reborn, she was supposed to be a newborn size (Will by Natalie Scholl) and she wore 3 months clothes ! Her body was over filled, not floppy at all. She was really not cuddly. I had seen a tutorial, so i bought what was necessary and the day i took her head off, my 12 years old niece was there. When i cut the zip tie, the head popped up and rolled on the table ! My brother and my sister were there too and we all thought my niece would be shocked and we've been shocked to see her laughing out loud as never ! She made me promise, if i had to do it again, to wait for her to be there. 😂🤣😂🤣 My niece is such a surprising person ! 💖💖💖 She's 13 now and i offered her the first reborn i have painted. I didn't root the hair, the eyelashes neither the eyebrows, because i wanted her to choose the color she preferred. She chose a light brown but only for the lashes and the eyebrows, because she loved the way i had painted the skull ! She has surprised everyone again ! 😊 Stellan is so sweet, he deserves to be as cuddly as cute 😍 Love and hugs 😘 😘 😘 ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

[@piximommysreborns]

Oh my goodness!! Well your niece sure has me laughing out loud! 🤣 that really is a great story! Both of them!! I could just imagine you all their when the head just popped right off thinking she would be totally creeped out, but instead laughing!! Lol And yeah for a 13 yr old to choose to leave the baby bald bc she liked the way you "painted the skull" rather then have rooted hair! That is definitely surprising! I guess she really has an appreciation for the art. Maybe she will paint a reborn herself one day! She just might surprise you!!! Lol Great story hun tnx so much for sharing it!! 😘😘😘

[@patlydeval2453]

@@piximommysreborns, actually she is an artist ! She has had her first class of drawing when she was 5 and she's been playing the violin for 4 years now. I have made plastic art studies and we have very interesting discussions about art. When she came for Christmas holidays, she chose the color of the eyelashes and the eyebrows and she watched me rooting. She asks me many questions about making reborns. Maybe will she become a reborn artist, or a sculptor, who knows ?! 😉😊 Thank you for your answer 😘❤️

[@luna3618]

Hey, I just found you channel and I loved it! Are you a reborn artist? Did you reborn that Levi? I just fell in love with him

[@spiritualservicesgodbless7641]

I got married six months ago 💜 and I bought a Reborn doll last month. 👑

[@pixiemermaid]

I love babies in diaper and hosptial shirt. My favorite

[@Inactive20000]

Hi i have a question i have a reborn baby but his head keeps flopping all around and his body got very light and i dont understand why it happened and his head almost fell off and im nervous i might ruin him because i dont know how to tighten or fix his zip tie any tips?

[@piximommysreborns]

Hi there! Love your Marvine!! 💚 Yes replace the zip tie. You won't be able to adjust this one bc the end is clipped so put a new one & then while you have the head off add some extra polly fill to give more stability for the head. Sometimes the polly fill settles after time & you just need to refresh it. It sounds like that's what's happened with your baby. It's a very easy fix just a zip tie & a little polly fill will do the trick!

[@Inactive20000]

@@piximommysreborns okay thank you so much and thank u for noticing my profile ^_^

[@birdiesbabies5612]

I agree wholeheartedly with your opinion that weight is so important. I got a gorgeous doll from Russia that was really badly weighted. I didn’t know then how to re-weight them, so I just sold the doll for a LOT less than I paid. The paint wasn’t what I expected either, or I might have looked into getting her re-weighted. Stellan is gorgeously painted, btw.

[@piximommysreborns]

Hi Linda!! Yes I completely understand what your saying. I've sold many dolls on myself & many at a great loss. I can say that I don't think I've ever gotten a doll that I was truly disappointed with in any way. I just either discovered the sculpt wasn't for me or the painting or rooting wasn't for me! The good part is we all have different taste so the doll goes on to make another collector extremely happy. I think the reason I've sold the most is the skin tone was to fair for my liking. That's the one thing that gets me every time no matter how gorgeous & realistic the doll is. Most dolls from Russia come with little to no weight. Probably bc of shipping costs. Its definitely great to know how to reweight so you don't need to sell the doll on if the weight is the only reason. Also sometimes changing the body can make all the difference. It can even change the clothing size sometimes. Theirs definitely a few tricks to try if you really love a doll but feel like somethings just "off". It's all stuff you learn as you go along just by trial & error or watching other collectors & artists. You wouldn't think collecting reborns is so complex!! Lol

