Melody: An American Girl Party

I hosted this event in February 2023 in honor of Black History Month. The setting of the Melody books is 1964 Detroit, Michigan.

I shared information about the setting in the following categories:

• 1964 Cost of Living (image from reddit)
• About Melody's Time from Music in My Heart: My Journey with Melody by Erin Falligant
• Inside Melody's World from Never Stop Singing by Denise Lewis Patrick
• Food
• Pop-Tarts (1964)
• Doritos (1964)
• Sprite (1961)

• Music
• Do You Love Me by the Contours
• I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) by The Four Tops
• The Way You Do the Things You Do by The Temptations
• (Love is Like A) Heat Wave by Martha Reeves & the Vandelles
• How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You) by Marvin Gaye
• You’ve Really Got a Hold On Me by the Miracles 
  
• Books
• The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
• Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
• Board & Card Games
• Hi Ho! Cherry-O
• The Game of Life
• Skip-Bo

 
We played hopscotch and Simon says and enjoyed Pop-Tarts, Doritos, and Sprite. 

For a craft we made Melody's Pennant Craft from the Lift Your Voice: A Melody Event Planner which was once available on the American Girls website.