I thought the ideas about Kaya crafts are great- she did always strike me as a non-girly girl too.

Some of Molly's crafts are also non-girly (from her craft book), and boys tend to like to hear about the WWII time period. I thought the following crafts sounded good for boys and girls: patriotic pinwheels, victory garden in a jar, V-day parachute, scrap paper jar. A Molly-themed party goes well with July too.

I'm not sure what doll(s) you are looking to really base crafts and such on, though.

I will send a word of encouragement- my mom taught 6th grade and I came in with Felicity and all her things and did a short discussion with the kids about colonial history (which they'd been studying) and then did crafts all day. We did marbling paper, stitching handmade journals, cooking (and eating!) journey cakes, and playing some colonial games, among other things. All the kids loved it and had a blast. The 12 yo boys were very impressed with the colonial clothing and informed me that the breeches were "tight" (i.e., totally awesome and cool). LOL- and these were "tough" little boys from gang areas. You should have seen how much they liked Lissie and all her stuff! So you never know... [img]smile.gif[/img]