February 28th, 2011 
Amy Allred 
Well, we have a basket of 20+ barbies and my girlies love to change their outfits.
However, we don’t always re-dress the barbies after we strip them of their outfits.
We take a dress, put it on another,
and….well we leave her naked (without clothing)
until next time we decide to re-dress her.
NOW here is the problem…
There are many moms who don’t appreciate the naked barbie body.
In fact, I have friends who will not let their kids play with OUR barbies,
just because they may end up naked.
WELL, I HAD a GOOD IDEA and DEVISED A PLAN TO MAKE HER MODEST!!!
(Because I believe all kids should have the opportunity to pretend
and play with dolls or whatever…even if they end up undressed.)
It would be nice if all barbies came with something like this,
a permanent body suit under their dresses.
It’s a painted Ballerina body suit. HOWEVER, they don’t.
So, here is my solution….
Our Naked Barbie…
…and with a little permanent marker,
she is now wearing a permanent body suit,
making her a little more modest, for those times
when her clothes may come off.
The cool part is, you can design Barbie’s bodysuit any way you’d like.
I chose to do shorty-shorts with spaghetti straps
because we have a lot of dresses that are designed that way.
Maybe you’d rather do a cap-sleeve instead of the straps.
Or if you don’t have a problem…
then leave her naked, it really is up to you !
If you don’t have a permanent marker laying around,
maybe you have some nail-polish.
My only suggestion with nail-polish,
is to make sure it isn’t a really thick nail-polish,
or it will take forever, and be really clumpy.
(I had to learn this one the tough way!)
Using a newer, runnier nail-polish is better.
Also, remember to let her dry a little before sending her off to play!!
My girls picked out two different colors for this barbie.
We did a white top and red shorts, and we think she looks great!!!
The point is, when her dress comes off, she won’t be completely naked
and then my daughters friends will be able to play too!
(Remember, because their mom’s wouldn’t let them play with naked barbies…
that’s why we were looking for a solution in the first place.)
Great solution huh!!
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Ok Amy this is a totally fabulous idea! With all of my little boys running around, I am especially NOT a fan of naked barbie! I am putting this on my to-do list for TODAY!!
Thanks Fawn, I completely agree with you! Boys and Naked Barbies can be bad news. Thanks for the support!
I love this idea!
LOL this is adorable. To bad I don’t have a granddaughter with Barbies or I’d get to work making them underclothing.
How unhealthy is this? What is the problem with a doll having no clothes on? This is a doll only and has no particular features. The whole issue is ridiculous.
Thanks Marianna for your feedback. However, there are individuals who have a problem with a naked barbie, and so my solution is for those who appreciate a modest Barbie. I do understand where you are coming from and appreciate your comment!
Your Barbie in black looks like a dominatrix! I’d rather my kids see her naked!
I rather like the glossy black PVC playsuit.
Thanks Laura!
To each their own. Thanks for the comment!
Growing up with a realization about the human body is part of growing up. This is somewhat ridiculous. Barbie and “Naked” Barbie since 1959. If they could handle undressing Barbie in the 50′s people should definitely be able to handle it now. Geez!
This is absolutely ridiculous.
Yes, I am sure boys who see a naked barbie will definitely grow up to be a sex fiend. So dumb.
Thanks for your input ladies. Like I said, I never would have done it, if it were for mom’s who had a problem with it. It’s a good solution for those who want to cover her up. But truthfully, I don’t know many boys who play with barbies…..
Wow! Way to teach our children to be ashamed of nakedness! We were all born naked. It is perfectly healthy and natural. I feel sad for the children….
what a great way to teach sex respect. I admire you for looking to the details and making modesty a priority. YOU ARE GREAT!!
Wow! If you don’t necessarily agree with what this “other mom’s” opinion is you really should have stood up for your own way of parenting. And taught your daughters that their bodies are beautiful , and not something that needs to be hidden in shame!
Is this not a joke then? I can’t figure out if it is a joke or not. If it is a joke you are a funny lady! If it isn’t a joke then.. No, I refuse to accept this as a possibility.
