Girls In A Cottage: American Girl theme days

OK my single friends, please stop with the face. We people with smaller people have to make the best of their obsessions.

When Keely first started getting into the American Girl books, I decided it was a fun way for her to get a hands-on history lesson. After reading each collection, we would devote a day to the character, doing what they would have done, eating what they would have eaten. Keely even took it upon herself to dress the part. I decided it was too much work not to document for someone else to use too.

Kaya – 1760s

Meals: Dried fruit and nuts; salmon, beans, wild rice and corn cakes; beef jerky (we were fresh out of elk and bison)

Activities: Made a dreamweaver, built a tepee and told stories around our “fire” before bed

Felicity Merriman – 1770s

Meals: Fried ham with gravy, dressed eggs and Johnny cakes; cornish game hen, sweet potatoes and green beans; Homemade apple butter, bread and tea

Activities: Held a colonial tea party, sewed a sampler, learned some colonial dances, and made apple butter and a homemade bread loaf

Josefina Montoya –1820s

Meals: Bizcochitos and cinnamon hot chocolate; tamales and tortilla soup; pork carne asada, corn salsa and sopapillas

Activities: Made a corn husk doll

Kirsten Larson – 1850s

Meals: Sausage and fried potatoes; vegetable soup and apple pie; trout, baked beans, buttered bread and maple candy

Activities: Made maple candy and dipped wax candles; churned butter

Addy Walker – 1860s

Meals: Bacon and buttermilk biscuits with honey; Beans, cornbread and pickles; Homemade ice cream; Ham, sweet potatoes and peach cobbler

Activities: Made homemade ice cream, played cup and ball

Samantha Parkington – 1900’s:

Meals: Strawberries with cream, ham slice and cheese omelet; Chicken salad sandwiches, lemon ice; Cucumber and cream cheese finger sandwiches and tea; Roasted beef tenderloin, green beans and cream of carrot soup

Activities: Etiquette class, played checkers, put together a vaudeville show