If you want to please a child and arrange a holiday for him, you can make crafts with him. The activity will be very exciting for all family members. If you want to make a surprise for your daughter, then in secret from her you can make an incredible gift that the child will be delighted with.
The article will focus on the room for dolls. With your own hands, you can make it quite simply from improvised materials. The budget will be several times less compared to the factory version.
Preparing everything you need
In order to make a doll room, you need to prepare:
- cardboard box;
- scrapbooking paper;
- glue;
- hot glue;
- wool.
To make the room look more realistic, you should take care of the presence of miniature chairs and a table. It is important to have toy pencils, books, stickers, notebooks and stickers available. Such miniatures you canorder online.
Sintepon and cotton wool are perfect for filling. For bed linen, prepare a piece of beautiful fabric. And instead of a glue stick, you can use PVA glue. Scrapbooking paper with appropriate dimensions will be used for wallpaper and floor.
Production process
If you decide to make a do-it-yourself doll room, then the first step is to trim the edges of the box so that the scrapbooking paper fits in size. You can also act in reverse order. On one side, a hole is made for the window. An imitation of parquet should be glued to the floor. You can find it among the assortment of scrapbooking paper. A box usually requires several sheets. Everything will depend on the specific size.
Next, you can choose the wallpaper. At this stage, you can use your imagination and turn design solutions into reality. For example, two sides of a room can be pasted over with one type of wallpaper, while the third side can be covered with another. This will visually expand the space and make it more attractive. It is necessary to separate the recreation area from the work area. On this we can assume that the room is almost ready. A cutout should be made in the sheet that will be glued from the side of the window. Next, the wallpaper is glued into place. If there is a window available, then it must be installed in the opening. At this stage, the cosmetic repairs are over. You can start filling the room with furniture.
Quilt Making
When making room for dollswith your own hands you will have to fill it with various objects. For example, a blanket. For it, you should use a fabric that is cut in the shape of a rectangle and folded in half. The front part should be facing inwards. It is not necessary to use the machine.
The quilt around the contour can be glued with hot glue. The canvas is pressed and left until dry. After that, the blanket can be turned inside out. At the next stage, a piece of felt is glued to it. It is located at the raw edge. This blank is also glued on hot glue. The ends are aligned, the excess is cut off.
Making a pillow
Do-it-yourself doll room can be filled with different elements, so it will look more realistic. The bed can be decorated with a pillow. To do this, take a rectangular piece of fabric, which is folded in half. The faces face each other. The edges are glued with hot glue. The pillowcase will turn inside out when the glue dries. It is filled with cotton wool or padding polyester. The remaining edge must be folded over and also glued with hot glue. You can sew this place with a needle and thread. In this case, it is necessary to use a hidden seam.
Interior design
Before you make a room for dolls, you must consider the interior. At the next stage, you can begin to furnish the house with furniture. In the corner it is most convenient to put a crib, which is covered with bed linen. Pads are laid on top, you can put a toy for the doll. Bychairs and a table are arranged in the room.
In order to diversify the interior, you can hang a board on the wall, which is pre-decorated with stickers. The board can be made of dense fabric. An organizer with stationery is placed on the table; you can find all this in the online stores of children's dolls. There you will even find small books for toys. All these little things will create a single whole - a real room. You can hang stickers in the form of donuts on the wall. The room should be decorated with corrugated paper flowers. You can do these crafts yourself. In the corner you should put a basket with toys. The perfect house is ready.
Alternative room making
Before you make a room for dolls, you should think through everything well. If you don't have a cardboard box handy, you can be smart and make the room flat. Such a toy is best suited for a child who needs to develop fine motor skills. Felt will form the basis of the room. You can also make dolls yourself - the whole family. Clothes for them are made separately.
You can complete the room with plates of food. The interior will look great with different objects, for example, a towel with geometric shapes. So you can study flowers with your child and bathe the dolls. Bathing accessories will be shower gel and a washcloth, which you can also make from felt.
Do-it-yourself bathroom for dolls in this caseperformed in the form of a tablet. It can be collected and put into a bag, taking it with you. In the house you can make a wardrobe, cribs, as well as a refrigerator and a bathroom. By playing with such a toy with your child, you will be able to educate the need for hygiene.
On the other side of the house, you can also make a play surface where the dolls can sit in a train and go on a trip. All details should be made quite small, so the child can develop fine motor skills.
An alternative way to make a room out of a closet
A do-it-yourself children's room for dolls can be made not only from the box, but also from a full-fledged closet. A great alternative would be an unoccupied corner in your home. You can place such a space under the desktop. If you decide to choose a box, then you can cover it on top with wrapping paper. Windows are cut out in a box or an unnecessary cabinet (shelf), fabric in the form of curtains is glued from the inside. You can lay a carpet or a blanket on the floor, shreds of fabric or pieces of felt are good for this.
You can hang pictures on the walls and add the necessary furniture. For example, a sofa is constructed by gluing material onto a shoebox. Pillows are made of cotton wool and fabric. If the house is quite large, then a pillow that folds in half can act as a sofa.
