Those Dam Troll Dolls

Baby Chia loves the little 3" troll dolls made by DAM. I grew up in the 70's with these little critters with long bright colored hair. Everyone had one. There is one overlooking the produce department at the local organic grocery store where we shop. Little Chia calls it 'The Boy with the Orange Hair'. It keeps her occupied while mother shops.

For Christmas I got her a boy with the orange hair for her stocking, and it was her favorite toy of the day. As I found more, I have slowly procured all primary and secondary colored trolls. We now use them as a color and counting tool. We set them up and count the trolls, and I say things like, hand me the boy with the green hair, and Chia has to find the troll doll with green hair.

Back in the 70's I don't remember the small troll dolls having clothing, but they now have a shirt/skirt and a little message bag that matches the color of their hair. Each bag has a good luck saying tucked inside. Great toys if you can find them. I found my 3 inch Messenger Troll dolls at: Walgreens, online toy shops, and eBay. I'm still missing black, white, brown, light pink, light blue (I have turquoise), mustard, and rainbow...

I took the box a printer came in and made a doll house for the trolls. I just cut out windows, and glued in floors. Baby Chia painted and glued things to the outside. We even made a troll doll swing. The cardboard doll house is fun because we can change it, cut it, glue to it, paint it any time we want. It's an on going project. We found magazines and cut out all of our favorite characters. We glued them to cardboard squares and made little pictures to hang inside the troll house. Momma was knitting nearby as we played, and made us a few little blankets so the trolls could cuddle up on cold evenings. These little troll dolls have been a great source for fun.