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How to make all sorts for dolls. Do-it-yourself doll furniture - we equip a house for dolls

Playing with dolls is good because it is never monotonous, because you can constantly come up with new plots and conditions, fantasize and gush with ideas, reviving dolls and creating for them huge world similar to ours.

Therefore, in addition to doll clothes or shoes, for a full-fledged game, you need a lot more, for example, all kinds of school supplies, if your toy pet is going on a hike for knowledge with first graders.

Since there will be a lot of plots for the game, do not rush to buy things and accessories for dolls, because most of them can be easily and quickly made from improvised means with your own hands.

Collecting the doll for school

Each student knows what things to bring to school, so a month before the start school year everyone is trying to make grand purchases of the right school supplies. We will take up an equally responsible task - we will prepare school supplies for dolls with our own hands.

If your child is a fan of today's popular toys, then you are probably familiar with monster high dolls. This is a whole line of dolls - children of the most famous monsters and monsters in history. All their offspring got together and are now studying at Monster High High School.

It is for these toys that today is created great amount additional details, accessories, furniture, wardrobe items, etc. And the fans invent and make a bunch of things for them on their own and with their own hands.

So, what can be done for monster high students from school supplies:

first of all, the doll will need a briefcase or a backpack - it can be made, in fact, like a standard backpack in sports style or casual style and straps, or you can make it in the form of a serious and stylish leather briefcase with a handle that is worn in the hand;
for study, notebooks and books will also be needed - it is better to make more notebooks so that they are in stock, and make books that you want your doll to study, that is, based on the necessary subjects;
further, a diary is a very necessary thing;
do not forget about all kinds of stationery - pens different colors, a simple pencil and colored pencils, a sharpener, an eraser, a ruler, scissors, glue and other school supplies - everything that has enough patience and imagination;
if your monster high doll loves to draw, you can make an easel and a palette of colors for her;
for especially advanced monsters, you will need a laptop or at least a laptop;
if you plan to make a whole class of a monster high school, then you will need a board, desks with chairs, and other school furniture - shelving or shelves, a teacher's desk, bookcases, etc.

Believe me, it’s not difficult to make such things, moreover, it’s also not expensive, since you can make anything from anything, using any crafts to make crafts. waste materials. Let's try?

Let's get down to business

Let's start with the portfolio. First, consider a stylish classic version of a leather or suede model with a handle.

Take a pattern, attach to a piece genuine leather or suede and cut out the main part of the product.
Sew on the front side, then take a sheet of thick paper cut to the size of the unfolded briefcase, smear it thickly with glue and glue it to the wrong side.
Fold the edges around the paper and sew along the fold.
Then fold the edges to the wrong side, connect the cuts and stitch the four corners.
After that, turn the product on the front side, see if there are protruding corners of suede / leather. If yes, then glue them tightly to the paper.
If you want, you can add another small pocket for a cell phone.
Attach a handle on top, and decorate the briefcase with straps or clasps to your liking.

You can make it much easier: just cut a rectangle out of leather / suede and fold it, gluing halves of a wide ice cream stick on the sides - you will instantly get a small briefcase, to which you just have to attach a button and attach a handle on top.

A fabric backpack is also easy to sew, the main thing is to choose a pattern. You can also fold a briefcase out of paper.

Now let's make a laptop.

Find and print an image of an open laptop, that is, a view of the screen and keyboard.
Then attach this fragment to a piece of thick cardboard, circle and cut it out, cutting it into two separate elements.
Cover them completely with black tape and secure with a piece of tape of the same color so that these cardboard blanks close and open like a laptop.
Now cut your screen and keyboard and stick it on the inside spread (you can use transparent tape).
Add some picture to the screen to simulate a running machine.
On top, you can stick the emblem of the Monster High school.

If you have elementary carpentry skills, you can make a desk and chairs out of wood, focusing on the proposed schemes and sizes in the master class. If you want a simpler option, then glue the corrugated cardboard furniture using ordinary drink straws or old felt-tip pens as a frame. You can paint the products with acrylic paints.

