When a daughter comes to her parents and asks them to make furniture for her dolls, such needlework can very well become an excellent joint game and creativity.
Every girl wants to have a wide variety of furniture and items for dolls; they can be made with their own hands
When starting work, you need to determine who will live in the doll house: a Barbie doll, Winx, representatives of the Silvanian Families, or someone else your princess loves.
What can you make doll furniture from? All kinds of materials are suitable for this:
For finishing crafts, various small decorative elements that you always have in the house will be useful: buttons, bows, pieces of beautiful fabric, beads, ready-made flowers.
Don't forget about decorating furniture for dolls
Tools you will need:
A girl will definitely like DIY furniture for dolls.
For the project to be successful, you need to proceed step by step, working with any material:
Assembling doll furniture from paper using a pattern
How to make a dollhouse quickly and easily? You need to take what you always have in the house.
Boxes – excellent material for crafts. It could be a shoe box, a match box, or a box of household appliances.
Any doll will need a chest of drawers in the house, in which you can put various useful little things.
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You can easily make a real dressing table from a chest of drawers. To do this, cut out a semicircular backdrop from cardboard and cover it with good foil - this will be a mirror. The backdrop is glued to the back of the dresser.
The combinations of glued matchboxes are truly endless! This could be a solid desk with cabinets and a drawer, a sideboard, a buffet, school desks, even phone booth! A sofa made from boxes, covered with felt, will become a cozy addition to your home.
From boxes you can make a wide variety of furniture for dolls
A small box can easily turn into a fireplace that will warm the doll's cottage.
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The simplest option is to take a box of suitable size, cover the outside with beautiful paper or paint it, and insert a round tube inside - this will be a crossbar for hangers.
If doors are needed, they can be added:
Shelves are needed for dishes or books. How to make them:
If the cabinet is placed in the kitchen, then there will be a place in it for a microwave and dishes. In the living room, the closet becomes a bookcase, and we need to make books out of paper for the dolls - let them read! This craft is easy to make with your child. Using a printer, you can print sheets of your favorite book in the required format, cut them out, stitch them through the middle, and at the same time attach a cover that the girl, the mistress of the doll kingdom, will paint.
You can make books for dolls from paper. You can compose a story with your child and make miniature books.
However, there is interesting option, which implies freedom of creativity and develops imagination. You need to sew together white sheets of paper, inviting the child to draw and write his own book of fairy tales for dolls. Finally, you can use sheets of newspaper, cut them to doll size and stitch them.
Boxes are an opportunity to create and imagine!
A children's plastic construction set can be found in every home. Making a play furniture set from it is as easy as shelling pears; even a child can do it with his own hands, showing inspiration and imagination.
There are entire Lego houses for dolls. You can easily make them from Lego blocks. simple furniture for dolls Armchair and stool made of Lego blocks
From Lego parts you can put together a bed and a chair, and of course, you can easily make a table. What's good about this type of furniture? It can be taken apart and made into something else. The prefabricated construction set takes up little space in the apartment.
This is interesting! Many Lego sets already have plastic parts for one or another piece of furniture.
There are ready-made furniture designers for dolls on sale. The parts in these products are made of thin plywood, cardboard or corrugated cardboard, paper.
The constructor is used for self-assembly of a dollhouse or furniture. Assembling a dollhouse from plywood perfectly develops logical thinking
Manufacturers produce both traditional sets, such as Children's, Bathroom, Kitchen, Living Room, and unusual ones. For example, you can find a cardboard construction set “Artist’s Studio” or “Sewing Workshop”. These are three-dimensional puzzles that develop spatial thinking.
A dollhouse can also be made of cardboard. Furniture for the house can also be made of cardboard.
To work with such constructors, you do not need glue or scissors.
Plywood furniture is much stronger than cardboard furniture. Plywood is an environmentally friendly material, pleasant to the touch. Therefore, furniture for plywood dolls will be of high quality, beautiful and almost real.
You can make anything from plywood! Wardrobe and bed, living room set, rocking chair, buffet, stroller and sled.
The principle of making such furniture from plywood yourself is simple, but requires some skills:
Let's try to make a round coffee table with shelves.
What could be better than wooden products!
Wood, as a material at hand, is safe for health, has a pleasant smell and texture, and can be in different ways processing and allows you to make amazing pieces of furniture for a doll’s apartment.
How to make a sofa.
