How to make cardboard barbie furniture. DIY furniture for dolls. Schemes for the manufacture of cardboard doll furniture

All little princesses dream of beautiful dolls. Many girls ask their parents for a house for their Barbies. You can buy it in the store, the choice is now simply huge. You can show your imagination and make a house yourself.

In the doll house, of course, there must be furniture. Buying it in the store is too expensive. It is better to take time for the child and make any necessary furniture for the toy house with him. This will not take too much, but this activity will bring adults and children together very well.

doll furniture it is quite possible to make from potential garbage, that is, boxes, scraps of plywood, egg trays, etc. Home-made furniture from improvised materials - polystyrene foam, packaging cardboard, various boxes and boxes, is easy and interesting to make - you should have seen what dad was in my childhood glued a mini furniture wall with retractable drawers from ordinary matchboxes! It was even covered with veneer, stained and varnished!

Here are some simple master classes on making interior items with a child.

Every self-respecting barbie should have a chest of drawers . Make it easy. All you need is:

So, let's get started:

We stack matchboxes on top of each other and glue them together. You should get a cabinet of the required size. Next, we paste cardboard over all sides, except for the one with which the drawers are pulled out. We very carefully cut off all the protruding parts and edges and you can proceed to the design and decor of the finished furniture.

The decor can be the most diverse. If you need an imitation of wood, then you can use wallpaper or special paper with an appropriate print, and bamboo hot pads are also well suited. They can be glued to the nightstand with a hot silicone gun. Next, you need to arrange the handles of the chest of drawers. Any beads or buttons are suitable for this.. They also need to be attached with a glue gun in the middle of the box. After complete drying, the chest of drawers is ready.

Gallery: dollhouse furniture (25 photos)

How to make a table for dolls with your own hands?

It is very easy to make it. Easier than a chest of drawers. Even a child can handle it.

We take any square box from perfume, cream or whatever. We cut out the front part from the box, and then the back part, while forming the legs of the product. Tape the table with or without print, all over. At the same time, we carefully monitor that bubbles do not form during gluing. Because of them, the table may not be very beautiful. That's all, the barbie table is ready.

Do-it-yourself sofa for a doll

For the manufacture of a miniature sofa we will need:

• Thick cardboard.
• Washcloths or thick foam.
• Staple with staples.
• Upholstery fabric.

Cut out three pieces of cardboard according to the size of the sponge, glue all the sponges to the cardboard. You should get three absolutely identical products. We wrap them with upholstery fabric and fasten them with a stapler at the bottom of the sofa. After that, you need to glue the traces of fastening from below with small pieces of material.

We proceed to the back of the furniture. We cut it out of thick cardboard and fasten the fabric on top with a stapler.

We fasten the details of the mattresses and backs to each other.

You can also make any other cardboard furniture with your own hands very simply. Chairs, ottomans, beds, armchairs.

How to make a chair for dolls?

We cut out the back of the chair for the doll from thick cardboard. We upholster it with a beautiful fabric with our own hands, while attracting a child. This is a very exciting activity. Next, we make the seat. We carry it out either from the same cardboard, or using a sponge for washing dishes. Next, cut out the sidewalls of the product with handles. We wrap all the details with a cloth and fasten them together. It's simple and fast.

Template furniture for paper dolls

Many children love to play with fashionable paper dolls that are cut out of a magazine. For such dolls, you can also make a house and furniture. How to make paper furniture Yes, very simple. Using templates.

All that is required in this case is just cut pieces and glue them with glue folds. But you should not print such patterns on plain paper, as this furniture will not last long. It is better to use thick cardboard. If it is not possible to print the template on cardboard or buy ready-made ones, then you can glue the templates on plain paper onto cardboard and cut them out.

In this way, absolutely any piece of furniture. Templates can be downloaded online.

Do-it-yourself furniture for dolls made of cardboard

Furniture for cardboard dolls can be made even by a little girl. For example, you can cut out templates and glue them together, or you can make furniture yourself.

Let's make a dressing table for the doll with our own hands. To do this, we need a rectangle of thick cardboard, a square box that fits the width of our mirror . For the mirror itself you will need a piece of foil.

"Doll life" should be cozy and comfortable. So that the game brings joy, and the child has a desire to fantasize about puppet relationships, useful and uncomplicated plywood doll furniture construct yourself. This will take into account the character of the child, the size of his toys, harmoniously fit the doll's corner into the overall design of the room, than begin to instill a sense of taste and aesthetics.

Whatever the size of the room where the child plays, you should always remember: the place for doll furniture should have a convenient approach, not be in the aisle, be easily accessible for cleaning, well-chosen in terms of lighting. Playing in a doll house, a child can sit in such a place for hours, moving from one game to another (feeding, putting to bed, classes, dressing and undressing, preening, etc.). Therefore, he should be comfortable and comfortable. This is on the one hand.