To make a board, cut out rectangles of the same size from corrugated board and plastic, then you will need the following:

smear a piece of corrugated cardboard with glue and glue it to a sheet of white paper;
cut off half of the excess paper, and in the part where the cardboard is glued, cut off only the corners, and wrap the rest under a rectangle and glue it well;
glue a plastic rectangle on top of the workpiece with hot glue (can be replaced with transparent wide adhesive tape);
gluing points can be hidden using strips cut out of silver cardboard - this will be a frame;
to make a stand for markers, cut out a small rectangle of silver cardboard and draw lines on it at a small distance from each other in width and length;
cut the corners at the bottom and fold the cardboard along the fold lines, then glue the sides and glue the stand to the board;
to make markers, cut two pieces from an ordinary ear stick - one and two centimeters each, then stick a toothpick through a larger piece and try on so that a small piece is put on it - this will be a cap, cut off all the excess;
paint over the protruding parts of the toothpick with a marker of any color, paint the cap from the ear stick with it;
there is something to write on the board, but you also need to erase what is written - take a piece of an old eraser and a small piece of dense soft tissue, glue the fabric to the eraser on one side, and cut off the excess - you will get a nice washcloth.

As you can see, there is nothing complicated. Same with other accessories:

for example, to make an original pencil case, you can use a bag with a zip lock decorated with decorative tape and a marker
to make colored pencils, cut off the ends of the toothpicks and carefully color them and the tips in the desired colors using markers or colored pens;
a simple pencil is made in the same way, just do not forget to paint over a pink eraser and a silver metal clip on its end;

the handle can be made from a straightened paper clip or wire with a curved edge - fill the entire length with beads, and fix the tip with glue;
miniature notebooks will turn out if you print the sheets in a small box or ruler, divide them into rectangles (3.5 * 5 cm) and make margins in each of them with a red pencil, then cut out the leaves and bend them in half, take colored paper for the cover and fasten all sheets with a cover in the middle with a stapler;

for the manufacture of textbooks, make a miniature printout of the pages and the cover of the book you need, cut the pages into strips and glue them into one long ribbon, fold the strip like an accordion, ironing the folds well, then glue the pages from the inside and make a cardboard cover.

Quickly collect the dolls to school, because it is not difficult at all, and the first bell will sound soon. Inspiration to you and successful implementation of your ideas!

What could be more entertaining, more beautiful and more expensive than handmade doll furniture? It is also a way of preserving Money, and the type of joint creativity of children with their parents. Such an activity will help 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 furniture for dolls, with photos and diagrams.

DIY doll furniture can be made from anything. At least one of the following materials can be found at home in every craftswoman:

Plywood. It makes durable furniture for Barbie: a table, chairs, a wardrobe, a sofa, an armchair, and so on. The creation process is quite laborious, it will require special tools: a jigsaw, sandpaper for grinding, nails, screws, self-tapping screws, glue and paint and varnish mixtures;
Cardboard. The process of creating cardboard doll furniture for girls is the easiest and most popular method. It is affordable and easy to use material. From it surprising and on complexity, and on beauty pieces of furniture of any sizes turn out. To work, you will need not so many tools and consumables: scissors, acrylic and watercolor paints, glue, pencils, markers, compasses, white and colored paper, shreds of fabrics for decoration. Any furniture for dolls made of cardboard looks stylish, beautiful and original, if done masterfully;
Matchboxes. From them you can make any piece of furniture. The advantage of using boxes is the ability to create a drawer. Here it is enough just to show imagination, and having come up with a layout of the future piece of furniture, to translate it into reality. To work with boxes, you will need the same consumables and tools as in the previous case;
Wire. It will make beautiful antique furniture for a doll: candlesticks, chandeliers, frames for beds or sofas;
doll furniture newspaper tubes- this is a kind of imitation of interior items made of vines. From them you can make sofas, chairs, armchairs.

This is a far from complete list of improvised materials from which you can make furniture for dolls with your own hands.

Step-by-step instruction

General requirements for creating furniture for a doll from improvised materials:

First, a layout is thought out, but you can also use ready-made drawings of furniture for dolls;
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 them out;
If do-it-yourself furniture for dolls is made from plywood sheets, then you will have to cut the details with a jigsaw or a hacksaw. Then sand the ends with sandpaper;
Finished parts, according to the instructions and sequence, are glued or fastened with self-tapping screws;
The finished product is painted or trimmed with fabric, decorated, if desired, with jewelry elements or drawings.

Each puppet miniature has its own sequence and assembly technology.