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An interesting option is to use natural materials. So, for the armrests of the sofa, small, neatly sawed-off round blocks will be useful, and for the back - a flat board. The bars and the back are covered with stain. The base of the sofa is covered or covered with leatherette. You will get a unique designer sofa.
Wood makes a beautiful dining set or cabinet. To do this, all elements are cut out according to prepared templates, covered with stain or paint and connected with screws or nails.
Furniture for dolls made of wood should be well polished and free of splinters.
Even wire comes in handy to make accessories for doll house and pieces of furniture.
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It is easy to make a variety of furniture from thick paper or simple cardboard.
You can often see paper construction kits on sale that offer prefabricated furniture. The parts of such a construction set must be cut out, bent along the marked folds and glued together. This is the easiest option to make paper furniture. however, these are rather fragile products, and they are also produced for small dolls.
A more complex option is to make the craft yourself, using cardboard or corrugated cardboard, as well as beautiful paper.
You can make not only doll furniture from cardboard, but also household appliances
Let's try to make a small newspaper table with a mosaic tabletop.
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Tools that will be useful are a ruler, a knife or scissors, an awl, and glue.
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Such a coffee table for a paper doll will look very natural. Making a wicker coffee table from paper with mosaics
Such a table can be large or small; the tabletop can be decorated at your discretion and varnished.
Advice! Using a variety of patterns, you can furnish all the rooms of the doll house with homemade paper furniture, creating an original interior.
How to make a variety of paper furniture:
The child will arrange such furniture while playing with pleasure.
Is there enough in the house? various materials, which can be successfully put into action and do something useful for a doll’s house! You just need to look closely and use your imagination.
Don’t forget about natural materials that you can collect while walking with your child.
Sufficiently thick branches will be useful to make eco-friendly chairs or benches.
This is a cheap and interesting option for furniture for dolls.
Flat sticks make wonderful benches and cribs.
For the crib, you need to glue together a cardboard base for the baby doll. Then the painted sticks are glued around the perimeter, forming rods. They are secured on top with another stick or cardboard tape.
Steps for making a chair from popsicle sticks
For garden bench The seat is made from sticks collected in a continuous ribbon, and the back is made from sticks placed at equal intervals. All this is attached to a cardboard or wire base.
Fabric is definitely used to create a cozy feel in a dollhouse for girls! It can be quickly decorated or decorated. Fabric can be used to make not only upholstery for a sofa, but also a bean bag chair.
Stages of making a bean bag chair for a doll
The bag pattern can be downloaded and printed, all the details are sewn together, the bag is stuffed with holofiber or cotton wool.
Even plastic bottle caps will come in handy. They are covered with thick fabric, under which a thin layer of synthetic padding is placed - the result is ottomans. Stepping back 0.5 cm from above, a thin satin ribbon is glued; the legs can be made from beads.
Simple ottomans for dolls can be made from plastic stoppers
Modern fashion hanging chair easy to make from half a round plastic transparent packaging for children's toys. A hole is made in the half, a thin metal chain is attached, and the chair is hung in the doll's living room.
A chair can be made from an ordinary plastic bottle. A chair made from plastic bottles for dolls.
A lampshade is made from the same transparent plastic ball using a similar principle. The fabric is gathered into a bun from above and secured with threads. It goes down in folds; the fabric can be glued in places where it adheres to the plastic. It will be beautiful if you put a fringed braid at the bottom. It’s not a shame to hang such a lampshade on a chain in the dining room above the table.
If you glue rhinestones onto the plastic half of the ball, you will get an elegant chandelier.
A piece of polyethylene foam of any size will do. They are usually placed in boxes with household appliances, dishes.
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IN plastic cover A hole is made into which a plastic cocktail tube is inserted and secured with glue or a hot gun. A transparent disposable cup is placed on top of the tube and also strengthened with glue or plasticine. To decorate the lampshade, you will need lace and braid, which are glued on top. The lower part of the floor lamp can be decorated with a quickly hardening mass, making beautiful curls and rings out of it.
An example of making a bath for a doll
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It is easy to make furniture for dolls and the house itself from soft, pleasant-to-touch felt.
Such a soft house can look like a handbag or a book, and it can also be hung on the wall.
The house pattern is drawn in life-size, then the template is cut into parts, each with its own color. Looks good fairytale house with a castle roof and a chimney. We must not forget about the windows and door!
