May 14, 2009

Thirteen Hatteras Island girls, ages 7 to 9, went to a tea party at the Hatteras Library on Tuesday afternoon, May 12.

The occasion was an American Girls Tea Party, and the girls were asked to bring their American Girl dolls and/or come dressed as their favorite American Girl.

The American Girl dolls series features characters from various periods in history and of various ethnic backgrounds.  The dolls come in period costume with books about their lives in such times as the Revolutionary War era, the Depression, World War II, or as Native Americans and Hispanic Americans.

The tea menu featured treats following the themes of the dolls, including Felicity’s cranberry punch, Kirsten’s hard-boiled eggs, Kirsten’s ginger cookies, Molly’s jelly flags, Josefina’s tortilla chips, Samantha’s blueberry muffins, and Samantha’s Sarasota potatoes.   

“Miss Mac” provided fresh floral arrangements from her garden.

Tea Party servers were children’s librarian Julia McPherson (“Miss Mac”), librarian Helen Hudson (“Miss Helen”), and Karen Harty.

Games and crafts included Kit’s Tommy walkers (tin can stilts), learning to play “cat’s cradle” with string, posture practice with balancing plates on heads, Samantha’s parlor drawing games, Addy’s spool puppet doll, and basket games.

The girls participated in a drawing to receive American Girl gifts donated by Belinda Willis of Lee Robinson General Store. American Girl pencils, memo pads, buttons featuring the dolls, bookmarks, and other items were carried home by those attending.

The event was planned by children’s librarian, Julia McPherson, to celebrate Children’s Book Week, May 11-16, 2009. All three Dare County libraries hosted the parties.

A display in the Community Center Gallery Area in Hatteras village, featured an extensive array of antique dolls, doll furniture, paper dolls, and children’s tea sets from Vanessa Trant’s private collection. Helen Hudson displayed part of her tea pot collection, as well as a brass doll bed that was her mother’s. The display is open to the public through the end of May.

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