[@Anonymous-UserX9]

I have a Question! I'm thinking of reweighting my newborn when i got him he wasnt weighted at all his body was just full of Cotton im ok with doing his body but should i do his head? When I got him it had nothing but air and im not sure if its a good choice to make it a bit more heavy

[@piximommysreborns]

Hi there! Great question! So you can add a little weight to the head just by stuffing it with Polly fill. Or you can add a small sack of glass beads and some Polly fill. It's really all a matter of personal preference. I like my dolls heads weighted as it makes them feel & move more realistically. If it's a bigger baby & I want them to beable to sit up without support, I add only Polly fill. That gives a little weight, but allows them to sit without the head flopping. For newborn babies I weight the head heavy so that the head needs support "like a real baby" when I pick them up. Don't be afraid to try out different ways until the doll feels right for you! You can also weight the limbs with glass beads if the limbs were not weighted. Fill the limbs half way or 3/4 the way up with glass beads and stuff the rest with Polly fill to hold the beads inside. Enjoy! 🥰

[@Anonymous-UserX9]

@@piximommysreborns Thank you so much!

[@piximommysreborns]

@@Anonymous-UserX9 your very welcome hunny

[@gamingsloth6392]

Can somebody please tell me if a full silicone baby can have glass beads in ? I’m so worried about getting scammed ): xx

[@kathleenholmberg5034]

Very practical info! Thank you!

[@chyannbetancourt6808]

He looks perfect with the belly plate can't even tell

[@mimiwonderfulnursery1221]

What if your baby head does not move and you wanted to more. I got my baby off of amzon.

[@goldenwhisper66]

What size zip ties do you recommend?

[@piximommysreborns]

Whatever the standard is that all the doll distributors carry. I think they have a couple different lengths so I suppose if you were buying in bulk to make many dolls get the long & the short as you will save some money on the shorter length for limbs . I just use the long ones bc they work of neck & limbs & you cut the excess anyways

[@spiritualservicesgodbless7641]

1:00. I understand. This is why I thankful that he is a Reborn doll and not a REAL baby.

[@emoooooly7350]

Fixing to go take my baby doll apart and stuff her with rice #rebornonabudget

[@Amandahugginkizz]

Who reborned him?

[@ashligower1261]

It looks really good on him

[@claudiaoneal3021]

Ur baby looks adorable, also the belly plate looks perfect.

[@GreyBird1881]

Stellan looks perfect Tasha! That Belly Plate matches enough that no one would be able to tell!

[@debraann9512]

💚💚💚

[@robing1549]

Thank you, This was very helpful Tasha. And might I add quite entertaining with the head mishap.You gotta laugh it off. He's a cutie. I heard you say his head is weighted, are the arms and legs weighted also?

[@piximommysreborns]

Hi Robin thank you!!! Yes yes I should have mentioned that his limbs are weighted with fine glass beads. To weight the limbs fill them 3/4 the way or a tad more or less depending on the size of the baby you don't want limbs so heavy that the weight is tugging on the body, but with your average NB size reborn fill most of the way & then stuff the remainder with polypill tight to plug it up. Some artists do use plugs, tape or a cotton round to ensure nothing spilling into the body. I've had no issues just packing the pollyfill in tightly. Zip ties on the limbs work the same as for the head. Cut them the same to remove & put new on the same & make sure you don't tighten them to wear the limbs can't move. Same as the head 😉

[@amyhodges4215]

Nice video thanks for sharing with us

[@spiritualservicesgodbless7641]

In the beginning thank you for the kisses one million kisses baby to you my King. 😍❤️💖💋

[@aileenwhite1991]

Hi Tasha I just loved your video it’s very helpful but I wish you were there to help out your Stalin is gorgeous big hugs from Aileen in Scotland xxxx

[@denisegreen5528]

Great video. It was a great learning tool. Belly plate looks good him. 🥰🥰

[@bikermom7391]

I bought a bag of the baby fat, but didn't use it when I redid my dolls. I was thinking about how the silicone might get sticky like the silicone babies do, then clump. Might be a different type of silicone, don't know but I didn't want to risk it.

