Hi, everyone! I had an idea that I was wondering if anyone else was interested in. (the kinks in the idea are nowhere near worked out) Anyway, questions about another AG-related topic kind of led me to remember that there are a lot of children who may never have the chance to own such beautiful dolls as ours. I also noticed that another generous member donated some play dolls to Toys for Tots.
I wondered about donating dolls like the AG dolls to collections like that. If just one of us did it, it would cost so much! I guess it's a little selfish for me to say "I can't afford to do that" when I just bought two dolls, but I'm saying it anyway. Well, what if we made a summer project of everyone joining together to make a few "collections" of AG dolls to give to little girls?
I mean, so many people here are so talented at taking even the most aged dolls and making them look new again. And the sewing talent of members on this board has created a lot of gorgeous dresses! We could probably find dolls on ebay to fix up. We could get them for a fraction of the cost of new dolls, and y'all would get your money's worth out of those steamers and other gadgets you've bought for rehabilitating dolls' hair.
Many of us probably have doubles of doll dresses/accessories or things that we'd be willing to part with. (I know I'm going to have extras of a few of the short stories now that I've completed my collection) We could each pitch in one or two of these kinds of items, or buy a few extra yards of fabric and make an extra dress or two the next time we make a new dress for our dolls. Or, I guess if someone wants to, they could buy a new AG outfit (and each doll would need her own wig brush). I mean, we could make these dolls some of the prettiest and most well-dressed dolls out there!
I'm sure someone on this board has some kind of job where they can figure out recipients. We could stick each doll in a tote bag (inexpensive at craft stores, and fun to decorate!!!) or something along with some dresses, a hairbrush, and maybe books and/or accessories. We could even do a theme for each doll based on a time period, or girlie things like princesses or ballerinas, or if we found out what the girl liked in advance...
So, yeah, obviously this idea is still pretty rough around the edges, but what do y'all think?