As dolls and stuffies sit on toy shelves, who’s to say when they’re hungry? To err on the side of caution, kids can take their doll or stuffie out for lunch. Kids can also create dining attire for their dolls to be sure they’ll be dressed for success in a restaurant, at a picnic table or at the beach. Three kid-friendly creative studios on Long Island give this activity a trendy spin.

At The Little Doll Studio in Rockville Centre, owner Frances Cuomo Perpero recently introduced a workshop known as, "Take Your Doll To Lunch." "I love the idea that kids are taking their dolls out of their homes. It gives them a whole new opportunity to explore story ideas," she says.

Participants will choose a new Barbie-like doll to keep as their own. They’ll decorate their doll’s dress, add matching shoes, style its hair and select miniature dining accessories ranging from burgers to beach blankets to boba teacups.

If casual dining attire for dolls is more your speed, head over to My Style Camp in Port Washington. In this design studio for children, kids can sew a halter dress for their favorite doll or customize a T-shirt for their stuffie. The new "custom station" includes ribbons, patches, letters for initials and much more. Attach them to any outfit, add a bit of spray paint, and any toy will be ready to go out for a meal or grab takeout.

Comments from kids at My Style Camp bring it all to life. Harper Paquette, 8, of Port Washington, put a new halter dress on her doll. "Today I’ll take her to the beach because she won’t be too hot and she won’t be too cold," she says. Her friend Lily Sadowsky, 7, of Port Washington, put a spray-painted T-shirt on her Dalmatian stuffie and adds, "I’d take him to my favorite restaurant, but it closed."

For those who feel dolls are entitled to eat their make-believe food on fine dishware, Island Pottery and Studio in Mineola is the place to go. Create clay miniature plates and cups for any dining occasion.

No matter which method you choose, follow these steps for doll-dining success.

137 N. Park Ave., Rockville Centre

Choose a new doll to take to lunch. Select a doll-sized white dress or white hoodie and skirt. Decorate your doll’s outfit with markers, stamps, gems, stencils and stickers. "I wanted to go for a sparkle kind of vibe, so I picked a doll dress and added a bunch of sparkly stickers, gems and stars," says Owen Marie McLoone, 11, of Rockville Centre, who attended the Take Your Doll to Lunch Workshop in April. Her sister Finley, 8, was there as well. "I colored my doll’s dress pink and put all different colored hearts on the bottom," Finley says.

Perpero explains: "The kids are basically designing their own fabrics. It enables a 3-year-old to a 12-year-old to make a dress that they’re proud of. Their imagination is limitless."

Style or cut your doll’s hair. "I gave my doll a "lob" (long bob), Owen Marie says. Choose four miniature dining accessories ranging from pizza to picnic blankets.

Take your doll to lunch. Perpero recommends walking up the block to The Caffé on the Park for fun food. Families can also gather around a picnic table at the Rockville Centre Recreation Center nearby.

Workshop is $50 for two hours, includes materials and additional activities; Alternatively, Take Your Doll to Lunch Kits ($50) can be purchased in the Little Doll Studio or can be shipped or delivered.

 516-238-6159, littledollstudio.com

290 Main St., Port Washington

Bring a favorite doll or stuffie and sign up to work individually with a designer or bring along a group of friends.

Choose a fun fabric to sew a doll or stuffie a halter dress and matching scrunchie. A staff designer will help kids create the dress at a sewing machine or will sew it for them. Kids who don’t like to sew can customize a "going out for lunch outfit" instead. They’ll decorate a T-shirt for a doll or stuffie with spray paint and attach ribbons, patches, hearts, initials and more. "We’re all about expression and the best things come from mistakes," says Stacey Saltzman, founder/designer of My Style Camp.

Kids and their dolls or stuffies will be ready to dine right next door at Ralph’s Ices. Saltzman will give each child a coupon to purchase ices at Ralph’s. Kids will enjoy real ices while their well-dressed dolls and stuffies will devour imaginary treats.

Prices start at $95 per child for 90 minutes

209-782-7895, mystylecamp.com

315a Willis Ave., Mineola

Gather a group of three to eight friends who would like to create plates and cups for their dolls or stuffies. Contact the Island Pottery and Studio to set up a session with a pottery instructor.

During a pottery-making workshop, kids will work with clay and paint to create doll-sized dishware. Using pottery tools, they’ll make lines, dots, engravings, swirls and initials on their plates and cups. Leave the dishware in the shop to dry. A pottery instructor will fire it in a kiln and apply glaze for shine.

Arrange for a date to pick up the finished product. Put the dishware on any table. Dolls will dine with dignity.

$50 per child for 90 minutes; age range: 7 and up 

516-493-9490, islandpotterystudio.com