[@purehealerreborns2743]

Tasha i rewaid my reborn son went i got him he was not waied he in a new body he now 28 inchs went did it the first time he was to foble he now more culddle noe that i took my time to fix him i was neaves to do it but did he look grate.

[@piximommysreborns]

Hi Jamie! Yes I was so nervous too the first time I cut that zip tie & took a babys head off! But I knew I wanted more weight in the baby so I did it!! I think once you do it one time then it gets easier after that because you know you can! Its definitely worth it to learn so we can have our babies the way we would like them! I think the weight makes a big difference. It did for me! Thank you for sharing about your baby. I'm so glad he feels so cuddly now! Hugs & love my sweet friend! 🥰😍🥰

[@luna3618]

Do you do customs?

[@piximommysreborns]

I'm not an artist

[@luna3618]

@@piximommysreborns oh sorry, well may I ask you who reborned your Levi?

[@piximommysreborns]

@@luna3618 His original painting is by Pearl of Happiness Nursery in Australia. I privately had him re rooted.

[@luna3618]

@@piximommysreborns thank you 😊 He’s perfect! And his hair omg!

[@karenwood5502]

Hey stella I don't think I could take my baby apart, it would bother me. Their is a new sculpt out called odessa. You could see the baby through betty j coffman. Thanks Karen

[@SanteePrincess]

I push my zip ties nub first, flat side down.

[@teresaplourde1971]

Right now I have to cancel my subscription . I will get the subscription back in time. bcko

[@sheenanelson5973]

I'm doll and her name is Ella and she is not a full body baby she is a clothe baby I wanted a full body baby

[@SanteePrincess]

I reweighted my reborn, one day, when I picked her up to cuddle, her head flopped off and rolled off the bed!!! I was in shock!, even though I know it's not real, my heart felt differently! Crazy!

[@piximommysreborns]

Yes it can be shocking the first time that happens!

[@SanteePrincess]

@Piximommys Reborns Lol..it was shocking! It's considerate of you to give a prewarning on this video lol

[@bikermom7391]

The belly plate looks perfect to me.

[@minifarm15]

too much talk and the wave with hands ..an mistake many who make videos unfortunately make for the meaning is yes or go enough

[@lovesmesomerebornbabies2461]

I love these videos Tasha! I can’t tell you how many of these re-weighting videos I looked up when I first started re-weighting my own dolls. As far as that belly plate on him- YES! You could get away with that belly plate on him! When I got my new Levi from Carla, (not new - but new to me- I wasn’t his first Mommy- I didn’t get him directly from her, I was his second mommy, ) he didn’t have a belly plate. But when I ordered my Kami Rose- bc that baby was a custom - I ordered a belly plate from her with that baby and it matched my Levi from her perfectly! So I have been using it with both babies !!! So neat! Thanks for sharing !! Much love today! Be well- Shannon

[@piximommysreborns]

Awww thank you my Dear Shannon! Yeah you know it's funny bc I just remembered as I was reading your comment that the first lady I bought my first 4 reborns from second hand. She used the same belly plate for photos for multiple babies! I remember bc I kept asking "do they come with the belly plate" & she told me "no I only have one I use for them all" lol I think for those collectors who really enjoy taking pics having a belly plate is really nice for that. It really adds alot to the realism imo. I looked afterwards & realized that Bears Belly plate I tried on Stellan in the video is really not the same lol but yeah I do think for photos I could get away with it if I want. I'm pretty sure that's the only caucasian tone belly plate I have come to think of it! Aasir has a belly plate "the chicken cutlet kind lol" & AZ has a full front plate with boy bits. That is actually a work of art in itself!! I really need to get that out for some pics! Thanks for joining my my lady!!! Sending big hugs & lots of love! Oh btw TY so much for your kind words on my last video. I didn't get to respond but I read it & loved it TY!! 🥰😍😘😘😘😘