Every girl sees herself as a princess. Playing with dolls, she strives at a potential level to make her dream come true. Therefore, he surrounds his pet with only the best. Beautiful clothes, cosmetics, dishes, furniture, a funny pet - all this is placed in a fairy-tale house in which the doll lives.
But, unfortunately, not all parents can pamper their baby with a variety of necessary items. Because, despite the abundance of toys and other goods for children, their prices are very bite. And buying a house, furniture and other accessories for a doll is not so easy.
However, moms, dads and their little princesses should not be upset. After all, it is more budgetary, and much more interesting to make cardboard furniture with your own hands. Such a craft will not only fully satisfy the needs of the child, but it will also turn out to be unique, author's, one of a kind. By the way, parents can make their children's dreams come true together with their baby!
What you need to make furniture from the most affordable material
Cardboard boxes and boxes from under the computer, TV,vacuum cleaner, phone, tablet, from mom's foot bath and dad's razor - there are a lot of available materials around. Now you don’t need to throw the packaging in the trash, it’s much better to put them into practice - cut and glue cardboard doll furniture with your own hands.
In addition to cardboard, you will also need the following materials:
- simple pencil;
- scissors;
- PVA glue;
- hard bristle art brush;
- colored paper, pieces of wallpaper, self-adhesive film or any other material that can be pasted over furniture for a house with your own hands from cardboard.
For absolute naturalness, you can use acrylic paint. Only in this case, parents need to paint doll furniture, isolating children in another room.
What items in a dollhouse can be made from cardboard
Before we explore in detail the topic formulated in the title of this article and consider various instructions for making cardboard furniture with our own hands (photos will also be presented), we will find out what items for a doll can be made from cardboard.
In fact, there are a lot of them: a chest of drawers, a TV, a stove and a refrigerator, a dining table, dishes and even food.
By the way, the dollhouse itself can also be built according to your own plan from boxes and cardboard.
Almost like adults
It may be hard for readers to believe, but cardboard furniture can be designed and made even for humans. And it's not onlyvery profitable, but also creative. After all, the resulting rack, chest of drawers and even a sideboard can be pasted over with a special film that imitates different types of wood, or, for example, with ordinary decoupage napkins, and also painted with acrylic paint. Thanks to simple manipulations, do-it-yourself furniture made of cardboard from real wood, which, by the way, will cost much more, will not be distinguished by any of the guests.
A very popular lately cardboard construction is a false fireplace. And this is not surprising. You can remember how many scenes from films where the characters are reading, talking near the fireplace, or just watching the fire burn. Do not count them! However, building a fireplace in a private house is very expensive and problematic. It's not worth talking about the apartment at all. Therefore, cardboard imitation is to the liking of many owners.
How to make a fake fireplace
Girls have a specific role for each doll. For example, there is a Barbie princess or bride, Barbie a rock star, a student, and many other statuses transferred from life to the game. Such a doll is dressed in appropriate clothes and lodged in a house, the decor of which should also be in harmony with the main theme of the game. Therefore, parents whose daughter sees a princess or an aristocratic lady in her favorite cannot do without a realistic fireplace and suitable furniture for dolls.
It's very easy to do it all with your own hands from cardboard. Next, we will look at how to build a fireplace:
- At the preparatory stage, you should pick up five identical boxes of this size so that the finished fireplace isproportionate to the growth of the doll and her house. For example, for Barbie, you can take ordinary matchboxes, of which there are a lot in every house.
- Next, glue them together as shown in the picture below. You can use tape to connect the parts, but there is a risk that it will show through the paper or paint in the finished product.
- Now you need to paste over the false fireplace, making it as realistic as possible. And install in the doll house in the proper place for him.
- By the way, it is easy to build an “adult” fireplace according to the same scheme, which will please the parents themselves.
How to make a bed
The most important room for a doll is the bedroom. After all, it is there that her closet is located, in which outfits neatly hang, there is a dressing table and a bed, as well as many other interesting things. For this reason, we will pay more attention to the arrangement of this particular room.
Of course, no bedroom is complete without a bed. Gaming including. This means that a sleeping place should also be equipped in the doll house.
In this article, we are exploring how to make cardboard furniture with our own hands, so we need a box to make a crib. However, it will be necessary to choose one that is exactly the right size for your pet.
Decide whether you need a narrow or wide box, you should do it yourself. It all depends solely on the imagination and wishes of the child.
So, to build a bed for a doll, you just need to glue the backrest to the selected frame - inheadboard and legs.
