Jen had shared with us that the Bitty Baby clothes often fit the 18" American Girl Dolls so n a recent trip to the American Girl Outlet Store in Oshkosh, WI I found some darling outfits that were discounted, two were Bitty Twin outfits and the third was the Bitty Baby holiday dress.  I paid $8 each for the Bitty Twin outfits and $10 for the Bitty Baby dress. Each set also came with a little book that my 5 year old loves to read!  I am so happy that I took Jen's advice and looked at the Bitty Baby clothes on this trip to the AG Outlet because there weren't too many other new finds in the American Girl Doll section.

This Bitty Baby dress, at $10 came with the tights, shoes, headband and very cute dress!  I love the headband that really completes the look!  You can see that the length of this dress is PERFECT for the American Girl doll.  The shoes are a little snug and a bit tricky to get on, but they look pretty cute once on.  The tights are an excellent fit.  The headband is snug on the sides, but also works. The AG Outlet had the matching girl dress too, but I passed it up because they only had the size 7.  This would fit Lily now, but most likely be too small by December.

The Prairie Tunic set for the Bitty Twins looks so cute too - especially for just $8!  This set came with the jean - capri, tunic top, head bandanna and shoes.  The belt is attached to the top. The pants have an elastic waist and are made of a stretchy material  They are easy to dress the 18" doll in and fit well. 

The tunic top is really cute.  The sleeves fit at 3/4 length on the AG doll.  The shirt opens completely up the back with velcro closure that make this outfit simple for my younger daughter to dress the dolls in.The top is a little loose through the middle.  I am not sure if the Bitty Twin is a little thicker through the middle than the AG Doll, or if this top is just meant to be a loose fitting style.  Either way- the pants fit perfect in the wast, and the top looks REALLY CUTE on the American Girl Doll.  Wouldn't this set be cute with a pair of tall brown boots!

 The embroidered headband is really cute- I think Julie would look great in this set!

The headband has a full back with elastic along the bottom.  It goes on like a hat, and ties over the elastic.  VERY easy to put on the doll!

I had actually stopped at the AG Outlet on Friday on my way through Oshkosh and only bought this 2010 Bitty Twin Dress set along with the Bitty Baby dress.  But after dressing the doll in the dress, and seeing how cute the doll looked in it, we stopped at the AG Outlet as we passed through Oshkosh on our way home on Sunday and my daughter bought the matching Bitty Twin Tunic set.  In my opinion these outfits look much cuter on the AG doll then the Bitty Twins that were modeling them at the store!

Marie-Grace looks so cute in this style of dress, and these are her colors for sure! This set came with the dress, separate embroidered vest, and boots!  The bandanna would look cute with this set too. I think the feather motif on the fabric would be a great addition to Saige's closet too!  In fact Kit is wearing her feather necklace we made at our Saige Slumber Party with her outfit now!

Best friends look so cute in coordinating outfits!  I am so glad that the American Girl Outlet store is on the way to Grandma's house and  guess it is a really good thing that I DON'T live closer to the outlet store - I would really have trouble passing that store and NOT stopping!!!!  I love American Girl and really LOVE the American Girl Outlet Store!

Creating an American Girl Doll Diner!

Oh how I wished I lived closer to the American Girl Outlet Store!  It is in Oshkosh, and is located on the route between our home and Grandmas!  I make it a point to stop each time I  pass through, and have found so many great deals!  LOVE, LOVE, LOVE American Girl!  I found the American Girl Doll Dining book for just $9-what a deal.  But, if you do not live near an outlet store-check out Walmart.com or Michaels where I have seen the AG books at discounted prices.

 

This kit had all the supplies to create the chef hat that Caroline is wearing!  It also came with the black message board, easel, and open/closed sign, and the order pad in Caroline's pocket!  Caroline's apron came with a little baking set from Walmart. 

The little pictures on the wall, the table settings, including place mats  paper plates, napkin rings, desert triangle on the table, menus  takeout boxes, and the paper bag, as well as the little pink table card. I loved the black and white napkin holders with the hot pink- it reminded us of our own visit to the American Girl Cafe!

We had a table and two boxes we used to create a restaurant booth, but the book also had directions for building your own restaurant using a cardboard box and 2 shoe boxes. The book also shows some really cute and easy ways to create an assortment of doll foods to serve at your restaurant or bakery! 

Our restaurant needed 2 tables, so you can see we used a tall plastic cup, with a piece of foam core set on top to create a make-shift table.

Samantha and Alice LOVED their lunch at the AG Cafe1  And I loved all the cute crafts we were able to make with this book!  There are still more parts to the book that we didn't do yet.  We LOVED the book and felt that it was well worth the $9 we paid!

Gracie and Lily have always wanted matching PJ's for their doll and themselves.  I was so excited to see that last year's version of the Coconut PJ's had made their way to the AG Outlet!  Lily was being a stinker and wouldn't sit for the picture!  I found that these ran a little big, so they will fit for a while!

Visiting the American Girl Outlet Store in Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Yesterday while visiting family, we made a little day trip to visit the American Girl Outlet store in Oshkosh, Wisconsin with Zoey's grandmother and Aunt (Ethan's side of the family) and we had so much fun!!  We found several things but I wanted to share a couple favorites...I found a box that was a bit beat up sitting on a shelf in the store and when I opened it up I discovered that it was a girl and doll matching apron set (the kind that they have worn in the Bistro Cafe at The American Girl Place) and there were also matching pink flower head bands, mini cookie cutters and some cute recipe cards with recipes on them.  I picked it up right away since it was the last one and we actually put them to use today already!  Soooooooo cute!!  

The outfit that Zoey and her Bitty Baby (Lucy) are wearing are matching outfits too...her Aunt got her the girl sized outfit and we already had the doll sized one.  Lucy feels so loved!  Thanks Aunt Serena!!

We also found this adorable little birthday dress set...and here Emily is wearing it while she is catching up on some studying.

We found the cute adorable aqua plaid jumper dress and tights...both of these outfits came with the original shoes too but we thought the boots were more stylish for today.  :)  McKenna is pictured in her gymnastics leotard (which was a Christmas gift from grandma and NOT found at the outlet).

Here are the professional shoppers!  Zoey, Aunt Serena and Grannie Annie!!

Here are some of our finds...I didn't find images for everything since some of the items we found were retired or specialty things only sold in the stores.

Zoey loves the shower play set and I think my favorite find were the aprons.  In addition to the pictured items, we also found a bottle for Bitty Baby and a 3 piece diaper set, a pair of red and white shoes, a striped turtleneck, a pink knit sweater and two more girl sized outfits for Zoey.  Super fun visit to the outlet, totally worth it!!