Year 2 students Grace Millett and Emilynne Lawton with some of the dolls created by Amira Romanowski.
Camera IconYear 2 students Grace Millett and Emilynne Lawton with some of the dolls created by Amira Romanowski. Credit: Supplied/Martin Kennealey d441838

Dolls used to tell a different story

Lucy JarvisNorth Coast Times

Amira Romanowski, who has two sons at Quinns Beach Primary School, said she did the doll project ahead of Children's Book Week.

Mrs Romanowski said the project encouraged girls to be themselves "without the make-up and trampy clothing".

"This project came about when I was talking to my sons" school librarian about body image and how important it is to raise healthy balanced children in today's fast-paced society,� she said.

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"Although I don't have girls, I grew up in a household of three daughters where my parents struggled to balance make-up, fashion, and self-worth and confidence within our personalities."

Mrs Romanowski said she decided to remove factory make-up from dolls� faces and redress them.

"I managed to find a bag of Bratz dolls at a garage sale," she said.

�(I) wiped their faces and painted them to be more natural looking and also dressed them in more age-appropriate clothing.

"(I) hope to encourage girls to dress within their age-group and be proud of who they are."

Mrs Romanowski created stands for the dolls and set them up in the school library.

– The 2015 Children's Book Week is co-ordinated by the Children's Book Council of Australia and runs until August 28.