One of my favorite online shops, Playful Plush Toys, has started offering a different Webkinz each week for an amazing price of $7 each! This week they are featuring the retired Black Stallion.

What a great way to expand your Webkinz Adopt-a-Pet Plush Toys collection or stock up on gifts for birthdays and Christmas.

Posted on January 28th, 2008 by Char
Filed under: Sales and Coupons, Webkinz | 14 Comments »

Isn’t this year’s Valentine Barbie too cute? She is officially called XO Valentine Barbie Doll for 2008. She comes in a sweet heart-printed top, flouncy skirt and cute accessories like the heart-shaped belt and purse. The  Barbie®  also comes with a plush heart-printed kitty keychain for you!

Posted on January 25th, 2008 by Char
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My Twinn SALE: Up to 75% off Select Girl & Doll Outfits & Accessories (ends 1.31)
This is a great time to stock up on birthday and holiday gifts for the year! We love My Twinn furniture and my girls have their eye on the Doll’s Flower Desk.

Posted on January 22nd, 2008 by Char
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I have just added another American Girl printable word scramble to my Printables4Kids.com site. It is all about Samantha, American Girl’s historical doll from the Victorian age.
I’m making it easy for you! Here is the list of all the great American Girl printables I have created so far:

Samantha’s World Word Scramble
Addy’s World Word Scramble
Kit’s World […]

Posted on January 19th, 2008 by Char
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As part of the celebration of Mia, American Girl’s Girl of the Year for 2008, they are hosting reservation only skate dates at Rockefeller Center. The first one was held this week and featured the skating of ten-year-old Viktoria Petrenko, who skated to a Ukrainian folk dance. Viktoria’s father is Viktor Petrenko, the 1992 Olympic […]

Posted on January 17th, 2008 by Char
Filed under: American Girl | 309 Comments »

American Girl has another video game to go along with a new character ready for release in February. Mia Goes for Great is a game for the computer, much like American Girl: Julie Saves the Eagles.

Use the Program Builder to design practice routines for Mia.
No Guts, No Glory! Guide Mia as she meets people and […]

Posted on January 17th, 2008 by Char
Filed under: Games | 3 Comments »

If you have a Barbie girl or a Hot Wheels crazy boy, we have got a great giveaway for you!! We are giving away four subscriptions to these new magazines for kids - two subscriptions to the Barbie magazine will be given out and two for the Hot Wheels magazine.
Barbie magazine is a quarterly magazine […]

Posted on January 16th, 2008 by Char
Filed under: Barbie, Contests | 306 Comments »

For Christmas my daughter got the Doll Tees: Sparkling Shirts to Make Your Doll Shine! (American Girl Library) book (you could also call it a kit). The kit comes with three t-shirts, decorations, and a book of ideas that you can use for inspiration. Suprisingly, it did not come with the fabric glue needed to […]

Posted on January 15th, 2008 by Char
Filed under: Books | 1 Comment »

DollDiaries.com is growing faster than I ever expected it to! I have got some big changes in the works but would love your input. What are some of the features that would make DollDiaries even better?

What features would you like to see added to Doll Diaries?

Games

Downloads

Quizzes

Discussion forum

Members only section

All of the above

View Results

If there is […]

Posted on January 8th, 2008 by Char
Filed under: Scoop | 8 Comments »

DollDiaries reader Kyleigh also got Julie for Christmas. She loves Julie’s hair because it is so silky and fun to brush. Kyleigh also got Kit’s trunk that she loves. Other items she got were Samantha’s bed and wicker chairs (great for tea parties), the doll carrier backpack (great for taking your dolls with you) and […]

Posted on January 7th, 2008 by Char
Filed under: American Girl, Product Reviews | 1 Comment »