Bed

An essential attribute of any gameplay girls with a doll is considered a bed. This master class will teach little craftswomen step by step how to make do-it-yourself furniture for dolls using the most ordinary cardboard:

First, we make a drawing of the future bed on a sheet of cardboard. We lay the doll on cardboard to take measurements of the length. We measure full height 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 draw a rectangle of the required size, respectively, cut it out with scissors or a clerical knife in the amount of 3 pieces;
Next, we design the railing. They should be the same width as the bed. The length can be different, but always one back is longer than the other. We also cut out 3 pieces;
In order for the backs to be stronger and more stable, they will need to be glued and put under a press until completely dry;
For the preparation of a sleeping place, we lay a bed, a pre-cut wire (the length of a sleeping place plus 3-5 cm), also in the amount of 3 pieces, a little more can be. We attach to the base with adhesive tape;
From above, on a base with a fixed wire, we glue the remaining blanks. We also put it under the press until it dries completely;
After all the details have dried, we attach the glued railing to the bed, mark the attachment line 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;
Pour a little glue into the holes obtained, stretch the wire into them, tightly leaning the workpieces against each other. The ends of the wire are tightly fastened or tied together. Cut off the excess edges.

The bed frame is ready, it remains only to decorate it. Decorating such a barbie bed with your own hands is also not difficult. It can be glued on top with colored or plain white paper. Just paint with paints, decorating with something from jewelry. It will be beautiful to cover it with a piece of fabric, and bed linen can be made to match. You can cut foam rubber to the size of the bed, cover it with the same fabric, thus constructing a doll mattress.

Cut out the details you need

Connecting elements

Seal the seams with paper

Paste the bed with colored paper

Kitchen

Suitable for creating small boxes different or the same size. Depending on the idea, the kitchen can be open, then all pieces of furniture made from paper with your own hands can be placed anywhere, can be moved at will. If you plan to create hanging cabinets, then they need to be fixed somewhere. So it will be necessary to make a back wall out of cardboard. The lockers themselves are easy to make from simple boxes from matches, combining them several in a row or one at a time.

You can also use other small cardboard boxes, cut doors into them, glue paper on top, or simply paint them in your favorite color. Make handles from jewelry wire and beads.

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

In the course of work you will need:

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

Instructions for execution:

We put the boxes out of the boxes, paint them in the desired color, leave to dry;
We put them back;
We stack the boxes on top of each other;
You can glue them together immediately, or without gluing, cover them with cardboard cut to size;
Boxes can be decorated with foil by cutting slightly smaller rectangles out of it;
Make handles from beads, attach to the box with ordinary wire.

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

Work surface for the kitchen out of the box

For work it will be useful:

Washing powder cardboard box;
White sticker;
Plastic packaging for yogurt;
A piece of paraffin candle;
Sponge;
Drinking tube for juice.

Manufacturing process:

We cut the powder box to the desired height. To do this, we apply the doll to the box and measure the distance just above the hip line or to the waist;
We cut off the excess part, glue the working part with a self-adhesive film of a suitable color;
We cut out the countertop, according to the size of the yogurt container, insert 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.

Preparing the boxes

Making a project

Gluing the boxes

We make the decoration of the kitchen with colored paper

Making a faucet from a pipe

We fix the crane

Table

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

First you need to decide on the size of the product;
Then cut out about 3 rectangles of the desired size. A tabletop in several layers will keep its shape better and more reliably;
The legs can be cut from the sides of the cardboard box, they will be even and strong. If there is a desire to make them curly, then you will need to cut them separately in several copies, glue several pieces and attach them to the tabletop;
We fix the tabletop and legs with glue or a silicone gun;
From above, we glue the product with colored paper or matched to a tree.

To make a small coffee table a completely transparent plastic lid is useful, for example, from sour cream and empty tubes from soap bubbles. We place the lid on the tube, glue it with silicone. We choose the height as desired.

We make blanks

We connect the elements of the tabletop

We fasten the legs

Making decor

Chairs

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

To create them, you should take a jar, cut into many strips;
Bend part up for the back, part down for the legs;
From the stripes, by twisting (symmetrically, asymmetrically, whatever) form the back;
The legs are made from several strips twisted together, so they will be stronger and look more solid;
From the remaining strips, you can make decorative elements, as in forged furniture;
The bottom of the jar contains a recess, which looks unfinished in our high chair. 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.

We make blanks

We fix the back

Making a foam seat

We fix the foam rubber

Salon

You can make paper furniture in a variety of ways, from simple to the most complex models. Anyone can create a hairdressing salon from several pieces of furniture. Consider and make simple furniture for barbie dolls. Trumeau - essential attribute barbershop. This is what we will continue to do. For work, you should prepare:

Cardboard packaging box, from paint to hair fit quite;
A piece of foil;
White and multi-colored paper for pasting.

