Hi all! Tell me, when you give your baby a toy, do you think where it will live? Believe me, the baby is definitely thinking about it. And all because he projects his life onto them. It is played during the day, like a toy, but evening comes and the little one must go to bed. But what about his subordinate? What to do with it? To give your child pleasure, continue the game and teach the little one to order, let's find out today how to make a house for dolls out of a box with your own hands.
Preparing to create an apartment for a doll
Before you get started, decide what exactly you will be doing. There are already “walls” in the box itself. It remains to make them look like a place of residence. The dimensions of the house can be different: it can be two-story or one-story, with one or more rooms; furnished with homemade or purchased furniture.
What materials and tools will be needed for work:
- Cardboard boxes;
- Glue;
- colored paper;
- Scissors;
- Pencil;
- Ruler.
When everything you need is collected, you can start tinkering.
First house
I recommend to practice little house from one room. Then it is not so a pity to throw it away, and the children quickly get bored with everything. Look how cute and cozy they are, albeit small. Pictures enlarge by clicking.
But what a cute little house, even without wallpaper, it already looks decent, but what if you hang curtains, throw a couple of pillows, lay a carpet? By the way, the carpet and pillows are easiest to make from felt. And you don't have to sew! Felt is simply glued with a moment or a hot gun.
As soon as you get bored, you can build at least a castle, at least a country villa. You already have experience, your hand is full.
"Building" a house
From me detailed wizard photo class. Hope it helps you!
The help of the little one will completely depend on how much the parents are interested and involved in the process. Therefore, show your creative processes, prepare with a fairy tale or interesting history your little one. Give him a job or ask him for advice on crafts.
Furniture
Of course, doll furniture is a must! Yes, and playing with an empty house is not interesting. What can you think of?
Bedroom furniture
Bedroom furniture can be made of paper using the origami technique, glued from cardboard and cut, but the most comfortable and beautiful option — cushioned furniture from cardboard, foam rubber and fabric. You can glue everything on ordinary PVA, though it will take a long time to dry. Instead of foam rubber, you can take a synthetic winterizer or batting, on extreme case cotton wool.
Bed MK
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armchairs
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Kitchen
The kitchen can be filled with a refrigerator, stove, countertop, beautiful chandelier And dining table. Cardboard and ice cream sticks are suitable as materials.
If there is a 3 d handle, then you can make plastic furniture.
Cardboard plate
lockers
Cabinets, shelves, a refrigerator are easy to make from cardboard. Easy to glue with hot glue.
Furniture for kitchen
Furniture - chairs, a very beautiful table are obtained from ice cream sticks. You can cut such sticks with large scissors, only carefully, they can crack in half. Glue can be glue moment or hot.
Little things for the kitchen
You can plant a bird in a cage in the kitchen, put a box of fruit or flowers. Detailed master classes on the picture. Enlarge on click.
Fruits, vegetables, dishes
Fruits, vegetables, dishes are the easiest make from plasticine. To prevent the product from getting dirty and losing its shape, it is covered with transparent nail polish.
Can you make vegetables? from salt dough they dry out and look like they came from a toy store. from play do they also sculpt food, but after drying, the play before it cracks. That's why I prefer to do salty dough: 1 cup flour + 1 cup fine salt + water, knead very stiff dough.
Also very a good option — air self-hardening plasticine (new material). It is cheap, bright, when it hardens it is elastic, something like hard rubber. We sculpt as from ordinary plasticine and leave to dry overnight.
Interesting ideas for a dollhouse
Some toys already come with the house, for example, lol dolls have it just fabulous. Some ideas can be copied from it. For example, the fact that the apartment is not limited to the area of individual rooms, and the lower floor usually protrudes. Or you can make a patio in front of the house with a deck chair and flowers.
Another one interesting idea- bag house. This option is especially convenient when traveling with kids. You just need to attach a handle and "shutter doors" that close the house, and the mobile version is ready. 
If you love to sew perfect option soft fabric house bag.
And one moment. And you thought that your craft was just the beginning? Over time, more and more new rooms may appear in which other toys will live.
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Just as boys dream of a treehouse, girls also dream of a dollhouse for their favorite toys. Of course, you can buy it, but a good house costs very obscene money, and you can’t buy a bad child. It's another thing to do it yourself, but be prepared for the fact that it will take a lot of time. Especially if you don't have much experience. On average, it will take at least a week to make a house for dolls with your own hands.
