Does your daughter play with dolls? Loves to change clothes, feed and sit on the potty? Then it's time to think about expanding the scope of the game and making things for dolls.
What can you make from things for a doll?
Think about how much time your daughter spends playing, what does she talk about, what is she interested in? Your powers of observation will help you decide and understand where to start. If a child wants to put a doll to sleep and is trying to build a crib out of a cardboard box, it is a good idea to make an entire nursery for the doll.
Let's make children's furniture for a doll together:
- Furniture can be made from empty matchboxes, cardboard and cardboard boxes. This is the fastest and easiest option.
- If you have collected a sufficient number of matchboxes, they need to be glued together, and then covered with colored paper or a beautiful fabric. This way you can make chairs, an armchair, a sofa with a back, a bed, a chest of drawers and a wardrobe.
Making a chest of drawers from matchboxes:
- you will need 4 matchboxes;
- glossy self-adhesive paper;
- 4 beautiful beads, rings or thin satin ribbon;
- scissors;
- pencil;
- ruler.
How to make furniture:
- We glue the matchboxes together, glue the walls with PVA glue, press well so that the sides are connected.
- The 4-drawer chest of drawers is almost ready. All that remains is to carefully cover the new furniture for the doll with beautiful glossy paper.
- Separately, you need to remove the drawers and also glue the paper. You can use contrasting colored paper to make the drawers stand out.
- The handles of the chest of drawers can be different: we glue beautiful beads in the middle of each drawer. Or use scissors to make a neat cut, thread the ribbon through, tie the ribbon into a knot from the inside, and push the loose loop out.
- It turns out to be a cute chest of drawers for a doll.
How to make things for dolls - chaise lounge
With a little imagination, you can make unusual furniture for a doll - a chaise lounge - in just 5 minutes.
What to prepare:
- wooden clothespins – 12 pcs.;
- glue "Moment-crystal".
Chaise lounge assembly:
- All clothespins need to be divided into 2 parts.
- We glue 6 halves together to make 2 blanks - this is the back and seat of the chaise lounge.
- Another 4 clothespins need to be glued together in 2 pieces. with the flat part facing each other – these are the legs.
- The chaise longue needs to be assembled, the legs need to be glued to one piece, then the other side needs to be glued in the same way.
- Attach 1 piece to the right and left - these are the armrests of the chaise lounge.
- Wait for the glue to set.
- It turns out to be a nice chaise lounge. It can be painted or left as is.
How to make things for dolls - iron
Play is good, but dolls should not only relax, but also do homework. Just so that Barbie can iron her things, she will need a miniature iron.
What can an iron be made from:
- the body is made of a plastic milk or juice cap. It needs to be painted with shiny nail polish;
- the iron handle is a part of the cap of a ballpoint pen;
- thermostat – red beads;
- You will also need hot glue to connect all the parts together.
And this is done simply:
- We take out the plastic cover from the tetra pack (it is oblong).
- We disassemble the pen cap and glue the pen to the base-sole.
- The sole can be coated with colorless nail polish with glitter immediately or later after assembling the iron.
- Glue a red bead in the middle of the iron - this is a temperature control.
- The iron for the doll is ready, you can start ironing the doll's clothes.
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Content
Crafts for dolls are a great idea for joint creativity between a child and his parents. Although today you can buy any miniature piece of furniture, making toys yourself helps save the family budget. In addition, handicrafts contribute to the development of perseverance, accuracy and aesthetic taste.
How to make doll furniture from scrap materials
You can make furniture for dolls with your own hands from a variety of available materials. In every home there is cardboard, paper, newspapers, pieces of wood and plywood, tin cans, corks, wire, scraps of fabric and interesting, but no longer needed things. It takes inspiration and a little patience, and simple raw materials are transformed into elegant interior items. Tiny armchairs, chairs, a desk, a coffee table, a bedside table with a TV, a refrigerator, a sofa and a crib make the two-story dollhouse beautiful and cozy.
DIY cardboard furniture
DIY miniature pieces of furniture for dolls are made from waste cardboard packaging. To make a dressing table, you will need materials:
- small cardboard packaging (a hair dye box will come in handy);
- ruler;
- a simple pencil;
- foil;
- office glue;
- paper (colored, white or decorative).
Procedure:
- Cut the box at such a height that the doll can sit comfortably in front of the piece of furniture.