Thank you for the chuckles this morning :)
Wow! The barbie debate continues on a whole new level … My son who is now 5 played with barbies when he was younger, they were left over from my youth that I didn’t have the heart to get rid of. He loved putting on and taking off the clothes, which I thought was great for developing fine motor skills, but ultimately they would be stripped and left naked. We were never ashamed of her or our own nakedness, but the lesson that I am teaching my children is about privacy and who is allowed to see your naked body (mom, the doctor, etc..). I think underclothes for barbie is appropriate only for the fact that barbie deserves PRIVACY.
This infuriates me….
Does it seem like we are going backwards in time? What is the issue with a doll that had no real sexual features!? Why are we now so ashamed of our bodies that little girls can’t look at a naked Barbie doll. When do we give up our right to vote, or leave the kitchen to join the work force? Are we raising a generation of girls who will shudder whenever they look at themselves in the mirror? You just taught them it’s more important to keep people happy than stand up for what you think is right.
I think this is a great idea! I have small children and am struggling with how to teach them to respect their bodies and keep their privates private without making them feel ashamed of themselves. I think this is a good idea because it keeps Barbie’s ‘privates’ private without making an issue of anything else. I’m sorry other people are bothered by this idea, but personally, I think it is a great solution for some who might otherwise not allow Barbie’s in their households! Now, to get some matte polish and different colored sharpies for ‘poor Barbie who has no cute undies like my Mia!’ And to add flair, maybe add small disney princess stickers and seal them on with clear polish so Barbie’s undies match my daughter’s. ;)
I think this is a really cute idea. Personally I don’t have a problem with naked Barbies, I always had naked Barbies laying around the house as a child and my siblings and I all have a healthy respect for bodies and privacy. It’s a shame so many people are being negative – it’s obvious you are doing this for the sake of your daughter’s friend. I would do the same thing in your situation, so kudos to you for giving your daughter’s friend a way to enjoy playing with them! I think this could be a fun/creative activity to do with your child – like Jennifer said, even using stickers or glitter to make their underclothes more like their own.
You do realize the Sharpie will rub off on sweaty hands, and if you have mouthy kids, on their mouths.
Also, this is teaching that the body is a dirty thing that needs to be covered at all times, even when changing clothes. It’s ridiculous. I would never adjust my child’s toys to satisfy an extremely uptight friend.
Maybe it is having four daughter but I could honestly care less if our Barbies are “naked.” But for some reason our two “naked” Kens kind of disturb me. I think they might be getting some sharpie shorts :)
What a cool idea.I bet my 10 yr old dd would love this.
Cute idea, but skip the black marker. The black makes Barbie look like she either has a PVC fetish or is a Dominatrix.
Love it! Especially because my daughter lives in a house with brothers and their friends that visit.
This is totally absurd. I don’t understand people sometimes. There is nothing wrong with the naked body, and this just serves as a way of shaming little girls and making them feel uncomfortable about it as they grow up.
It’s a cute idea but the reasoning behind the idea is saddening. I’m not saying we should promote nudity all over the place but I feel like this kind of thought sets us back as women.
I like the idea, but my child was with me when I was scrolling through this and she saw the naked barbie. Try to be more careful with what you put on the internet! But really, thanks for the tip.
Hey Amy – I think the critical posters are somewhat misdirecting their anger at you, when it really arises from their discomfort with the beliefs of your daughter’s friend’s mother… I don’t think we should be second-guessing you; It isn’t always ‘the right thing to do’ to enforce our beliefs on a guest, or her parents. And this seems like a marvelous opening for you and your daughter to talk about bodies, why we don’t normally go out in public without clothes, our ideas about men, women, boys and girls, how different families can have *very* different beliefs about what is proper behavior, where that comes from, and how we deal with it in a free society. Or you could just say “hey, I put undies on your Barbies so your friend can play with ‘em. Cool, eh?” – not every conflict is a battle to be won, particularly when there are children on the battlefield.
[QUOTE=Nancy]Love it! Especially because my daughter lives in a house with brothers and their friends that visit.[/QUOTE]
That’s fantastic! Now their impressionable young minds won’t be programmed to believe that women have no nipples or genitals when they’re nude, they’ll just believe that all women always wear clothes, even when they take their clothes off. I’m sure that won’t mess them up at all. This is as silly as putting pants on Donald Duck.
