I’ve done so many American Girl craftĀ posts and there are so many of you who are new to my blog. I thought I would put them together in one place for you to easily find all kinds of fun American Girl crafts. Today I have 19 ideas I have blogged about for you!
There are 3 categories for you today:
- Crafts
- Sewing
- Parties
Hopefully, if I got the coding correct, you should be able to click on the picture or the link below to take you to that post. If any don’t work or are incorrect, please feel free to let me know in the comments.
Crafts
Our latest American Girl craft was an idea from the American Girl Magazine. Valentine Mailboxes are super easy and fun to make. They really could be used all year round, not just at Valentine’s.
Both of my girls wanted a bed for their dolls. We didn’t want to spend the money for an official AG bed, so we bought plain beds at IKEA. Each girl got to design her bed, which I painted for them. This is Snowflake’s Stenciled bed.
Pumpkin wanted a Polka Dot Bed. So, that is what I painted for her.
Our dolls, totally needed a cute scarf to keep them warm during the winter. We made scarves for them from pom poms. Super cute!
Sewing
Our dolls are also Girl Scouts along with their big girls. Of course, they needed a uniform to wear to their meetings. For Christmas, I gave each of my girls’ a Girl Scout Uniform for her doll. It is a free pattern!
Here is another free pattern for your doll. We felt that our dolls needed some holiday fashion, so I whipped up these super easy reversible skirts for them.
Once we had our beds all painted, we certainly needed some bedding for the beds. The IKEA bedding was Ok, but we wanted something cute. I came up with a free pattern for the bedding.
Snowflake’s doll loves to cook. I found this free pattern to make a chef set for her doll. I LOVE the oven mitt! This post also contains information about another skirt and vest set I made.
I’ve madeĀ doll t-shirts two different ways and learned a few things along the way. I’m sharing my tips and advice/opinionsĀ about making t-shirts.
Another free pattern. This is my favorite go-to pattern for making things for the dolls. If you are paying much attention to these posts…you will notice this skirt gets made a lot. It is so easy and cute. Free pattern for a reversible wrap skirt.
This is the first thing I ever sewed for our dolls. It is a cute and relatively easy to sew Drawstring Dress. Of course, it is a free pattern as well.
Parties
Our most recent AG birthday party, was a McKenna party.
We also had a Felicity American Girl party. I made these invitations for the party and show you how to make our own.
I made simple favor bags to go with our Felicity party. They fit the theme really well and were pretty easy to make.
The dolls that came to our Felicity party, needed cups from which to drink. I made some and show you how to make your own drinking cups for dolls.
The dolls at our Felicity party also really needed napkins. I made a napkin for each doll. I show you how to make your ownĀ doll napkins.
I also showed you a few ideas for easy andĀ inexpensive, yet cuteĀ decorationsĀ for our Felicity party.
We had yummy food for the Felicity American Girl party. Come get ideas for food for your birthday party.
We also had lots of fun with activities and games at the Felicity party.
Whew! I’ve posted a lot of things American Girl and guess what? There are lots more to come! We are having fun with the dolls around our house and are full of lots of ideas, crafts and sewing. So stay tuned for more…in fact, next week I have an adorable Easter idea and another AG giveaway! Ohh la la!
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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!! 14 years!! DAD
Thanks, Dad!
KC
Love all of these FUN crafts!! Thanks for sharing! :o)
Thanks!
You have become a very good seamstress and crafter!! Amazing actually. Love, C3
Thanks, Mom!
LOTS of terrific ideas! Please share your entry on Creative Crafts Thursday, http://www.creativecraftsthursday.blogspot.com, and any of your favorite projects each and every week.
Thanks!
KC
great ideas! i can’t wait for my daughter to start playing with dolls
Thanks! It will happen before you know it! š
Take care,
KC
Visiting from Delightfully Inspiring Thursday linkup – so glad I came! What great ideas – will have to pin this, to keep as ideas for a granddaughter of mine who loves American Girl dolls. Thanks for sharing these …
My daughters ages 6 and 11 are continuously sewing clothes for their American Girl dolls and stuffed animals. I think they will love the pom-pom necklace. It’s awesome.
How fun…we have girls the same exact ages! I hope they have a great time if they make the pom-pom scarves. My girls had fun making those.
Take care,
KC
So cute. I love the wrap skirts – keeping that idea in mind especially for my daughter’s doll.
Thank you! The wrap skirts are cute and super easy! Enjoy them if you make them.
KC
These are great ideas! My girls would flip over any of them. I saw you over at What’s Cooking With Ruthie. š
Thank you!
KC
So cute, the little girl I nanny for loves her american girl doll! I found you linked up at Tatertots and Jello and I would love for you to share this at the party I am co-hosting this week, Raising Imperfection. Its open now!
Here is the direct link: https://wp.me/p2Gh6y-kO
Beth @ The First Year Blog
Thank you!
KC
I love those mailboxes – I’m still trying the find the perfect stand for ours.
Thank you, Cheryl.
KC
Wow – all of this stuff looks really professional like you bought it right out of the American Girl dolls catalog. Your girls are lucky to have such a crafty mom.
-Vicky
https://veryvic.blogspot.com
Thank you, Vicky! That is very generous of you to say. We have fun with what we do and make and that is the great part for me!
KC
Oh super fun ideas… My nieces love American girl dolls. I’m so glad you came to share at Super Saturday Show & Tell… come back again next week to party with me again š xoxo~ Ruthie
Thanks!
KC
The chef’s set is just adorable:@)
Thank you!
KC
this is like the best post because I hadn’t subscribed to e-mail before the first american girl doll so now I can see them all. Yay!!!!!
Snowflake
Hi Miss Snowflake…thanks for visiting Mommy’s blog and commenting! I’m glad you are happy with my putting all our AG fun into one post. We sure have made a lot of things and had a lot of fun with our AG dolls! š
I love you, sweetie!
Mommy
The girl scout vest will not load on google. Is there a free 0ne piece vest pattern somewhere else?
I’m not sure what the issue is for you. If you click on the picture of the vest that post should come up. I just tried it and it worked. Then look in the post for the link to Bear, Dolly & Moi. That will take you to the post on her site with the pattern. I hope that helps!
KC
excellent scout outfit
Thank you
SO MANY AMERICAN GIRL CRAFTS, SEWING & PARTIES–WOW! Where do I start? Sewing: reversible flared skirts, drawstring sundress, Chef Set, T-shirts, Girl Scout uniforms, etc. . . I’ve sewn AG doll clothes from several patterns for my 7 grandnieces and now 1 more will be 3 yrs old soon. Over the past 8 years I designed AG bedding sets, quilts & matching pillow, sheet & matching pillow & plus for Bitty baby, same sets in baby fabrics with a cap for sleeping to match. All cotton wovens & percale designs & flannels were purchased at JoAnns on sale. Sarah Helene in Minneapolis
OH, I forgot to add that for AG dolls, I used my imagination to crochet many one-of a kind purses, hats, scarves, shawls, skirt & vest sets, plus blankets & rugs. I designed them myself & gifted most to grandnieces, and friends’ who have granddaughters over the past 10 years. I had loads of FUN creating clothes & accessories using mostly scraped of thinner yarn, except for the rugs. I did use a couple dress, sundress, cardis & pullover sweater patterns I found on Ravelry website, FREE patterns. Sarah Helene in Minneapolis