- On the remaining part, make a drawing of a mirror that matches the width of the table. Cut out the blank and glue it to the base.
- Decorate the top edge with patterns or simply round it.
- Cover the table with paper.
- Decorate the product with painted drawers and doors.
- Cut out a “mirror” from foil, drawer and door handles.
- Glue the elements onto the table.
From paper
Do-it-yourself furniture for dolls is easily made from paper. To make a miniature table with a mosaic top, you will need:
- cardboard or high-density paper;
- ruler;
- a simple pencil;
- awl;
- scissors (a stationery knife will do);
- colored cardboard for mosaics;
- wooden skewers (you can use toothpicks) for the legs;
- thick threads;
- office glue.
Procedure:
- Cut out the base of the table top.
- Using an awl, make neat holes for the legs and stands that are needed to decorate the table with weaving.
- Cut small squares from colored cardstock. Glue them in a mosaic pattern to the top side of the tabletop.
- Insert the legs into the holes and secure them with glue.
- Glue the tip of the thread to the bottom near one post. Braid the legs. Decorate the table with a decorative braid of thread.
- Tie two threads crosswise to the legs or glue sticks.
- Place a thick sheet of paper on the base and secure it with glue.
From newspaper tubes
Doll furniture made from paper tubes resembles real interior items made from wicker. To make a wicker sofa from this material with your own hands, you will need 200 blanks 30 cm long, a side cutter, a ruler, clothespins, and ribbons of colored cardboard. Before you make things for dolls, you need to prepare the main material - newspaper tubes. Procedure:
- Cut the newspaper into equally sized sheets.
- Coat the paper with glue.
- Take a needle (knitting needle, pen refill). Roll the sheet onto it.
- Take out a thin base.
- Let the tubes dry.
Let's start creating the sofa:
- Weave the bottom on 13 transverse and 5 longitudinal posts.
- Make a border of 5 rows.
- Increase the stands, make 6 legs.
- Cut the workpieces.
- Add skewers to the middle posts.
- Break the first blanks at a distance of 4-5 cm, the second - after 5 cm. Secure the racks with glue and clothespins.
- Trim the legs.
- Insert the posts at the back. Weave 3 full and 2 short rows.
- Form the height with strips of cardboard.
- Weave 3 rows, close.
- Glue the crossbar and cross-sections.
- Wrap the legs.
- Decorate the sofa with a braid.
From plywood
A round coffee table for a plywood doll is simple. To make such a craft with your own hands, you need plywood, a device for cutting it (a jigsaw), glue, acrylic paint or varnish. To get this doll interior item, do the following:
- Cut out two round elements. They will become a table surface and a shelf.
- Make stands for the shelf and legs.
- Connect the parts together with glue.
- Cover the finished product with paint or varnish.
Made of wood
Wood is successfully used to make furniture for dolls with your own hands. To make a sofa, you will need:
- strips approximately 1 cm thick;
- tools for work;
- glue;
- material for fitting.
Procedure:
- Cut out the elements of the sofa: the base (6 by 16.5 cm), the back and base of the same size (6 by 14 cm), two armrests (4 by 6 cm at the bottom and 7 cm at the top).
- Glue the parts together, excluding the bottom part.
- Cut the fabric upholstery to fit the sofa pieces. Stick it on the tree.
- Cover the seat and place it on the base.
Toy furniture made from matchboxes
Do-it-yourself doll furniture can be easily made from matchboxes. For a glamorous chest of drawers, in which it is convenient to store jewelry and hairpins, you will need the following materials:
- matchboxes – 3 pcs.;
- paper, cardboard;
- office glue;
- hold on pencil;
- stationery knife;
- toothpicks;
- wire;
- pieces of used pen refill or beads;
- paints to decorate the appearance of the product.
Procedure:
- Make the base of the chest of drawers. The result should be a structure with a tabletop, side walls, bottom, and partitions between the drawers.
- Insert matchboxes into the frame of the product.
- Glue the toothpicks to the front of the dresser. Cut off the excess.
- Make handles and attach them.
- Paint the craft, fill the piece of furniture with small “treasures”.