Process of creation:

The box is cut to fit Barbie's height - it's about 80 cm;
A rectangle is cut out of the excess part (under the mirror), its shape can be rounded, figured or straight, it depends on personal preferences. The width must match the width of the cabinet;
Attach the rectangle to the base of the table;
We glue the entire product with white or colored (wood-like) paper;
On the facade of the cabinet-table we draw doors and drawers;
We cut out a mirror from the foil, glue it on the protruding cardboard;
With beads we form handles on doors and drawers. Simply spread with glue and fix in the right places.

This toy dressing table model looks like a real one, so it will become a favorite in the game. You can complement the interior 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.

Closet

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

Cardboard box of the right size;
Paper for pasting;
Glue gun with silicone rods;
Paper clips for hangers;
Cocktail straw for handrail.

Progress:

We cut off the top of the box;
We leave the resulting doors;
We divide the box into two parts - one for the shelves, the second for the handrail with hangers. We cut out the crossbar from durable cardboard, fix it with silicone;
We paste over the entire box with paper of a suitable color and texture;
From the same thick cardboard we cut out the shelves, fix them with silicone;
A cocktail pipe will serve as a handrail, cut out the desired size of the beam, glue it to the sides of the cabinet;
We make clothes hangers from paper clips;
Such a locker will look like the original if it is pasted over with wood-like paper on top. 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 special efforts and costs. You can draw ideas for dollhouse furniture 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. Everyone else should not be upset - there are a lot of improvised, unnecessary materials in the house, and if you think carefully, they will turn out to be no less attractive products for the doll house. How to build furniture from cardboard, matchboxes and other materials, we hope, it became clear to the little craftswomen.

We take cardboard and draw lines

Connecting dots on cardboard

We glue blanks

Making decor

Video

There are several ways to make clothes for Barbie. For example, you can sew it or use the options where sewing machine will not need. In this article you will find a variety of instructions and ideas for homemade outfits. Skirts, dresses, shoes and other accessories are here to dress up your dolls.

Ballet costume for Barbie doll master class

An easy and quick way to make a ballroom leotard is with a balloon.

In addition to a bathing suit, you also need shoes. In order to make shoes for Barbie, you will need a hot glue gun. We will use Barbie legs as a model. They need to be wrapped with plastic wrap, then hot glue is applied. When the glue hardens, remove the finished shoes. With the help of scissors, we remove everything unnecessary.

With the help of nail polish we decorate shoes in any color. By following the instructions below, you can make simple skirt for your Barbie.

Top and skirt for Barbie from socks without sewing

Another option for clothes for a doll using a sock. To decorate the top and skirt, you can use lace ribbons, beads or rhinestones.

Miniature shoes for a doll photo lesson

On thin cardboard we trace the legs of the doll. We make soles for shoes, so measuring the exact size is very important.

The boots have a slightly pointed part, so draw a shape slightly larger than the doll's leg.

Now cut out the sole and bend in two places as shown in the figure. For the heels, you will need two glued pieces of cardboard.

Cut out the heels and polish with sandpaper until the layers of cardboard are visible.

Measure the front of the doll's leg (length and width). Draw your measurements on paper. You need to add extra space to the resulting drawing. This extra fabric will be folded and glued to the sole.

In this extra space, you need to cut out small triangles. This will give the shoe a smooth outline.

Add some glue on the front and back of the foot. Glue carefully.

We measure the back of the foot. We draw the drawing in the same way as we drew the front part. Cut out small triangles.

Glue the back as shown in the picture.

The sole needs to be painted. After the paint has dried, it must be glued to the bottom of the foot.

In order to give the shoes a finished look, you need to glue a golden braid to the shoes. Other suitable material may be used.

For more interesting design, you can add small straps around the ankles.

You can decorate shoes with lace and small rhinestones.

Parents who have already been able to make a dollhouse on their own or bought it in a store, while spending a significant amount, are thinking about how to make furniture for dolls with their own hands. Toy furniture is not cheap, so why not save the family budget. You can easily make it with your own hands from improvised means.

Types of materials that are often used

To equip your daughter's dollhouse, you may need the materials that we most often throw out:

cutting plywood sheets;
matchboxes:
plastic jars and boxes of cosmetics;
shoe boxes;
colored sponges for dishes;
viscose napkins;
plastic bottles;
egg tablets;
textile;
foil
wire and many other small things, the place of which we often determine in the trash can.

When choosing materials, everything will depend only on your imagination.

Plywood

Plywood and wood are the most popular and durable materials for making doll furniture. However, the process of creating interior items from them is laborious, you will need skills to work with them. But if you still make such furniture, it will serve the dolls for a very long time and will please your daughter for just as long.

