If you want to please a child and arrange a holiday for him, you can make a craft with him. The lesson will be very exciting for all family members. If you want to make a surprise for your daughter, then secretly you can make an incredible gift from which the child will be delighted.
The article will focus on a room for dolls. With your own hands you can make it quite simply from improvised materials. The budget will be several times lower compared to the factory version.
Preparation of all necessary
In order to make a doll room, you need to prepare:
- cardboard box;
- scrapbooking paper;
- glue;
- hot glue;
- cotton wool.
In order 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. You can order these thumbnails online.
A synthetic winterizer and cotton wool are perfect for filling. For bedding should prepare a piece of beautiful fabric. And instead of glue stick, you can use PVA glue. For wallpaper and flooring, scrapbooking paper with appropriate sizes will be used.
Manufacturing process
If you decide to make a room for dolls with your own hands, then at the first stage you need to cut the edges of the box so that the scrapbooking paper is suitable in size. You can act in reverse order. On one side is a hole for the window. On the floor should be glued imitation of parquet. 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 a wallpaper. At this stage, you can apply imagination and make design decisions a reality. For example, two sides of a room can be pasted over with one type of wallpaper, while the third can be glued over with the other. This will visually expand the space and make it more attractive. Separate the rest area from the work area. On this we can assume that the room is almost ready. In the sheet that will be glued from the side of the window, a cut should be made. Next, the wallpaper is glued to its place. If there is a window, then it must be installed in the opening. With cosmetic repairs at this stage is over. You can start filling the room with furniture.
Making blankets
When making a doll room with your own hands, you will need to fill it with different 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 inward. Using a machine is not necessary.
The blanket along the contour can be glued with hot glue. The canvas is pressed and left until it dries. After that, the blanket can be turned inside out. At the next stage, a piece of felt is glued to it. It is placed at the rough edge. This blank is also glued to hot glue. The ends are aligned, the excess is cut off.
Pillow making
You can fill the room for dolls with your own hands with different elements, so it will look more realistic. The bed can be decorated with a pillow. For this, a rectangular piece of fabric is taken, which is folded in half. The front surfaces are facing each other. The edges are glued with hot glue. The pillowcase is twisted when the glue dries. It is filled with cotton or synthetic winterizer. The remaining edge must be bent and also glued with hot glue. You can sew this place with a needle and thread. Use in this case a hidden seam.
Internal arrangement
Before you make a room for the dolls, you should 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 placed on top, you can put a toy for the doll. The room is furnished with chairs and a table.
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 a 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 allow you to create a single whole - a real room. You can hang donut stickers on the wall. The room should be decorated with corrugated paper flowers. You can do such crafts yourself. In the corner should put a basket of toys. The perfect house is ready.
Alternative manufacturing room
Before you make a room for the dolls, you should think carefully. If there is no cardboard box at hand, you can be quick-witted and make the room flat. Such a toy is better suited for a child who needs to develop fine motor skills. The basis of the room will lie felt. You can also make dolls yourself - a whole family. Clothing for them is carried out separately.
You can complement the plates with 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 bathing dolls. Bathing accessories will be shower gel and washcloth, which you can also make from felt.
Do-it-yourself bathroom for dolls in this case is in the form of a tablet. You can collect it and put it in a bag, taking it with you. In the house you can make a wardrobe, cots, as well as a refrigerator and a bathroom. Playing with a child in such a toy, you can educate the need for hygiene.
On the other side of the house, you can also make a playing surface where the dolls can sit in the train and go on a trip. All details should be made quite small, so the child will be able to develop fine motor skills.
An alternative option for making a room from a closet
A children's room for dolls with their own hands 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 also place such a space under the desktop. If you decide to choose a box, then you can cover it with wrapping paper on top. Windows are cut out in a box or an unnecessary cupboard (shelf), curtains are glued from the inside. You can lay a carpet or blanket on the floor, for this shreds of fabric or pieces of felt are well suited.