Video: how to make furniture for a dollhouse with your own hands
The first video shows the process of making a bed for Barbie. The material used is a cucurulator (a construction toy made from corn). The second video shows how to make a doll bed. The third lesson shows how to make a chair for a doll using the Origami technique. The fourth master class is devoted to making a doll cabinet from boxes. The fifth video shows the process of constructing a beautiful soft sofa according to the diagram. In the sixth lesson, learn how to make a dining table and stools from corrugated cardboard, and in the last master class, learn how to make a chair from polymer clay.
Show your child’s creative abilities and develop them by independently designing doll furniture. This activity will allow you to get closer to your child and help him discover his design abilities. Here are some easy options.
How to make a doll bedside table with drawers
You will need:
- Several boxes of matches according to the number of boxes.
- Cardboard strip, the width of which can cover the required number of boxes.
- Shiny foil.
- Scissors, glue.
- Several golden plastic beads according to the number of boxes.
Take the boxes and stack them lengthwise. You should have a table of the planned height. A few pieces can be removed or added, depending on the final idea. Glue the parts of the boxes stacked in a row. Take the cardboard, bend it in the right places, completely wrap it around the side where there are no drawers. Then glue the cardboard. When finished, carefully trim its edges with scissors and begin decorating.
Decorating a glamorous bedside table can be different. If you cover it with shiny colored paper, similar to multi-colored foil, it will create a glamorous look, especially if it is crimson, silver, or gold. If you want the bedside table to look like a real one, then use imitation wood, colored wallpaper with small patterns, or paper similar to them. This is sold in children's art stores.
Gently straighten the paper and apply glue to the reverse side. Spread it so that the foil becomes even. Then cover the back and sides with paper, level it until it dries. This is done with the side of a ruler or a blunt turn of the knife. Boxes can be decorated completely or partially. You need to stick paper on the sliding part, and if you want it to become completely colored, you can pull it out and cover it with paper on the outside or inside. The paper also needs to be leveled.
When it's dry, start working on the handles. Take a bead and drop glue on its base. Place it in the middle of the drawer drawer. Do the same with the rest of the beads, which should form an even row. They can be replaced with voluminous self-adhesive rhinestones. When they dry, the bedside table is ready.
Doll coffee table
A beginner can do it. You will need:
- A square or elongated box for cream and soap.
- Thick tape, scissors.
- Colored paper like foil.
- Glue.
Take a cardboard box. Cut out the front and back parts from it. Then cover it with large tape from the inside, then from the outside. It is important that it lies without folds - the attractiveness of the product will depend on this. Then start decorating.
Carefully cut the paper to the width of the box. Then stick it on a layer of tape. The most suitable paper is with a self-adhesive layer, onto which you need to carefully apply glue and level the layer before it dries. Remove any remaining glue and dry the paper.
This piece of furniture can be used as a coffee table for Barbie or a hanging cabinet that is glued to the wall of the house or to place several items in one row. And if you combine it with glamorous bedside tables, you will get a beautiful wardrobe for Barbie. You need to add a few more elements to it. Then the furniture for dolls will be stylish and glamorous. It can be used to furnish a room in the same style.
Wardrobe for dolls
You will need:
- 1, 2 bedside tables (see “How to make a bedside table”).
- 6 Barbie Coffee Tables (see Barbie Coffee Table).
- Large cardboard for the back wall.
- Cardboard for the cabinet door (this could be part of a cream box).
- Beads according to the number of doors.
- Silver foil that looks like a mirror.
- Scissors, glue and tape.
First, place the boxes across the cardboard area. This will be the back wall of the closet. Place the matchboxes in a row in the middle. Having determined the required quantity and proportions, get to work. Make a bedside table with drawers as in the description. The table, which acts as a shelf in a closet, needs some work. If at first it was necessary to cut out the front and back, now the back is cut out, and the front serves as a cabinet door. There is no need to cut it out. Cut it on three sides without cutting the door, and cover it with colored paper on the outside and inside.
When selecting parts, it is important that all boxes are the same height and width, then it will look beautiful and neat. When you have decided on the number of elements, trim off the excess. Get to work.
Identify an empty space. It must be covered in advance with silver foil that imitates a mirror. You can also paste a beautiful picture. It depends on personal taste. Experts do not recommend using two shiny textures in one set, and if you make all the bedside tables and cabinets from crimson shiny fabric, replace the mirror part with a beautiful photo. Paste it in advance. Hide the edges of the picture behind the cabinets.