In order to make miniature plywood furniture, you will need:

plywood sheets;
jigsaw;
sandpaper;
small cloves or self-tapping screws;
glue;
sheets of cardboard;
pencil;
ruler;
varnish or acrylic paint;
scissors;
the attributes that you will use to decorate each type of furniture: fabric, beads, pieces of leather, and much more...

Common for all types of furniture stages of work:

Think over or search the Internet for furniture design schemes that are suitable for printing.
Draw on cardboard or use ready-made printouts of furniture details, cut them out.
Attach the resulting templates to plywood sheets and circle.
Cut out pieces of plywood with a jigsaw.
Treat all parts with sandpaper, the surfaces will become smooth.
We assemble the structure. We glue the parts or fasten them with self-tapping screws.
We cover the finished item with paint or varnish and let dry.
If necessary, we sheathe with textile elements and decorate.

So one piece of doll furniture was made.

Cardboard

Making cardboard dollhouse furniture is very easy. A child can also be involved in the manufacturing process. Cardboard is the most affordable material for work. You can use both sheets of cardboard, and take small cardboard boxes as a basis.

Necessary:

cardboard or carton boxes;
white sheets of paper;
pencil;
ruler;
scissors;
glue (if necessary);
jewelry details.

Stages of work:

We think over the details of the future piece of furniture and make templates on paper.
We transfer the templates to cardboard.
Cut out the details.
We make the necessary cuts in the joints of the parts.
Assembling a piece of furniture. We glue where necessary.
We give a finished look, decorating the design.

You can decorate the doll house with a new piece of furniture.

matchboxes

From matchboxes you can design almost any piece of furniture. The advantage of such furniture will be drawers. It is enough to show your imagination and think over the image of future furniture in detail.

We will need:

matchboxes, the quantity depends on what piece of furniture you will be making;
glue;
decorations for future furniture.

Stages of work:

We prepare the required number of matchboxes.
We glue them together in the sequence that is necessary for the interior detail.
We decorate the resulting piece of furniture. For staining is suitable acrylic paint and varnish.

Your daughter's dolls will be happy with the new thing.

You can make a rack for matchbox dolls yourself by watching the following video.

plastic jars

Plastic jars can perfectly play the role of furniture in your dollhouse. Sometimes, you don't even need to do anything with them. In finished form, they can be used, for example, as a bath. The child will be able to really bathe his dolls, the water will not spill out of them anywhere. You can construct more complex interior items from plastic jars, lids from toothpaste tubes, and other little things. They can simply be glued together in the required sequence.

A master class on making a toilet bowl for dolls from a shampoo container, see the next video.

Wire

From a wire that bends easily, you can decorate the interior in the Provence style. Beds, the frame of which will resemble a forged product, will look very elegant. It will be possible to supplement with a forged candlestick, an unusual forged chandelier. Almost any interior detail can be made using a wire frame. Your imagination will guide you in the right direction.

Egg tablets

Using egg tablets, you can perfectly equip the rooms of the dollhouse. Both plastic tablets and cardboard ones are useful in the work. All that will be needed is to carefully consider the composition and cut out the necessary parts of the tablets.

The job may require:

egg tablets;
scissors;
glue;
acrylic paint;
double sided tape;
helium pen refills

and much more. Everything will depend on how your imagination plays out.

Master classes

In this section, you are offered some ideas for creating furniture for dolls with your own hands.

Bed with drawers for matchbox dolls

We will need:

matchboxes;
glue;
pencil;
scissors;
a sheet of white cardboard;
sheets of white paper;
paints;
beads;
thin wire;
decorative elements according to your taste.

Step-by-step instruction:

Measure the height of the doll for which the bed is intended. The number of matchboxes that will be required depends on this.
We glue the required number of boxes with the side walls to each other. This will be the base of our bed.
If you want to make the bed taller, then you can glue peculiar legs in the form of additional boxes to the extreme boxes from below.
We glue the base of the bed with white paper so that the sliding elements remain open.
On cardboard, draw the desired shape of the headboard and cut it out.
Glue the backs to the sides of the base.
We paint the bed in the desired color.
We attach beads to the sliding elements of the boxes at the base with the help of wire. These are the handles of our bed.
We decorate, cover with bedding and you can put the doll to sleep.

In the next video you will see a master class on making a cardboard bed for a doll.

In the same style, you can arrange a bedside table.

We will need:

2-3 matchbox;
glue;
White list;
the same paint and decor elements that decorated the bed;

Step-by-step instruction:

We glue the boxes together, placing them on top of each other with bases.
We paste over with white paper, leaving the sliding elements open.
We paint in the style of an already made bed.
We fasten the beads to the boxes.
We decorate.