@L. Ashfod – PLEASE say you are kidding!? How dare someone post a naked Barbie on the internet? REALLY>?! Half the “undergarments” placed on the model Barbies were pretty sexy and or trashy. Why is everyone so freaking worried about a naked doll? She’s better naked than in the clothes she comes with, my daughter got a Barbie for x-mas that I HONESTLY thought was dressed as a prostitute. Why is it better for out little girls to see unreasonably shaped women dressed like street walkers and sluts than her naked body? Better yet, why is better for little boys to see that? What a great lesson; women should have their nipples and crotch covered at all times, but everything else is free game!
Amy, thank you for being creative, but maybe don’t give in to peer pressure.
This entire issue, and people like your daughter’s friend’s parents and commenter L. Ashford are exactly why I don’t have kids. I’d prefer to keep my sanity, thanks. PS: I think Dominatrix Barbie rocks.
What disturbs me at this point isn’t whether or not to put permanent undergarments on your barbies (to each his own) but the behavior of these adult women attacking another mother like this. I have seen more than one comment state that things like this are setting us women back… Really? Putting undergarments on a child’s toy is setting us back? Hahaha! How ridiculous! I imagine as Amy was putting nail polish on her daughter’s barbie she had no idea the detriment she was causing to women around the world! Shame on you ladies (although I hardly feel some of you have behaved like ladies.) There are so many mothers out there who mistreat, abuse and neglect their children… here you have a mother who has set out to follow her heart & moral compass to do what’s best for her child and you people tear her down for it. The only thing I see setting us back is a group of mothers who choose harsh words over something so petty, instead of supporting and commending a fellow mother for simply trying. Get over yourselves, grow up and try to be a better example for your own children than the way you have displayed yourselves here. Bullying isn’t a good look on anyone.
I saw this on pinterest and thought it was a joke at first!
I think it is nice that you were considerate of your friend’s issues. We have become a society of selfish people who often do not show enough respect for what others think. That said, I personally would not have ruined all my kiddo’s Barbies. I wouldn’t want to send the message to my own daughter that there is something wrong with a naked Barbie or with their own body. I may “clothe” a few with nail polish, and put the others away when the playmates in question come over.
That said, I really do not understand those that have an issue with a naked Barbie. She has no anatomy down there. At all. No molded anything. When young, my brother played Barbie with me (and had his own Ken doll, car, and horse), and my parents never gave a thought to undressing dolls. I think making an issue of something that really is nothing will cause more harm than good. But still, I would respect my friend’s feelings and simply explain to my child that everyone thinks differently and friend “a”‘s mommy doesn’t like to see naked Barbie. When asked why, I would be stuck with saying that I really don’t know. Because that is the honest truth.
I think it is a great idea. You could even just paint on a bra and some cute panties. I like it…folks are making too much out of it. If you don’t like it, don’t do it! Let the rest of us have some fun making her modest. I think it’s all good. I am a grandma of 12, 8 of them girls.
I just had to click through from pinterest to see if this was real. Now that I saw it is, I can’t stop laughing – how ridiculous!!!
1) I think the idea of demanding modesty from anatomically lacking hunks of plastic puts MORE emphasis on sexuality than simply ignoring/pasdively acknowledging that “yep. Barrie’s naked. Just like you are when you change clothes.” If you’re that freaked by boob shapes, don’t let them play with “grown up” dolls.
2) I work hard to raise my girls that we respect the rules of other families. Her friend has those slutty monster dolls she isn’t allowed to play with, but I don’t demand her friend’s mother redress them. If a friend’s mom says no naked babies, the guess what. Go play with ponies. We respect other people’s beliefs at our house, but never by compromising our own beliefs.
3) I think this would be a HUGELY FUN fine motor craft for the kiddos to do with our (my) old barbies. Lots of possibilities, painting on tights, or gymnastics leotards, or fun swimsuits, just for the sake of creativity.
This is a great way to teach children shame, encourage a negative body image and create fear of the human form. These early lessons negatively influence a child’s future self image and intimate relationships. Heartbreaking.
Amy, your parenting decisions are yours to make and nobody else’s to judge. I’m sorry so many people who don’t know you are rushing to pass judgement on you as a person.
For what it’s worth, I think it was very kind of you to spend your time and energy doing something to make a friend feel more comfortable.
Thank you Rubi