How to Convert Barbie into Wonder Woman!

Step 5 You better recognize the need to accessorize.

Wonder Woman has all sorts of cool accessories and/or weapons. She has indestructible, bullet-deflecting metal bracelets formed from the remains of Zeus's Ageis shield. She has an unbreakable Lasso of Truth that forces people captured by it to speak truthfully. She has a golden tiara because she is princess of Themyscira (aka Paradise Island). She has earrings that are usually red or white stars. Though not exactly an accessory, we've not yet made her red boots with white stripes.

For the bracelets, let's make this as simple as possible. Cut a piece of toilet paper tube about 2.5 cm going with the curve by 3.3 cm. Wrap it in aluminum foil, folding the edges onto the backside. Wrap it around the doll's wrist. If you want bracelets that are permanent or harder to get off, hot glue the overlapping ends together. If you want them to be removable, use a small piece of Velcro tape on each end.

For the lasso of truth, take some gold craft cord, yarn in yellow or tan, or uncolored hemp. Wrap about three loops in a circle about 4 or 5 cm in diameter. Cut and tie the end around the bundle.

The tiara I made was made like the bracelets. I took a toilet paper tube piece 2.3 cm long going with the curve and 1 cm wide. I decided to make it pointed only on top instead of pointed on both sides. Then I drew and cut curves coming downward from the center point so the the ends were about 0.5 cm wide. Then I covered with aluminum foil and colored with a yellow permanent marker. If you are able to, use gold foil instead. For the red star, I started with a red gummed star. That was too big for my tiny tiara, so I drew on the back of it a smaller star to cut and glued it on. (Wouldn't stick with saliva.) My tiara could be pressed into the hair and stay fairly well without attaching any mini combs or anything, but you might want to.

If your doll already has earrings, but not in the desired color, pull the earring out slightly so the post is exposed, but don't pull it out of her head. Paint the visible part red or white or whatever color you want. Another option is to remove the existing earrings using a hemostat and transplant another doll's earring. This may cause damage to earrings or the doll's head, so be careful. If your doll has neither earrings nor holes for earrings, you can try gluing a tiny seed bead or other small object to the ear.

For the boots, you need to find already made doll or Barbie boots. The ones I found were pink hiking boots, not quite as tall as I wanted, but they worked. First, using masking tape, mask off a stripe down the front and around the top edge. Paint the boot red with acrylic paint and let dry. Remove the tape and mask off area on either side of the stripe. Paint white stripes. To seal the boot, use clear top coat for models or top coat nail polish.