See the next video for a master class on making a bedside table from matchboxes.

Sofa for plywood dolls

We will need:

plywood;
jigsaw;
glue or small cloves;
sandpaper;
cardboard;
pencil;
ruler;
varnish or acrylic paint;
pieces of fabric;
cotton wool

Step-by-step instruction:

We decide on the design and dimensions of the future sofa. We make drawings for the back, seat, side backs on cardboard. We take into account that with the help of the back and side backs the sofa will become stable.
Cut out.
We apply the resulting templates to a sheet of plywood and circle.
Using a jigsaw, we cut out the details of the sofa.
If you want to make upholstered furniture, then at this stage we wrap every detail of the sofa with a thin layer of cotton wool and sheathe it with a cloth. If the sofa is not sheathed, it is necessary to process the details with sandpaper.
We fasten the sofa parts to each other with glue. If you have a soft sofa, then you need to fix it with the help of small nails.
We cover parts that are not sheathed with fabric with varnish or paint.
We sew small pillows for the sofa.
Decorate to your liking and give to the use of the doll.

Chairs can be made the same way.

You can see how to make a sofa for a doll with your own hands in the next video - a master class.

Floor lamp

For manufacturing you will need:

thick cardboard;
glue;
pencil;
lace stripes;
empty core from a helium pen;
thin wire;
a small diameter lid (caps from jars of medicines, from ketchup are suitable)

We draw a blank cone on cardboard. Cut and glue it. Cut off the top of the cone. It turned out the base of the lampshade of the floor lamp. Wrap it with lace. We bend the wire in half and pass it through the rod. From above, we fasten the lampshade to the wire, from below to the lid - to give stability to the floor lamp. The lid can be decorated with a lace skirt. Instead of a rod, you can use beads as a stand by passing the wire through them. In this case, we also decorate the lampshade with beads.

Watch the following video for a master class on making a floor lamp.

Chandelier

To make a chandelier, we need a small container. You can use measuring cups for medicines, disposable plastic piles, the simplest candles in a metal case.

Giving or making a home for your daughter for her dolls is just the beginning. Next, this house will have to be furnished. This is a bunch of toy furniture, appliances, accessories. How to make furniture for dolls with your own hands will be described in this article.

How to determine the size

Dolls, their houses and furnishings are miniature copies of us and our dwellings. And the most reliable way to make doll furniture with your own hands and not make a mistake is to measure real objects, reduce them several times, and then work with the values obtained.

Furniture for dolls - copies of our furniture

How much to reduce actual dimensions depends on how small or big the doll is, they are from 7 cm to 60 cm or even higher. Accordingly, they need furniture different sizes. To determine the number by which real dimensions should be divided, we divide the average height of a person in centimeters (170 cm) by the height of the doll. Let's get some number. Here it will be necessary to divide the dimensions of real furniture into it.

For example, the height of the doll is 15 cm. We calculate: 170 cm / 15 cm = 11.3. Here we divide all the parameters of “human” furniture by this number. It should also be said that exactly 14-15 cm is the most popular size among the puppet population. Therefore, most of the finished furniture is made in a ratio of 1:12. We can also use the available dimensions, at least in order to be able to navigate with the scale of the required parts and the amount of materials.

So, the most common sizes of dolls:

male doll 150 mm;
female doll - 140 mm;
baby doll - 75-100 mm;
toy baby - 65-75 mm.

If you need furniture for dolls of similar sizes, its parameters will be as follows:

If the toys you have are slightly larger / smaller, you can not adjust the sizes. At big difference you will have to increase or decrease (or you can calculate it yourself).

Doll furniture from matchboxes

The easiest way is to make furniture for dolls with your own hands from ordinary matchboxes. They are glued together with PVA glue, creating certain designs, then pasted over with paper or cloth, self-adhesive film, etc. Wooden beads can be used as legs, drawer handles can be made from small buttons on legs or from long beads.

From matchboxes you can make chairs, a table, a chest of drawers, a bed, a bedside table. Another thing is that the furniture is obtained for very small dolls, no more than 10 cm high. Although, you can use large quantity boxes, gluing them into blocks, and from these blocks to create furniture for dolls about 15 cm high. It is also an option, but working with other materials is not much more difficult, but they are more plastic and allow you to create products of more elegant forms.

This may be your first experience in making doll furniture. Later it will be possible to take on something more serious.

