Reroot Doll Hair: Reroot Tool Method

Heddy before (left) and after (right)

Rerooting doll hair is an easy way to give your doll a new head of hair. There are many hair styles to choose from, but two main methods to reroot hair. In a previous tutorial, I covered the knot method to reroot hair. This one covers the reroot tool method. If you do not have a reroot tool, make one (and the needles to go with it!)

This tutorial covers how to use the reroot tool. My featured doll is actually just a spare head from a second-hand doll I rebodied. Let’s call her Heddy?

You Will Need:

• Cotton Swab
• Doll head
• Doll hair
• Embroidery sewing needles (size 7, 8 or 10)
• Reroot tool
• Waterproof craft glue
• Wire Cutter
• Pliers

Reroot Doll Hair: Make a Reroot Tool

Make your own Cheapo Reroot Tool...

Doll hair cannot regrow, but it can be rerooted! One of my recent tutorials covered the knot method, a painfully slow way of rerooting doll hair. Using a reroot tool is more efficient, and takes less than half the time the knot method takes. However, to use it you need a reroot tool! Many sites sell excellent metal tools, notably Dolly Hair. These are worth the money... but what if you’re broke?

Simple— make a Cheapo Reroot Tool! This sturdy metal tool can swap out broken needles and doubles as a hair-hole puncher!

You Will Need:
• Exacto knife (one without a rotating blade)
• embroidery sewing needle (size 7, 8 or 10)
• Wire Cutter
• Pliers (optional)

Reroot Doll Hair: Knot Method

Ethan before (left) and after (right)

Some dolls have low-quality hair or improvised “haircuts.” Doll hair cannot regrow, but it can be rerooted! Rerooting replaces a doll's old hair with any hair you want: saran, yarn fibers, tinsel, etc. There are many ways to reroot hair, and two of the most common are the knot method and the reroot tool method. This tutorial outlines the knot method, a very slow, but beginner-friendly, way to reroot doll hair. It features a lovely second-hand doll, Ethan, whose head I removed in a previous tutorial.

You Will Need:

• Doll
• Large-eyed Sewing Needle
• Hair (old wigs are perfect for this)
• Scissors
• Pliers
• Tweezers (optional)
• Cup of water (optional)
• Towel (optional)

More after the jump!