For those of you who are unfamiliar with this craze that has afflicted girls age 4 to 12, American Girl is this brand of wholesome dolls that are basically your little buddies throughout adolescence. When my younger sister used to like American Girl, this was merely a book series of girls growing up in different time periods of history. Since then, the book series has exploded into this enterprise with stores with cafes in target cities around the US. I was really in awe when I first walked into this store. It is truly amazing how much great make believe fun can be had with your doll.
My niece turned 5 this year, and she wanted a luncheon at American Girl at the Grove. I made a reservation for all the Aunties and even Uncles that wanted to sit through a nice tea party and lunch at the American Girl store at the Grove. My niece would also get a chance to pick out all her birthday gifts in the store.
The day of the luncheon, we arrived a few minutes early to the store to find a mob of girls with their moms and friends for their special party. I felt like I was waiting in line for some ride at Disneyland. All the little girls were dressed up in their cute outfits, some matching their dolls. Inside the cafe, the tables were beautifully set with coordinating pink, black and white place settings. There were white linens and napkins and delicious sticky rolls waiting for us. Wrapped around each napkin was a pink bow hair elastic for every guest to take home. I was really impressed! I think I should be taking tips from American Girl! The menus were so colorful and pretty with a short story about American Girl and then printed prix fixe food choices on the other side. There is even a gluten free menu available for one of the Aunties.
Did I mention that the dolls have a seat too?
The tasty and pretty displays of the food
This was really a treat and so fancy for little girls. I know my niece loved her special 5 year old birthday party here with all the Aunties and Uncles. I think this is such a cute idea. This outing to American Girl has made my mind start cranking some gears on some potential new ideas. There will have to be more thought into this… 
Happy 5 to my B!
3 Comments
December 1, 2009 at 10:26 pm
Dear Type A Planning: I love the American Girl Party idea. Any suggestions for a low-key party for my 5 year-old daughter? We’d like to rent a jumper and have some activities, but her birthday is in January and we fear cold weather or worse (rain)!
December 8, 2009 at 7:02 am
Rox – please see my blog post about 5 year old birthday party suggestions.
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