Cardboard Dollhouse Furniture

You can try your hand at making furniture for dolls using cardboard. The material is inexpensive, affordable, it will be possible to try and make mistakes, redo it. Cardboard will usually be connected with PVA glue, you can use glue gun or any universal glue that can glue cardboard, fabric, wood. Just making furniture for dolls with your own hands from cardboard, you will still use these materials. If we talk about convenience, then a glue gun is preferable - it glues quickly, it is convenient to work, the connection is reliable.

To make furniture for dolls, you can use ordinary packing cardboard. It is cheap, but the furniture from it is very delicate. It is unlikely that the child will have enough of it for a long time. But, as a "first experience", this a good option. Scrapbooking cardboard products are more reliable. It is more dense, uniform, has a different thickness (from 2 mm or more), can be with a textured surface, extruded monochromatic patterns, a pattern on one or both sides. The disadvantage of such cardboard is that you have to buy it, and some types of such cardboard are not very cheap.

Cardboard bed for a doll

This cardboard doll bed is designed for a large doll - up to 50 cm in height. If necessary, all these dimensions can be reduced.

This option can be done in just 10-20 minutes. There is no need for glue or other fixatives. The pieces are held in place by grooves cut into the cardboard. The width of the groove is equal to the thickness of the cardboard, the length of the slots and the dimensions of the blanks are indicated in the diagram.

The green and yellow dots indicate overlapping cuts. They are inserted one into the other, where the assembly ends. If you like this model, it can also be made from plywood.

Schemes for the manufacture of cardboard doll furniture

Basically, furniture for cardboard dolls is glued. It is unlikely that it will be possible to make something openwork or very complex out of this material, but the manufacture simple models won't take long. Having a diagram with dimensions, you can even do without explanation. Everything is so clear.

Such models can be made "by eye". Without “upholstery” they look unsightly, but after that they look pretty decent. A bedside table with doors and an open shelf - the scheme is the same, different execution

Furniture schemes for dolls can be used not only for making cardboard. They can be transferred to plywood and cut with a jigsaw.

Wardrobe for dolls from improvised materials

The toy cabinet can be made of plywood, painted or pasted over with wrapping paper or self-adhesive film. Here, probably, there will be no questions - everything is clear, and if there are questions, you can peep their solution in a “natural” closet. But you can make it from very inexpensive materials. Do-it-yourself furniture for dolls is good because its cost is very low.

From a cardboard box

The main task is to find a cardboard box of the right size. Moreover, it will be easier to work if it is packaging - with folding edges. Such a folding part is a ready-made door. All that remains is to finish it - hang a mirror, attach a handle, etc.

One of the options for home-made furniture for dolls is a wardrobe

What do you need to work

For work, you will need a good adhesive tape, it is better - on a paper basis, since it is then easier to glue the finish to it. If you have a glue gun or a construction stapler (a large clerical one will do) with staples, that’s also good. If you use other materials besides cardboard and paper, it is better to find a universal glue that glues paper, cardboard, fabric, plastic. You will also need scissors and a clerical knife, a ruler.

If the found box is too large, it can be reduced by cutting off the excess. To make the folds even, we take a ruler. we apply it to the place of the future fold, several times we pass well along the ruler with a blunt solid object (the petiole of a spoon or fork). After that, it will be easy to bend the cardboard.

Filling for a toy cabinet

From scraps or from another box, cut out the shelves. They should be slightly - 5-8 mm - longer and wider than the internal space of the cabinet. We bend the excess so that the sides form on all sides. Folds form in the corners, we carefully cut them off. We bend one of the parts by 180 ° and glue it to the shelf itself. This side of the shelf will "look at the world." We bend the other three parts at an angle of 90 °, coat with glue and glue the shelves into the cabinet. The photo on the right shows how the shelves are glued. But, so that the gluing places are not conspicuous, it is better to wrap the sides down.

Making furniture for dolls with your own hands is no less fun than playing with it later.

In addition to shelves, you can also make a crossbar for hangers. It can be made from bamboo skewers, for example, you can try using a juice straw, wire, etc. Hangers can also be twisted from colored wire or cut from juice bags, from plastic bottles etc.

Finishing is a creative process

Next up is finishing. You can paint the cardboard with watercolors or acrylic (better) paints, glue it with wrapping paper, cloth, felt. You can imitate a mirror surface - paste over with foil (food, for example). If you want to make a "plastic" surface, look for water bottles desired color, cut off the neck and bottom, and use the "body" as a finishing material.

Finishing is a creative process, but to start with, use simpler, softer, thinner materials that are easier to work with.

