My daughter has discovered "Precious Moments"
figurines. She loves their soft pastel colors and
sweet childlike features.
Precious Moments were created by artist
Samuel J. Butcher as a way to share his
Christain faith with family and friends.
Samuel J. Butcher as a way to share his
Christain faith with family and friends.
Samuel J. Butcher
1939 - 2024
Enesco to turn his 2D art into 3D figures.
Precious Moments figurines were first released
in 1978, their popularity grew throughout
the 1980s and 1990s.
These figurines are having a comeback
among younger collectors.
Recently my daughter found a
Precious Moments doll in a
thrift store.
She sent me this photo asking
"Can you fix her?"
Does she know me at all!?!?
She is in good condition, just dusty. She
just needs some freshening up.
As you can see, she has these weird puffy
bows that were glued to her hair!
Her neck says "Tell me the story of Jesus"
and the number 3849 A.
The dolls were made by
The Hamilton Collection
for Precious Moments.
The dolls were a later addition to
the porcelain figurine collectibles.
Her hair has lots of glue spots holding
her style. Some of the glue was white,
some was this brown glue.
(ICK!)
Her hair appears to have been
styled in a chignon.
Her head and hands are porcelain.
Her body is cotton stuffed with wires for posing.
She has a wig cap. The hair is so filled with
glue I removed the wig for washing.
The wig is being soaked until the glue
is released. I keep soaking and rinsing so
the glue does not reattach to the hair.
Here she is de-wigged.
Her clothes all got washed, including
the puffy bows that had thick glue.
And laid out to dry. Yes, that is my daughter's
'Hello Kitty' towel.
The puffy bows remind me of Hello Kitty.
This is a dress and bow I made for one of
my daughter's Hello Kitty 'Build a Bear'
plushies that came without a dress.
Finally all the glue is soaked out.
I laid the wig out to dry after
conditioning and brushing.
Look how pretty this wig is!
When regluing a wig, turn it out like this.
I always use 'Tacky Glue'.
Using the Tacky glue make a spiral
pattern on the topmost part of the wig cap.
Place the glued part onto the back of the head,
then adjust the wig position while the glue is wet.
Very carefully add glue along both sides,
underneath in back and along the forehead.
I hold the wig tight with a large ponytail
holder until the glue is dry.
After her clothes were dry, I removed all the old elastic.
I stretch the elastic and zig-zag.
Everything has been pressed.
And now all is ready.
Want to see her now?
HERE
SHE
IS!
As you can see I added some details to
her apron. I liked her hair down, so I
didn't try to recreate her original style.
Bloomers with new elastic.
I'm very happy with her hair.
It's silky and full of curl.
Here is the back. So pretty!
So sweet!
Before and After!!
My daughter loves her doll.
She says she feels lucky to
Have such a crafty mom.
Love you Sweetie!!
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