And then you can paint the resulting piece of furniture. You should also sew a small mattress and pillow. This will make the bed as realistic as possible.
How to make a closet
All dolls are fashionistas, which is why they have a large number of outfits for different occasions. But in order for them to always look perfect, it is important to store them somewhere. People use a closet for these purposes. Therefore, the doll also needs it.
Wishing to build this piece of furniture, you should not browse the Internet for hours in search of detailed instructions for making cardboard furniture with your own hands and patterns of details, because in fact the cabinet is the easiest element to perform. To execute it, you just need to cut the box (for Barbie, you can take a juice package, for example) on three sides (except for the left side), stepping back from the front edge about two centimeters. At the bottom, make drawers from matchboxes, to which you can attach bows or buttons to make it easier to open.
Paste the finished product with paper or cover with a cloth. That's it!
How to make a dressing table
Not a single girl, girl, woman can do without a beautiful table, on which are all the items necessary for beauty - a comb, perfume, glasses and other important accessories. Since Barbie is also a girl, it is simply impossible for her to do without the same interior element.
We have already mentioned how easy and funmake furniture for dolls out of cardboard with your own hands. However, our readers can see this again when they try to make their own dressing table for the doll.
It will require several pairs of boxes of different sizes, which you just need to glue together in the form of two stacks. The next step is to put them side by side and connect them by placing a sheet of cardboard on top (cut off the excess edges). In the middle, between the stacks of boxes, under it, you need to attach another box, imitating another box. Above are two more. This will make the original frame for the dressing table.
By pasting it with paper or film, we will complete an important piece of furniture for the doll.
How to make a dressing table mirror
Boys must have noticed repeatedly that girls, no matter how old they are, love to look at their reflection, checking if everything is in order with their hair, makeup, if an earring is lost, etc. That is why every beauty it is incredibly difficult to get past any reflective surface. For this reason, putting a doll in a room with a dressing table without a mirror is a real blasphemy!
How to make toy furniture out of cardboard with our own hands, we explained repeatedly. But from what it is possible to build a mirror, it remains a mystery. Although in reality everything is quite simple. To give the doll the cherished opportunity to see itself at any convenient hour, you need to attach a figured cardboard depicting a trellis to the back wall of the dressing table. Carefully stick a piece of foil of the desired size or a photo on itdolls imitating reflection. And the original dressing table with a mirror is ready!
How to make an ottoman
In the previous paragraph, we said that girls are very fond of mirrors and can spend long hours near them, admiring themselves. However, standing all this time on your feet is very difficult, and also uncomfortable. Therefore, in addition to the above-described piece of furniture, it is also necessary to build an ottoman on which Barbie will sit, combing her long hair or putting it in her hair.
Recall once again that in this article we are studying how to make cardboard furniture with our own hands, therefore, no matter how surprising it may be, we will also make an ottoman using the “cardboard” technique.
To build a chair for a dressing table, a small square box, commensurate with the table, is suitable, which should be covered with cloth or pasted over with paper, film and supplemented with a soft pillow.
How to make a chair
If desired, you can make a full-fledged chair with a back, and even a throne out of an ottoman. To do this, glue the back and armrests to the box. And only then paste over with paper or cover with a cloth.
If Barbie is a princess, her throne should be decorated with golden foil, beads, beads, bugles and other sparkles. Another chair can be made as shown in the photo.
How to make a laptop
Each doll should be modern, like her mistress. That is why a set of furniture for Barbie made of cardboard (it is quite easy to make it with your own hands) should also include a laptop. Buildits not difficult at all. You just need to cut a small rectangle out of thick cardboard, fold it in half. Glue “buttons” on the bottom part, they should also be cut out of cardboard. And on the top - a beautiful picture, better glossy.
How to make a sofa and armchairs
If there is a hall in the dollhouse, you should definitely put a sofa in it. It will not be difficult even for a little princess to make it.
To make this type of cardboard furniture with your own hands, you will need one long flat box. By attaching armrests to it, which can even be made carved, armed with a clerical knife (this work is strictly forbidden to trust a child), and the back, it will be possible to achieve an ideal resemblance to a human piece of furniture. Well, a self-adhesive film imitating wood and self-sewn pillows will complete the look.
Chairs can be made according to the same principle. Only for them boxes will be required smaller and square. Otherwise, the technology is the same.
We hope now you have no more questions about how to make cardboard furniture with your own hands.
