Doll's Celebration Kit (1999)

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Doll's Celebration Kit

Catalog description:

It's a once-in-a-lifetime event, so celebrate in style! Year 2000 party accessories for your American Girl doll include a sequined purse trimmed in purple feathers, blow out, "2000" tiara, and noisemaker. Your doll's kit also includes shiny streamers and sparkly confetti.

GKA $22

Here's the set together with the Year 2000 outfit:

The purse is silver fabric with sequins on the front, back, and shoulder strap. The strings of sequins are glued on, and mine have started to come unglued. It's difficult to re-glue them to lay down just right. The front is also decorated with purple feather trim with some sparkles in it. The handle crosses diagonally from one front corner to one back corner. The inside is lined with silver fabric, and has closes a snap closure at the  top.

The blow out does really work. It has purple feather trim, and the part that puffs out is silver.

The noisemaker is metal, with a holographic silver sticker on the front, and a white plastic handle on the back. When you spin it around it makes a clicking noise.

The headband is silver hard plastic, with a purple holographic sticker on the front of the "2000" part. The headband is too small to go on the doll's head without stretching, and every time I put it on I'm afraid I'm going to break it.

 

The confetti comes in a round plastic container. It has silver "2000"s, little holographic silver stars, and little iridescent dots.

The set also comes with 3 spools of silver ribbon on white plastic spools.

The sparkly box it came in:

Overall, I'd give this set a C. The purse is cute, but falling apart with age, and I wish the headband were larger & fit better.