Doll Tees: Sparkling Shirts to Make Your Doll Shine! (American Girl Library) (Hardcover)

by Trula Magruder (Editor), Casey Lukatz (Illustrator)
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Product Description
Showcase your creativity by making adorable tees for your dolls. With more than 30 sparkling designs, you can fashion the perfect doll outfit for any occasion---from birthdays and babysitting, to beaches and barbecues! Kit includes: a 32-page instruction book, 3 American Girl tees, 17 jewels, sequins, patterns, and design templates.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: American Girl Publishing Inc (August 20, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 159369282X
• ISBN-13: 978-1593692827
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #43,114 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Cute Idea - But There Are Some Things You Should Know...., January 20, 2008

By	Dorothy "TwirlyGirly" (Arlington, TX USA) - See all my reviews

A kit to create unique tee shirts for the American Girl dolls is a cute idea, but be forewarned. Girls cannot create tee shirts using only the materials included in the kit!

The kit includes three long sleeved tee shirts (blue, pink, and lilac), a tee shirt "board" (a piece of cardboard to be inserted in the tee shirt while working on it to prevent the glue from seeping through and gluing the shirt together), and an assortment of rhinestone gems and sequins. Also included is an "idea book" of designs to get you started. However, the materials needed to complete most of the designs shown in the book must be purchased separately from the kit. Furthermore, on the first page of the book, it explains that completed shirts (if you create them as the book directs) are *not* washable - *not* a great idea for doll clothes, in my opinion.

To actually complete a shirt, you will need some glue (not included) to affix the sequins and gems to the shirt. The book recommends "Tacky Glue", which is, of course, not washable. Most of the designs shown in the idea book are created using felt (not included), ribbons (not included), and extra beads (also not included).

I would recommend purchasing a bottle of "Fabric Tac" (a washable adhesive for gluing fabric to fabric), and a bottle of "Gem-Tac" (a washable adhesive for gluing sequins, beads, and rhinestones to fabric). Embellishments using a good quality felt would be hand-washable in cold water, after attaching to the shirt using the Fabric-Tac glue, as would any ribbons. Rhinestones, beads, and sequins would be similarly hand-washable in cold water when used as embellishments if attached to the shirt using the Gem-Tac adhesive.

I think this is a cute kit, but could only give it three stars because all materials needed to complete the projects are *not* included, and the fact that the shirts are NOT washable when completed according to the kit instructions is not clearly explained in the kit description.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed, May 27, 2008

By	V. Hines (Vernon, NY United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I purchased this kit for my daughter. I was very disappointed. The shirts do not fit her American girl dolls. They are very tight and very short. I expected better quality from an American Girl product. The book has good ideas, but the kit did not include all of the materials needed to decorate the shirts. I was very disappointed. This was not worth the price we paid.

4.0 out of 5 stars Good value for American Girl Clothes, December 16, 2008

By	Crafty Mom "Julie" (Austin) - See all my reviews

It is a good value. The book shows great ideas on how to decorate the shirt. The kit does not offer glue and doesn't seem to have all the supplies that the pictures in the book show. However, it is worth the $$$ to get 3 t-shirts for the doll.