Choosing a material
You can make a house for dolls with your own hands from any sheet building material. The thickness of the material for a house about a meter high (two floors) is 9-15 mm, for one-story houses it can be thinner. Consider the most common materials used in the construction of a dollhouse:
- . An excellent choice, as it is durable, holds its shape well, can be glued, joined with nails and self-tapping screws. Cut plywood with a saw for metal (with small tooth), jigsaw (manual or electric). The ends will need to be well sanded so that it is not possible to drive a splinter. Upon completion of work, you can varnish or stain, paint, wallpaper, etc.
- Drywall. After the repair, scraps remain, which can be used. To fasten the sheets together, you will need tin corners (you can use a perforated corner). Must be attached to special self-tapping screws, but they will stick out from the back, so the option is not the best. You can try to “plant” on glue, but you will have to align the cut lines to reduce glue consumption.
- . In terms of properties, the material is similar to plywood, with the only difference being that it is moisture resistant and made from wood chips. Work with it in much the same way as with plywood.
OSB is also a good material
- Cardboard. The most inexpensive and most delicate material that does not hold loads very well. The situation is better with scrapbooking cardboard (you can buy it in needlework stores). It is more dense and durable, you can make one-story houses or use it for roofing. Connect with glue or staples from a stapler. In order for the doll house to be more reliable, it is better to assemble the frame from the planks, and then cover it with cardboard.
- Chipboard plain or laminated (). The advantage of this material is that it can already be finishing. If desired, you can order sawing the entire "box" of the house with gluing the edges in some furniture company. Then all that's left is to assemble. Moreover, it will be possible to use self-tapping screws or furniture fittings. There are three minuses - the material is too thick, which increases the mass, formaldehyde emissions and brittleness under lateral loads. If you can put up with the thickness and mass, then the release of formaldehyde should not be ignored. It is necessary to search with the emission class E0-E1. With fragility, unfortunately, nothing can be done. Is it possible to use corners to connect parts, and this is not too beautiful.
- Furniture boards. They are made from wooden planks glued together with wood glue. Ideal for making a dollhouse: environmentally friendly, durable, easy to process. But furniture boards You can’t call them cheap, although they are not as expensive as an array. In any case, it can be taken to make a box - the bottom, side walls and floors. roof and back wall can be made from other materials (for example, fiberboard, plastic, etc.).
Furniture shield - eco-friendly and beautiful material
There are other options such as laminate, wooden lining, thin planed board. But they don't work that often. In any case, the minimum thickness of materials is 6-7 mm. Then the doll house will be reliable and will withstand even your child.
Features of working with plywood
Most often, plywood is used in the manufacture of a dollhouse. As you probably know, it can be of different brands. It is better to make a dollhouse with your own hands from polished furniture plywood. Can they conifers, but preferably from birch. It is better not to take a building one, even though it costs twice as much.
In general, plywood is easy to work with. If you have a jigsaw and, cutting and preparing parts will take a couple of hours. The only difficulty that may arise in the manufacture of a two-story plywood doll house is the installation of the second floor floor. T-shaped plywood fastening is not the easiest task.
The glue is not very reliable, and it is difficult to try to install fasteners such as self-tapping screws with a thickness of 6 mm at the end - the material can split, even with pre-drilling holes (the thinnest self-tapping screw is 1.8 mm). There are several options:
- make on nails (not too reliable, except to additionally smear with glue);
- set the corners at the bottom (not very beautiful);
- put a glazing bead around the perimeter, which will both support the floor and “work” ceiling plinth(the best option).
After cutting out the parts, all joints must be well sanded. First, they take sandpaper for wood with a medium grain, gradually moving to a fine one. When the edge is smooth, assembly can begin.
dollhouse project
The first thing you need to start building a house for dolls is to create a project. It is necessary to determine the height and number of floors, the width of the room, the type of roof, whether or not there will be a basement floor. Choose the number of floors you want. This is arbitrary, but all other parameters must be calculated.
The size of the doll house depends on the size of the doll inhabitants. To make it convenient to play, the height of the ceilings in the rooms should be at least twice the height of the doll. For example, with a doll height of 22 cm, ceilings of 40-45 cm will give enough space for them to move freely, but if the ceilings are even higher, it will be even more convenient to play. But you also need to take into account the growth of the child. The height of the uppermost overlap should be slightly below eye level. In this case, it will be convenient to play, and the doll house will be “for growth” - it will be enough for a couple of years in height.
The depth of the doll rooms also depends on the height of the dolls, but also on the availability of free space. On average, the depth is 30-45 cm. This is enough to accommodate the entire environment. But it could be deeper.
The width of the dollhouse depends on the number of rooms in it. Here it is determined depending on the available free space. In shape, the frame of a dollhouse usually looks like a rectangle, but now it is elongated in length or in height - this is determined by everyone. If the design turns out to be rather big, furniture wheels can be attached to the bottom. This is very convenient - the toy turns out to be mobile.
You can draw the project itself in any design program, but if you do not own them, it is easier to do it on paper. Why do you need a dollhouse project? To calculate the amount of materials needed for its manufacture, and without the size and number of walls, you will definitely be mistaken.
Finishing Features
Decorating a doll house with your own hands raises no less questions than building. In principle, you can use the same finishing method as in apartments or houses. For example, in doll rooms, walls can be finished in the following ways:
If you chose the "wallpaper" option, it's easier to do this before the assembly step. Even if there are several floors, blanks are lined, wallpaper is glued. This is much easier than trying to paste over the corners later.
The exterior finish is not much different. The most commonly used paint. This best option in terms of practicality and cost. If you want, you can do something similar to decorative plaster. It can be simulated with gray toilet paper. You just have to choose more. It is torn into pieces, glued with PVA diluted with water (1 to 1), laid out on the walls, forming the desired relief. After drying, you can paint using acrylic paints. This and it can be used with colored or regular napkins.
Decoration of windows and doors
Cutting windows in plywood, OSB, or any other material is not such a problem. To begin with, using a drill and a drill, make a hole into which you can pass the saw blade. Next is a matter of technology. The cut hole is polished, bringing it to smoothness, and then it is necessary to make the holes made look like windows. For this you need frames, curtains. If desired, you can also make glass - from transparent plastic bottles.
Frames with bindings can be made of cardboard white color. Stick them on after completion finishing works". Children love to open / close doors, so it's best to make them out of thin plywood. Fasteners can be found - there are piano hinges or small furniture ones. Bolts can be made from wire and thin tubes.
Let there be light!
A dollhouse with lighting is aerobatics. Moreover, there is no need to fence the system of wires, converters, light bulbs and other electrical "stuffing". There is a very simple and effective solution. In any more or less large lighting store there are small LED bulbs battery operated. And they are mounted on Velcro. Each lamp is equipped with its own switch, operates on a voltage of several volts. In general, a very good output.
This is a non-volatile LED lamp
If you still want to make a real light in the dollhouse, you need a 220/12 V converter or a battery with the appropriate voltage. Still need bulbs or LED Strip Light under the appropriate denomination, a bunch of wires. In general, this path is much more difficult and requires a lot more time, but it is also a possible option.
How to make a roof
If the roof is planned to be ordinary - gable, the layout of the attic space or attic floor it is necessary to make sure that there is a partition in the center that will support the roof at the junction of the two halves of the roof. This is the easiest way. There are also more complex ones.
If you need a roof of complex shape, we cut out several rafters from plywood, which will set the shape. We attach them to the walls, sheathe them with some flexible material. It can be cardboard, fiberboard. The ends of the rafters are coated with glue (better - carpentry), after which the material is laid. If the bend is too steep, additional fasteners may be needed. Usually thin small carnations are used, like shoe studs.
Photo options for different dollhouses
Building a house for dolls is a creative process. It can be made the way you dream of seeing your home, recreate a house from a fairy tale or fantasy. And there are no restrictions. Everything you want and how you want.
A one-story house is also not so bad. But you can put it on the table and play sitting
So different…
So do the shutters
A happy childhood is complete interesting toys room. The Soviet shortage has been replaced by variety and a wide range, so that every kid can find a toy to his liking. Girls especially love dollhouses: large or compact, furnished or empty, fairytale castles or realistic dwellings.
Purchased houses for dolls are always beautiful, often of high quality, but often expensive. Loving parents have a great chance to save some money and at the same time give their baby a unique toy.
Making a dollhouse with your own hands is not so difficult, because on the network you can find dozens of master classes, tips and tricks for making such a structure from any material. You just need to choose the option that suits you and put in a little effort.
Doll houses for children: we make ourselves
The uniqueness of do-it-yourself dollhouses lies not only in their uniqueness, but also in the opportunity to become closer with your child. It is better to make such a structure together with the baby: to be interested in her opinion, draw a house plan together, choose furniture, equip the home like a real one. According to the general opinion of psychologists, such joint activities will benefit both parents and the child.
It is not difficult to make a house for a doll, and the child will have impressions for a whole year. A doll house made by parents can be shown off to friends, and it is much more interesting to play it.
The classic dollhouse does not have a front wall to make it more convenient for the child to play with the dolls located in it. A homemade house can be different: without a wall, with a curtain imitating a wall, with a real opening wall.
The choice of one or another option depends on the size of the house and the room in which the toy will stand, the age of the baby and design features the building itself. Wooden or cardboard houses can be provided with a spectacular closing wall, but a fabric dwelling is traditionally made open.
Dimensions of the future doll house also depend on a number of factors. The age of the baby who will play with the dolls should be taken into account: it is difficult for young children to use bulky products, while older children love large toys with a lot of details.
Be sure to consider the size of the children's room or the room in which the toy will stand. A massive house may be too bulky, it will interfere and eventually go to the balcony.
Little dollhouse in a box
A compact toy is an ideal option that is not too troublesome and time consuming to make, it does not take up much space, and playing with such a doll house is no less interesting.
Big dollhouse
Houses for dolls from different materials
Doll houses are made from everything from wood to cardboard folders for papers. The breadth of possibilities gives parents a chance to create a unique, original product for their baby that will take into account the interests and preferences of a particular child.
Compact soft fabric houses are more suitable for kids, light cardboard houses for children 3-6 years old, and solid buildings made of plywood or old furniture for younger students.
But it's not enough to do beautiful house- it is also necessary to equip it: decorate the walls and floor, arrange furniture, add accessories, place dolls. A do-it-yourself dollhouse is a constant creativity: looking for new solutions, adding original details, and settling in new residents who need new rooms and additional furniture.
Psychologists advise using the creation and arrangement of such a doll house as an ideal means of communication with a child, because during the game you can find common ground and better understand each other.
From cardboard boxes
Houses made of plywood, laminate, wood
There are many requirements for a dollhouse: a child needs a bright and interesting product, mom cares about the environmental friendliness of the toy, and dad cares about the strength of the structure. It is unreliability that is the main problem of purchased doll houses, which do not always withstand the active games of moving kids.
Dollhouse made of wood
Making a house for dolls from laminate or plywood means getting an original, creative and durable home option for all baby dolls.
House-constructor from plywood
ADVICE. A house made qualitatively according to the schemes found on the net with a neat finish will look no worse than a purchased one. And its originality and unusual details will make such a toy a reason for pride.
Toy house house made of laminate
To make durable and beautiful house for dolls, laminate or plywood (at least 7 mm thick) is cut according to pre-prepared patterns and securely fastened with inconspicuous corners and small nails, then glued with wood glue to ensure the strength of the entire structure.
The glue will also help close any gaps that might look unattractive and become a loss point. small parts toys. After the body of the house is assembled, you can start finishing: the ideal option for walls, floors and ceilings is a self-adhesive film.
Plywood dollhouses
Dozens of available colors and textures make it possible to create a dream home in any style. Such a house is very durable, therefore it is able to withstand not only light cardboard or plastic furniture, but also more reliable wooden parts.
Houses made of boxes or cardboard
An ideal option for joint creativity is the creation of a house for dolls from cardboard boxes. It can be of any size: tiny figures will be comfortable in a shoe box, larger dolls will fit a vacuum cleaner box, and if you want a dollhouse, look for a box washing machine or refrigerator.
House for dolls from boxes
ADVICE. Big house can be made not from one, but from several small boxes, carefully fastened together. Such a building can have several floors and rooms, a spacious attic and even a basement.
cardboard dollhouse
Work with the box begins with the removal of one of the walls, as well as the installation of partitions between the rooms. The hollow box becomes a blank for the future home: the walls, floor and ceiling are decorated with paper, plastic furniture can be arranged around the rooms that the house can withstand.
Such a dwelling for dolls is attractive for its light weight, so it is not difficult to rearrange it to another room or take it outside in the summer.
In addition, it is easy to make repairs in such a dollhouse: just purchase a few sheets of designer paper and you are ready to new interior. Usually such construction is so captivating that adults and children begin to make furniture and decor for dolls non-stop.
You can make a house not only from ready-made boxes, but also from sheet cardboard: you will need patterns, glue, scissors and colored paper, as well as imagination and a desire to turn boring brown cardboard into a real fairy-tale castle.
Do-it-yourself dollhouses from cardboard boxes
Plasterboard houses
Making a house for dolls is easiest when the apartment is being renovated. Great amount building materials allows without special costs build a completely attractive home for dolls of any size.
At the same time, the doll house will resemble a small copy of the apartment, because for its decoration you can use the remains of real wallpaper, laminate, linoleum and even tiles.
To make a full-fledged drywall house, you will need a parts diagram and the material itself. Carefully cut drywall is connected in small corners, and then the walls are puttied and painted (or wallpapered). Such a house looks like a real one, especially if you follow the layout of the rooms, as in real housing.
Houses from old furniture
You can make an excellent dollhouse for your child from old furniture that has long been gathering dust in the garage or on the balcony. Old chest of drawers, detail kitchen set or part bookcase after simple transformations, it can turn into an attractive and interesting house for dolls.
ADVICE. A significant advantage of such a house is its size, which makes it possible to use large toys, as well as the presence of doors: all the dolls will sit in the closet, and the room will be in perfect order.
To turn an old closet into a stylish toy, you will need the help of a dad or grandfather, because you will need to cut windows with a jigsaw, rearrange shelves, or reconfigure the contents of the cabinet by adding partitions. For maximum comfort of the playing child, all surfaces are rubbed with a thin layer of putty, which also makes the house look more attractive.
Final finishing finished house entrusted to the mother, who, together with the baby, chooses wallpaper for all rooms, flooring, furniture and decor. The walls of the house can simply be painted, glued with wallpaper, colored or wrapping paper.
In the interior of such a doll house, ready-made or self-made furniture looks great: cabinets from boxes, sofas from juice bags, cardboard racks and a bath from a soap dish.
Houses made of fabric or stationery folders
Fabric doll houses great option for kids 2-5 years old. At this age, a child needs educational and safe toys, and a fabric doll house is absolutely safe. The fabric house can be of two types: hanging option with folding shelves or a handbag house that folds out into a full-fledged dwelling. Both options look decent and deserve attention.
fabric houses
The fabric house is attached to the wall and does not take up space when folded, so it is chosen for small children's rooms or small apartments.
Game house from a folder for papers
Even a beginner can sew such a house:
- you need to make a dense back wall with a thematic pattern,
- provide a place for future shelves-rooms,
- sew the “floor of the room” and place cardboard inside,
- sew an impromptu floor with one edge to the base and secure with ribbons or ribbons in a horizontal position,
- pick up light furniture, soft dolls and populate the house.
Sewing a doll house in the form of a handbag is a little more difficult: for this you need a parts diagram, colorful fabric, wall filler, decor for decoration and the ability to work with sewing machine or hand needle.
Since the walls of such a house must be solid, the role of the base is played by a plastic mesh or cardboard, which should be wrapped soft material(with cotton wool, thin foam rubber or sheet synthetic winterizer), and then sheathe it with the selected fabric. The walls of the house can be decorated with ribbons, buttons, appliqué, embroidery - to make the toy interesting for a child of any age.
A slightly easier way to create an entertaining home is to use stationery folders as the base of the home. Such a dwelling for dolls resembles a book with bright pictures that can become a platform for active children's games.
It is easy to make such a toy: the folder is glued from the inside beautiful paper imitating wallpaper, furniture is glued on top - that's the room ready. 3-4 vertical folders already look like real home in which dolls can be placed.
Any doll house that parents can make for their little one will be an original creation suitable for the child's play and development. Large or compact, durable or soft, fabulous or realistic, such a house is a great gift for a daughter or son for any occasion.
DIY dollhouse: drawings with dimensions
Andrey Vogachev talked about how to do it yourself. He noticed that his daughter enthusiastically plays with houses the size of a cardboard shoe box. There was an idea to do something solid. A search in stores did not turn up anything worthwhile, they were either very small or too expensive. Thought it wouldn't make great work make it yourself. Having searched on the Internet, I found decent sizes, from which it is planned to subsequently make a house.
In the drawing, the marking of the cut, with red lines, marks how the plywood should be cut in the store. Please note that the more accurately you can mark and saw in the store, the less time it will take later. In the store, the cut is very accurate, while on its own it can make some flaws.
Drawing of puppet housing
Plywood size 1.5 x 1.5 m. Weight 16 kg. Total area 2.3 square meters. Sanded plywood.
All the details after cutting began to make up a not so large volume. White paint for facades. Little carnations. Glue and brush.
Markup process
All details must be cut. It's a matter of small. Drill holes and cut out parts of the balcony. Continue watching from 5 minutes.
Every girl dreams that her favorite Barbie doll has a beautiful and cozy house. Of course, you can buy it in the store, but the price is often not happy. We suggest you make a house with your own hands. You can easily cope with this, and your daughter will be only too happy to help. In addition, for its construction, you can use almost everything that is at hand!
Materials and tools
Whatever model of house you choose, during construction and decoration you may need the following tools:
- glue "Moment" or PVA, depending on the material;
- scotch;
- scissors;
- paints and brushes;
- colored paper or anything that can replace it (stickers, wallpapers, pictures);
- ruler or tape measure.
For interior decoration, scraps of fabric, fur or leather, beads and beads, bamboo sticks and whatever your fantasy tells you will come in handy. But the main question is what to make the walls of the house. It turns out that there are also a huge number of options. you can use carton boxes, scraps of plywood, fiberboard or drywall, boards and even old furniture!
You can even make such a house for a doll yourself from improvised materials.
The house can even be two- or three-story, horizontal (without a roof and with a top view) or vertical (with a removable front wall), simple or complex to manufacture, requiring certain skills in carpentry. But in any case, its construction and arrangement with their own hands will become an exciting activity for the whole family. In addition, you can make furniture and interior items for the dollhouse yourself from the same improvised means.
House made of fiberboard
You can easily make such a house model from fiberboard or drywall by gluing the parts with PVA glue. Most likely, you don’t even have to buy anything: many have surpluses of building materials after repairs. You will also need:
- cardboard;
- wallpaper;
- colored paper;
- bamboo slats (you can get them from the hot stand).
A house for Barbie can be made from fiberboard or drywall by gluing the parts with PVA glue
The peculiarity of this house is that in addition to three floors it has an attic. We proceeded from the following dimensions: height - 65 cm, floor area - 16 X 28 cm. You can calculate the parameters suitable for you and draw a diagram according to which you will make a house.
Calculate the parameters of the future house and schematically depict it on paper
Note! Before proceeding with the calculations, decide where the house will be located. Often such products are in one place. The design should not take up a lot of usable space, “clutter up” the room and get in the way.
According to the sketch, cut out the walls, roof and partitions between floors.
Cut walls, roof and partitions between floors
Connect all parts with PVA glue.
If the PVA glue is not thick enough, you can add some sawdust for extra strength.
Cover the roof of the house with corrugated cardboard.
Cover the roof of the house with corrugated cardboard
Decorate the walls of the house from the outside with colored paper. Glue on the bamboo strips.
Complete exterior finish house with colored paper and bamboo strips
You can decorate the basement to make the house look more elegant. For example, stick "bricks" previously cut out of colored cardboard.
The plinth can be decorated with cardboard 'bricks'
Glue the entire building onto a frame made of fiberboard or plywood. It should be larger than the floor of the first floor. Firstly, it will give stability to the house, and secondly, it will be possible to organize a “flower garden” on the frame.
Glue the house on a frame made of fiberboard or plywood
Cut out window frames from thick cardboard.
Cut out window frames from thick cardboard
They need to be glued on both sides.
Glue the frames on the windows on both sides
Make a balcony. Use thick cardboard for the floor and railings, simple toothpicks will serve as balusters.
Cut out a balcony door from thick cardboard
Wire hooks can be attached to the railing. Hang a cardboard box with toy flowers on them.
The balcony can be decorated with a toy flower garden
Insert an attic window.
Decorate the attic window
Making the front door is also very easy. It is enough to paste over the cardboard base with a picture cut out from the brochure. The handle can be made from plasticine.
In order to create the effect of a grassy lawn around the house, glue the frame with the hard parts of ordinary kitchen washcloths. Make flowerbeds out of cardboard boxes and “plant” them with plastic or paper flowers.
Interior decoration
From the inside, the house must also be beautifully finished to match its mistress - the most beautiful and fashionable Barbie doll.
Paste the walls with wallpaper, colored or wrapping paper, it depends on the purpose of the room. Colored cardboard, cellulose kitchen napkin (it imitates carpet), fabric with a soft texture are suitable for the floor.
Finish the interior of the house with wallpaper, wrapping and colored paper, cellulose kitchen napkins
Ceilings can be pasted over with white paper.
Be sure to make curtains by hanging them on bamboo strip cornices.
From cardboard boxes
For such a house you will need:
- cardboard boxes - by the number of rooms;
- glue - you can use a stapler or double-sided tape;
- wallpaper, colored paper, magazine clippings, organza, fabrics - for decoration.
If this model is too large for your living space, you can make a folding house that is easy to make and very compact. To do this, it is enough to connect two cardboard sheets crosswise into the grooves. Cut through the doors in the walls, cover the “rooms” with wallpaper and pictures and celebrate housewarming with your favorite doll and her friends.
Do compact house from cardboard, connecting two cardboard sheets crosswise into grooves
From plywood
This option is more difficult than the previous ones, you will need patience and the ability to work with tools.
A plywood dollhouse is more difficult to make, but the result is worth the effort.
For a plywood house you will need:
- hammer;
- jigsaw;
- nails;
- sandpaper;
- primer;
- dye;
- wallpaper or adhesive film.
Consider the layout of the house. Saw out details from plywood. Use the drawings below or come up with your own project. You can change the dimensions as you wish. Just remember to keep the proportions.
Be sure to treat all surfaces sandpaper so that the child does not get hurt on the burrs during the game. Gather all the details according to the plan.
Gather all the details according to the plan
To the top of the base attach the back, front and side walls. Cut out windows. Their dimensions are 9 X 6.25. A triangular window of the same width as the others, and its shape and height must be calculated according to the angle of the roof.
Cut out the windows
A plywood house needs to be hammered together with nails.
Glue will not work here: PVA is unlikely to hold the parts together firmly enough, and Moment will look sloppy at the joints.
Cover the gaps formed between the parts with a primer.
Paint the outside of your house the right color.
Paint the house outside
Paint interior surfaces, wallpaper or self-adhesive film- optional.
Paint, wallpaper or self-adhesive the dollhouse's rooms
You can lay felt, fleece or carpet on the floor. Furnish the house with furniture and call Barbie for a housewarming party!
You can make the front wall of the house in the form of opening doors.
The front wall of the house opens like cabinet doors
An ordinary Christmas tree garland will provide lighting in the rooms.
With the help of a Christmas tree garland, you can make lighting in the house
From old furniture
Consider the option of creating a house for Barbie from an old chest of drawers. Please note that such a massive thing will require a lot of space in the room, its mobility or compactness is out of the question. But such a house is strong and durable.
An old chest of drawers is a great base for a dollhouse
First of all, compare the height of the doll and the boxes. From our dresser it will turn out two-storey house, in which each floor is equal to the height of two boxes. Barbie will be able to stand upright without reaching her head to the ceiling.
Calculate the height of future rooms according to the size of the doll
Remove excess partitions. Do this carefully so as not to damage the inside surfaces of the chest of drawers.
Remove all unnecessary inside the chest of drawers
The recesses that formed on the ground former partitions, needs to be processed. To do this, you can seat them on glue. wooden slats right size. Press them down and wait for the glue to dry completely. You can put something heavy on top or use clamps.
Glue the resulting recesses with slats
When the glue dries, level the surfaces. All cracks, damage on the outer and internal surfaces chest of drawers fill with a thin layer of putty. When it dries, sand the chest of drawers until smooth. The doll house is almost ready, now you need to paint it inside and out in two layers. It is best to use white paint for this.
Level surfaces, sand and paint chest of drawers white
It remains only to arrange toy furniture hang mirrors and pictures on the walls. On the first floor of our house there is a living room and a kitchen, and on the second floor there is a bedroom.
Arrange furniture, hang pictures and mirrors on the walls
How to make a house for a Barbie doll with your own hands - video
As you can see, creating a house for Barbie with your own hands is not so difficult. You can come up with your own way. Believe in yourself and do not be afraid of difficulties, especially since your daughters will probably want to help you build a cottage for their girlfriend. If you have any questions, please ask them in the comments. Good luck and easy work!
