Any little girl dreams of a beautiful toy house for dolls . Now the stores offer a wide range of various cottages for Barbie, made of plastic, wood and even brick.
But parents do not always have the opportunity to acquire such a miracle, but I want to please their child with an excellent toy. In this article, we will share with you an accessible and understandable master class on the manufacture of such a home. We invite you to learn how to make a
home for Barbie with your own hands. Let's make a product from a piece of MDF and make it in great detail look like a real residential building. He will in no way concede to the "purchased." So, we will become architects for a while!
We will tell you how to make a house for Barbie with your own hands: the stage of creating parts and assembling the structure
In order to make a roomy and durable home for dolls, you need the following materials and tools:
- piece of MDF or thick plywood;
- jigsaw;
- nails
- hammer;
- primer;
- paint for facades;
- breadboard knife;
- adhesive tape (regular and double-sided);
- PVA glue;
- adhesive pencil;
- trimming fabrics (for room decoration);
- pieces of wallpaper, linoleum;
- plasticine;
- various decorative elements and accessories;
- polymer clay.
The first stage of work on the implementation of the "doll house for Barbie" crafts is the manufacture of all the necessary fragments that will serve as walls, roof and floor.
On the prepared piece of MDF or thick plywood, all the details are marked out as shown in this figure (1 inch equals 2.54 cm). After which they are neatly cut. Then the resulting fragments are assembled into a single design. The assembly plan of the house is as follows. The back, front and side walls (A, E, D, respectively) are attached to the upper part of the base (part B). For fastening, nails and a hammer are used.
Tip: if ugly cracks appear at the joints of the panels, you can close them with a primer. Windows in the walls are cut with a jigsaw. After bonding all the fragments, the house will take on a realistic shape, it will have a roof, and floor, and walls.
Product Decoration Stage
After the frame of the house is ready, you should proceed to the primer and painting of the facades and roof. Do not forget to paint all the details from the outside, as well as the ceilings from the inside. After staining, you can leave the house for Barbie for a while alone. After drying the paint should proceed to the design of "residential premises".
How to make a home for Barbie with your own hands similar to a real home? We take the remains of wallpaper, fabric, self-gluing and other prepared materials and decorate the walls of the house with them. Bedrooms, kitchens, halls can be decorated in different colors, making the house more bright and attractive. The floor can be decorated with pieces of carpet, linoleum or even a laminate. All the finishing materials that you have can be used! The main thing is not to forget to carefully stick them so that the house has a neat appearance and the dolls are “comfortable” in it.
Talk about furniture in the dollhouse
After all the "repair" work, you can begin to look for doll furniture and accessories. At You have two options - to purchase plumbing, cabinets and sofas in toy stores, or to make them yourself. Be sure to place the furniture in the kitchen, upholstered furniture in the hall, and beds in the bedrooms.
How to make a home for Barbie more comfortable? Furnish it the way you like. A beautiful atmosphere will be given by beautiful bedspreads, plaids, curtains and other fabric products, matched to the color scheme of the rooms. Now you know how to make a home for Barbie. It’s quite possible to make a gift for a child with your own hands. The main thing is to stock up on all the necessary materials and devote enough time to work. Your child will definitely like such a chic house for Barbie, in whose decoration all the smallest details are thought out with care. By the way, you can connect your child to work! Thus, you will arrange a joint useful pastime and teach the baby to work with different materials. Good luck with your work!