Quite often mothers of daughters wonder how to make a room for dolls. If you are also one of them, then you can follow the algorithm described inarticle. The interior space can be filled with various items, for example, put a TV. It is made by sticking a picture from a magazine on a cardboard box of a suitable size. Buttons can be drawn along the edges. Taking a smaller box, you can make a control panel by drawing buttons on top with a felt-tip pen. If the dolls are small, then a rectangle in the shape of a remote control can be cut out of cardboard.
The living room should be decorated with accessories. For example, make cardboard shelves. If it is possible to use the help of dad, make a wardrobe out of wood. The shelves are filled with photographs, books, and handmade vases. You can complement the interior with a small table.
Kitchen work
If you are faced with the task of how to make a room for dolls with your own hands, then you can divide the space into several parts, making it multifunctional. Among other rooms, you can equip the kitchen, where a refrigerator from a shoe box is installed. If you wrap it with white paper and stick a dish brush handle, you get a great imitation. You can draw decorations in the form of magnets on the surface.
To make a dining table, you can take a cup by placing a large book on top. The tablecloth is made from a piece of fabric. For a plate, you can take a box of cakes, and cut out three sides of the square in the middle so that the lid opens up. The box is glued or painted with paint, you can stick a self-adhesive film on top. At the back, you can add a small rectangular piece of cardboard. On thethe surface of the plate is stacked circles of black paper. They are glued instead of burners. In order to make handles, you need to take a piece of wire, strengthening the balls on one of its sides. These handles are glued to the oven door.
A more complex version of making a plywood room
Do-it-yourself room for Monster High dolls can also be made from other materials, such as plywood. First you need to choose the size of each part of the room and cut out the walls and partitions from plywood. All this is attached to the base.
Recommended window size is 9 x 6.25mm. The plywood surface should be primed and painted. Wallpaper is glued inside, after which you can proceed to the design of the floor and create the atmosphere of the house.
Making a room out of cardboard and paper
Do-it-yourself Barbie doll room can be made from cardboard. To do this, you can use several boxes at once, which are glued together with glue or tape. Next, proceed to the manufacture of the roof. It can be fixed to the surface with double-sided tape. If the box is quite large, it needs to be split in half, creating a second floor. For this, barriers are used. At the next stage, you can move on to interior decoration.
But paper is a rather fragile material, it can be easily torn and wet. The consequences will be sad. But if you still decide to use this material, then you should draw a diagram or print it out on a printer. Required elementsare cut out, the workpiece repents along the contour. Do not forget about the doorway and the door, which should be left open. Each part of the wall is glued, then you can glue the roof and decorate the house from above and from the inside.
Additional recommendations for making a plywood room
Before you make a room for Lol dolls, you should consider what material to use. If this is plywood, then you can’t do without male hands. Sawing elements is carried out with a jigsaw. For assembly, it is recommended to stock up on a hammer and nails. In order to seal the cracks, you should take a primer, which can be found in a hardware store. At the final stage, the house is painted.
You can use self-adhesive film to decorate the walls. For work, 5 mm sheets are perfect. With an electric jigsaw, you can do the job much faster than with a hand tool. To create a roof, you need to prepare wood glue. You can fix decorative elements with PVA glue.
Before you make a room for Lol dolls, you need to stock up on paint. It is better if it is acrylic, because such compositions do not emit harmful substances and will not cause harm to he alth. Wallpaper with a small pattern looks quite realistic. Take care of the presence of corrugated cardboard, a wooden ruler and a pencil. You will need a construction tape and self-adhesive film. The latter should have a woody pattern.
After all the details areready, you can start assembling. All parts of the future housing for dolls are marked on a sheet of plywood. Walls and other elements are cut with a jigsaw. All ends are sanded so that the child does not get injured by catching on sharp cuts.
Next, you can glue the back wall. At this stage, you will do without tape. The protruding adhesive is removed with a clean rag. When making a do-it-yourself room for Lol dolls, you will need to install internal partitions with glue. Tiles are made from prepared cardboard, which are glued to the surface. The wooden ruler needs to be cut into small parts and assembled from them a ladder. Flights are placed between floors. Hang curtains in window openings.
In conclusion
A do-it-yourself doll room can be made quite simply from a box. This option is most suitable if there is no man nearby who could help with plywood or wood. The room will look more realistic if it is filled with pieces of furniture purchased in stores.
The more small details you put inside, the more interesting it will be for the child to play with such a house. However, please note that small items are suitable for children over the age of three.
If you have a rather small apartment and don't want to clutter up the space, you can use felt to make a room. From this material, not only the house itself is made in the form of a tablet, but also dolls, for which you can make interchangeable clothes that are attached toVelcro. Do not forget about small items such as plates, furniture and other accessories. Such a house can even be supplemented with pets.
For each type of dolls that were listed in the article, houses of their size will fit, but it is better to make a room of a universal size so that the parameters of the house do not limit the child when playing with other dolls.
