Gymnastics Accessories for AG Doll

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So I'm starting on Chirstmas a little early. What would my oldest would really really like?  Why McKenna's gym accessories of course! Now, I'm not just talking the hula hoop, the ribbon and the leotard (which she already owns one for her doll anyway). I'm talking the beam as well. As of right now my husband and I plan to make all of this stuff instead of buying a lot of stuff for Christmas- because that is the real meaning of Christmas.

Today I only had enough time to make the ribbon, I still have to go out and buy the materials to make the hula hoops. I took cake rods (you can use kabob sticks) and cut them into a good size (measured it against the dolls hand).

Then I hot glued the ribbon part around the rod (covering the sharp edge). I then wrapped a different color ribbon around  the base once.  Then  added a hair twistie and wrapped the ribbon around and glued it down.

I added a hair twistie so that the girls dolls could hold the ribbon wand by themselves.



My other American Girl items:
school supplies
feel better kit  (Just like McKenna's!)
head band
Minnie Mouse ears
sleeping bags
sleeping mask
pillow dress
accessories
pet accessories

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American Girl Doll sleeping bag

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What you'll need:
2 piece of patterned fabric measuring at least 20 inches long and 10-15 inches wide
2 inside pieces of fabric measuring at least 20 inches long and 10-15 inches wide
1 zipper measuring 24inches
thread
stuffing


Directions:

Pin the zipper onto the right side of the outside color fabric (mine is the flower fabric)

Sew it up.

Repeat on the other zipper.

Next add the inside fabric to the opposite sides of the zippers.(do both sides of the zipper) I found laying it out like this worked best:

add batting to the wrong side of the fabric

sew around the top and the side with the zipper again.

turn them right side out. Now you should have the batting on the inside and the pattern and solid inside exactly where they should be. Here is a picture of mine. Yours should look like this on both sides:

Pin right sides together and sew the two remaining open ends. Turn right side out. You're finished!

UPDATED: I decided when I woke up this morning that adding elastic (or even ribbon) to tie the sleeping bag closed would be cute... So I added some:

Turn sleeping bag wrong side out. Un-stitch if you have to to add elastic bands (making sure you loop then) or ribbon pieces to the now inside of the sleeping bag and sew back closed

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