AG & Off Brand Horse Comparisons

Coconut Cupid Exchange

Cadie & I participated in the Valentine's Day exchange known as "Coconut Cupids" through AGPT.

We made doll headbands and movie & popcorn for our two exchange items.  & here are some pictures of the loot we received.

Doll Rehab :)

Krista's American Girl doll.....

Cadie's cousin asked for an American Girl doll for Christmas.  A brand new one was out of the budget for Great Grandma though.  I searched and searched and finally found a preloved doll on Craigslist.  I brought her home, cleaned her up and fixed her hair.  She turned out to be good as new. :)

A Stable For The Horses!

So for Christmas this year Ryan & I made a stable for Cadie's American Girl doll horses.  It was a lot of work.....really it was harder to keep her in the dark than build it though.  It turned out great!  I even made some accessories like horse blankets, hay bales and hanging feeders for the horses.  It was so much fun to add the finishing touches.

A Boy To Join The Girls!

So I found this American Girl flannel shirt this summer at a yardsale.......and that got me started thinking that we needed a boy doll around here to keep the girls company.  I had seen a lot of great custom dolls that members of AGPT had made from American Girl dolls but I hadn't had any luck finding one that was in rough enough shape and cheap enough that I felt I could justify making a boy doll.
Then while looking on eBay I found the rest of the outfit that goes with the flannel shirt......for $11!  It is an older AG outfit called simply Cargo Outfit from 1999.  It is perfect for a boy doll.  So far $11.25 I had a perfectly complete boy outfit and no doll.

Until today that is.......

While I still haven't found an AG doll to make into a boy I did find an Amy Elise 18" doll that is pretty similar in size and build to an AG.  This doll cost me a whopping $5.99.  The doll was a bit dirty and the hair was totally frizzy.  It was bride of Frankenstien scary!  So I immediately check and it was a wigged doll as opposed to rooted.....SCORE!  That is what has stopped me in the past from buying thrift store dolls for this project.  Rooted hair would be a pain to shave off of the head of a doll so I could put a new boy doll style wig on.  But this soon to be handsome doll had a barely glued on wig.  By barely, I mean that it literally took one minor tug and off it came.  So for now he is bald.  We are awaiting the arrival of a boy doll wig I found on the AGPT sale boards.

Here is a picture of the type of doll I found.....this same character just not my doll.

Here is a picture of our new boy in his outfit.....along with our other thrift store finds Licorice & Coconut!  And some other AG sized pets (Ty Beanie Babies) from the same thrift store lots!