9 Crafts For Your 18″ American Girl Dolls

If you have a little girl in your home, you have probably heard of the popularity of the 18″ American Girl Dolls. There are so many to choose from that you can have them look almost exactly like your own little one, and have matching clothes as well.

Each of these 18inch dolls or American girls can also come with its own wardrobe, accessories, and furniture. All of this can add up to be quite expensive when purchasing it from the retail store, but if you channel your inner crafter, you can make any of this (plus more) on your own and save a lot of money.

Here are just 9 ideas we found to get you started in making clothes for your American girl dolls. Some of these patterns are perfect for kids to make clothing for their own dolls or for adults to help to make outfits for the dolls too. You can make holiday outfits and costumes too.

1- Tablet DIY from Fun With AG Fan

2- Bathroom from American Girl Doll At Play

3- DIY Doll Bed from From Dahlias To Doxies

4- School Furniture from Busy Kids Happy Mom

5- Duck Tape Backpack from Doll Diaries

6- Uneven Bars from Arts and Crafts For Your American Girl Doll

7- Music Stand from Doll Diaries

8- Button Bracelet from American Girl Fan

9- Tent and Sleeping Bag from The Frugal Crafter

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I have a complicated relationship with my embroidery needles. Which is a fancy way of saying I don’t really take care of my needles at all. Even though I know I have embroidery needles to use for cross stitch and sewing, needles that are certainly still in their packages, I can rarely find them when I need them.

So when I saw this post from Crewel Ghoul about how to store your embroidery needles, it hit close to home for me.

It doesn’t really say anything I didn’t already know, but it is good advice that might also serve as a reminder for you to take better care of your needles when you cross stitch or do other hand-sewing projects so that you’ll be able to find your needles again when you need them.

It would help me a lot if I had a dedicated place to keep needles I’m not using, including the needles that are still in their packages from when I bought them. You’d think I would keep them with my embroidery floss but apparently you would be mistaken about that.

Another good idea for me is to have a place to put needles I’ve been using when I am done with them. Because goodness knows I’m not going to put them back in the package. (Which may actually be a good thing because then I know which one I’ve been using and which ones are fresh. Not that I replace my needles regularly, but still.) I own pincushions but I don’t really use them for anything, which is silly.

Check out the post at Crewel Ghoul to see all the options available for storing your embroidery needles properly. I’d love to hear what you do, especially if you have a better system than I do (which, honestly, would be any system at all).

[Photo: Crewel Ghoul]

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