If you’re going to reroot your BL, EBL or SBL Blythe doll, swap scalps with another, boggle her eyes or lift her gaze, the first thing you’ll need to do is pull off her scalp.
1. Choose your hapless victim. I’ve chosen an SBL Blythe, a Feel the Sky, for her extra-pale complexion:
2. Give her hair a good tug all around the hairline to see if there are any areas where the scalp can be persuaded to come away from the head:
3. I found a slight gap on the side of her head. Don’t be afraid to pull hard – you won’t break anything:
4. If you’ve found a gap, insert your craft knife into it and begin to slice across. Remember you’re trying to separate the scalp from the hard plastic head-piece, rather than cutting into it. Also, be careful not to slip with the knife and scrape the head – or yourself!
5. If you didn’t find a gap to insert the knife, simply find a likely spot on the back of your doll’s head and begin to cut. Again, remember that you are trying to slide your knife between the scalp and head-piece as far as you can:
6. Make a small cut, then try pulling the hair again, close the the hairline. Blythes have differing amounts of glue holding their heads together, so some will require more strength than others. If the scalp isn’t pulling away, cut a little further and try again:
7. Keep pulling until the whole scalp lifts off the top of the head. (This is an SBL head – EBL and BLs look a different):
8. Be amused by your doll’s shiny boiled-egg head:
11 Comments
Add your own1. Sophia | November 2nd, 2008 at 6:56 pm
Thanks for this Sue, I’m planning to open my MM and CCC’s head next week, this will be so helpful!!
PS. Do you know anything about head opening SBL’s without a saw?
2. lu | November 2nd, 2008 at 9:44 pm
haha yes this is one of the things i’m thinking about lately, i’ll definitely need a how-to – but removing the scalp is the easy part, getting it back on so it looks like it was never gone is the bit i’m worried about! esp for my EBL
3. Jade | November 4th, 2008 at 6:36 am
Good tute just everyone remember do not cut of the flages!!!
4. Jade | November 4th, 2008 at 6:36 am
I mean flanges *blush*
5. Sue | November 4th, 2008 at 8:51 am
head opening coming up next!
6. Sophia | November 4th, 2008 at 10:41 am
Also, is scalping RBL’s different?
7. Sue | November 4th, 2008 at 11:01 am
Totally! another tutorial to come
8. Jess | January 11th, 2009 at 7:09 pm
Big thankyou Sue – I just wandered on here for a looksie and you have provided exactly what I was looking for, bit freaky actually!!!
I’m going to follow your tut’s closely from now on!!!
9. Sue | January 29th, 2009 at 10:58 am
Thanks Jess! More to come
10. Thea | July 23rd, 2010 at 1:14 am
Can you swap a Kenner’s scalp with an RBL scalp?
11. Sue | August 3rd, 2010 at 12:31 pm
Hey Thea! You can, but it doesn’t fit perfectly. Maybe you’ll find some info on the This is Blythe forum for that?
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