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Pin itMy friend Heather from DollarStoreCrafts.com sent me a link to this great video on how to make clothes for your fashion dolls – like Monster High and Barbie – from duct (duck) tape. The video is very well made and you can certainly use it as inspiration for creating more items for your dolls. [...]
Pin it Mardi Gras is a Holiday that is celebrated on the Tuesday before the start of the religious holiday of Lent (for 2012 it will be February 21). Lent begins on Ash Wednesday and on the day before people celebrate by consuming rich foods that they give up for Lent. In the USA, Mardi [...]
Pin it Today I thought it would be fun to show you how to make your own Valentine hair bands for your dolls using scraps of felt and elastic you may have around your house. The hair band I am showing today can also be glued but this is a great beginning sewing project and [...]
Pin itI love Etsy! It makes it so easy to find ah-dorable goodies for your dolls – whether its something to buy or inspiration for things you might want to make yourself. From left to right, top to bottom we have: 1. A Cute Valentine dress for 18″ dolls from Nammy’s Closet 2. Valentine’s Fleece [...]
Pin it Valentine’s Day doesn’t have to be the only day where you show your dolls some love! Here are some fun projects for reusable Valentine goodies for your dolls. Reusable Felt Valentine Envelope with Fun Foam and Sticker Card You will need: Red felt White fun foam Mini stickers from American Girl ( like [...]
Pin it I am so thrilled to share with you today’s craft and show off my doll shirt collection at the same time. I began collecting the red store shirts from American Girl in 2010, on my first trip to an American Girl Store. I went to Dallas first, started my collection and with the [...]
Pin itI know how much a lot of you like to play school with your dolls! And I have had a few requests for doll sized worksheets and coloring pages, too. I am happy to share with you my first set of 18″ doll sized worksheets you can print out, color or use in your [...]
Pin itThe line of American Girl Craft kits can be found at most Michael’s, Joann, Barnes and Nobles and lots of other stores these days. We have picked up a few of them and Natalie has had fun making an apron for her dolls, sewing the Owl, she’s working on the pom-pom scarf and she [...]
Pin itWhat is better than a nice mug of Hot Chocolate – also called Hot Cocoa – on a cold winter’s day? Not much! For today’s post 2 of my 5 nieces helped me create Cocoa for their dolls and we wanted to share our craft with you. To make your doll her own mug [...]
Pin itPart of the magic of American Girl dolls is the stories and books that go along with the characters. Today’s craft is an easy to make bookmark for your favorite book using an American Girl character so you can really bring the story to life. Here is what you need to create your own [...]
Pin itOur dolls are upstairs practicing for their next gymnastics competition, but while they are getting their workout in, I wanted to share this super easy, FREE (always good) “how-to” with you. I am not sure I would really call this a craft, but since it does involve tape and scissors, you might think so. [...]
Pin itIt is going to be a fun year with the Girl of the Year being a gymnast and having such an interesting collection. I already know that our readers will be working their creativity to find ways to add to McKenna’s collection using imaginative crafts, repurposed finds, and less expensive doll line substitutes. Hooray [...]
Pin it For today’s doll craft we are having special New Years Pizza Party, but you could use this for a doll birthday party too. You will learn how to create doll sized pizza, boa’s, noise makers, and party hats for your dolls. You will need: images of pizza ( I used an advertisement you [...]
Pin itThis one is specifically for Karen!! One of our readers had so much fun with Karen’s craft last Friday – she made dinner for her dolls and I heard the dolls even had Christmas dinner with the family. Madison’s dolls and their pets really enjoyed their meal inspired by Karen’s crafts. It looks good [...]
Pin itd Today’s craft is one I am so happy with. I hope you will be too. Make your dolls their own holiday plates and meals using items you already have on hand. You will need Fun foam or card stock for the plates Scissors Grocery flyers, magazines or photos of food you can cut [...]
"Lights, Camera, Dolls" May Reader Photo Contest Ends May 21, 2012
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