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The Magic of Camelot: A Medieval Soap Opera by Christopher Varaste

Barbie® Bazaar - August 2000

Barbie's "Commuter Set" is another look that seems to be lifted directly from a Vogue cover:

It's a perfect look for a girl going into the city for a day of shopping.

In addition to the Barbie playline Halloween toys, there have been a number of Kelly dolls and friends of Kelly themed around Halloween. And of course, this makes a lot of sense - many of the best traditions of Halloween are for children.

Happy Halloween Barbie & Kelly from 1997 shows Barbie taking Kelly trick or treating while Kelly is dressed as a pumpkin. I did in fact see a pumpkin costume for small humans today while out shopping so I can confirm this is a longstanding tradition.

Halloween Fun Barbie & Kelly in 1999 had Barbie and Kelly in matching leopard costumes, as well as apparently shadow puppets for the kids to play with.

This 1999 collection also contained a Li'l Friends of Kelly collection. My favourite of these costumes is Tommy in the bottom corner as a skeleton.

Kelly Merry Monsters was a Target exclusive series from 2009; Kelly herself was a pink-themed vampire.

Her friends Kayla and Miranda were Frankenstein's Monster and the Bride of Frankenstein which I think is an odd choice. These weren't particularly topical in 2009 to my knowledge, and I think it's an unusual choice for Mattel to put two children of the same gender in a matching couples costume.

Even after Kelly changed her name to Chelsea, there have been additional Halloween themed dolls in her doll line.

We see a great many similarities in costumes again - for example, in these two sets pictured above, there are two different variants on a ghost costume. I would be tempted to say it's a reused costume, but the ghost has a different expression on the otherwise very similar costume.

My favourite is the middle one here where she is a cute little bee!

I'm a bit late in sharing this, but Kenleigh's house is ready for Halloween! :D

🎃 Kirby’s Guide to Enjoying Fall 🍂

Voici comment vous pouvez procéder pour réaliser un diorama pour votre poupée Barbie.

Vous pouvez utiliser du carton, pour créer les murs, le sol et les éléments du diorama. Colle, ciseaux, ruban adhésif : pour assembler et fixer les éléments. Tissus, papier fantaisie ou autres matériaux pour la décoration. Vous pouvez utiliser des miniatures de meubles, de plantes, d'animaux domestiques, de lampes, etc. Des photos ou images imprimées : pour créer des arrière-plans ou des images de paysages.

A Discovery in the Enchanted Forest

Blythe a Day October 2023 for: Pumpkins

Fuchsia came across the most peculiar specimen as she walked through the Enchanted Forest. Orange gourds growing on branches. It was a Pumpkin Tree!

(The specimen that Fuchsia encountered was actually Solanum integrifolium, an ornamental eggplant, also known as Pumpkin on a Stick.)