How to Clean a Cabbage Patch Kid Doll | Full Step-By-Step Tutorial
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
- In this video I show you how to clean a Cabbage Patch doll so that she comes out spotless and smelling lovely! If you want to know how to fix Cabbage Patch doll hair, check out this video: • How To Fix Cabbage Pat...
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I know this is an older video, but I am excited to get my girls out of storage and clean them! Thank you!
There is nothing like the smell of a clean Cabbie! 😁
Thank you for this! I just got two 40+ year old cabbage patch dolls from an estate sale and I’m absolutely thrilled, but they were in the attic for years prior to the sale. I had a cabbage patch doll as a child & it was lost a long time ago, so I am absolutely thrilled to be able to gift my daughter them for her birthday!
Oh, that's so wonderful - what a great find! 🤗
I got a My Buddy doll for my 2nd birthday. I've had him for 35 years. He has moved with me 12 times. I am definitely going to try this my dude needs cleaned up
I just wanted to let you know how helpful this video was! I’ve had my Cabbage Patch for almost 40 years now, and he’s gotten so stained and gross throughout the years. Now that he’s my daughter’s baby, I’m so happy that I was able to clean him up for her. He almost looks brand new again! Thank you!
You are so welcome!
@@MandyWildman such a beautiful guide to make our old babies new again ! xoxoxoxox
I just started adopting cpk from eBay and thrift stores and was overwhelmed with how to restore them to a clean state..your videos gave me so much confidence, it completely took out all the stress from the situation and replaced it with joy and excitement! Thank you again!
That's is SO great - makes me happy!
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Shes missing her belly button
After watching your video, I cleaned my original Cabbie from 1982, Russ Elwin; he looks gorgeous. For spot remover, I used Shout. Thank you and cheer Mandy from San Diego, CA. 👋🏽🥰🙌🏽
I just tried this and these my cabbage patches from when I was a little girl and I’m 49 about to be 50. It definitely works and brought them back it’s a miracle. Thank so much for your amazing advice😍
You are so welcome! 🤗
I have a Cabbage Patch pet that belonged to my daughter, and will be giving it to my aid's g-daughter. It barely needs cleaning, but I'd like to freshen it up a bit. I took a Mr. Clean sponge to her face, and it looks almost new. As I said, the doll barely needs any cleaning, and even though I did give her a good spray with Lysol, I think I'll give her a bath instead. I'd feel so much better if I did. Thanx for the post.
That sounds wonderful + how kind! 😊
Thanks! I just got my two childhood dolls out of our storage unit and I played with them a looooot.
Thank you Mandy! You did a terrific job in that Cabbie.
I love your videos! I just really rescued a cabbage patch softy from an old antique store myself!
Your videos are super helpful. I just started rescuing cpk dolls and love your idea about upcycling. I hope you upload more tips on fixing them soon. Im leary to dunk their heads under water because im scared they will get moldy.
Glad my vids are helpful. 😃 As long as you let them dry thoroughly they should be fine. :-)
You are 100% correct about an older doll. I teach my baby girls to go after nothing but.
I love rescuing everything too ❤
I just cleaned two cb dolls and they look great! Thank you!
Thank you. I have learned so much from your videos
@@mariefavela that makes me so happy!
Thank you for the great video! I bought a very dirty cabbage patch doll at a garage sale that I need to clean.
Amazing video thank you! I’ve just rescued 3 cabbage patch dolls! Can you share the vid on how to fix the stitching on get etc?
Thank you! I’ve been reducing quite a few from a flea market and this is very helpful. Thank you!
Today I've found a cabbage patch doll in the trash I'm gonna take your advice clean her up and surprise my Fiancee thanks you for your advice
How did it go? Did your girlfriend like it? It's been a year, I am curious.
@@jayceecee8651 oh she love it in fact I'm gonna buy some outfit for the doll real soon thank you
@@SuperDarnell65You're welcome! I bet she is so proud of that doll, too. Thank you for restoring my faith in humanity. Always love knowing that there are others out there, willing to go the extra mile for the people they love.
Thank you so much really helped out because I found old cabbage patch kids at the thrift store and it was very dirty so this helped 😃
Great - so glad I could help!
She looks fantastic now! Wonderful!
Thank you so much! :-)
I tried to find the video for the hair cleaning routine. Any link for it? Loved this video! So helpful! My little one has been working and flying everywhere with me. Can’t wait to try it out thank you! 💜✨
See the link below this video. :-)
Thank you! This is really going to help!
I have this same doll 😮❤😢 I hope I can get her back to a good place
I'm sure you can. Good luck. :-)
Thanks! I have my original doll from 4 years old that I want to redo and I was going to send her out, but I think I'll make it my next quarantine project. I was able to find some shoes on Etsy.
I buy alot of homemade soft cabbage patch look alike dolls and I usually take to goodwill and fit them in baby clothes..depending on size some wear baby's size 1 or 2 shoes
Thank you for posting. I just got 2 okder Cabbage patch dolls at a secand hand store and have been trying to figure out how to clean them.