When all the parts are ready, glue them to the back wall. If you want the doors to close easily, attach a sticker or a lock to them. One part is attached to the door, the other to the side wall. They are made from hooks and fasteners. They hold the door securely.
In addition to cabinets, tables and bedside tables, they also make upholstered furniture for Barbie. For example, a folding sofa. Such furniture for modern dolls will look bright and beautiful. And the material for design depends on your imagination. Here's how to do it.
Folding sofa for Barbie
You will need:
- A large piece of thick cardboard.
- Several dish sponges, the same size.
- Stapler.
- Black velvet material.
- Upholstery material.
- Tape and Velcro.
- Scissors, glue and ruler.
Glue the sponge to the cardboard. Cut it to size. Do the same with the rest of the sponges. You will end up with three identical pieces. Wrap them with material and secure them with a stapler from below. Then take the material a little smaller than the size of the piece and stick it to the surface from the inside, hiding the traces of fastening. Before us are three identical parts.
We process the back. Cut it out of cardboard and put the material on top. Secure with a stapler. Glue velvet material to secure it.
Place the mattresses on top of each other and apply them to the backrest. Then glue the bottom mattress and secure with tape. Attach it around the entire perimeter of the mattress and secure it at the back with glue. Then wrap the tape around the top mattress. Spread the glue over the surface, except for the middle, which will be a loop. They pull on it to unfold the sofa. There is no need to glue the tape to the wall, because it is secured at the back with Velcro.
The sofa is ready. To unfold it, unstick the Velcro and pull the loop. Then fold it carefully and use it.
Fairytale glamorous chairs for dolls
They are easy to make from a regular Coca-Cola can, Fanta or Sprite. To do this, you need to cut the jar into many thin strips. It is better if someone adult does this, as it is easy to cut yourself on the edges of the jar. When the can is cut, you need to direct some of the strips upward (about 1/4 of the entire mass), and all the rest downwards. Then divide the bottom strips by the number of legs and get to work.
Measure out the number of strips that will go on each leg, then start twisting them on the sides. In this case, the middle leg should remain the longest leg, since it will become the main support of the leg, giving it its length. You can twist the strips in different directions, symmetrically or asymmetrically, depending on your design. When all the legs are ready, you can start working on the back. It needs to be twisted in the same way as the legs, from the edges to the middle, after which you can start decorating.
The chair looks unfinished without a seat. For it, you need to cut the sponge according to the diameter, carefully rounding the top part. Cover with material and secure on the underside with glue. It is better to use superglue, which fixes metal surfaces. When the seat is dry, apply glue to the surface again and attach it to the chair seat. It will dry and you're done.
Several chairs will allow you to create fantastic attributes of a magic castle. The main emphasis of chair design depends on the color and texture of the seat upholstery. The darker it is, the more mystical options you will make. Dark shades of purple, emerald or blue are more suitable for the magical Monster High dolls than for the glamorous Barbie or the good fairy. Pink, cream, red tones will allow you to create a glamorous or vintage piece, complemented by a round silver table on a leg, and colorful fabric will create a unique antique flavor.
Floor lamp for a doll
It can be made from aluminum wire and a lampshade. It is made from threads, special beads for decoration or a lace frame.
Beads can be purchased at craft stores. They come in different sizes, but wicker ones are suitable for the job. They will allow you to create a floor lamp in a “country” style. For glamor, lace lampshades are more suitable. They are made like this.
A cone is made from cardboard or thick paper. Then lace is glued onto it. If desired, you can secure them with needles tipped with pearls, then the lampshade will look glamorous. Then let's move on to the frame.
To do this, you need to bend the wire at the bottom and string a thin rod onto it. Spread the ends in different directions from above and put a lampshade on them. Secure it. The floor lamp is ready and can be placed in the dollhouse. It will suit any design and will prove to be an indispensable decoration. Especially if it's a bedroom, a lounge or even a balcony for Barbie and her friends.
This is not all furniture for dolls that you can make yourself. But it will allow the child to unleash his creative potential, becoming a step in creating masterpieces.
Do-it-yourself doll furniture, photo:
There are a lot of varieties of houses for Barbie dolls in the store, but, unfortunately, there are very few options for furniture; if there are any, they only have a crib or a table. We decided to make the furniture ourselves, using cardboard furniture plans (for dolls). If you love creativity and are practically on friendly terms with it, then you can try your hand at making the house itself, which will save your budget significantly. Let's try to use this article to answer the question of how to make cardboard furniture for dolls.
