How did you play with your American Girl Doll?

I am a mother with a daughter who has dolls. I am also a mother that collects them for myself. So I will tell you about what I do and what I observe my daughter doing.

My daughter, when she was younger, would tow that doll everywhere. She has Kirsten and simply adores her. She would carefully get her dressed in pajamas at night and would sit reading with her. When she turned around 10 she wasn't toting her everywhere any longer. For some adventures she still takes a doll. She will take on on trips and when we visit with friends and family that also have dolls. They do act out scenes and pretend play. At home she plays with them still and makes up stories with her friends about what the dolls do in their own time periods. They will get on the internet to research out certain specifics and go act them out. They will set up rooms that show the dolls doing things and leave them that way for a few days.

For myself I have quite a few dolls. I will also set them up in different time periods or make clothing for them from different countries. I used them to display countries or themes that I teach in school or at scouts.

I like to still do their hair and dress them. It is fun to have someone not get angry with you as you do their hair and pull a little to hard. It is also fun to have a great display of interesting changes in girls lives from Kirstens era to today. Both in furnishings and clothing. I think it has been great to make history come alive for my daughter.

lol i still have my american girl dolls...i have kirston molloy samantha nellie elizabeth emily and kit.....and im 15 lol...i dont still play with them i just will never be able to get rid of them soo i keep them on my bed lol...i used to dress them up in differnt outfitts and pretend they were sisters or best friends or wat ever and i would make up little stories like maybe one of them was sick or something.. i had alot of fun with them they were my best friends when i was little lol and like 1 year ago when i was in chicago i went into the americal doll place and coundnt resist buying a new doll...lol thats when brought emily!!! they really were a huge part of my childhood and i think i am going to save them and give them to my daughter when i grow up

I don't have any dolls, but my friend has most of them. We play with them by dressing them up, making fun stories, and bringing them everywhere with me.

We dress them up accordingly to how we'd play with them. For example, once we dressed up Nicki & Marisol in pretty ski outfits and pretended they were on a ski trip.

We went on a field trip once at school to Washington DC and our teachers let us bring our dolls. We played with them on the charter bus.

We like to do what they do at the Place; we bring them a little chair and we bring them pretend food.

My friend & I still play with them all the time. I'm looking to buy one soon for myself.

My friend says that she still loves her dolls. She doesn't just display them.

(My other friend has one, and she stopped playing with it over time and just started displaying instead.)

My friend did send one of her dolls to the hospital; Molly. She bought her in a thrift store & she was a bit shaken. But she does repair her dolls by herself at times (like loose limbs, frizzy/greasy hair).

ohh man i play with them 24/7 but there are soooooooo many ways how i play witrh them there my BFFs