You are so welcome. Have fun!
I washed them today everything went good.
I swear grandmas know all the secrets. Thx so much for helping my clean my doll. She almost looks better than the brand new ones.
Thank you for the video! This helped a lot!! I'm restoring vintage Chipette dolls currently. They constantly get dirt on them even while I am working on them. I will be keeping paint on two dolls the rest I have completely made up their face in a process called face up. If you have any tips for the Chipette Ideal soft doll it would be much apreciated.
You're very welcome. I've never worked with Chipettes before - I'll have to look them up. 😊
Hi, thank you for posting this! Yes, the Grandma's Secret is amazing! I found your website a couple months ago and it helped me greatly in restoring (as much as I could) my two old Cabbage Patch dolls from when I was a kid. Yesterday I found at a flea market a pretty much exact twin of the one you have here in this video, but her toes and ankle on one foot and pretty much all her fingers on one hand are missing their stitches. I have found tutorials for the foot but I cannot find any kind of guide for restitching fingers. If you know how to do it and could include it in a video I would be very grateful. Thank you for sharing!
Very informative video. Thank you for sharing.
Actually they been around since 1970. I love them so much and I collect them and keep them for my own
Thank you so much
You're most welcome
After this I really really want a cabbage patch doll now
You can often find them in thrift stores. :-)
I love watching your videos! 😀
Aww - thank you so much! Any suggestions for videos you'd like me to make? :-)
GREAT Video! Great Info!
Wow, she looks amazing!!! How do you clean the preemies who have the mildew/mold on their head????
Just with the cream as is shown in the video. Some need more work than others. :-)
Thank you for making this video!!! What would you suggest for white scratches on the face?
It depends on the scratches - what caused them. If a scrubby with a bit of soft soap doesn't work, and they really won't budge, I may either get some foundation make up and try that to disguise them, or make her into a David Bowie or Halloween baby with makeup to hide the scratches. Hope this helps. 🤗
Thank you for this! I've kept my childhood dolls in good shape and I wipe them down often. But I was wondering if they could fully bathed, especially the long hair. I may have to give it a try before winter comes, so I can put them outside to dry.
Yes, I have bathed many of the the older Cabbies. Not the softies of course. I've even put them in a pillowcase and put them in the dryer on a low setting. 😊
can't wait to try this! thank u!!!
Yay!!! I love her bathtime transformation!! Do you have a way to clean the crimp n curl versions of cabbage patch dolls? I really wanna clean but still be able to play with their wax hair ❤️
Well I have washed one and her hair was the same afterwards. ☺️
I love this! Can’t wait to do this! Thanks so much
You are so welcome!
Good save ! Name her Jodi Marie
Oh - I LOVE that name! Thanks for the suggestion, Dillon K!
I looked for your hair video, but not seeing it. Can you point me in the right direction? I have 3 I’m cleaning up for my kids, one baldy so she ok.
Check out the video I just uploaded.
My cabbage patch doll is so filthy. She is 35 years old.
I so want to do this before my little one gets ti play with her.
Does Grandma’s Secret remove soot stains too? Mine from my childhood survived a fire and some have light soot stains.
You know, that's a good question. I've never tried it on door stains, but I would bet it works as well as anything else on the market. Let me know how it goes. ☺️
Thank you so much for this video!!
Great video! I recently purchased a handmade cabbage patch. I don’t think it’s authentic but it could be from a kit not sure. His face looks painted on in photos. Would it still be safe to clean him using this method? :)
Hmm - not really sure. Be gentle! :-)
Post more please!
Hi just a little advice my son is on the cabbage patch phase after finding and cleaning my childhood one. Well I recently purchased him two talking cabbage kids. One has three green spots on its face. From storage I’m assuming. Being a talking doll it’s a different material like rubber almost. Alcohol didn’t work any advice?
Check the video again for my tips and techniques. :-)
I use Grandpa's secret on my laundry. Lol. I have one question. Aren't you worried water would get stuck on the inside of her head and grow mold? Cause pox?
Well I don't leAve them to soak underwater, but you're right - that should be a concern but I take sure to dry them very thoroughly in the dryer and outside on a sunny day. Pox is a symptom of the type of material used in a handful of factories you'd want to avoid if you're a collector.
Great tutorial!
Hi do you have to worry about mold inside the head? Do you ever take the heads off to clean them? Thank you!
I have taken Cabbage Patch heads off a number of times. They are attached by zip ties. I always let them dry very well in the sunshine if possible. 🙂
Wow! Will this work to spot clean or is it best to submerge the whole doll?? Wasn’t sure if spot cleaning would leave water marks.
Try both ways. The old Cabbies are pretty hardy. 😊
Hi I found a a cabbage patch doll and like to find out more about it
You could try some Facebook groups. :-)
Is that soft scrub with bleach? Have you used soft scrub without bleach? I just want to make sure I get what works. I have a redhead and I’m so worried about getting bleach in her hair.