Making from cardboard
As in any home, the living room comes first, let’s start furnishing it. The first thing we'll start with is the sofa. We need a pattern of cardboard furniture for dolls; it can be prepared from plain white paper. Next, cut out 1 piece from thick corrugated cardboard. the bottom of the sofa measures 10 x 20 cm. The back wall is also 1 piece. size 13 x 20 cm. Side backs in the amount of 2 pcs. size of 1 piece is 8.5 x 10 cm. The blanks are ready, now you need to make the sofa soft and bring it closer to reality. To do this, we use foam rubber, the thickness is at your discretion, but remember, if it is thin, then several pieces need to be cut out and glued together. In the case of foam rubber 1cm thick, it will be enough to cut out 1 piece of the back and sides, and 2-3 pieces for the bottom are better. We trace the finished blanks on the foam rubber and cut them out, then we glue the foam rubber and blanks with any available PVA glue.
The sofa can be upholstered in any way (leather, suede, fabric), that is, you can simply use what you have available. We cover it with regular fabric. The foam sides face inward, so they receive special attention.
After all the parts are ready, they need to be glued into one structure; to do this, use Moment glue, or something else with strong fixation.
Decorate the sofa with soft pillows and an extra seat. To do this, cut out parts equal to the bottom from foam rubber in the amount of 2 pieces. and sew the cover in the same dimensions, insert the foam rubber through the hole and sew it up. Use the same principle to make the backrest and pillows. From a piece of woolen fabric, make an additional warm blanket for your doll. The sofa is ready, you can safely bring it into your doll house.
Cardboard chair
We create a chair from cardboard in the same way as a sofa. Quantity from 2 pieces. Take the dimensions of the patterns from the sofa, the only thing you need is to reduce the length of the back and bottom of the sofa.
Making a cardboard bed for the bedroom
No bedroom is complete without a bed. And in a children's house you need a crib for a doll. Let's make it from thick cardboard. To do this, we will prepare patterns: bottom 26 x 18 cm, side back 9 x 8 x 18 cm. Cut out 1 piece from cardboard. We use a side panel in the form of a trapezoid; you can use your own imagination or use a regular rectangle measuring 18 x 8 cm.
From foam rubber we cut out 3 pieces of the same size for the bottom and 2 pieces for the side. We glue the foam rubber to the cardboard base and cover it with fabric. We also make the legs for the bed from cardboard. To do this, we cut out 4 squares measuring 5 x 5 cm and make cuts approximately 1 cm on either side at a distance of 0.5 cm from each other. We twist the square into a tube and bend the cut strips to the side, using them to glue the leg to the bed. We do this with all the legs. We make pillows for the bed; instead of a blanket, you can use a piece of fabric. The bed for the doll is ready, we put it in the bedroom, and you can put the doll to rest.
Making a chair from cardboard for the kitchen
We continue the topic of how to make furniture from cardboard for dolls, and further furnish the dollhouse. In order to make a chair, you will need thick A4 cardboard.
First, prepare a diagram and transfer it to cardboard. Mark the folds. Proceed to pasting the chair blank with material or leather and remember that on the back the seams are hidden on the front side, and on the seat - on the back. The doll's chair is folded along the dotted lines; these places can be slightly bent before pasting. We attach the seat with strong adhesive. If desired, decorate with ribbons or additional decorative materials.
Dollhouse kitchen table
What's a kitchen without a table? We continue to make crafts from cardboard. We make furniture for dolls only from dense material.
You can use a cardboard sleeve for the table leg. Or you can take regular cardboard and roll it tightly into a tube. We cover the workpiece with colored or white paper. We cut out the tabletop in the shape of a circle and also cover it with colored paper. We connect the tabletop and the leg using a glue gun. We decorate the table with a tablecloth from pieces of material and, if desired, make napkins. The kitchen table is ready.
Cardboard cabinet for a doll house
Developing the topic of how to make cardboard furniture for dolls, we solve the problem of scattered dresses and other things.
For work we will use a ready-made cardboard box. Using a utility knife, remove the top and bottom flaps, leaving only the side flaps; in the future they will serve as cabinet doors.
