Doll houses made of felt have recently become very popular. Many mothers are wondering how to make such a toy for their daughter. You can come up with a lot of options for houses, they will functionally differ from each other, depending on the purpose.
Toy house
All girls play dolls, and dolls need to live somewhere. A dollhouse, of course, can be bought at a toy store. But it’s much more interesting and entertaining to do it yourself. For example, felt houses can be an interesting alternative to a purchased product. In a felt toy, rooms can be located - a living room, a bedroom, a dining room, even a bathroom. In such a house a small real doll will be able to live, or maybe a felt baby. Felt houses can be sewn here on such a pattern.
Such a pattern is universal in that it can be used to sew many options for doll houses. You can simply cut a house from a sufficiently large cut of felt or drape, without forgetting to cut a floor separately, decorate it and assemble it using various mounting methods. You can divide the drawing into separate components - floor, 4 walls, 2 roof parts - and assemble a single whole. Another pattern for sewing felt houses is given below.
Houses made of felt, made according to the proposed patterns, will be voluminous and look in general terms in this way.
The principles of manufacturing a toy felt house
Volumetric house must keep its shape. Therefore, it must be layered.
- The outer side is made of felt. It is decorated with decorative elements - windows, shutters, a door, flowers, a fence - all that you would like for the craft to look like a real house or a castle of a princess.
- The inner part can be made of a thin sheet of foam rubber and a dense plastic film (covers are made from it for the sale of bedspreads, blankets and pillows). The film will protect the house from moisture, foam will be a material that helps to keep in shape.
- The interior of the toy house can be very different! It is most convenient for a home-made toy to have one room with access to the courtyard. Although, if desired, such an craft can be made two or three-tier. Then there can be several rooms in the house.
It is impossible not to mention how to make a floor. The house must be reliable, even if it is a toy, and even felt. Therefore, when sewing the frame of the house in the cavity of the floor, above the film and foam rubber, you should lay a thick sheet of cardboard - for example, from a packing box.
How to furnish a house and how to close it?
Since felt toy houses are a three-dimensional construction, this allows the use of three-dimensional furnishings as well. They can also be made from fabric or improvised materials, or you can use purchased toy furniture of a suitable size.
There are several ways to assemble a dollhouse out of felt:
- sew two detachable zippers on the side seams on the front side;
- use valves with Velcro (with Velcro tape);
- connect the parts of the house with decorative large buttons and loops.
In any case, the house must be securely closed so as not to lose things during the transfer.
Bag house
You can sew a doll’s house out of felt not only in a three-dimensional three-dimensional version, but also in the form of a small bag, which the child will conveniently take with him on a walk, on a trip or on a visit. Approximately the pattern of a toy bag looks like the one shown in the photo below.
A drawing is made on a sheet of paper in the estimated size of the bag, additional "rooms" are attached to it. On the sketch, you can immediately draw the decor to produce individual objects according to the size of the bag.
In such an article, it is important to provide reliable fasteners so that nothing is lost during the carrying of the bag. For this, it is more convenient to make a separate lockable pocket, in which the child will be able to remove all removable parts and the doll.
Interesting little purse
Self-made houses made of felt and having the shape of a children's handbag suggest the use of mostly flat elements. The whole atmosphere is an imitation of real objects (table, bed, wardrobe or bathtub). But they can be filled with functionality. For example, make a crib in the form of a pocket, one corner of which reclines. The doll "goes to bed" and takes refuge in this blanket corner. The bathroom should also be made reclining - the upper part of the bowl should be attached to the hat gum, having sewn the remaining sides tightly to the house. Then the doll will be able to "take a bath." Curtains can also be flashed, this will add realism to the toy. Another interesting option is to make the doors open in cabinets, on shelves (a small button-handle, and inside there is an applique depicting household items). The options for how to make the atmosphere of the house-handbag, mass, you just need to attach a drop of imagination and desire to surprise and please the daughter.
House book
A doll doll house made of felt is very interesting. If the folding versions of such a toy cannot have a huge number of "rooms", then the little house-book is a limitless, in fact, the ability to create a puppet world from felt. Each turn of a toy book - a room, some room, a park, a forest, a garden - anything can be embodied in such a toy! A book-house made of felt is created according to the principle of a bag-house: a two-dimensional world with fly-away components. And for such a toy it will be more convenient if the mistress-doll will also be felt.
How to assemble a house book? This is the most important question in such creativity. You can, of course, go to a specialized workshop and break through the eyelets, where large rings are inserted, on which then the pages of the book are turned over. But it’s more convenient to fasten houses made of felt in the form of a book with braid, and besides, such a book can be easily supplemented with the necessary pages - what if the doll goes on a trip?
Felt mistress of a felt house
Felt houses, if they are a flat toy - a handbag or a book, involve the use of a small baby doll or felt doll in the game. A toy made of felt can be an original addition to the house, because you can also sew clothes on it and make accessories. And for her you can make a whole felt family, including pets.
Here is a pattern of the doll itself and the basic elements of her wardrobe.
To dress a doll, it’s enough to sew on the body a piece of Velcro Velcro, on which there are “claws”. Then the clothes themselves will cling to the chrysalis and hold in place. Such a piece of Velcro is best done in the form of a swimsuit - and the doll will look more interesting, and the clothes hold better all over the body. The same technique can be used to change doll hairstyles.
It’s not difficult to sew doll houses out of felt with your own hands, you just need to attach maximum imagination and desire to do an interesting thing. Felt is a unique material, it is well processed, does not sprinkle, it is different in thickness, and how many colors - any fantasy can become a reality with felt. Good luck