American Girl Doll TV • DIY Project
To give you some background on this project that my daughter and I did together, we purchased the Our Generation Inflatable sleeping bag set and loved it. As pictured below, it came with a nice cushy sleeping bag, a journal, a flashlight, a yummy bowl of popcorn, and a DVD. My daughter and I were playing with the popcorn and DVD one day and we both thought it would be fun for the dolls if they could have a sleepover with multiple DVD choices. Of course, if the girls are going to watch movies, they need a TV to watch them on!
How to Make the American Girl TV Console
How to Make the American Girl DVDs
My first thought was to craft one. So I headed out to Michaels craft store to see what I could find. When I got there I was discussing this project with a store worker and she suggested I get the pedestal picture frame! How brilliant. Not only is it the perfect size, but you can interchange the movie scenes you want to have playing.
I also love the chevron pattern it comes with. It looks just like a static page! These were priced at $2 and I had a 40% off Michael’s coupon that brought it down even more.
Hi, I'm Rudy! I'm a young mom of three beautiful kids, two girls and one boy. Our life is busy and full of crafts, especially for our American Girl Dolls. We love working together to create new things and we hope you enjoy our creations also!
This is Launa Loofers. She is crazy all the time and is an amazing gymnast. In fact, we started this blog on her ideas for her dolls to be gymnasts just like her! 
This is my handsome little man. He is the only boy in this house full of girls and dolls. He is a good sport though. He loves his 'boy American Girl dolls' and his action figures. And is always right in the mix of craft time creations!
Lexie is full of fun and always has a smile on her face. She is the youngest, but don't let that fool you, she has a BIG opinion!
I really want to make this! Hope frames are still in stock!!! 🙂
Can you make a tutorial on how to make a vacuum and maid costume? It would look so cute on my doll!😀
Love this. Made ours and several for friends too! Any good ideas on how to make a remote or something to print to make one similar to how you make the DVDs?
Can you do this diy?
☺😊😀😁😂😃😄😅😆😇😉😯😐😑😕loved your emoji bedroom!
Can you make a tutorial on how to do this at home like with cardboard?
My daughter is wondering if you can make printable tv screen scenes to match the dvd selection. Thank you for your wonderful ideas and help.
You can enter a search engine for any topic you wish (including scenes from movies) on the “images” portion of the search engine. For instance, enter “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” and click on “images”. Lots of them will show up (some will be copyrighted). Pick one, save it to your computer, and then use your print options. You will even be able to size the picture to the frame’s dimensions. Print. Voila!!
How did you print scenes for the TV screen?
These ideas and printouts are fab! where are there printouts for the TV screen?
i think this will work so sorry if it doesn’t
https://www.americangirlideas.com/american-girl-doll-dvd-tutorial/
Got this last weekend—it is terrific!!!! Tried to link onto how to make the dvd’s but it says—“NOT FOUND” Can anyone post how to make them? Thanks so much for the tv idea!
Thank you so much for your post! Went to Micheals today and found the frame. Love that it is double sided. Printed 2 different pictures for my daughers “TV” and she loves it! How did you make the tiny dvds?
Thank you:) I loved hearing that your daughter loves it:) That is what makes all of these posts worth it! Here is the link for making the DVDs https://www.americangirlideas.com/american-girl-dvd-tutorial/
Thank you
I am going to Michael’s tomorrow afternoon! This is a wonderfully fun idea. Thank you for sharing! My granddaughter & I made a piano during our last visit using a 20″ x 20″ square black poster board. Her Papa helped us with some of it. We bought the AG school kit from Michael’s and set up a school room in the AG dollhouse that her Gramps built for her last year. So fun!
What is the base made of? I love this idea
wow two dollars that is a really good price I wish I lived by a michaels