American Girl Princess Tiana

American Girl Princess Tiana

I took advantage of American Girl's recent discount on all princess dolls and added Princess Tiana to my collection. 

Princess Tiana uses the same head sculpt as American Girl Makena Williams.

Princess Tiana and Makena Williams share the same head sculpt but their complexions differ.

The costume replicates the Disney character's lily pad green and yellow dress.

I used part of American Girl's description to enter the doll's description in my Excel spreadsheet as follows:

Princess Tiana has brown eyes that open and close, an open/closed mouth with two upper teeth; curly black hair styled in a high bun with face-framing tendrils, and a glittery green headband with yellow organza and satin petals. Princess Tiana wears a yellow and green full-length princess gown,  golden-metal chain necklace with green gemstones, a pair of yellow elbow-length gloves, a pair of green open-toe kitten heels with golden binding (still attached to the box); and a pair of green cotton underwear.

This is a side view of the kitten heels that remain attached to the box liner.

American Girl's Princess Tiana is a welcome addition to my Princess Tiana doll collection, many of which are in this installation in Dee Bee Gee's Virtual Black Doll Museum. 

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32-inch Princess Tiana

In the fall/winter of 2022, Target began advertising the 32-inch articulated Princess Tiana doll shown on the left. Because I am an avid Princess Tiana collector, I purchased my doll in early November 2022 when it was on sale. The doll arrived on November 15, 2022. I was at the hospital with my mother when I received the delivery notification. I called my husband to alert him that the package had been delivered and asked him to bring the box inside. 

Until recently, I thought I had written a blog post about this doll, but with so much going on at the time of purchase (my mother's grave illness, hospitalization, and subsequent transition on November 25, 2022), I had no desire or energy to remove the doll from the shipping box after it arrived. As a result, the doll remained in the shipping box until May 2023 when I needed to use the shipping box to ship a Madame Alexander Cissy that I sold. I took photos in May 2023 at that time but never wrote the blog post. 

32-inch Princess Tiana is seen in a photo taken in May 2023 after I opened the shipping box to use it to ship another doll. In the photo, the top of the shipping box has been cut off to snugly fit the Madame Alexander Cissy doll and box. The cut-off portion sits on top of the lower portion in this picture just to illustrate the original height of the box.

After Playdate Tiana arrived in November 2022, the shipping box sat outside my doll room door unopened until May 2023 when I needed to use the shipping box as described above. I intended to write a blog post and/or add a photo and description of the doll to my Virtual Black Doll Museum Princess Tiana installation shortly after the shipping box was opened. When I searched this blog for photos of this doll on Saturday, August 26, 2023, no photos resulted in the search. That is when I realized I had not written the post here nor had I added the doll's information to the museum. So, this is that post.

Using Target's description of the doll (because it was still in the shipper), I entered the doll's information into my Excel spreadsheet for 2022 doll purchases as follows:

This is a photo of Playdate Tiana's spreadsheet entry—click on the photo or stretch it to enhance readability.

I left the "Marks" cell blank on the spreadsheet entry because the doll's neck and/or back marks are not visible since she remains attached to the manufacturer's box. The very last cell to the right of the "Other" cell, which is not visible, is labeled "Photos." For this doll, since it was still in the shipper when the Excel entry was recorded, I used a stock photo, but I usually use a photo that I have taken.

Princess Tiana has large brown eyes, parted lips, and a painted area that represents teeth.

This fully articulated doll holds a serving plate.

It is now August 2023 and she still remains in the manufacturer's box, but I can see her. Because of the accessories, I will probably keep Playdate Tiana inside the box. Otherwise, I would have to store the accessories separately.

The final picture illustrates the beautiful back-of-the-box image that features the doll and a little girl admiring it.

A photograph of Playdate Tiana is on the back of the box.

Playdate Tiana's information has been added to the Princess Tiana museum installation, which can be viewed/read here.

Sold out at Target's website, Playdate Tiana is available on Amazon #ad.

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There are countless items to collect and write about. Black dolls chose me.

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