Dark Dolls Class

Dark Doll Customization Workshop

Location: Crimson Curiosities (Oak Ridge, TN)

Instructor: Marie Lestrange

Investment: $30 per person (All materials provided)

Turn the sweet and ordinary into the delightfully eerie! If you love macabre decor, gothic aesthetics, or things that go bump in the night, join us for a hands-on workshop where we breathe new, sinister life into the forgotten. Guided by Marie Lestrange, you will take a vintage doll and transform it into a creepy, custom horror masterpiece.

What You'll Learn & Create:

Distressing & Aging: Master the techniques to make doll clothing look decades old, weathered, and appropriately decayed using specialized washes and stains.

Sinister Re-painting: Learn how to give your doll a haunting new gaze, realistic cracks, porcelain fractures, or eerie, hollowed-out eyes.

Gothic Embellishments: Discover how to add dark details—from wild, unkempt hair styling to adding subtle, spooky accents that give your creation its own unique, chilling backstory.

No artistic experience or prior crafting skills are necessary. We provide everything you need to create your new favorite haunted heirloom—including a vintage doll selected by the shop, paints, crackle mediums, distressing tools, and spooky accents.

You’ll leave with a beautifully unsettling, one-of-a-kind art piece that is perfect for your oddities shelf or halloween display.

Spaces are limited! Due to the limited number of vintage dolls available, you must pre-register to secure your spot. Book online or register in-store at Crimson Curiosities prior to the class.