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Time to celebrate! Camp Doll Diaries is just around the corner! Rebecca asked the local bakery to put an edible image of the camp logo on the cake she ordered. What a perfect dessert to serve at the pre-camp staff meeting! She loves the way it turned out and wants to order another one from [...]
Did you know that today is considered to be American Girl Addy’s birthday? For all you trivia buffs – do you know why it is today? Anyhow, Madison is ready to wish Addy a Happy Birthday with a special birthday treat! She made her a tasty lunch. Mmm, a meat pie, grapes, and little cookies [...]
UPDATED WITH A WINNER! Congratulations Heather – please check your inbox. Did you know that today is the Girl Scouts of America’s birthday? It is! Juliette Gordon Low officially registered the organization’s first 18 girl members in Savannah, Georgia on March 12, 1912. In celebration, we are giving away a set of 10 doll sized Girl [...]
Morgan is reaching for the snacks she packed. Dance rehearsal is right after school. It’s a long day and she needs to refuel and have something to eat before practice. This little insulated lunch bag is just right for on-the-go! Today she packed strawberries, celery sticks, carrots and broccoli. Mmmm, it tastes so good when [...]
UPDATED WITH WINNER! Congratulations Karly! Please check your email. I think today is a Tea and Cakes kind of day and so does Nellie! She is very excited that I chose her to help out with the photography for our next giveaway. My friend Gina of Chef Gina’s makes realistic food props for dolls as [...]
This is a photo story by Shannie Jo. Hola, welcome to our Mexican restaurant. We love dining at our local mexican restaurant and we decided to create our own. Julie is the hostess and shows us to our pretty table. For the decor we made wallpaper using construction paper in bright colors that we overlapped and taped in a [...]
Are you ready for part two of the very popular Coffee Shop activity thanks to Brandy? If you missed part one go take a look at it now (Coffee Shop Part 1). For today’s activity, Brandy shows us how to make all the goodies you might buy in your doll’s coffee shop. DRINKS: Coffee to [...]
Anna here! Today I’m serving up a Japanese meal for dolls. Do your dolls like trying food from other countries? It can be a new experience and you may discover a new flavor that you will want to come back for! I love Japanese cuisine. It can be colorful and beautiful to look at. [...]
Our Generation (sold primarily at Target) has really become known for making good quality play accessories for 18″ dolls at a reasonable price. Madelon recently purchased the Our Generation Party Planning set for less than $20 and has some photos and insight to share. The Party Planning set comes with loads of sturdy doll food [...]
First of all, Happy Birthday to my daughter Natalie today!! Today’s doll play activity from Anna is perfect for the occasion! Your doll’s table will be ready for any party with this fun looking, easy to make, cake stand. Don’t limit yourself to cake though! It’s a fun way to serve any doll food! [...]
I love this doll play/doll craft idea from Karen today!! I know quite a few of you have asked about how to make a turkey dinner for your dolls before, so here it is. With Christmas just around the corner, many people where I live in Canada, cook Turkey for Christmas dinner, for today’s post [...]
You are going to LOVE and be amazed by this realistic looking holiday food that guest contributor Brandy (you might remember Brandy’s amazing Monster High party for dolls post) has put together for us. Christmas Eve is a big get-together for my family. We mingle, eat, and exchange gifts. There is so much going on [...]
Today’s post has been inspired by all the wonderful cake pops I have been seeing in the holiday magazines. I thought they would be fun and easy to make for our dolls. This is an easy craft – with one trip to the dollar store and less than $3, you can create enough Dolly cake [...]
Today’s post is inspired by the wonderful new American Girl Allergy Free Lunch. I love this new set and what it means for girls who have food allergies and intolerances. I wanted to have this set for back to school but it was sold out and is currently on back order until September 14th. So I [...]
One of our regular contributors, Madelon, recently ordered some items from The Queen’s Treasures and was kind enough to share the photos with us. Each of the food sets she bought were $6.99 but if you spent $50 they were half price. She ordered this set of mini cupcakes which are really cute. The bakery [...]
Remember, this is Karen’s regular Friday craft post. Day 22 of the 100 Days of Doll Play will be posted later this afternoon. Let’s make watermelon for your dolls using what ever craft supplies you have on hand. To begin with you will need: red,green and black construction paper, fun foam, felt or *oven bake [...]
Yesterday we were out running errands and Natalie was “channeling” Karen! It was so funny. We were looking in the dining linens area of Bed Bath and Beyond in search of a tablecloth for our real dining table when Natalie spotted these cut-out felt placemats that were on clearance for 99 cents. – she thought [...]
This 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 to [...]
This week I had so much fun creating Chinese food for our dolls using only felt from the dollar store that I had on hand. I did purchase these fun serving dishes at my local kitchen shop but was able to purchase all these dishes for my doll play collection for under $7.00. You may [...]
Thanks to the requests from the wonderful readers at Doll Diaries, here is my first doll play bakery. I am calling it “Sugar and Spice Bakery” and you can easily make this set for your own doll play collection using items you may already have or can easily find at your local craft store, dollar [...]