IN Lately Felt dollhouse books are popular, they are suitable even for the youngest children
At the next stage, the pattern elements are laid out on felt sheets different color and cut out.
Note! It should be taken into account that there are hard and soft felt of different thicknesses on sale. Felt is easy to sew and glue; it is a plastic material that is pleasant to the touch.
First you need to make a bed pattern and cut out:
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Using the same principle, you can sew a sofa, armchair, or ottoman. The craftswomen even make a refrigerator and a clock.
It’s easy to make a cute carpet from felt; even a little girl can do this kind of needlework. A rectangle is cut out of felt of the desired color, a pattern is drawn on the fabric with markers, and you can also glue fringe along the edge. A felt carpet will decorate your living room or toilet; the carpet can be hung on the wall or placed on the floor.
Using the same principle, you can make the rest of the furniture from felt.
Soft felt makes cute pillows, especially if you sew decorative pink flowers onto them.
A small or large dollhouse will be filled with joy with the help of furniture made by the hands of loving parents. Playing with such a “house” will bring pleasure to a child, who will believe that his parents are a bit of a wizard, and perhaps he himself will want to learn the skill.
Today I’ll take the risk of reviewing a master class from a French site. Unfortunately, the original did not have a verbal accompaniment, so everything was done using my own guesses and knowledge on this issue lying around in my head.So, what will we have ready in the end? This. Enough stylish table, made to look like wood and leather. and not just a table, but a folding table.
1. So, the first photo. We cut out the basic shape for our... um, maybe we should call them legs. Basically, we cut out the shape for the table legs. The photo shows one thick layer, but this is not gluing or thick cardboard, as it might seem at first glance. It's just that the author apparently cut out all 6 supports (3 for one side and 3 for the other) at one time. This is very reasonable, since with this approach the top will be more symmetrical and, hopefully (), will not wobble.
2. Now we assemble each support. We start from the middle, from the middle bar. When making cuts for the grooves, it is best to do them simultaneously on the middle strip for the second support. This should look like this:
3. Now we fill the grooves with mating parts. The width of all inserts should be equal, and the height should correspond to the height of each specific element to which they are attached (well, I think this is quite clear from the photo).
I want to say that the exact dimensions of the table are unknown, I don’t think it’s big, most likely it’s something like a coffee table, but the same design can be extrapolated to a more serious object, for example, to make a table for the living room. Why not? So you will have to set the width and height of all parts yourself in accordance with the general scale.To strengthen the joints, we use quick-drying glue - moment or, even better, we use a glue gun for this.
4. Using the same glue gun, glue the side parts of the sheets to the main central part of each support on the sides. As you can see, the table part is already quite stable)). It is not yet visible in this photo (it will be noticeable in the next ones) that when gluing the side support into one whole, the author strengthened the joints by additionally gluing the edges of the “grid” in pieces, so it turned out that constituent elements the side supports seem to consist of a double sheet.
We remember that there should be two of these things.
5. Only on last photo We still have the outer sides uncovered. On next photo they are already neatly covered with cardboard plates. The author omitted this procedure in his photo MK, but there is nothing particularly complicated here. We cut out a rectangle from cardboard along the width of the side support, bend it slightly, winding it, for example, on a stick to give it a curved shape, and use a glue gun to attach it to the side parts of the supports. You can try gluing it all in one layer, bending it accordingly. But the author, and this is really more convenient, cut the rectangle into two parts and glued them end-to-end separately. In this photo we already have two supports with sides and the bottom of the table is glued here: a thick layer is glued to the lower parts of the supports (you can pre-glue two sheets together).
6. Now, based on the glued bottom, we make the following resolution:
Inserts into the grooves in the central part are not needed yet, just cut them out, try them on and put them aside. and cover the grid to the right and left of the central part again with layers of cardboard glued with a glue gun.
7. It’s not visible in the next photo, but there should again be a grid (stiffening ribs) on top of the first layer. they must be very carefully adjusted so that they are almost at the same level with the upper edge of the oval cutout in the side supports, so that the layer placed on top lies tightly on the stiffeners themselves and is glued to this very top edge of the oval cutout. In general, look at the photo:
Yes, and don’t forget about the grooves in the central part. Now you can fill them out.
At the same time as all this, we also finished the inner sides of the table supports. As you can see, I’ll lower it and everything is already covered from the inside.
