New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

LIFE-LIKE CREATIONS My dolls heal hearts

If you think creating life-like newborn dolls sounds creepy, Janice Croft isn’t fazed. In her 12 years creating thousands of babies, the Auckland-based, South African native has become accustomed to the raised eyebrows her creations often cause. In fact, they’re so realistic, her car was once broken into and cops called because passersby thought an actual baby had been left inside!

But no matter how many people look at her like a “crazy

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