Convertible flower doll
A convertible flower doll has garment including a skirt with layers that may be raised or lowered to convert the doll between a figure resembling a flower and a figure resembling a character. In flower form, the doll sits within a container resembling a flower pot. The doll has legs that wrap together and attach at the ankles to resemble a flower stem. The skirt has features resembling flower petals, and elastic in the lowest layer of the skirt bunches up the skirt layers when raised to resemble a flower.
1. A convertible flower doll, comprising:
a body comprising an upper body including a head and a pair of arms and a lower body including a pair of legs;
a reversible skirt movable between a raised position and a lowered position such that the skirt resembles part of a garment in the lowered position and a simulated blossom of a flower in the raised position, with the simulated blossom of the flower being located proximate the upper body of the doll;
wherein the skirt in the raised position conceals the upper body of the doll; and
wherein the upper body of the doll is visible when the skirt is in the lowered position.
2. The doll of claim 1 , wherein the skirt comprises features resembling flower petals that are visible as part of the flower when the skirt is in the raised position and visible as part of the garment when the skirt is in the lowered position.
3. The doll of claim 1 , wherein the skirt comprises elastic that maintains the shape of the simulated blossom of the flower when the skirt is in the raised position.
4. The doll of claim 3 , wherein the skirt comprises an upper layer and a lower layer, and wherein the lower layer surrounds the upper layer and comprises elastic to maintain the shape of the simulated blossom of the flower when the skirt is in the raised position.
5. The doll of claim 1 , wherein the pair of legs can be positioned to resemble a flower stem when the skirt is in the raised position.
6. The doll of claim 1 , wherein the pair of legs can be attached together and twisted to resemble a flower stem.
7. The doll of claim 1 , further comprising:
a container having an opening sized to receive the lower body of the doll when the reversible skirt is positioned to resemble a flower.
8. The doll of claim 7 , wherein the container resembles a flower pot, the container further comprising a surface adjacent the opening sized and colored to resemble a planting medium for a flower.
9. A convertible flower doll, comprising:
a body comprising an upper body including a head and a pair of arms and a lower body including a pair of legs;
a reversible skirt movable between a raised position and a lowered position such that the skirt resembles part of a garment in the lowered position and a simulated blossom of a flower in the raised position, with the simulated blossom of the flower being located proximate the upper body of the doll; and
a sheath positioned to enclose the skirt to maintain the shape of the simulated blossom of the flower when the skirt is in the raised position;
wherein the skirt in the raised position conceals the upper body of the doll; and
wherein the upper body of the doll is visible when the skirt is in the lowered position.
10. The doll of claim 9 , wherein the skirt comprises features resembling flower petals that are visible as part of the flower when the skirt is in the raised position and visible as part of the garment when the skirt is in the lowered position.
11. The doll of claim 9 , wherein the sheath is positioned to conceal the lower body of the doll and resemble a part of the flower when the skirt is in the upper position.
12. The doll of claim 11 , wherein the sheath is a separate component from the body and the skirt such that the sheath can be removed when the skirt is in the lowered position.
13. The doll of claim 9 , wherein the pair of legs can be positioned to resemble a flower stem when the skirt is in the raised position.
14. The doll of claim 9 , wherein the pair of legs can be attached together and twisted to resemble a flower stem.