Every mother knows that her little princess’s favorite and most expensive toy is a doll. Therefore, even she should have her own dollhouse with furniture filling. Buying a mini interior in a store is not a cheap pleasure. Therefore, today we will give several interesting examples of master classes that will clearly show how you can make decent doll furniture yourself, which will be no worse than purchased furniture.
How to make furniture for dolls with your own hands: detailed master classes
If you want to give your little one something new for her dollhouse, then you might find the following useful:
- matchboxes, from which it is easy to make drawers for toilet cabinets and tables;
- plastic bottles;
- cardboard boxes for cosmetics, shoes or household appliances;
- egg molds, plastic food containers;
- bright kitchen sponges, viscose napkins;
- plywood;
- scraps of fabric, leather;
- foil, flexible wire;
- knitting threads and other little things that may be useful in the process of creating doll furniture.
In addition, beads, rhinestones, beads, polymer clay and other decorative details may be useful, because the more elegant and brighter the doll interior, the more charming it is.
Decorating ideas
Like an ordinary house, a dollhouse can be decorated endlessly - adding new details, updating dishes or textiles, moving furniture. Moreover, accessories are easy to create from scrap materials:
- Pillows are stuffed with padding polyester, just like upholstered furniture.
- Buttons are useful not only for the handles of chests of drawers or bedside tables, but also for decorating pillowcases, blankets, and other textiles.
- Plastic corks can be used to make ottomans, and wine corks can be used under tables and armchairs.
- Straws and toothpicks are suitable for slats - both frame and external, and they also make a good base for floor lamps.
- Fabrics add the most comfort. You can change bedding, update curtains for the season, or even recreate different styles, from country to classic.
- Wallpaper can also be made from scraps of fabric or pasted over the walls with decorative tape (the size of the pattern on it is more suitable in proportion to a doll's house).
- Foil will make a mirror in a dressing table or closet.
- You can even use chocolate egg containers or shoe covers - they make great pans and pots.
When choosing decor material, you need to take into account the age of the child. For example, beads, like any other small parts, should only be used with children over 5 years old. Paints must be safe, as well as varnish.
Despite the huge range of products for dolls, hand-made items still remain unrivaled. Accessories and furniture made of cardboard, plywood or plain paper help develop a child’s imagination; they have more warmth than factory-made ones. In addition, it is not necessary to settle on complex models - assembling a chest of drawers from matchboxes will take no more than half an hour (including drying), and an ottoman made from cork, despite its simplicity, will look better than a factory one.
How to make children's furniture with your own hands, description of the main stages
However, if you wish, you can take advantage of master classes for professionals - they tell in detail how to make furniture for Barbie that looks like it came out of a designer’s workshop. Everything goes into use, from used plastic containers to specialized tools. A little effort - and the decor of the house will be the envy of any furniture department of designer toys. Such items will be completely exclusive, which will also delight children.
Furniture for dolls from boxes
Miniature furniture made from cardboard boxes is a great idea for a doll's interior. Today we will show an example of making a dressing table and a chest of drawers.
So, for the dressing table you will need:
- a small box (you can take a hair dye package);
- pencil and ruler;
- stationery knife or scissors;
- glue;
- foil;
- colored or white paper for pasting at the final stage.
First, determine the height of the future table so that the doll looks harmonious next to it. Cut the cardboard box to this height.
From the remaining box, cut a flat piece of cardboard (a blank for a mirror). Its width should match the width of the dressing table, the height can be about 15 cm. Using glue, attach the mirror to the base. Decorate the edges beautifully with openwork figured patterns or make them round.
Cover the structure with colored or white paper.
Decorate the blank with painted drawers and doors, and decorate the place for the mirror and the wall of the table with beautiful patterns.
Finally, all that remains is to cut out a “mirror” from foil, handles for doors and drawers and stick them on the finished product.
You can complement the dressing table with an elegant bed and armchairs in the same style. For example, you can decorate them with a pattern similar to the pattern of the mirror and table. This way the interior for the doll will look more organic.
Making a doll chest of drawers couldn't be easier. To do this, prepare:
- matchboxes;
- beautiful napkins or decorative paper for pasting;
- glue.
Glue the matchboxes to each other so that the drawers slide out. Cover the finished product with decorative paper.
Dimensions
Furniture dimensions are determined in two ways. If you plan to furnish a house for a standard Barbie, you should use the proportions of 1:6 (reduce the parameters of ordinary cabinets, chests of drawers, beds and other products by 6 times). You can go a more complex and precise way:
- Measure the height of the doll and yours.
- Find out the similarity coefficient - the relationship between the obtained indicators.
- Measure the dimensions of the furniture in the house.
- Calculate them for the dollhouse by multiplying the similarity coefficient by the parameters from the previous paragraph.
Tips for choosing home furniture for schoolchildren and placement rules
Based on the proportions of 1:6, the standard furniture height is:
- Table - from 13 cm (the dining table will be the same height, but may have a round shape).
- Chair - from 8 cm.
- Wardrobe - from 33 cm.
- Chest of drawers - from 11 cm.
Bed width - from 15 cm, length - from 32 cm. In addition to Barbie girls, dolls can be men, children or babies. Their traditional height:
- men - 15 cm;
- children - 7.5–10 cm;
- infants - 6.5–7.5 cm
To avoid confusion with measurements, you can look at the parameters of factory products.
Furniture for dolls made of plywood
It’s also easy to make a round coffee table for a doll from plywood. You will need the following materials:
- plywood;
- glue;
- a tool for cutting plywood (for example, a jigsaw);
- acrylic paint or varnish.
The surface of the table and the shelf will be in the form of two identical circles; we will cut them out of plywood. At the same time, we cut out the racks for the shelf and the legs. Next, we connect the blanks together using glue and finally cover them with paint or varnish.
TV for doll house
In order for the interior to be fully developed, you need to put a TV on a table or chest of drawers!
In order to add it to the doll interior, you will need:
- thick matte black cardboard;
- a printed image of the TV depending on the desired size;
- image on screen;
- glue;
- scissors.
How to make a TV for a doll?
- Make a box out of cardboard.
- Print out a picture of the front and back of the TV. Cut them out and stick them on the box.
- If desired, you can stick an “image” on the TV screen.
Almost everything you need for everyday life is collected in a dollhouse!
Furniture for dolls made of wood
Even doll furniture can be almost like the real thing. We suggest making a wooden mini-sofa. Prepare:
- wooden flat planks, the thickness of which is about 1 cm;
- a piece of fabric for pasting;
- glue;
- wood cutting tool.
Cut out 5 elements of the sofa for the doll:
- Base (height – 6 cm; length – 16.4 cm).
- Back and lower part (height – 6 cm; length – 14 cm).
- Two armrests, expanding towards the top (height - 4 cm; length at the bottom - 6 cm; length at the top - 7 cm).
We glue the parts together, except for the lower part for the seat.
We cut out the fabric components of the appropriate sizes and glue them onto the workpiece.
Separately, we cover the lower part of the doll sofa with fabric and lay it on the base.
The adorable sofa for the doll is ready! We recommend using fairly dense textiles that resemble real furniture upholstery. It can be velor, velvet, suede, linen, cotton, corduroy, leather, etc.
Children's
Just like in a real family, dolls can have children. You should come up with options for the nursery. If the doll child is still just a baby, then you can place a crib in the room. In addition, you can complement the furniture set with a box of children's toys. As this element, it is convenient to use a small cardboard box, painted or covered with fabric at the child’s discretion. The children's room can have an armchair for parents or just guests.
