CiCi Makes

My Favorite Doll.

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Our Generation Doll

Me and my sister both got Our Generation dolls for Christmas a year ago.

Our dolls are best friends forever.

I was very excited. The real names of our dolls are Peyton and April. My doll is Peyton and my sister, Willow, got April.

My sister is 3 now, but when she got April she was two. April is a good quality doll. She has lasted my sister for a whole year and is still intact.

My sisters doll April.

Me and Peyton (my doll) have cherished every fun time we have had together.

My doll Peyton.

I had really gotten into doing my own hair. So my mom and dad thought that I would like a doll with long hair that I could practice on.

They got me Peyton for Christmas. Peyton is a perfect doll for me because she has hair all the way down to her ankles.

There is one thing that I don’t like about this doll. She has a button that you can wind up and it pokes out on the lower part of her back. This button allows you to lengthen or shorten a small section of her hair from the tip middle of her head.

A little piece of hair that can go short or long.

It limits her outfits that she can wear as some shirts and skirts get caught on this button.

Her button on her back

It mainly affects skirts, pants and shirts. Which is just about every thing a doll can wear, except for dresses. But it is not that bad if you don’t mind having a plastic button poking out of her.

I still love my doll and cherish every moment. I actually have two dolls, an American Girl doll and Our Generation doll.

Don’t think that America Girl dolls are the same as Our generation dolls because they aren’t at all the same. Though they do have many similarities like being 18 inches with plastic arms, legs, and heads.

My beloved doll Cristy.

An American Girl doll is fatter then an Our generation ( O.G.) doll. And it has soft eye lashes.

Our generation dolls have a skinny body and slightly curved arms compared to American Girl ( A.G.) dolls.

I like both of my dolls and have fun playing with both of them.

Dolls with Long Hair are Awesome!

Over the years I have wanted long hair, but as you know it takes a while to get long hair.

I dreaded having to wait to have long hair. But then in the mall they finally got a doll store. I was so exited that I wanted to go immediately.

When the day came that we finally went to this new doll store I walked in and there she was, staring right at me, the most beautiful doll with very, very long red hair and sea blue eyes.

My doll Peyton.

Christmas was coming and that’s what I really wanted. Then on Christmas Day I got this big box. I tore off the wrapping paper and there she was, Peyton.

I took her out of the box. Her long silky beautiful hair lay gently on her back.

That day I played with her for a long time. Then the time came for me to put her to bed.

Our dolls are best friends forever.

I have had lots of fun with her to this day. Her long hair lets you have your own hair salon at your own house.

Because of her long hair you can do just about every hair style there is in the book as long as you have the skill or desire to learn.

I think that long hair is the best on dolls because there is no limit to their hair.

This doll has opened some imagination with hair I didn’t think I ever had.
For example, crocheting hair and weaving her beautiful hair and lots more. This doll is the one that inspired me to learn how to do a Dutch braid and Fishtail braid. I have learned unique skills to become better with hair.

But if you have an Our Generation doll with clumpy hair you can’t seem to get untangled, you can use lotion and warm water and a brush. With some gentle, persistent work she can look good as new in no time.

Our dolls Peyton,Cristy, and April

Make Your Own American Girl Notebook

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A few months ago, as I was getting back to school supplies, I was also thinking about how to make back to school supplies for my American Girl (AG) doll.

I thought maybe there would be a way to make school books for my doll without having spend any money.

I looked into the crafting supplies we had.

We had plenty of paper.

After thinking for a few minutes, I realized all I really needed was a little paper, scissors, a stapler, a ruler, and a pencil.

The final look depends on the paper you use for your cover so if you want a bright and flashy book, you’re going to need some bright and flashy paper.

The inside is a bit different.

If you want a school notebook then just use lined notebook paper or if you want it to be a drawing notebook then use plain copy paper.

Supplies Needed:

1 piece of card stock paper
1 piece of notebook paper or copy paper
Stapler
Ruler
Pencil

The first step in making the notebook cover is to measure your dolls hand from her thumb to her pinky. You can see from my doll it is about 1.5 inches.

Measuring my dolls hand

On the back side of your pretty card stock paper use a pencil and a ruler to measure and mark 1.5 inches from the edge in two places about 1- 2 inches apart. With a pencil draw a line along the edge of your ruler after lining it up on your two marks. Don’t cut anything yet, you have one more line to measure first!

Marking my measurements.

Now to get the other measurement you simply double the first. In our case this means we need 3 inches. So now from the other edge of the paper, measure 3 inches and mark with your pencil. Again, make a second 3 inch mark. Use your marks to draw a straight line with your pencil and ruler. You are now ready to cut out your cover. Simply cut along the lines you have drawn.

I am all ready to cut out my notebook cover.

Mine looks like this.

My cutout cover for my doll school notebook.

Now to make the inside pages you will use the same technique only you want the inside pages to be just slightly smaller. So I just cut mine slightly less than 3 inches long. I use 2 7/8th of an inch. I know that sounds a little technical, so if it works better for you then just “eye-ball” it and cut a little less. One easy way to do this is to simply use your cover as a pattern to trace your other pages and when you go to cut them out just cut them back a little bit. You will want 5-7 pages for your notebook. For this one I used 5. When you fold them over you get double the amount. My finished notebook will be 10 pages plus the cover.

Line up your inner pages and fold them in half. Now get your cover and fold it in half. Put the two together lining them up on the folded lines. Keeping them open to the middle, but face down put two staples, one on each edge.

Sometimes the finished edges still don’t look smooth since I cut them all out by hand. I remedy this by using my scissors to cut off any rough edges at the very end.

You have just completed your first doll notebook! Hooray! Wasn’t that fun? I love making them. When I make them I usually cut out several at the same time.

Now that you have a notebook for your doll maybe you would like a pencil to go with it. Do you have a pencil that you can’t write with because it’s too short and you are ready to pitch it in the trash……WAIT! Don’t throw that pencil away. Use the pencil for your doll. Just sharpen it up a little….in other words, grind it down until it is small enough to be perfect for your doll. Now you’re really done and it’s just perfect.

My finished touches of my doll notebook.

I hope you have as much fun making this notebook as I have. My doll loves her new notebook.

My doll all ready for school.

Happy Crafting!