"A cheerful look brings joy to the heart"
Book of Proverbs
This is my favorite doll....I made her over 18 years ago. When my youngest granddaughter (Avery) grew out of a newborn outfit I bought for her when she was born,  my daughter gave it to me to dress my doll with ....
She sits on an antique rocking chair my parents gave me.
The two combined are a very special Forever Keepsake!!
"Let love and faithfulness never leave you... write them on the tablet of your heart"
Book of Proverbs
Karen Kids make great collector dolls,
especially since most of the 20" dolls are all one of a kind.
They make a wonderful gift for anyone who loves dolls.
They make a great decorator doll, keepsake dolls or a wonderful doll for a child.
Each doll cost $60 - $70 plus s/h
I offer a simple way to pay for your purchase using the "Add to Cart" buttons, which will take you to my shopping cart where you can securly pay for your purchase through paypal.
If you prefer to pay by mail, please email me for my address.
Please note: All purchases paid by mail will be held until your payment clears the bank (7-10 days)
© Copyright 2002-2008 Karen Challender
Welcome to Karens Kids
Handmade Dolls
of Every Race
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My name is Karen Challender and I'm the creator of Karens Kids.
I've been making handmade dolls of every race for over 25 years. 
My kids are made from a soft craft velour or doe suede fabric that feels like real baby skin.  The kids stand 20" or 16" tall and can wear preemie and newborn sized clothing. For complete info on how the dolls are made, what they're made from, etc, please click here.
Page down to see pictures of a few of the kids and links to pages with all the doll's available.
A "Certificate of Adoption" comes with each 20" doll.
Certificates now come with 16" doll's, too :o)
Karens Kids are also available on my new website:
www.karenskids.net
GREAT GIFT IDEA
Custom made dolls can be ordered to match a child of any race.  They come fully dressed and can be ordered to match a child's hair color, eye color, hair style, etc.  These make a great gift for a child, for a parent or for yourself as a decorator doll.  They cost $65 and are ready in appx. 2 - 3 wks. For more information,
click here. .
One of the kids is a movie star!! Click here for more info on
Little Thelma and Friends
Special Angel Kids can be order to match a childs special disability or handicap. Visit my Special Angel Page
for more info on
Handicapable Dolls.
The color of our skin isn't the color of our hearts....
You can also see Karens Kids on my new doll website:
www.karenskids.net
16" Karens Lil Kids
18" Baby Dolls
20" Biracial Dolls
20" Caucasian Dolls
20" Native American Dolls
20" Asian Dolls
20" African American Dolls
21" Special Angel Dolls
21" Boy Dolls
New Boy Doll's Will Be Added Soon!
Karens Kids are made in America,
with love, not lead!!!
New Little Kids Will Be Added Soon
but there's still a few available!
You can also see Sweet Pea Doll Clothes on my new doll clothes website:
www.sweetpeadollclothes.com
New Doll's Have Been Added!
20" Latino Dolls
New This Year!
Please visit my newest website
Sweet Pea Dolls

Sweet Pea Dolls include 18" vinyl doll's, reborn doll's and doll clothes for all your favorites!


Sweet Pea Girls are 18" vinyl doll's much like the popular American Girl Doll's.
These are manufactured vinyl doll's I've customized with qualilty Monique doll wigs in a variety of color's and styles and added a special outfit with each doll.
Sweet Pea Girls are just as nice, at a better price!
Available in light skin with blue eyes, brown eyes or green eyes, medium skin with brown eyes (Asian, Latino or Hawaiian) and dark skin with brown eyes.
There's a Sweet Pea Girl just right for everyone!
Click on the picture to see all the girls available. 
Sweet Pea Nursery Reborns are vinyl doll's in a variety of sizes and molds. These realistic, adorable baby's are all OOAK reborns!
Click on the picture to see all the cutie's available.

Sweet Pea Doll Clothes
Handmade, quality, modern, easy on and off doll clothing for all your favorites! Available for American Girl, Bitty Baby, Little Mommy, 20" Karens Kids and 16" Lil Kids (also fit many other cloth body doll's).
Click on the pictures to see them all or visit
Sweet Pea Doll Clothes to read more about these adorable clothes!
Also available from,
Berenguer doll's for reborning or play.
Many molds and styles available, including many retired dolls that will never be avaiable again!
Vinyl doll's are not made in the United States. In fact, I could only find one manufacturer that made reborn vinyl doll kits where the vinyl was actually made in America! I'm sure there must be more, I just haven't been able to find them!
Most vinyl doll's are made in China and Europe. However, the Berenguer doll company has put out a statement about the safety of their vinyl doll's. When the information about lead in toys produced in China first came out, Berenguer ran a series of tests on their doll's to make sure they were safe and lead free. They have guaranteed that they are, and that they will continue to run rigid tests on all products produced in China to assure their safety. This is one of the reason's I've chosen Berenguer doll's for reborning. I trust the company and appreciate their honest approach to this situation.  Not to mention their doll molds are so adorable and lifelike!! They make beautiful reborn doll's and wonderful play doll's.
20"  Cloth Doll's like Karens Kids
14" soft body doll's like
Little Mommy by Fischer Price
18" vinyl doll's like
American Girl Doll's
15" soft body doll's like Bitty Baby
16" cloth doll's like Karens Lil Kids
A new batch of kids are being added the first week of August 2009
as well as NEW military kids!