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What types of clothes fit Baby Alive dolls?

For 12-inch Baby Alive dolls, clothes for the Baby Berenguer, My First Chou Chou and Cabbage Patch newborn dolls can fit relatively well. When looking for Baby Alive doll clothes, note and consider the length of the doll and its version, as clothes for a Baby Alive Learns to Potty doll may not fit a Baby Alive Sips 'N Cuddles doll. A number of doll clothes makers also create customized ensembles and outfits for various types of Baby Alive dolls since doll measurements are readily available as reference.

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What are the traits of a rare coin that make it valuable?

Some coins are rare simply because they are made of different material than usual. For instance, in 1943, the United States penny was made from steel, rather than the regular copper used in the years before and after. This also means that the few 1943 pennies that were made from copper are also rare and valuable.\nCoins with defects are also valuable simply because they are outside of the norm and usually found in limited quantities. The 1982 U.S. dime minted in Philadelphia was accidentally sent into circulation without the small "P" that became part of the mintmark in 1980. Because this mist..

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How do you make your own napkin rings?

Cut a piece of burlap to 7.5 inches length and 2.5 inches width. Fold a quarter of an inch for all edges and saw them in place. Thread the needle and insert the first bead at one of the corners. Continue to add and stitch beads, stopping 1.5 inches away from the end of the burlap. Repeat on the other side. Fold one end over the other and stitch or glue them together. Add beads to the folded area.\nAlternatively, take a yoga mat and cut out a piece that is 7.25 inches long and 2 inches in diameter. If you want different colors for the napkin rings, you can paint the yoga mat. Beginning at the t..

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What are some baking games that young children can play?

In "Cooking Academy: Decor My Cupcake," the player invites a friend over for dinner and decides to bake a cupcake for dessert. The player goes to the store to purchase ingredients, then follows the recipe to bake the cupcake.\nIn "Heart Cookies Gift Basket, " the object of the game is to bake cookies for a Valentine's Day gift basket. The player decorates the cookies and arranges them into a bouquet.\n"Banana Split Pie: Sara's Cooking Class" is a baking game where the player learns how to make a banana split pie.

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How do you enter the Publisher's Clearing House "Win $5,000 a Week for Life" sweepstakes?

Click the offer to begin. You will be asked to provide your name, address, birthdate and email address. Then, read through Publisher's Clearing House's brief description of how they fund prizes and sweepstakes through online product deals. Look through several pages of deals in order to complete your registration.\nOn the first page of deals, click the spinning slot machine. Receive a certain dollar-value off of the products available through the next four pages. Either select offers to purchase or scroll to the bottom of each page and click continue to register without making a purc..

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What is a word using the letters "E," "I," "M," "N," "R," "T," and "V?"

In the context of the board game Scrabble, the word "vermin" yields the highest base score of 11. There are at least 76 different word combinations that use two to six letters of the seven given; of these, four are six-letter words, 14 are five-letter words, 27 are four-letter words, 20 are three-letter words and 11 are two-letter words. Two-word phrases that use all seven letters include "rent vim," "vent rim" and "rev mint."

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What are some tips for playing the "Scary Maze Game"?

In this "game," the player is supposed to control a red square along a given path without touching the walls, using the mouse control. As they advance, the walls get thinner, making it harder to avoid the walls, with the intent of forcing the player to bring their faces closer to the screen. Once the player reaches level 3, the walls get so thin that it becomes nearly impossible to avoid touching the wall. Upon reaching a certain point, whether the player touches a wall or not, an image of the possessed Regan MacNeil from the movie, "The Exorcist," suddenly appears on the screen along with a p..

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How do you age metal?

Scuff the metalChoose a well-ventilated work area with open doors and windows. Use fine-grit sandpaper to sand the metal where you want rust to form. The deeper you sand, the more rust you can create. If using finished metal, sand off the protective coating.Rust the metalPour standard hydrogen peroxide into a spray bottle, and generously wet the surface of your metal. Immediately add table salt to the metal, and wait for the rust to form. Rinse the metal clean with cool water, and put the piece into a plastic container.Soak the metalPut on a pair of gloves and a face mask. Pour bleach into the..

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What does the "rubber hand illusion" demonstrate?

After a while of watching somebody simultaneously touch both the real and fake hands with paintbrushes, the owner of the real hand will eventually mistake the fake one as being real.The effect was discovered by Pennsylvania psychologists in 1998. As well as being an informative science experiment, it makes for an impressive party trick.

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How do you make a dreamcatcher?

Fashion a circleIf using grapevine, soak it in water first to make it more bendable. Form into a circle, twisting as you go to make it stronger.Make the spider webForm a loop to hang the dream catcher, and tie it on the vine. Let a loop hang down on the inside, and place the end of the string over the back, drawing it through the new loop from underneath. Pull taut, but not too tight. Continue this process until it goes back to the first loop. Begin the second row by tying the string in the middle of one of the loops, and complete each row exactly like the first one. Slide a bead on one of the..

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