In the Nez Perce Indian tribe that American Girl Kaya is from in 1764 they didn’t really keep track of or celebrate birthdays the way you and I do today. There is no specific day that American Girl has declared as Kaya’s birthday, but it typically gets celebrated in the late summer. For today’s day of doll play activity (which is very late – I apologize) we are going to celebrate Kaya.
We don’t have the full sized Kaya, but this is our mini Kaya dressed in her special occasion adorned deerskin dress. Perfect for a celebration I say!
This is Holly’s full size Kaya wearing here meet dress. I just love the shell hair ties on her braids. You could easily make something similar for any of your dolls by threading ribbon or string through a button and then tying it in their hair.
Darciana posted this special photo of her Kaya on our Facebook page.
So, my activity I had planned for Kaya’s special day was to make our mini Kaya this great new tepee she could relax in along with her bedroll and a shield to go outside her tent, however, my day didn’t really go as I had planned and I ended up being home for even less time than I had expected and the tepee I made for Kaya was so bad, it was embarrassing! So rather than show you my absolutely horrible tepee, here are some links to activities and crafts you can do to help Kaya celebrate her special day.
Learn more about Kaya’s horse and its anatomy with this worksheet
Download the following printable activities and crafts specifically for Kaya from the American Girl Publishing website:
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I hope you have fun helping Kaya celebrate whether you have her in your collection or not!
ewww hahah im a vegetarian so that sounds awful! and yeah I really want the chestnut our generation horse! It has the articulated joints so you can pose it for pictures and stuff! but i hear the our generation horse riding outfit is really bad, apparently its impossible to get the pants on AG dolls! but the horse is about $35, not too bad!
Char, do you have any doll horses you can post reviews of?!
Raine – we do not have a doll horse, but my daughter’s friend does and I may be able to borrow it for a few days to take photos.
that would be awesome! I really could use some ideas on good brands and stuff cause $80 is just too expensive from AG!
Raine, I totally agree. That is actually a very good price- compared to AG. I have noticed, however, that OG is starting to get up there “competing” with American Girl. They have even rasied up prices on some stuff!
Amanda I noticed that too! I hope they stop raising prices cause they’re my source of accessories for AG dolls!!! I get my outfits from Springfield collection
haha they are surprisingly really nice! American Girl quality is going way down. I have a pre mattel doll, a mattel doll, and a 2012 one! the mattel ones are the best from 2000-2005 but my 2012 is the prettiest, yet worse quality doll :/ and they raised the just like you prices to $105!! ugh! knock off companies are starting to be just as good as AG…
Raine – I know, I’ve noticed the same thing. The Historicals + accessories are $125 for Pete’s sake! I know, I have lots of Our Generation stuff to!
When I found out that Mattel took ove rand that mattel was the owner of barbie i knew it would get cheaper and overpriced! i just hope they dont change the body shape at all!! but i think the my american girl/just like you dolls thing should be set up like my twinn where you get to choose skin hair eyes everything so its totally your own instead of choosing from a list! but you shouldnt need to send in a picture either like in my twinn
Raine, that would be cool if you got to design your doll!! But AG’s quality is really good, and it would take a long time to make the doll you ordered, unless they had a bunch of different combinations in stock. But, that would still be cool!!!
Amanda, thats very true, after falling in love with a doll, its so annoying to wait for it to come!!
Yes it is, yes it is. I remember when we ordered Kanani, I was sick with Strep. I kept picturing me doing her hair, and got soooo excited! Then, finally, when the day came, I was still a little sick, but I ran to the door, jumped up and down and screamed, and then fell!!! But I didn’t get hurt : – )
Raine and Amanda, I agree!!! I get so mych of my clothes and furniture at other places! Not just ag! Really, basilmento’s is right. I think the company is going downhill. And if they keep raising the price ob these dolls, they are out of 1 costomer; me. I’ll play with the ones I have, and then i will buy them clothes from nock of brands. Because Mattel isn’t the best company.
much not mych
Delaney, I know. I think AG would be so much better without Mattel.
I agree. But I still love AG, and until they do something really bad, I’m still sticking with ‘em.
Same here : – )
Delaney I completely agree with you! They will lose me as a customer too! and aww amanda do you love kanani’s hair?! I sooo wish i had her!!
Raine, OMG! I want her too! WHY DELANEY? WHY DIDN’T YOU GET HER?????? I love her so much and I want to get one off eBay but I don’t have that kind of money.
Kanani is beautiful! Her hair is a hassle, but looks good when it’s all brushed right. Her skin is a nice shade, and a nice change from blonde-haired-light-skin. You might be able to find a not-in-so-good shape Kanani from eBay, for cheap, and then either give her a Downy Dunk or send her to the Doll Hopsital.
If you do get Kanani, let me tell you, her hair might be beautiful, but not before it’s brushed.
To brush it, you gotta wet all over her head, and then strand my strand, curl by curl, brush from the bottom up. When you go all around her head (about 10 minutes later…), I like to spritz her hair with more water, and then scrunch it in my hands. I find this helps the curls to stay in. I used the Downy Spritz on my Kanani’s dry, tangled hair, and it worked magic. Even after the spritz it doesn’t get tangled as easily.
I hope you get to find Kanani! I would totally reccommend her : – )
And Delaney and Raine, I’ll be looking for cheap Kananis on eBay, and copy and paste a link if I find a good deal.
P.S. My other comment that goes with this one is in moderation.