We cover the inside of the box with a suitable color; you can use self-adhesive wood-look wallpaper.
We prepare templates for the shelves and cut them out of cardboard. Consider the dimensions based on your box, measuring the height and width along the inside. They must be pasted over in the same color as the inside of the cabinet. We connect the shelves with a glue gun.
In the next section of the closet, glue a cocktail tube and make hangers from paper clips. The outside of the box can also be covered with paper or painted. On one door, as an option with a mirror, you can glue a piece of foil. Fill the closet with things and install it in your house.
TV made of cardboard
What's a home without a TV? To create it we will need, as with all products, thick cardboard. We prepare two identical parts measuring 15 x 12 cm. Glue them together. For a plasma effect, you can cover a cardboard TV with black tape. If you don’t have this on hand, plain black paper will do. We begin by gluing all the side parts first, and then only the flat panels. The leg can be made from a regular felt-tip pen cap, and we also decorate it with tape.
As a stand, you can take two matchboxes and glue them together, additionally cover them with plain paper and only then decorate them to match the color of the TV. Using hot glue, we attach the leg to the TV and to the matchbox base. We cut out a beautiful picture from any children's magazine, slightly smaller than the TV screen, and glue it to the plasma. We place it in the house and make your doll happy.
With the help of the article, we examined the main options for arranging a cardboard house and answered the question of how to make cardboard furniture for dolls.
Based on this, fantasize, come up with your own options and delight your children with new ideas.
Everything for little princesses: how to make furniture for dolls yourself?
It is important to understand that if you want to create a homemade masterpiece in the form of miniature doll furniture, you need to make not just beautiful things, but also practical ones. This product will be used by your child in games; the doll will lie down on the sofa, sit on a chair, and will endlessly pull out drawers in the closet.
These structures will have to withstand strength tests, and it will not be a very pleasant situation if your work breaks down in a matter of days. And try to make neat details, which is already equivalent in its complexity to the work of a jewelry maker.
What pieces of furniture can be designed?
In games, the child tries to imitate adults in everything, and copies their behavior, everyday situations, and relationships. If the family does not meet the child’s expectations, then the details of communication between the neighbor’s family or the situation from the film are introduced into the game. From an early age, children absorb everything like a sponge, so it is very important to “program” the right attitude towards life.
If you can’t buy everything you need, make fabulous furniture for dolls with your own hands. Do not deny your child the desire to have a hand in the process. This is a great chance to spend quality time together.
Before you make furniture for dolls, think about what exactly should be in a miniature apartment. It would be nice if the toys have their own kitchen, where you can drink tea or prepare a meal, and a spacious bedroom with a beautifully decorated bed. It wouldn’t hurt to equip a nursery where doll children will live, because it is important for a girl to instill maternal feelings from an early age in order to become a good mother in adulthood.
How can matchboxes be useful?
The easiest way to make furniture masterpieces is from matchboxes, which does not require special skills, knowledge or supplies. For example, a bedside table is made from two boxes glued together using PVA glue. The pull-out pieces will become dresser drawers. Cover the top (for an aesthetic appearance) with self-adhesive or any color cardboard, and on the drawers - beads that will serve as handles. Further- as your imagination dictates. You can decorate the sides of the box with colorful shapes or attach a toothpick.
If the bedside table is covered with white cardboard, you can additionally paint it. To achieve a vintage style, follow these recommendations:
1. Paint the furniture using chocolate-colored acrylic paint.
2. Once dry, wipe the edges and sides with a wax candle. The result will be a worn effect. Remove excess with a cloth.
3. Apply another coat of white paint. Areas that have wax will appear darker in color.
4. The next step is to paint it with matte varnish.
You can make any furniture from materials such as boxes: chest of drawers, piano, sideboard, bed, chair, table, etc. All you need is desire and a little effort.
Cardboard furniture with wooden elements
Cardboard is perfect for decorating a doll's apartment. You can use it to make a wardrobe for dresses, a kitchen table, a crib, or a base for a sofa. How to make furniture for dolls from this material? Very simple. Just as cabinet structures are actually assembled from fiberboard, you can cut out cardboard parts for the frame.
