Exhibit 31.1

I, Salvatore L. Bando, certify that:

|1. | I
have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-KSB of The Middleton Doll Company;
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|2. | Based
on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a
                    material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements                     made, in light of the circumstances under which such
statements were made, not                     misleading with respect to the period
covered by this report;
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|3. | Based
on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
                    included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the
financial                     condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
small business issuer as                     of, and for, the periods presented in this
report;
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|4. | The
small business issuers other certifying officer(s) and I are
                    responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
procedures                     (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e))
and internal control                     over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange
Act Rules 13a-15(f) and                     15d-15(f)) for the small business issuer and
have:
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| | (a)               Designed
such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure           controls and
procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that           material
information relating to the small business issuer, including its           consolidated
subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities,           particularly
during the period in which this report is being prepared;
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| | (b)               Designed
such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such           internal control
over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision,           to provide
reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting           and the
preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance           with
generally accepted accounting principles;
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| | (c)                Evaluated
the effectiveness of the small business issuers disclosure           controls and
procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the           effectiveness
of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the           period covered
by this report based on such evaluation; and
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| | (d)                Disclosed
in this report any change in the small business issuers           internal control
over financial reporting that occurred during the small           business issuers
most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected,           or is reasonably
likely to materially affect, the small business issuers           internal control
over financial reporting; and
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|5. | The
small business issuers other certifying officer(s) and I have
                    disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control
over                     financial reporting, to the small business issuers
auditors and the audit                     committee of small business issuers
board of directors (or persons                     performing the equivalent function):
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| | (a)    
            All significant deficiencies and material weakness in the design or operation
          of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to
          adversely affect the small business issuers ability to record, process,
          summarize and report financial information; and
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| | (b)    
            Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees           who have a significant role in the small business issuers
internal control           over financial reporting.
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|Date:  March 31, 2008 | /s/ Salvatore L. Bando               
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|                      | Salvatore L. Bando                   
|                      | President and Chief Executive Officer