I hope everybody who celebrates it had a good Thanksgiving Thursday. We celebrated with the kids and my sister.
Today it's snowing here in Ohio. That makes it a good day to talk about this year's crop of doll sized sweater ornaments.
Target has four different sweater ornaments this year. I wasn't going to let them get away this year, so I nabbed them a couple of weeks ago. I chose these two.
The other two were a white sweater with an actual wreath glued to the chest, (making it impossible to just remove it and have a regular sweater.), and a red sweater with cable knit sleeves and a plaid reindeer on the chest.
The sweaters are only lightly glued to the teddy bear hangers they come on, and are easily removed.
They fit Barbie sized dolls very well, as you can see on Made to Move here.
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| He says it makes him think of a Wonderful Christmastime... |
He's 1/6 scale, and the sleeves are slightly short on him. But I think he has arms that are slightly longer than a Ken type doll. He was much more easy to get the sweater on though, because his hands are removeable!
All the sweaters are $3.00, just like last year, and are available at your local Target store, or at Target.com, HERE.
World Market has sweater ornaments too. As usual though, they are made of very thick, rough yarn, and make for some awkwardly chunky sweaters. They are also a larger scale, and might fit a doll the size of Tonner's Marley/Patience/Agnes Dreary, but definitely not a 1/6 scale doll. They have several different types and a couple of sizes,(both as I described). You can find them at World Market, where there were more styles than I see on their website, and online HERE.
Christopher and Banks has sweater ornaments again this year. I haven't seen them in person, but I have seen them in previous years. Their sweaters are more expensive than the previous two places I mentioned, but you get what you pay for. The C&B sweaters are made of a finer yarn, and so look way more natural on a doll. They are described as 3 1/2" in length and 3" in height. Huh? Isn't that the same thing in this case? I assume they are like the previous years' sweaters, which were 1/6 scale, or 'Barbie sized'. This year they have six styles. They are normally priced at $7.95, but at the moment they are 30% off if you buy them on line. You can find them at your local Christopher and Banks store, or online HERE.
Michael's craft store has Santa and Mrs. Santa jacket ornaments. They are described as measuring at 6.5 and 6 inches. I don't know if they are glued together/closed/on the hanger, or are even 'wearable' but they are cute, and would look cute hanging in a Christmas diorama at least. They sound like they'd fit a male 1/6 scale doll or large action figure of similar or slightly larger size. Unfortunately they are sold out online, so head to your local Michael's store.
Michael's also has a really cute vintage style radio ornament that plays a Christmas song. It's described as 4.75 inches. It's an online exclusive. You can fin d the teal one HERE. You can find the pink one HERE.
Tito's Vodka has a doll sized sweater that comes free with their vodka in some stores. You can also get it online HERE. I saw the sweaters on the way home from Georgia, and they're super nice quality. They will fit a 1/6 'Barbie scale' female doll, but the arms might be too narrow for a male doll. The sweater will be a bit long on a female, but it will look fine. Actually, as I recall, with the last Tito's sweaters I got, they were all relatively 1/6 scale, but were all different sizes and lengths! Some had longer arms and some were shorter in length, so some fit a male better, and some a female. You'd better have a the doll you want it to fit with you and choose accordingly.
That's it for this year's sweater crop. If you know of any others, please leave the information in the comments.
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