8. Now the drawers. How to make them, I think, can be seen quite clearly in the photo. It's all about the accuracy of the measurements. The only reminder is that we make the front “lid-wall” from two layers (although it would be possible to strengthen the entire box in a similar way..)
But such partitions not only organize the space inside the box, but also strengthen it.
9. The next stage. Now let's go back to the top. On the surface of the sheets on both sides of the central part we again glue the stiffening ribs, measuring so that they are flush with the common surface of the side supports. At the same time, we cover the side “insides” of the table with sheets.
10. Now what is our tabletop? We also remember that our table is folding.
The tabletop consists of a lower thick sheet (you can glue two sheets together), the perimeter of which equal to the perimeter the imperfection of the table. the top cover sheet is the same. The two sides are sealed tightly with narrow strips. In the end the table looks like this:
But the internal structure is like this:
These elements are taken out from the sides of the table and folded, forming a small addition:
11. Decoration. Here honestly, I didn’t really understand what exactly the author did. If anyone thinks of it, write.
I am inclined to believe that the leveling was done with ordinary kraft paper, then the top was painted with paint in several layers and sanded to get rid of the joints (yes, all joints should not be covered with paper tape). The outer lids of the drawers and the table top are finished with leather-like material. This can be found in handicraft stores for book binding) and in the construction and wallpaper departments there should be something similar. There's probably a dark varnish on top.
Gifting or making your daughter a home for her dolls is just the beginning. Next, this house will have to be furnished. It's a bunch toy furniture, equipment, accessories. This article will tell you how to make furniture for dolls with your own hands.
The dolls, their houses and furnishings are smaller copies of us and our homes. And the most reliable way make doll furniture with your own hands and do not make a mistake - measure real objects, reduce them several times, and then work with the obtained values.
Furniture for dolls - copies of our furniture
How much to reduce the actual dimensions depends on how small or large the doll is, because they range from 7 cm to 60 cm or even higher. Accordingly, they need furniture different sizes. To determine the number by which the actual dimensions should be divided, divide the average human height in centimeters (170 cm) by the height of the doll. Let's get some number. This is how you will need to divide the dimensions of real furniture.
For example, the height of the doll is 15 cm. We calculate: 170 cm / 15 cm = 11.3. It is by this number that we divide all the parameters of “human” furniture. It is also worth saying that 14-15 cm is the most popular size among the doll population. Therefore, most of the finished furniture is made in a ratio of 1:12. We can also use the existing dimensions, at least so that we can navigate the scale of the required parts and the amount of materials.
So, the most common doll sizes are:
If you need furniture for dolls of similar sizes, its parameters will be as follows:
If the toys you have are slightly larger/smaller, you don’t have to adjust the sizes. If the difference is large, you will have to increase or decrease (or you can calculate it yourself).
The easiest way to make furniture for dolls with your own hands is from ordinary matchboxes. They are glued together using PVA glue, creating certain structures, then covered with paper or fabric, self-adhesive film etc. You can use wooden beads as legs, handles for drawers can be made from small buttons on legs or from long beads.
From matchboxes you can make chairs, a table, a chest of drawers, a bed, bedside table. Another thing is that the furniture is made for very small dolls, no more than 10 cm high. Although, you can use large quantity boxes, gluing them into blocks, and from these blocks create furniture for dolls about 15 cm high. This is also an option, but working with other materials is not much more difficult, and they are more flexible and allow you to create products of more elegant shapes.
This may be your first experience in making doll furniture. Later you can take on something more serious.
You can try your hand at making furniture for dolls using cardboard. The material is inexpensive, accessible, you can try and make mistakes, redo it. Cardboard is usually joined using PVA glue; you can use a glue gun or any universal glue that can glue cardboard, fabric, or wood. By simply making furniture for dolls with your own hands from cardboard, you will also use these materials. If we talk about convenience, then a glue gun is preferable - it glues quickly, it’s convenient to work, and the connection is reliable.
To make furniture for dolls, you can use regular packaging cardboard. It is cheap, but the furniture it makes is very delicate. It is unlikely that it will be enough for a child for a long time. But, as a “first experience”, this a good option. Cardboard products for scrapbooking are more reliable. It is more dense, homogeneous, has different thicknesses (from 2 mm and more), can have a textured surface, extruded plain patterns, with a pattern on one or both sides. The disadvantage of such cardboard is that you have to buy it, and some types of such cardboard are not very cheap.
