ag doll snorkel,mask and flippers!!!!!!!!!!

Mask for American Girl Doll

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What you need

• 1/8" plexiglass (acrylic glass) sheet (got mine at Home Depot)
• clear plastic binder or poly binder or flexible cutting board or similar
• colored plastic binder or poly binder or flexible cutting board (e.g same as fins)
• 1/4" elastic or clear elastic strap
• hot glue gun
• coping saw (to cut plexiglass with)
• Sculpey or FIMO
• vegetable oil

How to make the mask

 1. Download free pattern here
     Remember to set page scaling to none.
     For home use only !!!!!

2. Cut out lens pattern from plexiglass

3. Cut out side pattern from poly binder

4. Lay lens on silicone mat and glue side to lens with hot glue
    Leave lens on mat that way you will have a nice straight finish in front

5. Draw outline of mask onto colored cutting board or binder and make a rim, then cut.

6. Take FIMO or Sculpey and form a nose part, bake according to manufacturer directions.

7. After Sculpey has cooled, cover with vegetable oil, then cover with hot glue.
    On a silicone mat would be best for this.
    Let hot glue cool, then remove Sculpey nose.
    Cut hot glue nose to fit mask and glue with hot glue to mask.

8. Glue rim to mask lens.

9. Cut slits in side of mask and attach elastic string.


You are done !!!
Snorkel for American Girl Doll

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What you need

• plastic clothes hanger
• snips or handsaw to cut the plastic hanger 
• Glue or hot glue gun
• paint for plastic (optional)
• scrap piece of foam sheet (for mouth piece)
• electrical or duck tape (optional)
• drill (optional)

How to make the snorkel

1. Paint this section of the hanger and let dry
    (I paint it while it is still a hanger, that way I can  hang it up while it dries)

2. Cut about 6" on straight part and past the bend.

3. Optional you could drill in on the straight end for 1/2" or so. This will make it look like a tube.
   (use a drill bit smaller than the hanger diameter)

4. Take the foam and cut an oval about 3/4" x 1/2"

5. Cut 2 little squares from foam to form the "bite" of the mouth piece and glue on oval

6. Glue oval to curved part of the hanger

7. Take electrical tape and wrap once around 1/4" down from straight end.
    This is the part that is normally seen above water.

8. You can use a rubber band to attach to mask


You are done !!!
Fins for American Girl Doll

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What you need

• flexible cutting board (got mine at Walmart, came in a set with 3 different colors)
• duck tape, color of your choice

How to make the fins

1. Download free pattern here
    Remember to set page scaling to none.
    For Home use only !!!!

2. Cut out the right and left fine from flexible cutting board.

3. Optional, cut one of the soles from cutting board, this will make cutting the soles from duct
    tape a lot easier
    (you can flip it over to use for the other foot)

4. Fold flaps flaps up, following the side line of the fins. I used a ruler to get a straight fold

5. Take a piece of duck tape, align along the fold and tape on the inside of the flaps and cut
    around.
    Repeat for other side.

6. Take template from step 3 and tape with one piece of duck tape and cut out template.
    This should give you a nice cut.

7. Peal duck tape sole off template and tape on the inside of fin
    (make sure you have the correct foot)

8. Fold up flaps and overlay slightly and tape on the inside with a scrap duck tape piece

9. Take a big duck tape piece and cover the whole top. Make sure your seam on top is flat.

 

10. Cut duck tape level with sole and cut the top to be about 1/4" longer than flap. 

      Cut slits up to the flap and fold towards flap

11.  Repeat steps 4 - 10 for other fin.

12. Cut a 3 3/4" piece of duck tape and cut in half lengthwise

13. On one of the strips fold up one third, then fold down the top to form a strap.
      Repeat for other strap.

14.  Take a little scrap piece of duck tape and tape both ends of strap to fin.
       Repeat for other fin.

 

14. Now you could add more decoration if you want

 You are done !!!