All girls play dolls. These toys are one of the first to appear in the children's room, teenagers, and sometimes even quite adult ladies, are in no hurry to part with them. In addition to the dolls themselves, on sale today you can find a variety of accessories for them, as well as furniture and entire houses. But not always in the store is exactly what you need. And so many doll lovers prefer to create some kind of objects for them with their own hands. What can be done at home without being a master? Anything: clothes, furniture and a variety of game and interior trifles - everyone can create such crafts for dolls.
Doll wardrobe
Even if you do not plan to create a special place for the game or you already have a miniature house, dolls will need clothes. It is not at all necessary to be a skilled tailor - many wardrobe items can be easily sewn without patterns, cutting out details from the fabric “by eye”. Invite your child to make crafts for the dolls together. It is easy to sew a T-shirt from a T-piece with a neckline cut through in the middle of a short crossbar. Skirts can be modeled from rectangles of fabric directly on the figure, collecting a belt at the waist with a seam “needle forward” or by inserting an elastic band. Just try to make such crafts for dolls, and the process will surely delay you so much that very soon you will get a whole toy wardrobe for any occasion.
Household stuff
It is much easier to beat a variety of everyday situations in a
dollhouse when you have miniature food, dishes and other accessories at hand. Many of these items can be created with your own hands. The biggest problem usually occurs with filling the kitchen. A small amount of tableware is usually attached to purchased furniture sets; miniature sets can also be purchased separately. But what to fill plates and glasses with? Try making plasticine or polymer clay products and ready meals. Other masses for modeling, such as salt dough, are also suitable. From these materials it is not at all difficult to create dishes, vases, candlesticks and cups for the interior. Children will also like to create such
crafts for dolls. With your own hands , if you want, you can do a lot - from an orange and a piece of cheese to a plate with fried eggs or a vase with a bouquet.
Dollhouse furniture
So, you already have clothes for dolls and various accessories for the game, which means that it is time to move on to the manufacture of more complex items. Doll furniture is something that is always lacking in the household of your daughter. And even if you purchase several ready-made sets, soon you will definitely need another small sofa or bedside table. For the manufacture of doll interior items, you can use anything you want: cardboard, foam, packaging from products and souvenirs made of plastic and paper. Doing such crafts for dolls, connect imagination and all your skills in various needlework techniques. Finished furniture can be painted and varnished, decorated with stickers or covered with cloth. Try decorating tables and cabinets using decoupage technique. If you have any wallpaper or
self-adhesive film left from the repair
, use these materials.
Matchbox and cardboard furniture
The easiest way to do paper crafts for dolls, but this material is quite fragile and short-lived. The situation is completely different with its main counterpart - cardboard. Cutting and bending cardboard sheets is not much more difficult, the finished furniture is quite durable and beautiful with high-quality design. Use any boxes or purchase sheets of cardboard in office supplies. Original functional furniture can be assembled from matchboxes. Best of these are chests of drawers (just glue the right number of boxes in a suitable configuration). Using only the inside of the match box, you can make shallow shelves. If desired, cardboard can be used to learn how to make fairly complex products. Attention: it is more convenient to cut corrugated cardboard with a clerical knife, and individual elements can be glued on PVA.
Monster High Style
Until recently, all girls dreamed of Barbie dolls living in pink houses. But not so long ago, the main miniature blonde appeared worthy rivals.
Dolls "Monster High", created based on the cartoon "School of Monsters", today are incredibly popular around the world. According to the creators, the cartoon teaches tolerance. It tells about the lives of children of various monsters who, despite their extravagant appearance and habits, like ordinary teenagers, are friends, quarrel and make peace, fall in love and pass exams. If you have such dolls, you will probably want to make
DIY Monster High dolls crafts. However, furniture and accessories for such beauties cannot be completely “toy” or similar to real analogues. Each heroine has her own unique style and preferences. Get ready to make beds in the form of coffins and decorate tables with drawings of insectivorous plants - all this is loved by Monster High (dolls). Video “Crafts for Monster High” is another source of inspiration, believe me, many needlewomen do something with their own hands for fashion dolls. The main theme: black and pink color and skulls. However, variations are possible, among the characters there is a daughter of a sea monster, and children of a werewolf, and a daughter of a vampire.
Crafts for dolls "Monster High": furniture and accessories
Interior items and pleasant little things are best made, taking into account the image and features of a particular doll. If there are several characters, and the game space is limited, you can choose the general style of the series for decoration: dark colors with bright finishes, the use of skulls and bats in the decor. It is not necessary to create complex shapes, even the simplest pieces of furniture look spectacular and stylish when they are painted in the signature colors of Monster High. Add solemnity to the interior: use canopies, translucent draperies, lace and shiny fabrics.
Dollhouse
If you have enough space and time to work, you can try to create a house for dolls. You need to start by preparing the basics. The easiest option is to use a cardboard box from household appliances or several small ones to decorate the
doll house . The construction will be much stronger if you create it from plywood or chipboard. A great option for the lazy - use a ready-made old bedside table or bookcase. So, you have the basis of the doll house, if you wish, you can now install partitions (stick or nail - depending on the material chosen) and outline the location of the stairs. Next, go to the finishing work: paste the walls with wallpaper or decorative film, you can put real linoleum or oilcloth on the floor. If you wish, cut out the windows or make them using the appliqué technique using suitable pictures from magazines. Furnish the finished house with home-made furniture - and you can celebrate a housewarming party. Making crafts for dolls with your own hands is actually quite easy. The main thing is only to begin, after which new ideas will arise by themselves. This is a useful and interesting hobby for the whole family, which does not require significant material investments.