This cardboard doll bed is designed for a large doll - up to 50 cm in height. If necessary, all specified dimensions can be reduced.
This option can be done in literally 10-20 minutes. There is no need for glue or other fixatives. The parts are held in place by grooves cut into the cardboard. The width of the groove is equal to the thickness of the cardboard, the length of the slots and the dimensions of the workpieces are indicated in the diagram.
Green and yellow dots indicate compatible cuts. They are inserted one into the other, where the assembly ends. if you similar model I like it, it can be made from plywood.
Basically, furniture for dolls made of cardboard is glued. It is unlikely that it will be possible to make something delicate or very complex from this material, but making simple models won't take much time. Having a diagram with dimensions, you can even do without explanations. Everything is clear.
Such models can be made “by eye”. Without the “upholstery” they look unsightly, but after that they look quite decent. A bedside table with doors and an open shelf - same design, different design
Furniture patterns for dolls can be used not only for making from cardboard. They can be transferred to plywood and cut out using a jigsaw.
The toy cabinet can be made of plywood, painted or covered with wrapping paper or self-adhesive film. There probably won’t be any questions here - everything is clear, and if you have questions, you can see their solution in the “natural” closet. But you can make it from absolutely inexpensive materials. The good thing about making do-it-yourself furniture for dolls is that its cost is very low.
The main task is to find a box made of thick cardboard suitable size. Moreover, it will be easier to work if it is packaging - with folded edges. This folding part is a ready-made door. All that remains is to finish it - hang a mirror, attach a handle, etc.
One of the options homemade furniture for dolls - wardrobe
For work you will need good tape, better - on paper based, since it’s easier to glue the trim to it later. If you have a glue gun or a construction stapler (a large stationery one will do) with staples, that’s also good. If you will use other materials in addition to cardboard and paper, it is better to find a universal glue that glues paper, cardboard, fabric, and plastic. You will also need scissors, a stationery knife, and a ruler.
If the box you find is too large, you can make it smaller by cutting off the excess. To ensure that the folds are even, take a ruler. We apply it to the place of the future fold, we pass along the ruler several times with a blunt hard object (the stem of a spoon or fork). After this, the cardboard will be easy to bend.
We cut out shelves from scraps or another box. They should be a little - 5-8 mm - longer and wider internal space closet We bend the excess so that sides are formed on all sides. Folds form in the corners; carefully cut them off. We bend one of the parts 180° and glue it to the shelf itself. This side of the shelf will “look into the world.” We bend the other three parts at an angle of 90°, coat them with glue and glue the shelves into the cabinet. The photo on the right shows how the shelves are glued. But so that the gluing points are not conspicuous, it is better to turn the sides down.
Making furniture for dolls with your own hands is no less fun than playing with it later.
In addition to shelves, you can also make a crossbar for hangers. It can be made from bamboo skewers, for example, you can try using a juice straw, wire, etc. Hangers can also be twisted from colored wire or cut from juice bags, plastic bottles, etc.
Next comes the finishing touches. You can paint the cardboard with watercolor or acrylic (preferably) paints, glue it with wrapping paper, fabric, felt. You can imitate a mirror surface by covering it with foil (food foil, for example). If you want to make a “plastic” surface, look for water bottles of the desired color, cut off the neck and bottom, and use the “body” as a finishing material.
Finishing is a creative process, but first, use simpler, softer, thinner materials; they are easier to work with
Handles can be made from wire, beads, or long beads. For larger toy cabinets, you can find buttons or buttons. We glue all this “beauty” after we have “lined” the cabinet.
You will need old newspapers, PVA glue with a brush, a glue gun, a couple of pieces of wire or thread, wrapping paper for finishing the cabinet or paint.
We roll up tight tubes from newspapers, coat them with PVA around the edges and leave them to dry. Then the tubes can be glued together. For this operation would be better suited glue gun There are two ways: first collect big blocks, then cut them into fragments of the required length or immediately cut the tubes of the required length and immediately glue the blanks according to size. The second way is more painstaking, but there is less waste.
The finished cabinet walls must be fastened together. To firmly fix an angle of 90°, it is better to use a thin wire. First coat the joints with glue, then use wire to pull the walls together. If the wires are in the way, they can be removed after the glue has dried.
