Leilani had an American Girl birthday party this year. The girls dressed up as characters from Samantha's books. Samantha is the American Girl doll from 1904 - the Victorian Era.
They made paper fans out of paper and popsicle sticks. We found out why the instructions told us to use wrapping paper, because the paper I chose did not fold out as easily, but we figured out a solution and made the fans work . They turned out really cute!
Then the girls figured out their parts, read through a script, found clues around the house and solved a mystery about one of the characters in the play. They did a great job acting out the parts, and they seemed to have a lot of fun!
When they were done, Leilani got to blow out candles on a birthday cake.
They drank lemonade in tea cups (and had lots of fun pouring the lemonade out of the pitcher into the cups), ate cookies, ate cupcakes and ate cake and ice cream.
Leilani opened presents. She received many nice things.
They made paper fans out of paper and popsicle sticks. We found out why the instructions told us to use wrapping paper, because the paper I chose did not fold out as easily, but we figured out a solution and made the fans work . They turned out really cute!
Then the girls figured out their parts, read through a script, found clues around the house and solved a mystery about one of the characters in the play. They did a great job acting out the parts, and they seemed to have a lot of fun!
When they were done, Leilani got to blow out candles on a birthday cake.
They drank lemonade in tea cups (and had lots of fun pouring the lemonade out of the pitcher into the cups), ate cookies, ate cupcakes and ate cake and ice cream.
Leilani opened presents. She received many nice things. 
With the help of my mom, sister and another mom, we traced and cut out sihouettes of each girl.
Then the girls ended the party playing dolls. It was fun to see them all playing and acting like little girls. Some of them said they didn't even have any dolls at home. And some of them met their parents at the door asking for an American Girl doll for a birthday or Christmas present. LOL I wasn't trying to advertise for the company, but I am glad they had a good time.
2 comments:
I LOVE the ideas you had at your party - especially the silouette pictures. I'm totally copying that one someday :) The picture at the top of Ben is precious!!
I think I recognize the dress Lani is wearing...hmmm.
Just so you know, we sang happy b-day to her over IM...so you are out of line not caring about my kids b-days.
Your loss!
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