On the walls you can hang pictures and add the necessary furniture. For example, a sofa is constructed by gluing material onto a shoe box. Pads are made of cotton and fabric. If the house is quite large, then a pillow can be used as a sofa, which folds in half.
Quite often, the mothers of their daughters wonder how to make the room for the dolls themselves. If you are also among them, then you can follow the algorithm described in the article. The interior space can be filled with various objects, for example, put a TV. It is made by sticking a picture from a magazine on a cardboard box of a suitable size. On the edges you can draw buttons. Taking a smaller box, you can make a control panel by drawing buttons on the 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 there is an opportunity to take advantage of the help of the father, make a case from a tree. Shelves are filled with photographs, books, as well as vases made by yourself. You can complement the interior with a small table.
Work on the kitchen
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 a kitchen where a refrigerator is installed from a shoe box. If you wrap it with white paper and glue the handle from the brush for dishes, you get an excellent imitation. You can draw on the surface of the decoration in the form of magnets.
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 the stove, you can take a box of cakes, and in the middle cut three sides of the square so that the lid opens up. The box is glued or painted, you can stick a self-adhesive film on top. At the back, you can add a small rectangular piece of cardboard. Circles of black paper are stacked on the surface of the plate. They are glued instead of burners. In order to make pens, you need to take a piece of wire, reinforcing balls on one of its sides. Such handles stick to the oven door.
A more complicated version of making a room from plywood
The DIY room for Monster High dolls can also be made of other materials, for example, 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 6.25 mm. The surface of the plywood 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 room for Barbie dolls can be made of 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 must be divided in half, creating a second floor. For this, partitions are used. At the next stage, you can proceed to the interior decoration.
But paper is a rather fragile material, it can easily be torn and wet. The consequences will be sad. But if you still decide to use this material, you should draw a diagram or print the finished one on a printer. The necessary elements are cut, the workpiece is heated along the contour. Do not forget about the doorway and the door, which should be left open. Each detail of the wall is glued together, then you can glue the roof and decorate the house from above and from the inside.
Additional recommendations for making plywood rooms
Before you make a room for Lol dolls, you should consider what material to use. If it is plywood, then man’s hands are indispensable. Sawing out the elements is carried out with a jigsaw. For assembly, it is recommended to stock up with a hammer and nails. In order to close the cracks, you should take the primer, which can be found in the hardware store. At the final stage, the house is painted.
To decorate the walls, you can use a self-adhesive film. For work, 5 mm sheets are perfect. Using an electric jigsaw you can do the job much faster than using a hand tool. To create a roof, you need to prepare carpentry glue. You can fix the 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 compounds do not emit harmful substances and will not cause harm to health. A pretty realistic wallpaper looks fine. Take care of corrugated board, wooden ruler and pencil. It will take construction tape and a self-adhesive film. The latter should have a woody pattern.
After all the parts are ready, you can proceed with the assembly. On a plywood sheet, all parts of future housing for dolls are marked. Walls and other elements are cut with a jigsaw. All ends are sanded so that the child does not get injured, clinging to sharp slices.
Next, you can glue the back wall. At this stage, you will do without tape. Protruding glue is removed with a clean cloth. When making the Lol doll room yourself, you will need to install the internal partitions with glue. The tiles are made of prepared cardboard, which is glued to the surface. A wooden ruler needs to be cut into small parts and assemble a ladder from them. Spans are placed between floors. Curtains should be hung in window openings.
Finally
A do-it-yourself room for dolls from a box can be made quite simply. 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 you fill it with pieces of furniture purchased in stores.
The more small details you put inside, the more interesting the child will play with such a house. However, it should be borne in mind that small elements are suitable for children over the age of three.
If you have a rather small apartment, and you do not want to clutter up the space, you can use felt to make a room. From this material is made not only the house itself in the form of a tablet, but also dolls for which you can make replaceable clothes that are fastened with Velcro. We should 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 doll that was listed in the article, houses of their own size are suitable, but you better make a room of universal size so that the parameters of the house do not limit the child when playing with other dolls.