Using the same technology, the bottom, top, and shelves are glued. The doors will need to be made a little differently. To make them open, two strips about 1.5 cm wide are cut out of tape. Tape is glued along the edge of the door so that a little more than half hangs in the air. We glue the door to the wall with this loose tape, but so that there is a gap of 2-3 mm between the wall and the door (it’s just tape there). This will make it possible to close the doors. We fix the glued door on the other side with a second strip of tape.
The second way to secure the doors is with wire. Only this time it should be tough and thick enough. Cut a piece that is 2 cm longer than the height of the cabinet. Immediately make a loop on the wire on one side using 1 cm. We bend the loop at an angle of 90° to the wire. We make holes in the bottom and roof, pass a wire through the bottom, the loop remains at the bottom. We put the door on the wire, using the outer tube instead of hinges. Slightly bending the wire, we thread it through the hole in the cabinet roof, bend the excess, fixing the door. We repeat the same operation with the other door. Please note that you need to attach the door with tape before finishing the cabinet, but you can attach it with wire after.
There are still some little things that need to be said a few words. Cabinet legs and handles can also be made from paper tubes. You just need to roll them from the paper you use to decorate the toy. Roll it into a tight roll, glue the edge with glue, then cut it into pieces of the required length and glue it in the right places. Instead of tubes there can be wooden sticks, beads, etc.
You can make furniture for dolls with your own hands from school wooden rulers. They are good because they are already processed and have the same width and thickness. You can find it at an office supply store the right size- larger/smaller, wider/narrower - optional. For example, for making a doll bookcase you need 6 rulers 15 cm long.
You will also need a jigsaw for the job. If you have an electric one, great; if not, a manual one will do, since there’s not too much work. You also need fine-grain sandpaper, glue (PVA or wood glue) and paints (acrylic or gouache).
We cut segments from the rulers: 4 pieces of 6 cm, one - 8 cm. Sand the edges until smooth, and also remove the markings and barcodes. Between the two rulers we place the shelves (which are 6 cm each), on top we leave approximately the same distance - under the lid (a segment of 8 cm). Coat the joints with PVA or wood glue, connect and tighten masking tape, leave for a day. When the glue dries, glue on the very last part - the lid on top. Actually, the shelf itself is ready, all that remains is to paint it.
To obtain an even and bright color, it is better to cover the structure with white, and after drying, paint it with the desired shade. Also, do-it-yourself doll furniture can be decorated in.
You can make furniture for dolls with your own hands from the most unexpected materials. You have already seen how to use newspapers and wooden rulers. But you can make tables, chairs, armchairs, sofas, beds, shelves, cabinets, etc. from ice cream sticks.
Garden bench or sofa - depending on the finish
You probably already understand why this material is good - it has rounded, processed edges, is the same in size and is well processed. If the sticks seem too rough, eat them smooth using sandpaper with fine grain.
Clothespins make good armchairs and stools. They are disassembled into halves and joined using wood glue. Curly products are obtained in almost a few tens of minutes.
A chair, a table - can also be made from clothespins
Wooden clothespins are almost always used to make doll furniture. But no one forbids taking plastic ones. Working with them is exactly the same, only the difficulty is that wooden ones are easier to modify by changing the thickness, shape, etc. If the product is simple and does not require any modification, you can use plastic ones. They are more varied in shape and size, and are already painted, so there is less fuss with them.
With increasing skill, you can switch to more complex materials - plywood or wood. The difficulty is that turning and cutting out miniature parts requires filigree precision, perseverance and takes a lot of time. But you can do whatever you want.
Corner desk for a doll….just like the real thing
Wardrobe for dolls made of plywood - very high reproduction accuracy
It is difficult to find a girl who would not dream of a beautiful house for her dolls. In the store you can find a lot of toy furniture and even entire doll mansions, but they are often of the same type and are expensive. Therefore, if you want to please your princess with beautiful doll furniture, we suggest you make it yourself. In this article we have collected for you wonderful ideas and master classes on creating doll furniture: call your child, get inspired and create together.
Discuss with your child how he sees his house, what kind of furniture he wants, and fantasize together. You can make cute upholstered furniture.
Or you can weave an elegant setting from newspaper tubes or special materials.
Or you can assemble furniture from plywood and decorate it to your taste.
Furniture made of wood and soft cushions looks very nice, but a man’s hand may be needed here.
The main thing: be patient and have a positive attitude, choose materials, decide what your house will be like, and start creating.