Prepare a pattern based on the pieces of furniture you have in your bedroom or hallway. If you wish, you can completely copy all the details of your home. Before work, stock up on everything you need so as not to be distracted and not interrupt the process. You will need some cardboard, tape, paper, glue, fabric if this is to be a crib. A beautiful finishing touch will be “upholstery” with fabric or foam rubber. To do this, you will need glue or a needle and thread to hem individual elements. Complete the furniture with a pillow (made of cotton wool or padding polyester), sheets, and bedspread.
To make the structure more durable, reinforce it with ice cream sticks. Cover the door of a cabinet or cupboard with this “building material”. Sticks can be used as the main material in making furniture.
Objects assembled from parts of clothespins glued together with superglue (for example, a chair) look beautiful and stylish. Divide the clothespins into parts - they will be the material for the furniture. They will also come in handy when creating a sun lounger for a doll beach, where it will be convenient for the toy to sunbathe.
The process of making upholstered and museum mini-furniture
You can make such furniture by analogy with real products. Only foam rubber will immediately serve as the frame, which will also serve as a filler. The railings will be polystyrene, polyurethane foam parts or plastic for modeling.
It can be prepared this way:
Take 1 cup of corn starch, 1 cup of PVA and pour into a pan and boil. Knead the mixture and add the desired color of paint. Wrap in cellophane and leave in a cool place for 24 hours. Then you can start modeling, and glue the finished parts together with PVA. This clay is suitable for doll food, dishes, and living room furniture.
When creating a house as an element of your interior, and not for games, fragility is not a problem. For such products, an aesthetic appearance is important, so you can use anything: beads, beads, pressed paper, papier-mâché, wire, thread, etc. This way you can create works of art, for example, a “crystal chandelier” or a decorative sideboard.
Unnecessary items are used
A used plastic bottle can turn into a doll table. Take some fabric, cardboard, scissors, superglue. Trim the bottom of the bottle, leaving strips that will serve as legs. Fold the edge. Cut out the tabletop from cardboard and glue it to the future table. The fabric will act as a tablecloth.
How to make furniture for dolls from a shoe box? Apply paint to the surface or cover it with colored cardboard (or self-adhesive, which will be much more impressive). The lid will be the door (if you are making a wardrobe), which is secured with tape. The interior decoration can be varied. Add shelves, decorate with stickers or drawings, in general, collect all the little things you have and get creative.
Tin cans will also come in handy, just be careful not to let your child touch the sharp edges. Soft jars are better suited and easier to work with. Cut the sides into strips and bend them towards the bottom with tongs. You can make “forging” patterns that will become the legs of a chair or table, or the door of a bedside table. Alternatively, hold a tin can for the main seat and attach a cardboard backrest. Cover the entire craft with a piece of fabric.
Before you make furniture for dolls, more precisely, an armchair, from newspaper, you need to cut them into strips. Next, you need to twist the tubes using a knitting needle and glue them with superglue or PVA, this will form the frame of the chair. Another detail is the seat, which you can make by twisting a newspaper ball. Lay out 8 tubes in a star pattern and then follow the basket weaving technology, weaving other parts of the newspaper into this base. This will be an openwork seat. Proceed to creating the back, folding the edges towards the top. Place the ball in the middle of the chair. The weave must be tight for this piece of furniture to be stable.
A chair made from a cardboard toilet paper tube. Stock up on scissors, paints, scraps of fabric, and glue. Sit the doll down to determine what size the chair should be and what the ratio of legs to back should be. All excess must be cut off. Next you need to cut out the notch for the high chair. Fill the void in the pipe with a paper ball or cotton wool. Cover the entire craft with multi-colored self-adhesive tape or wrap it in fabric. On the other side, cover the bottom with a cardboard plug.
If you cover plastic drink lids, you can get an original ottoman.
Champagne corks can turn into a wonderful chair that will become the center of the interior in a mini-apartment.
To make a computer chair, you will need a plastic, cardboard or wooden base. Glue beads to the wire leg. Which will perform the functions of wheels. They, of course, will not spin, but the chair will be more attractive.
Now you know how to make furniture for dolls. For this you will need everything you have at hand: wire, buttons, beads, fabric, cardboard, cans, newspapers, threads and much more that usually lies idle and takes up extra space. A little time and a bit of imagination - and your daughter’s dream will become a reality. She will be able to play with her dolls in an original, interesting house, where there is interesting unique furniture that no one else will have.
