DO you remember all the fun & LOVE of playing with American Girl dolls?
My daughter starting getting interested in American Girl Dolls 15 years ago. Her dad made a tea reservation at the Chicago store when he knew we were planning a little surprise shopping excursion & made reservations. For fun, he asked the girls to bring the dolls Santa brought them. It was one of the best times, ever.
Our eldest girl took an interested to birds rather than dolls. An in interest that she made choices to get grants for college. She wanted her sister to be able to use the dolls, so she donated all of her doll clothes, shoes, horse & all of it’s accessories plus two dolls.
This started a fire inside our youngest daughter. As a Girl Scout since kindergarten, she had been doing good deeds for others all of life. We had personally, and with her youth group, participated in the Samaritans Purse and was aware the children have needs globally. We currently buy ‘bargains & treasures’ for ourselves, and thought we could find American Girl Dolls in TLC condition and bring them home to work some Eskew Magic on them. We have brought some pretty dead ladies back to life with some elbow grease cleaning bath spa, shampoo & set, some have needed a little polish remover; others have needed a little more lip color.
Our kids want to play with dolls, not just look at them & collect dust. They are in used condition, but are nicer to look at when you can comb the hair. Budget dolls with designer names.
I can’t afford all the fun stuff that comes with the dolls, but I’m creative. I might be able to make something for hardly any money. My kids & I used to be the Birthdays on a Budget queens. Get the theme a year in advance, know your budget ASAP. You shop it, make it, bargain & negotiate. We had this cute cabin in the woods for $25 for the entire day. Inside & outside activities planned for teenagers. It was fun to plan & kids had fun.
Journey By Eskew 