American Girl Place Birthday Celebrations: Josefina

Thanks very much to Sandra from the Society of American Girl Collectors forum for these fantastic pictures! She attended the Josefina birthday celebration on March 20, 2004 at AG Place New York. She received a free pin for Josefina that read, "It's my birthday!" and a free corn husk doll. Free cookies were also available.

Here is a list of the festivities for the day.

You could enter to win a Josefina doll! Girls entering the contest.

Employees making corn husk dolls. They have to soften the husks by soaking them.

This is a small table dedicated to Josefina on the mezzanine level.

Making more dolls. A woman is dressed in the fashion of Josefina's time (1824).

Violinist playing Mexican-style music.

Here is the cornhusk doll The cornhusk doll with different colored bonnets and the button.

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Here is a list of the festivities for the day.

You could enter to win a Josefina doll!	Girls entering the contest.

Employees making corn husk dolls.	They have to soften the husks by soaking them.

This is a small table dedicated to Josefina on the mezzanine level.

Making more dolls.	A woman is dressed in the fashion of Josefina's time (1824).

Violinist playing Mexican-style music.

Here is the cornhusk doll	The cornhusk doll with different colored bonnets and the button.