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9 Crafts For Your 18″ American Girl Dolls

January 30, by Larissa Coleman.

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.

tablet

1- Tablet DIY from Fun With AG Fan

bathroom

2- Bathroom from American Girl Doll At Play

bed

3- DIY Doll Bed from From Dahlias To Doxies

school

4- School Furniture from Busy Kids Happy Mom

backpack

5- Duck Tape Backpack from Doll Diaries

bars

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

music

7- Music Stand from Doll Diaries

button

8- Button Bracelet from American Girl Fan

tent

9- Tent and Sleeping Bag from The Frugal Crafter

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Learn about Women Artists

We’ve already talked a bit about women in STEM for Women’s History Month, but I thought it would be fun to take a look at some female artists, too. Kids can learn about the women, see their art and even make art projects inspired by them. Let’s take a look at some fun resources for learning about female artists.

The Wadsworth Atheneum has a video reading of the book Women Artists A to Z by Melanie LaBarge, which covers women artists and the subjects they painted (example, n is for nature and talks about how Maya Lin uses natural materials and makes works that fit into the environment surrounding them). Or check out this post full of children’s books about female artists from the New York Public Library.

Need more ideas of artists to talk about? These lists overlap a bit, but check out:

  • 6 Famous Female Artists Every Classroom Should Know by Winged Canvas
  • 5 Women Artists of Color from Multicultural Kids Blog
  • Famous and Should be Famous Women Artists Your Students Should Know by Art Class Curator

Once you’ve picked a few artists to focus on, or let each child choose an artist to work with, you can search for their art and more biographical information online. You may also be able to find projects inspired by particular artists, or you can develop your own. For example Yayoi Kusama is known for the use of dots in her work, so you could use that as inspiration for a classroom project. Or check out these ideas:

  • These art projects inspired by women artists from Artsy Craftsy Mom include Kusama, Sonia Delaunay, Helen Frankenthaler and more. The one shown above is inspired by Alma Thomas and can be found on Woo Jr.
  • Table Life Blog has a collection of resources for studying Mary Cassatt, including books, videos and projects.
  • Artsy Craftsy Mom has several art study lessons for various artists, male and female. Here are her posts on Georgia O’Keeffe and Frida Kahlo. I love the flower bowl pictured above, which comes from the Crayon Lab.

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