Defluffing
Munchkin Munecas are made of velour, which is a lovely fabric but picks up fluff like nothing else! If they make their way under the sofa (especially on a laminate floor!) You can guarantee they'll need a good defluffing.The best way to do this is to run your hand under the tap, and with a damp hand, run it against the pile of the doll fabric (so the opposite way to smoothing it). All the fluff will collect at the bottom and you can pinch it off easily and it saves a full on bath.
Washing
Usually a baby wipe will clean up a doll fine, but occasionally the dolls will need a wash for one reason or another. As they are wool stuffed, if they go in the machine they may shrink so its best to hand wash, you can use a little liquid soap and gently wash the affected area.Gently squeeze the doll out (but do not twist) and then reshape, and leave to dry in the sun or on the radiator.
Flower bags/beds can also be hand washed, or low temp machine washed as they have no stuffing. Line or radiator dry, no tumble dryer.
Pink Cheeks
Munchkin Muneca dolls have cheeks which are rouged with beeswax crayon, which does fade with time. To bring them back to life if they've faded, you can buy a red beeswax crayon (www.waldorfdolls.co.uk stock them) and take a little piece of fabric (or work direct if you want to) and rub the crayon onto the fabric, you can then rub the crayoned fabric onto the cheeks of the doll.Ribbons
All Ribbons on my toys come heat sealed to stop them unravelling. Rarely you might find that the sealed part comes off (curious fingers!) and the best way to deal with this is to act quickly and to carefully take a lighter and melt the ends again. Ribbons on bags that have unravelled completely can be replaced with 3mm ribbon threaded through with a safety pin. Ribbons on toys (spider, and snail) will need a little more surgery.
