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Dolls House Furniture
Now that your dolls house is complete it is time to add
some furniture and some finishing touches.
Materials for the house:
Lots of different size boxes
Poster paint
Masking tape
Matchsticks
Toilet roll tubes
Plastersine or blue tack
Catalogue, magazines
Straws
Cocktail sticks
Glue
Egg carton
Bottle tops
Scrap material
Tin foil
Pens
Cotton wool balls
Paper cake cups
How-to
Bedroom:
To make a bed use a thin box and cover with material. To
make a head board just use a scrap piece of card and cut to
your own design then paint.
To make a bedside table cut the egg bit off of an egg
carton and cover it with a paper cake cup (you can buy them
with little designs on such as flowers or you could paint
some plain ones) these fit over the egg carton perfectly.
To make pillows sew some material into the shape of a
cushion and fill with cotton wool balls. Make a blanket
using a square piece of material.
For the wardrobe use a box, paint it and draw a line down
the front of it and some small handles. Or to make it look
more real like cut out a wardrobe from a catalogue and glue
it to the front of the painted box. Do the same with a
smaller box for a set of draws.
To add some little touches: make a rug out of a scrap
piece of material and glue it to the floor. Cut some of your
favourite pictures out of a magazine glue it to the wall
then paint a frame around it do the same for a mirror using
tin foil (remember the picture must be small to fit in with
the size of the house).
Bathroom:
For the bath cut a toilet roll tube in half cut some ends
from card and glue together. Now make some legs for the bath
using 4 matchsticks (make sure the end that strikes is cut
off). Poke the matchsticks through the bottom of the bath
and hide using masking tape. You can all so use matchsticks
for the taps and glue them to the inside of the bath. Now
paint the bath and legs and leave to dry. Once dry use some
plastersine or blue tack to support the legs to make the
bath stand.
For the sink use a small cardboard box. Now cut a small
hole in the top big enough for a bottle top. Push the bottle
top into the hole and push some cut up matchsticks into the
top of the bo for the taps. Paint the box, bottle top and
taps and leave to dry. Once dry draw a line down the front
and paint some knobs on and now you have a very stylish sink
unit.
To make a washing basket use a bottle lid, paint it and
leave to dry. Once dry glue a scrap piece of material inside
to make it look like a real washing basket.
To add some finishing touches: make a mirror as above and
put it above the sink. Make a mat as above. Make some scales
using a thick piece of card and cut a picture of bathroom
scales from a catalogue and glue to the card. Paint a straw
and hang it on the wall using plastersine to make a towel
rail and a scrap piece of material for the towel.
Living room:
To make a settee you need two longish thin boxes. Lie one
flat and glue the other one length ways behind it (until it
resembles a settee) you could then glue cotton wool onto it
and cover with material or you could just cover it with
material. To make an arm chair use and egg carton and glue
some cardboard around it until it resembles a chair then
cover it the same way as the settee. You could make to
chairs if you prefer.
To make a coffee table use four matchsticks glued to a
thick bit of cardboard and secure with plastersine to the
floor.
Cut a picture of a wall unit from a catalogue and glue it
to a box that matches it`s size but it must be larger then
the settee and the rest of the furniture.
Make a TV unit using a small box paint it and draw a line
down it with some small knobs and there is your TV unit. Now
to make the TV: you need a match box and a cut out picture
of a TV glue it on and your dolls wont be stuck with for
entertainment.
Make a large floor lamp. Make a cone shape from a small
piece of paper (but it has to be big enough to attach to a
straw) secure it to the straw (you can cut the straw to make
it any size you want but the bigger the better) secure the
base with plastersine. You can then paint the base and the
shade to match the rest of the room.
Add some finishing touches: cut out some pictures as done
for the bedroom for the walls. Make a rug for under the
coffee table as in the bedroom. Cut a fire from a catalogue
and glue it to the wall.
Kitchen:
To make kitchen units for the wall use two match boxes and
paint them then draw a line down the middle and some knobs
on each one then glue them to separate walls.
For the kitchen sink use a medium size box and cut a hole
in the top of it and use a silver milk bottle top as the
sink. Then use some tin foil as the drainer. Paint the front
and sides of the box as the same colour as the wall
cupboards.
For the cooker cut out a picture of a cooker front and
glue it to the box then paint some red hobs on the top. Do
the same thing for a washer but leave the top white.
To add some finishing touches: use a small bit of card
for a shelf and glue it to the wall then paint some plates
on the wall. Cut out a small picture of a micro wave and
glue it to the wall above the kitchen unit.
To make curtains:
You will need material, a needle and thread and some
cocktail sticks to hang from the windows. Sew a hem into the
top of the two bits of material and thread the cocktail
stick through the two curtains and hang them from the
windows using blue tack to secure the pole.
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