Reborn dolls are hand crafted, customized silicon baby dolls, artistically enhanced to look as realistic as possible. They can be cheap to very expensive, and prices range from 700 USD to several thousands.
Creating these lifelike baby dolls is called the process of reborning.
Reborning has evolved significantly over the past years. Artists from famous nurseries have refined their painting methods, and added lots of technical features. For example a simulator that simulates the heartbeat.
The last years, special reborn kits are for sale, and battery powered extras are seen such a mechanism to simulate the movements of breathing of a sleeping baby.
Just like human babies, these dolls come in every conceivable shape size and color. Nowadays there are Caucasian, Asian and African American reborn dolls.
The process of reborning’ a normal vinyl doll usually involves these steps:
