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Step-by-step instructions for creating doll furniture, how to do it right

Step-by-step instructions for creating doll furniture, how to do it right

What can be funnier, more beautiful and more expensive than doll-made furniture made by hand? This is a kind of way to save money, and a form of joint creativity of children with parents. Such an activity will help to instill in the child both creative skills, and perseverance, and accuracy. This material offers the simplest and most successful ideas and instructions on how to make doll furniture, with photos and diagrams.

Materials and Tools

Do-it-yourself doll furniture can be made from anything. At least one of the following materials can be found at home for each craftswoman:

  1. Plywood. It makes durable furniture items for Barbie: a table, chairs, wardrobe, sofa, armchair and so on. The creation process is quite time-consuming, it will require special tools: a jigsaw, sandpaper for grinding, nails, screws, self-tapping screws, glue and paint and varnish mixtures;
  2. Cardboard. The process of creating doll furniture for girls from cardboard is the easiest and most popular method. It is an affordable and easy to use material. From it, furniture items of any size are surprisingly complex and beautiful. To work, not many tools and consumables will be required: scissors, acrylic and watercolor paints, glue, pencils, markers, compasses, white and colored paper, shreds of fabrics for decor. Any furniture for dolls made of cardboard looks stylish, beautiful and original, if done expertly;
  3. Matchboxes. From them you can make any piece of furniture. The advantage of using boxes is the ability to create a drawer. It is enough to only show imagination, and having come up with a model of a future interior item, make it a reality. To work with boxes you will need the same consumables and tools as in the previous case;
  4. Wire. It will make beautiful antique furniture for the doll: antique candlesticks, chandeliers, bed frames or sofas;
  5. Dollhouse furniture from newspaper tubes is a kind of imitation of interior items made of twigs. From them you can make sofas, chairs, armchairs.

This is an incomplete list of improvised materials from which you can make furniture for dolls with your own hands.

Box doll house

Step-by-step instruction

General requirements for creating doll furniture from improvised materials:

  1. At first, a layout is invented, but you can also use ready-made drawings of furniture for dolls;
  2. The drawing is transferred to cardboard in full size. You can print ready-made printouts of parts using a printer, attach them to cardboard, circle, and then cut;
  3. If the furniture for dolls with your own hands is made from plywood sheets, then you will have to cut out the details with a jigsaw or hacksaw. Then sand the ends to process;
  4. Finished parts, according to the instructions and sequence, are glued or fastened with screws;
  5. The finished product is painted or finished with fabric, decorated, if desired, with jewelry elements or drawings.

Each puppet miniature has its own sequence and assembly technology.

Bed

An integral attribute of any gameplay of a girl with a doll is a bed. This master class will step by step teach little craftswomen how to make doll furniture with their own hands using the most ordinary cardboard:

  1. First, we make a drawing of the future bed on a sheet of cardboard. We lay the doll on cardboard to measure the length. We measure the full growth and add about 5 cm. We measure the width of the crib, it can be anything. It depends on the personal desires of the craftswoman. We respectively draw a rectangle of the required size, cut it out with scissors or a clerical knife in the amount of 3 pieces;
  2. Next we design the railing. They should be the width of the bedroom place. The length may be different, but be sure one back is longer than the other. Cut also 3 pieces;
  3. In order for the backs to be stronger and more stable, they will need to be glued and put under the press until completely dry;
  4. On the blank of a sleeping place with a bed, a wire cut in advance (length of a sleeping place plus 3-5 cm) also in the amount of 3 pieces, a little more is possible. Attach to the base with tape;
  5. From above, on the base with a fixed wire, glue the remaining workpieces. Also put under pressure until completely dry;
  6. After all the details dry out, we attach the glued railing to the bedroom place, mark the line of attachment with a pencil. Especially in those places where they come into contact with the wire. We make holes with an awl or a thick needle;
  7. Pour some glue into the holes obtained, stretch the wire in them, leaning the blanks tightly against each other. The ends of the wire are fastened together or connected together. We cut off the excess edges.

The bed frame is ready, it remains only to decorate it. To decorate such a bed for Barbie with your own hands is also not difficult. It can be glued on top with colored or plain white paper. Just paint it with some jewelery. It will be beautiful to fit it with a scrap of fabric, and you can make bedding in tone. You can cut the foam to the size of the berth, fit it with the same fabric, thus constructing a doll mattress.

Single bed for dolls
Cut the necessary details
Cardboard bed
Connect the elements
We finish the bed for the doll
Close up joints with paper
We paste over the bed for the doll with colored paper
We paste over the bed with colored paper

Kitchen

To create it, small boxes of different or identical sizes are suitable. Depending on the idea, the kitchen can be open, then all furniture made by hand from paper can be placed anywhere, and can be moved as desired. If you plan to create hanging cabinets, then you need to fix them somewhere. So it will be necessary to make the back wall of cardboard. Cabinets themselves can be easily made from simple matchboxes, combining them several in a row or one at a time.

You can use other small boxes of cardboard, cut through the doors in them, paste them on top with paper or just paint them in your favorite color. Handles made of jewelry wire and beads.

From several boxes glued together, you can make a stove, burners can serve as ordinary buttons. Functional and realistic is toy furniture made from matchboxes. Consider how to make a doll stand with drawers for storing utensils.

In the course of work you will need:

  • Matchboxes 3-4 pieces;
  • Paints;
  • Foil;
  • Glue with scissors;
  • Colored paper (cardboard possible);
  • Beads 3-4 pieces.

Instructions for execution:

  1. We stick out the boxes from the boxes, paint them in the desired color, leave to dry;
  2. Insert them back;
  3. We stack the boxes on top of each other;
  4. It is possible to glue them together directly, or without gluing to fit them with cardboard cut to size;
  5. Boxes can be decorated with foil, cutting out rectangles of a slightly smaller size from it;
  6. Handles made of beads, attach to the drawer with ordinary wire.

In the same way, you can make other puppet furniture your own, for example, a dresser for dolls from matchboxes. Then you have to glue them together in several rows.

Kitchen worktop out of the box

Useful for work:

  • Cardboard box from washing powder;
  • White self-adhesive;
  • Plastic packaging for yogurt;
  • A piece of paraffin candle;
  • Sponge;
  • Drinking tubule for juice.

Manufacturing process:

  1. We cut the box from the powder to the desired height. To do this, attach the doll to the box and measure the distance just above the hip line or to the waist;
  2. Cut off the excess part, glue the working one with a self-adhesive film of a suitable color;
  3. We cut out the countertop, the size of the container from under the yogurt, paste it there, glue it.

The dishes can be made of plasticine, painted on top with white acrylic paint, after drying it will shine, resembling porcelain, if it is cups, or enamel, if it is a teapot or pan.

DIY furniture boxes
We prepare the boxes
Making a kitchen project for Barbie
Make a project
We connect elements of the kitchen with glue
Glue the boxes
Kitchen finish
We make the kitchen finish with colored paper
We make a faucet for the kitchen
Making a faucet from a straw
Kitchen faucet
Fasten the crane

Table

It is impossible to imagine an interior, albeit a puppet one, without a table. Analyzing the question of how to make furniture for dolls with your own hands, we will focus on the manufacture of a large dining table. Following the instructions, you can do it yourself without difficulty:

  1. First you need to determine the size of the product;
  2. Then cut out about 3 rectangles of the desired size. A countertop in several layers will be better and more reliable to keep in shape;
  3. The legs can be cut from the sides of the cardboard box, they will be smooth and durable. If you want to make them curly, then you will need to cut them separately in several copies, glue several pieces and attach to the countertop;
  4. We fix the tabletop and legs with glue or a silicone gun;
  5. We glue the product on top with colored paper or matched wood.

To make a small coffee table, a completely transparent plastic cover, for example, from sour cream and an empty tube from soap bubbles, is useful. Place the cap on the tube, glue it with silicone. We choose the height at will.

Make a small table
We make blanks
Table top
We connect the elements of the countertop
We fix the legs of the table
Fasten the legs
We decorate a table for the house
Making decor

Chairs

To create chairs, wire, aluminum cans from juices and drinks are suitable. Such furniture should be done by adults, since the edges of the cans are too sharp, which means cuts to the child cannot be avoided:

  1. To create them, you should take a jar, cut into many strips;
  2. Bend part up for the back, part down for the legs;
  3. From the strips, by the method of twisting (symmetrically, asymmetrically, as you like) to form the back;
  4. The legs are made of several strips twisted together, so they will be stronger and look more solid;
  5. From the remaining strips you can make decorative elements, as in forged furniture;
  6. The bottom of the jar contains a recess, which in our chair looks unfinished. You can correct the situation by cutting the seat out of foam rubber or dense fabric, glue it with superglue.

Several of these chairs will create an original ensemble of a magic puppet castle.

Cardboard blanks for a chair
We make blanks
We connect the details of the chair
We connect the details of the chair
Fasten the back of the chair
Fasten the back
Paste the chair with paper
Paste the chair with paper
Padded chair seat
Making a foam seat
Fasten the foam to the chair frame
We fix the foam

Barbershop

You can make furniture from paper in a variety of ways, from simple to the most complex models. Everyone can create a hairdresser from several pieces of furniture. Consider and make simple furniture for Barbie dolls. The dressing table is an essential attribute of a hairdressing salon. Here we will continue to do it. For work should prepare:

  • A cardboard packaging box, from hair dye will do quite well;
  • A scrap of foil;
  • White and multi-colored pasting paper.

Process of creation:

  1. The box is cut under the growth of Barbie - this is approximately 80 cm;
  2. A rectangle (under a mirror) is cut out of the excess part, its shape can be rounded, curly or straight, it depends on personal preferences.The width should correspond to the width of the cabinet;
  3. We attach a rectangle to the base of the table;
  4. We glue the whole product with white or color (wood) paper;
  5. On the facade of the table, draw the doors and drawers;
  6. We cut out the mirror from the foil, glue it on the protruding cardboard;
  7. Beads form the handles on the doors and drawers. Just spread with glue and fix in the right places.

Such a toy model dressing table looks like a real one, so it will become a favorite in the game. The interior can be supplemented with a bedside table made in the same way. The scheme of weaving furniture with your own hands from newspaper tubes is described in detail in the video.

How to make a hairdresser for a doll

Cupboard

Following the patterns of the scheme, you can build a wardrobe for the doll. After all, they also need to store their clothes somewhere. To make such a cabinet you need:

  • A cardboard box of the right size;
  • Paper for pasting;
  • Glue gun with silicone rods;
  • Office paper clips for hangers;
  • Cocktail tube for the handrail.

Progress:

  1. We cut off the top of the box;
  2. We leave the formed doors;
  3. We divide the box into two parts - one for the shelves, the second for the handrail with hangers. The crossbar is cut out of durable cardboard, fixed with silicone;
  4. We glue the entire box with paper suitable in color and texture;
  5. From the same thick cardboard we cut the shelves, fix them with silicone;
  6. A cocktail tube will serve as a handrail, cut a beam of the right size, glue to the side of the cabinet;
  7. We make hangers for clothes from paper clips;
  8. Such a cabinet will look like the original one, if it is pasted over with paper under a tree. Glue foil on the door, which will act as a mirror.

As you can see, furniture for Barbie dolls can be created from any materials. This work does not require much effort and expense. Ideas for doll furniture can be drawn from this article or come up with your own.

Crocheted furniture will look very impressive and stylish, but this is only suitable for those who can and know how to knit. All others should not be upset - there are a lot of improvised, unnecessary materials in the house, and, if you think carefully, they will make no less attractive products for the doll house. How to build furniture out of cardboard, matchboxes and other materials, we hope it became clear to the little craftswomen.

Cardboard furniture
We take cardboard and draw lines
How to make a wardrobe
Connect the dots on the cardboard
Glue the cabinet
Glue blanks
We decorate the wardrobe
Making decor

Video

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Sofas

The beds

Cabinets