Without bleach. But you could use with bleach and wrap her hair in plastic wrap to protect it. 🙂
Hello. I am looking for a pattern for the body of a cabbage patch doll. Thank you in advance
I'm sorry, I don't have one. Try Ebay. :-)
Thank you so much for the tutorial! I bought a bootleg cabbage patch kid and tried this on him to get his stains out and it worked perfectly! Sadly since it its a bootleg, it doesn't have all the stitched details like Toes.bellybutton.etc, do you have any suggestions or know how to add those on?
I've never tried that, sorry. 🙂
Hi Mandy, I have my daughter's Cornsilk CPD from 1988 I believe. How can I wash her hair and fix the loose threads on her legs?
Threads will be the subject of a future video. Cornsilk I have not done yet. Good luck. 🙂
@@MandyWildman Oh great 😃 👍👍 I can't wait to watch it. And someone from Canada suggested just a mild shampoo 🧴 like Johnson and Johnson baby. I'm going to be attacking her soon
@@toryberch that's what I use on my yarn hair Cabbies.i water it down a bit so I don't have to scrub too hard to rinse it out. 😊
@@MandyWildman Great!! She also mentioned Woolite to keep yarn 🧶 hair less frizzy. I will keep that in mind ☺️
Wait - I HAVE washed (and straightened) a cornsilk Cabbie's hair. I wrote a blog about it some years ago. I'll make a video. Here's the blog link: thevibrantcrafter.com/straighten-doll-hair-smoothing-extreme-doll-curls/ Let me know if that works for you. 🙂
Are you ever going to another one or I am not finding the next one
Check out the video I just uploaded.
Please please please let me know how you clean and fix the CPK yarn hair. My 18 month old is going to dress up as a CPK for Halloween, and got her a CPK from the thrift store to carry with her. The problem is she is very dirty, and her hair is a mess. What do I do? Please help
Check out the video just uploaded. :-)
What would you recommend for dolls that have been in storage with rats?
Ummmmmm - not sure.
I'm currently negotiating with the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum and the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History & Culture for the donations of three CPK Young Astronauts: A White female Mint In Box and a Black male to the Air & Space Museum, and a Black female MIB to the NMAAHC...🤗
Have any advice on why our cabbage patch doll face turned black? Its almost like its tarnished. We are unable to clean it off.
Really no idea, sorry. Good luck. :-)
Is there anyway to clean shoes that are yellowing?
I would try scrubbing them with Soft Scrub or something like it. I have also seen someone paint Cabbie shoes. Not sure what she uses but that could be fun. 😊
I’m surprised the soft scrub with bleach doesn’t bleach out her hair and fabric near the face in the spots that it touches! Have you had any issues with that?
No. I'm careful. :-)
PLEASE help me! I've tried contacting you on twitter and your website... I have a second hand Cabbage Patch Crimp and Curl from the 90s and her hair is just disgusting. Their hair came pre waxed so it could be styled without heat and over the years it has just turned rank. Her hair literally stands on end. Do you know any way can strip the wax or do I need to re root??
Hi Amandine! If it were me I would dunk her head - just the hair part - in boiling water with a little dish soap in it - just for about 5 seconds. I would do this multiple times - maybe 10 or more - and swish her hair around in the water. Be careful you don't burn yourself! When you're done, run her hair under warm water and wash with a little more dish soap, then rinse. This should do the trick. :-)
The Vibrant Crafter I just tried this method again as you suggested and it didn’t work.. nothing seems to work I don’t know what to do :(
@@amandinegrace6358 Hmmm that's too bad. I don't know what they did to their hair but I used to have one like yours. I just made sure she was clean and then put her hair up in a messy bun with a little dress on her and left it at that. Some kids were just meant to have messy hair I guess. 😏
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Hi Mandy. Just wondering if Grandma's Secret spot remover would get out paint stains on CPK legs. I'd like to rescue a doll that's online. But stain looks very set into the fabric.
I don't know if it would, but you could always put them in a pair of tights or pants, or turn the paint spots into tattoos. 😁
And what do you do to clean a doll where you cant get her clothes off? I mean, only her face is a bit spotty and one of her hands is a bit black as she was sitting in the goodwill bins for ages when i rescued her. But her clothes cant be removed. Only identifying things below her hairline is 2015 OAA, INC., WCT-33B Made in China. I havent see another one like her, strange.
If it were me I'd probably hand wash her..
Can I also let my soft sculpture CPK have a bath like this or would it be counterproductive?
No, I would just spot clean a soft sculpture.
Thank you for answering! Best regards from Switzerland.
thats too much like work ,i just braid the hair and toss mine in the washerand let them air dry
The doll would get moldy and mildew if you put in water
One might think so, but that does not happen. I have done it many times and they turn out just fine.
I always make sure they dry thoroughly. 😊
I think this girl needs a name, don't you?
Mandy Wildman - The Vibrant Crafter yes I do she is adorable you did such a good job 👍🏼 she is all clean and happy 😊 💖
Yes
You know you can throw them in the washing machine on delicate cycle in lingerie bag.
In many cases yes, you absolutely can.😊
@@MandyWildman awesome video