Schemes for making doll furniture from plywood or thick cardboard
Paper furniture templates for dolls.
Cardboard toy furniture is one of the most popular options. Such an environment will be very durable, it will be easy to make, and it will not require a lot of money. We invite you to make a cute doll sofa out of cardboard with the following step-by-step tutorial.
For work, prepare:
Depending on how you attach the soft parts to the cardboard, you may also need hot glue or Velcro tape for fabric. Carton boxes can be covered with fabric, covered with scrap paper or self-adhesive film.
Select the boxes so that the sofa and the doll sitting on it look harmonious. In our case, the box had to be shortened.
We glue the boxes. Cut out the back from thick cardboard, required size. Using the workpiece, measure the fabric or self-adhesive with a 1 cm offset on each side. We completely cover the back.
Carefully glue the base of the sofa, and then attach it to the back.
We make the soft part: we measure the fabrics of the selected colors according to the size of the back and seats and sew “pillows”. You can make several square ones, or you can sew long ones, as shown in the photo. If desired, you can make ottomans-armrests. We attach it to our workpiece in a way convenient for you.
All that remains is to glue the legs to the base of the sofa. In our case, these are toothpaste caps.
Toy sofa made of cardboard.
Doll chair made of cardboard.
Do-it-yourself doll chest of drawers.
Coffee table for dolls.
Furniture made from plywood looks especially good when combined. It is durable, which is important for children's games, and very realistic. To make it you will need special tools and a little more time and effort, but in the end you can get miniature masterpieces like these.
The most budget-friendly and easy-to-make option is paper doll furniture. On the Internet you can find many templates for such an environment, as well as patterns and backgrounds for scrapbooking. All that remains is to print and assemble.
We present to you a tutorial on how to create a very realistic doll sofa.
For work you will need: micro-corrugated cardboard, scissors/stationery knife, foam rubber, a simple pencil, padding polyester, a ruler, thick fabric of two colors, thread and needle, tape (paper), PVA and Moment glue, cotton lace, buttons.
Make markings on the cardboard as indicated in the drawing. Red lines for ease of construction, solid black lines for cutting, dotted lines for folding. The dotted lines need to be creased - pre-pressed so that the fold is even. The rounded end of a ruler or knife is suitable for this.
We cut out the details of the future sofa from foam rubber and synthetic padding.
From padding polyester:
From foam rubber:
We cut out the cardboard blank along the lines, crease and bend it.
We fold the workpiece along the fold lines and apply it to the fabric, as shown in the photo. We trace the outline, not forgetting to leave allowances for the hem. Cut out the part.
We glue the armrests to the bottom of the sofa with PVA glue.
We coat the bottom of the sofa with PVA glue, wait 1-2 minutes, and then apply it to the fabric according to the markings and fix it.
We assemble the armrests: we glue the outer foam sides to “Moment”, after which we glue the tops of the armrests. It should look like this:
From the back side, we cut the fabric and glue the allowance.
We glue the corresponding padding polyester parts onto the armrests. Let's use the moment. To give the glue time to harden, we secure the parts with pins.
Then we pin the fabric to the armrests in the same way and begin gluing the back side allowances to the base.
After this, we flavor the base of the armrest with PVA glue and attach the “wings” of the back to it. Fold and glue the front side seams.
Additionally, we cut out two strips of cardboard twice as long as our armrest and 2 cm wide. We bend and glue them, as shown in the photo.
We insert the internal parts of the foam armrest. We bend the fabric allowances and secure them with glue, cover the armrests with fabric to the end, secure them with pins, and glue the fabric to the base at the bottom. We fasten the joints of the armrests and backrest with a thin layer of Moment glue.
Then generously coat the additional strip with Moment and glue it to the armrest.
Now let's start assembling the seat. To do this, we place a padding pad between the cardboard and the fabric, and then glue the allowances.
We straighten the corners of the armrests with a toothpick with a drop of PVA. Lubricate with the same glue back seats.
Glue the seam allowance to the seat. On the cardboard part of the front of the back, mark and cut off the corners.
Under the cardboard blanks, we cut the corresponding parts from foam rubber and padding polyester.
We cut out the parts from the fabric, not forgetting about the allowances (2-3 cm). And we assemble the parts of the back and seat, gluing the allowances inside.
Making the relief: with reverse side We secure the thread with paper tape and sew on the buttons.
