Dress Up Virtual Dolls

How to Dress Up Virtual Dolls

A popular online activity for kids (and some adults) is visiting and using web sites that feature dress up virtual dolls.  These are simple programs that allow visitors to create unique images (called avatars) for use in email signatures or on personal web pages.  Young people like dress up virtual dolls because they provide an opportunity to show a custom, personalized image – and even animate it – for their friends to see.

Many of the dress up virtual dolls sites are based on famous cartoon or mythical characters, including Sailor Moon, Harry Potter, The Simpsons, unicorns, and other fantasy creatures.  Older kids and teens often prefer the dolls that are based on famous actors and musicians.

With dress up virtual dolls, visitors are only limited by the number of accessories in the inventory of a given web site.  The better doll makers offer a dozen or more variations on things like hair, clothing, makeup, shoes, and accessories.

Some dress up virtual dolls can even be placed in customizable rooms or entire fantasy worlds.  These doll makers are better for creating entire web pages, rather than for use in emails.

People who know how to use programs like Paint Shop Pro can even create their own dress up virtual dolls from scratch.  First, a base (blank body template) is made.  Then, all of the accessory options must be created individually.  Many sites use one basic template for things like the hair and shoes, and then simply offer several colors from which to choose.

Dress up virtual dolls are created by simply dragging and dropping or pointing and clicking to add accessories.  With enough accessory choices, literally hundreds of different dolls can be created!  The image is then saved to the visitor’s hard drive for their own use.