Handles can be made of wire, beads, long beads. For toy cabinets bigger size you can find buttons or buttons. We glue all this “beauty” after we have “sheathed” the cabinet.

Newspaper doll wardrobe

You will need old newspapers, PVA glue with a brush, a glue gun, a couple of pieces of wire or thread, wrapping paper for finishing the cabinet or paint.

We twist dense tubes from newspapers, coat them along the edge of the PVA and leave to dry. Then the tubes can be glued together. For this operation better fit glue gun. There are two ways: first, assemble large blocks, then cut them into fragments of the desired length, or immediately cut the tubes of the desired length and immediately glue the blanks in size. The second way is more painstaking, but there is less waste.

The finished walls of the cabinet must be fastened together. To rigidly fix the angle of 90 °, it is better to use a thin wire. First, coat the joints with glue, then draw the walls one to the other with wire. If the wires are in the way, they can be removed after the glue has dried.

The bottom, top, shelves are glued using the same technology. The doors will need to be done a little differently. In order for them to open, two strips about 1.5 cm wide are cut out of the tape. Tape is glued along the edge of the door so that a little more than half hangs in the air. With this loose adhesive tape we glue the door to the wall, but so that there is a gap of 2-3 mm between the wall and the door (there is just adhesive tape). This will allow the doors to close. We fix the glued door on the other side with a second strip of adhesive tape.

The second way to fix the doors is on the wire. Only this time it should be tough and thick enough. Cut off a piece that is 2 cm longer than the height of the cabinet. Immediately on the wire on one side we make a loop, using 1 cm. We bend the loop at an angle of 90 ° to the wire. We make holes in the bottom and roof, pass the wire through the bottom, the loop remains below. We put a door on the wire, using the outer tube instead of hinges. Slightly bending the wire, we thread it into the hole in the cabinet roof, bend the excess, fixing the door. We repeat the same operation with another door. Please note that it is necessary to fasten the door to the adhesive tape before finishing the cabinet, and it is possible to attach it to the wire after.

There are some other little things that need to be said a few words. Cabinet legs and handles can also be made from paper tubes. You just need to twist them from the paper with which you trim the toy. Fold it into a tight roll, glue the edge with glue, then cut it into segments of the desired length and glue it in the right places. Instead of tubes, there can be wooden sticks, beads, etc.

Doll bookcase or ruler shelf

You can make furniture for dolls with your own hands from school wooden rulers. They are good because they are already processed, have the same width and thickness. In the stationery store you can find the right size - larger / smaller, wider / narrower - as desired. For example, to make a doll bookcase, you need 6 rulers 15 cm long.

You will also need a jigsaw to work. If there is an electric one, great, if not, a manual one will do, since there is not too much work. You also need fine-grained sandpaper, glue (PVA or carpentry) and paints (acrylic or gouache).

We cut segments from the rulers: 4 pieces of 6 cm each, one - 8 cm. We sand the edges to an even state, we also remove the markings and barcodes. Between the two rulers we have shelves (which are 6 cm each), on top we leave approximately the same distance - under the lid (a segment of 8 cm). We coat the joints with PVA or carpentry glue, connect and tighten with masking tape, leave for a day. When the glue dries, glue the very last detail - the cover on top. Actually, the shelf itself is ready, it remains to paint it.

To get a smooth and bright color, it is better to cover the structure with white, after drying, already paint with the desired shade. Also, do-it-yourself doll furniture can be decorated with.

Furniture for dolls: photo ideas

You can make furniture for dolls with your own hands from the most unexpected materials. You have already seen how to use newspapers and wooden rulers. But you can make tables, chairs, armchairs, sofas, beds, shelves, cabinets, etc. from ice cream sticks.

Garden bench or sofa - depending on the finish

What is good about this material, you probably already understood - it has rounded processed edges, is the same in size and well processed. If the sticks seem too rough, sand them down to smoothness with fine grit sandpaper.

Clothespins make good armchairs and chairs. They are disassembled into halves and connected with wood glue. Figured products are obtained in almost a few tens of minutes.

Armchair, table - can also be made from clothespins

Almost always, wooden clothespins are used to make doll furniture. But no one forbids taking plastic ones. It is also difficult to work with them in the same way, only the difficulty is that wooden ones are easier to modify by changing the thickness of the shape, etc. If the product is simple, does not require refinement, you can take plastic ones. They are more varied in shape and size, already painted, so there is less fuss with them.

With the growth of skill, you can go to more difficult material- plywood or wood. The difficulty is that turning and cutting miniature parts requires filigree precision, perseverance and takes a lot of time. But you can do whatever you want.