Make sure that the buttons are at the same distance from each other and the edges of the back.
Generously cover the parts with PVA glue, let them soak in a little and glue them to the bases.
Finishing touches: measure the lace taking into account the allowances (+3 cm). Apply a thin line of PVA glue to the joint of the backs and glue the lace. We grease the allowances with glue and hide them between the armrest and the back, tucking them in with a toothpick. We also attach the lace under the seat.
We stitch the joints of the armrests and the facade. Cut out two circles (1.5 cm in diameter) from cardboard, a padding polyester ball and fabric (1 cm allowance). We sew these details.
We sew the parts to the armrests.
All that remains is to glue the legs to the “Moment”. For this, 4 identical lids, caps, etc. are suitable. To prevent the sofa from scratching the surface, you can cut fabric pads for the legs. The sofa is ready.
It is very convenient to make doll furniture from boxes, but ordinary matchboxes are best suited for this purpose.
Wonderful miniature chests of drawers.
You can also assemble other furniture from matchboxes.
A very simple and inexpensive master class on creating a chest of drawers with a mirror.
You will need:
We cut the box so that the chest of drawers looks natural next to the doll. We cut out the future mirror from cardboard and glue it to the box. Round the edge of the mirror. Paste over the chest of drawers: you can use regular white or colored paper, or you can print backgrounds from the Internet or use self-adhesive film.
We draw drawers and doors. Glue the foil mirror and handles. And now we have a small chest of drawers. Don't forget about your imagination: you can add patterns or other decorative elements to your taste.
Who would have thought that such a cozy armchair could come out of a plastic bottle?
Tools and materials:
Cut out a tabletop of the required size from cardboard. Using an awl, we make holes for the legs in the corners, and holes for the stands around the perimeter.
We cut out small mosaic squares from colored cardboard. We glue them onto the base, as shown in the photo.
Insert skewers with a drop of glue into the holes for the legs, and toothpicks around the perimeter. Near one of the legs, glue the end of the tube to the base and begin weaving, passing the tube “snake” between the posts. We make sure that the weaves do not merge and alternate in rows. We continue weaving to the desired level and fasten the end of the tube to the leg. We braid 2 braids from the tubes and glue them along the edge of the table and the braid. We braid the skewers in a spiral with tubes, and also fix the edges with glue.
If desired, you can make a shelf. To do this, we twist two tubes together and attach them to the legs with glue. Then we cut out a shelf from thick cardboard and glue it onto the tubes. We braid it and also glue it to the edge of the shelf. The wicker table with mosaic is ready.
Dish sponges can also become part of doll furniture. They can be used instead of foam rubber in the manufacture of sofas and armchairs, or you can present them as finished parts.
To create such a crib you will need dish sponges, cardboard, scissors and hot glue. Bed legs can be made from any suitable materials, in our case these are cubes.
There is probably no girl in the world who would not dream of having a toy house for dolls with furniture. A real set, of course, won’t fit in it, but it’s easy to make paper figures yourself. Our detailed master class, after studying which you can easily assemble origami furniture.
To work, we will need a square sheet of paper (white or colored). When choosing a size, be guided by the required dimensions of the future chair. 
Scheme:
To learn how to make an origami chair, we suggest using a video tutorial. Follow MK's step-by-step instructions and the entire manufacturing process will take you no more than 10 minutes.
An origami table is a simple paper craft, a necessary thing in any home, even though it is a toy. It will make a wonderful set with chairs. The work will not take you much time, and the result will certainly please you.
Assembly diagram for beginner craftsmen: 
We suggest you make a cabinet with drawers - a craft for storing small accessories. Children put dolls' clothes in it.
To work, you will need 2 square sheets of paper (20*20 cm), which must be folded sequentially, as in the video instructions.
The bed is the main subject home interior, we will try to make this thing out of paper. The assembly process is simple, so both children and adults can master folding skills. To work you will need a square piece of paper medium density(20*20 cm). If desired, take other sizes.
Template diagram: 
Step by step description:
If difficulties arise during the folding process or some points are unclear to you, then look at the hint from an experienced craftsman.
It's hard to imagine a living room without a sofa. For a guest, this is a great place to sit down, and for the owner, it’s a great place to lie down and relax after work. Let's make a sofa out of paper using the origami technique, as in the photo: 
Scheme: 
Step-by-step instruction:
