DUMPSTER DOLLS GAINING WORLD RECOGNITION

DUMPSTER DOLLS GAINING WORLD RECOGNITION

BURLINGTON, N.C. (Wireless Flash) – Move over Beanie Babies, there’s a new doll in town – “Dumpster Dolls.” They’re the creation of 83-year-old Walter Hinshaw of Burlington, North Carolina, who began weaving the Dumpster Dolls out of old scraps of rope he retrieved from dumpsters. So far, Mr. Hinshaw estimates he’s made more than 7,000 of the 3-by-7- inch dolls, many of which he gives away for free to cheer up people down in the dumps. The dolls retail for $3.95, but so far he’s only made enough money to pay for the 15,000 googlie eyes which he glues onto each doll. Mr. Hinshaw says his Dumpster Dolls are in 25 states in the U.S. and 28 countries including South Africa, thanks to a missionary who brought them there.

Thu 08-02-01