Scroll down to the second set of bullets for the free PDF sewing patterns.

We’re inching closer to Halloween, so it’s time for me to post my “donut sandwich board” pattern, that can be used as a Halloween costume for 18 inch dolls! Later on, I’ll put this together with some other projects we’ve been working on, to form the full costume, as shown below.

I’m so grateful to my cousin, who runs the YouTube channel, ASMR Tingle and Taps, for challenging me to create some Halloween-themed outfits for my 18 inch doll because this project has been so fun to make! And it was surprisingly easy (for me anyway).

If you’d like to make today’s donut-shaped “sandwich board” for a Halloween costume for your 18 inch dolls, you’ll need some size 1/0 Dritz snaps, some tan felt, some cotton fabric (as it says in the video, if you don’t have any candy sprinkles fabric, any pastel fabric with polka dots will work), and some felt to match your crop top (for the straps).

You’ll also need a little bit of fiber fill (in the US, we sometimes call this “stuffing”).

Today’s free printable PDF doll clothes sewing patterns will fit the following dolls:

• 18-inch dolls like American Girl dolls
• 18-inch dolls like the Adora Amazing Girls dolls
• 18-inch dolls like the Our Generation Journey Girls
• 18-inch dolls like the “My Life As” Dolls
• 18-inch dolls like City Girls from the New York Doll Collection
• 18-inch dolls like Madame Alexander 45 to 46 cm (similar body type to American Girl) dolls
• 18-inch dolls like the BFC Ink dolls
• 18-inch dolls like vintage Crissy

And here are the patterns and tutorial videos you’re looking for:

• Pattern for 18″ doll “donut” sandwich board
• Tutorial for making the donut (at the top of this page)
• How to do a whipstitch
• How to sew snaps on fabric
• How to do a backstitch
• How to do a baste stitch
• How to press seams open, using a hot iron

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To honor the trademark rights of the doll companies mentioned in this blog post, I am including links to their websites here. Please feel free to visit their website and consider purchasing one or more of the dolls mentioned.

American Girl dolls are products offered by American Girl LLC, which holds the registered trademark for them (™). Please visit their website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys.

Adora Amazing Girls are products offered by Charisma Brands, LLC, which holds the registered trademark for them (™). Please visit their website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys.

Our Generation Journey Girls are products offered by Geoffrey, LLC (affiliated with Tru Kids Brands and Toys R Us), which holds the registered trademark for them (™). Please visit their website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys.

“My Life As” dolls are products offered by Walmart, which (although I couldn’t find it specifically listed in US trademarks) probably holds the registered trademark for them (™). Please visit their website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys.

City Girls are products offered by The New York Doll Collection, Inc, which holds the registered trademark for them (™). Please visit their website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys.

Madame Alexander 45 to 46 cm dolls were products that were once offered by the Madame Alexander Doll Company, LLC, which holds the registered trademark for them (™). Be advised that at the time of this blog post, they no longer (to my knowledge) offer dolls in that size range; however you can visit their website to learn more about their company and the trademarked toys they are currently offering.

BFC Ink dolls are products that were once offered by MGA Entertainment, Inc., which held the registered trademark for them (™), but those dolls are no longer produced, and as of this blog post date, the US Trademark Office has listed the trademark as “Cancelled.” However MGA Entertainment, Inc. still produces toys, and you can visit their website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys.

Vintage Crissy Dolls are products that were once offered by Ideal Toys, Inc., but according to DollReference.com, they were “acquired by the CBS Toy Company in 1982, which eventually merged with Mattel in 1992.”¹ Today Mattel holds the registered trademark for them (™). As far as I know, though, these dolls have not been produced since the 1970’s. However, you can always visit the Mattel website to learn more about their company and its trademarked toys.

Footnote 1: “Ideal Dolls 1970s.” Doll Reference, 28 August 2022, https://dollreference.com/ideal_toy_dolls1970s.html