Make Your Own Dollhouse Furniture
September 20, 2006 by
Use Items Found Around the House
Dollhouses are fun to set up, and some of the best furniture and accessories for dollhouses are made from items found around the house. If your kids love setting up and playing with dollhouses, provide them with ideas they can use to makeDollhouse furniture and accessories made from items found around the house are often more useful and more stylish than furniture and accessories sold in stores. Besides the fact that homemade furnishings are inexpensive and totally customizable, homemade dollhouse furnishings are fun to make. You’ll be amazed at the things you and your kids can make with empty boxes, containers, lids, and scraps of fabric. The options are virtually endless.
Dollhouse Beds
Large dollhouse beds can be made from empty cheese boxes turned upside down. Simply turn the top of the box over, and make a mattress by gluing on a layer of batting. Cover the batting by gluing on a piece of fabric.
Make a headboard for the bed with 4 ¾ inch craft sticks. Paint enough craft sticks to span the width of the bed vertically and another horizontally. Glue the sticks together with wood glue, and let the glue dry completely before attaching the headboard to the bed.
Bedding, Curtains, and Rugs
Dollhouse bedding, curtains, and rugs are easy to make with small crocheted doilies. Fill in the larger holes in doilies with narrow satin ribbons. The same doilies can also be used for small throw rugs. If you want matching curtains for a complete bedroom ensemble, gather and tie doilies to small dowel rods above windows with narrow satin ribbons. Doilies make beautiful frilly looking curtains and bedroom accessories.
Matchbox Drawers
Matchboxes that hold wooden matches make fantastic dollhouse furniture. To make a large chest of drawers stack and glue together two or more large match boxes. After the glue has dried, the chest of drawers can be painted with acrylic craft paint or covered with wood grain contact paper. Make knobs by gluing on gold or silver pony beads.
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- AllCrafts.com is a great place to find other creative ideas for decorating dollhouses.
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