One of the most popular dolls on the market in recent years is the Hearts for Hearts Girls. They are 14″ of total cuteness with a positive message for girls about helping others. Doll Diaries veteran contributor Lena (I think Lena has been contributing to the Doll Diaries conversation since at least 2009! ) has collected all of the Hearts for Hearts Girls so far, except Lauryce. Something tells me Lauryce will be added to her collection in time.
From left to right – Tipi (Laos), Lilian (Belarus), Rahel (Ethiopia), Zelia (Brazil), Consuelo (Mexico), Nahji (India) and Dell (USA)
You can buy the Hearts for Hearts Girls dolls at Target, Toys R Us, Amazon and other major toy stores. The dolls are about $28 (depending on where you get them).
It looks like Lena’s Zelia has found a new friend!! In case you don’t know, that is Starburst the llama from American Girl of the Year, Chrissa’s collection.
Thanks so much to Lena for sending in these great photos and for being a member of our Doll Diaries community for so long – we are truly grateful to have you!!
Firstie
Lena- you are very lucky!
Secondie! Wow! Lena, do you recommend Zelia? I would like to get her at some point.
The Hearts for Hearts dolls are so cute!
Gorgeous collection.
Fourthie!
fithie
I. Need. One!!!!!
Lena, you have a great collection!
Char, did you get the email I sent you?
I want Zelia!
The first real info on Rebecca, I’ve been commenting since then. But lurking a lot longer : )
I promised my parents no more dolls this month, since spent the past week yesterday hunting for Tipi’s pjs at all the Targets around here. Lukily the month is almost over, hehe, so Lauryce will be joining me soon. Maybe as a back to school gift to myself.
I definitely recomend Zelia, or really any of these girls. Her hair is nice and smooth, not what the usual rooted hair on a doll feels like, her outfit is very well done, and she has the sweetes face ever.
Thank you all for having me here!
Lena- How long did it take you to collect all of them?
I think I got Nahji in October or November. So 9 months it took to get them and their extra outfits. But I didn’t really activley seek them out until now, I just found them in Target and got the one I liked best.
These are super cute.I had better not show these cuties to my dolls or else we are going to be making a stop to target today.I love all there cute little faces and i bet they would make a great little sis to ag dolls.(in my opinion)
cute!!!
Aww, Zelia is a-doll-able! I still like Mosi best, but wow – that little doll is amazing!
They’re a little skinny comapred to AGs, but do make great little sisters for them.
I think I am gonna get Dell soon.
I NEED a hearts4hearts girl!!!
what do you recommend for a little sister for an ag Mia doll?
She’s cute with the Llama!
Zelia’s a redhead, and IIRC Mia’s family were all pictured as having red hair in her books. So definetley Zelia, although Dell & Lilian would look nice too.
Their so cute
Thanks, Lena! I think that Zelia might be in my future…..or Dell. Wink-wink,
My mom is taking me to target today to get one of these dolls!I can’t wait!
Does anyone know if the playday has been posted?
Cassie – I am finishing up today’s activity now.
Yay! Can’t wait!!!! Thanks char
Char- do you make up the activities for 100 days of doll play as you go along. Or were they pre planned?
Jordy – they are pre-planned, however, some of them get made up as I go. I had something else planned for today already, but when we decided to go bowling I came up with the idea of the printable bowling pins and score sheet on the way there and changed up the activity.
Yay!i just bought one of these dolls!i got dell and she is Mckenna’s little sister!she is watching me type this!
I want a H4H Doll..these are too cute! Great collection Lena! They sure are cuties! Thanks so much for sharing!
Lena, I was going to ask you where you got Zelia’s adorable shorts set, then I realized it came with her!
Do you think she would be a cute Nan for Felicity? I had a magic attic megan as her sister, but they were both the same height so they didn’t look like big and little sisters.
If you can ignore her anachronistic bangs, she’d make a great Nan! IMO, they’re about the right height to be 6-7 year olds to AGs 10.
Great! Now I just need to find someone to make colonial ( and 1812 and pioneer and victorian outfits) to put on her and Dell. I found some beautiful hearts 4 hearts dresses on ebay, but they are modern country style.
Lena, do you recommend dell. I just ordered her on Amazon, and I am awaiting (impatiently) for her to come. On the website, her pictures look adorable. Do the pictures make her look better, do they do her justice, or is she prettier in real life?
Natalia – from what I have seen, the H4H girls (and most brands really) look much better in person than they do in photos.
^What Char said. She looks wat cuter in real life. The only problem I have is with the clasp on her necklace, its just a bead that you put a piece of string over, but manages to hold if I’m not rough with her.
I have Dell, and I adore her. She is the prettiest doll I have ever seen (besides my very pretty Nahji) and I love how hearts 4 hearts made the doll I always wanted American Girl to make, even if she wasn’t set in Tennessee (grin).
Daughter of a coal miner turned craftsman, playing guitar and singing, making pies and jams and knitting hats for the poor…she could be any one of my ancestors (she reminds me a lot of my granny and grandma). She clogs just like my Aunt Mavis. She’s like she’s from the past, yet she is from today as well. She’s timeless!
ps if I made her sound too old fashioned, I didn’t mean to. Kids at my niece and nephew’s mountain school (K-12 in one school) clog and play guitar. A boy at my church knits hats for girls and their dolls for extra money. Everyone I know, young and old, around here know how to bake and cook (except me! I grew up in Michigan, though that’s no excuse. I’m learning!)
Dell (whom I call Delilah Caroline before AG came out with Caroline, I just love that musical name) is a terrific doll and a wonderful way to learn more about Appalachia.
Oh, and I don’t mean to triple post, but kids around here also play video games, ride bikes, listen to Adele and Lady Gaga, watch Disney and Nick, read Harry Potter and Twilight and Lord of the Rings, hunt, fish, swim, hike, garden, pretty much anything kids anywhere do. I thought that I should add that part in before you all think that it is like the 1950′s Andy Griffith (RIP) around here!
^I was thinking Leave it to Beaver. I moved to a part of my home town that’s kind of the edge of no where, and there’s like 5 horseback riding places within 20 miles. Where I lived before, there was 1, 30 miles away.
I’ve always wanted to learn to horseback ride! We are a mix of old and modern. Rolling green hills and forests and a Wal-Mart and McDonalds smack in the middle of all that beauty. Ah well, progress. When I used to visit Tennessee as a child, there was only a diner and a Hardees and Wendy’s and a small Wal-Mart and K-Mart. But, there were lots of little unique mom and pop stores to shop from. Any big shopping one would do at Knoxville about 30 minutes away. We watched movies for 1.00 at the 80 yr old Princess Theater and bowled and went to the park. That was about it.
Now, we have several big name stores and 3 McDonalds and 2 Hardees and loads of other places to eat at. But the small town charm has gone a bit. One still goes to Knoxville to shop, but that is because the big stores replaced the mom and pop ones. Now, if I want to experience small town beauty, I visit my college town in Athens, TN where they have a town square and a family run pizza place and diner and pharmacy/lunch counter. Very 1950′s.
Love your pic of Zelia! (I just got her from Amazon and did a link to this page for my blog followers).
I just wanted to mention that these dolls also make the PERFECT little sisters for the BFC Ink dolls.
beastsbelle – I am just loving our Lauryce and as soon as Mosi is available she is mine!