On the other hand, for a rich, interesting game, it is better to provide a full-fledged set of furniture so that there is room for fantasies to roam, for a girl to feel like a real mother or a boy - a father. Perhaps this will be the construction of a whole dollhouse with your own hands.

Having chosen a suitable place, we proceed to its measurements. Having a total area, you must immediately decide what part will be occupied by large furniture (wardrobe, bed, sofa, other elements). The remaining centimeters or meters (everyone has their own situation) - to accommodate chairs, armchairs, bookcases, other parts for dolls, which fantasy is capable of.

Having completed the first stage of design - “placement on the ground” - we proceed to drafting the plywood puppet furniture itself.

We decompose each alleged instance into components:

• table - on legs, countertop;
• chair - on legs, seat, back;
• bed - on the bottom, ribs;
• cabinet - on the walls, legs, shelves.

We calculate the furniture elements for plywood dolls based on the final dimensions, draw up their drawings on paper. It is more logical to carry out such schemes immediately with true dimensions, taking into account the dimensions of each part.

Schemes should contain:

• designation of places of connection of furniture parts;
• marks on cutting out patterns (if any);
• differences in right or left hand elements.

small bed

Materials and tools

The main principle for choosing a material should be its safety. Environmentally friendly plywood (or fiberboard) should be 4-5 mm thick, not have a strong smell, be fragile or slippery. This is a light-colored material that can be easily cut and/or burned. It is immediately necessary to decide what the finished product will be covered with: paint, varnish or fabric sheathing. When choosing consumables, you can not be guided only by price. Paint that emits a sharp, strong odor can cause an allergic disease or headache.

Among the consumables for furniture for plywood dolls, glue is important. Quick-drying options are almost never suitable for children. They are toxic and highly flammable. It is better to take a proven, reliable composition, such as PVA glue.

Before painting furniture, you need to use wood putty to make the surface even and smooth.

Among the necessary tools:

• jigsaw;
• nail files of various options;
• sandpaper (coarse and fine mesh);
• liquid nails or self-tapping screws.

Liquid nails may be needed when making models for dolls of a more complex configuration. For example, you need to firmly, stably attach the cabinet frame to its bottom. In other cases, the connection of two parts is made by inserting a protrusion on one side into a hole of the appropriate shape and depth on the other.

Stages of work

Furniture for plywood dolls should be characterized by:

• practicality;
• aesthetic appearance;
• the absence of traumatic elements;
• safety of raw materials;
• ease of processing;
• convenience when playing.

That is why its production should take place in several stages.

Parts manufacturing

Having finished designing furniture with your own hands from plywood, having prepared the necessary patterns, as well as having completed the necessary tools and raw materials, we proceed to the manufacture of all the details. We cut out paper schemes, trace them on plywood, and then proceed to sawing them out. There are several nuances here:

• if you need to cut a corner, I ask you to make a hole in its top with a drill or an awl;
• for ease of cutting along the applied contours, you can walk with a sharp knife, pressing on it as much as possible;
• when working with a nail file in the corners, you should not exert excessive pressure - we saw almost on the spot, slightly changing the angle of the tool.

Side part

headboard

Assembly

Assembling furniture for dolls with your own hands is a responsible, meticulous work. It should be started only after all the details have been sawn out, turned, painted, dried, and well ventilated.

If paint or varnish was applied to furniture for plywood dolls, it is necessary to check the patency of all grooves, the usefulness of the connecting holes. If necessary, technical protrusions can be made clearer and smoother. This will make the connections strong and the product stable.

It is more reasonable to apply an adhesive base at the junctions of furniture for dolls, and let it dry a little before comparing the parts. After matching the parts, you will need to press firmly, for some time without removing the effort.

How to attach the doors to the cabinet or cabinet? Holes are cut out directly opposite each other on the upper and lower walls. Protrusions are prudently cut out on the doors, which should be rubbed with wax or a simple candle. Such processing will allow the door to open / close without problems, without injuring the child's hands.

The toy will be interesting if it has a lot of drawers, shelves, secluded places. For these parts, it is necessary to provide appropriate fasteners in advance, for example, nail guides on the side walls so that the drawers of furniture for plywood dolls can be pulled out.

Equipping such details, one should never forget that not a single corner or edge should be left without polishing. Otherwise, this is the cause of splinters, scratches, burrs.

decoration

Very interesting and exciting process. You can successfully attract children, grandmothers, friends to it. The main thing is good taste and a rational approach. Decor elements turn simple do-it-yourself plywood objects into a real, beautiful world of dolls, full of fantasy, positive, kindness.

Those who have enough time can foresee the decoration of individual details. It could be:

• burning out;
• sawing;
• drawing with special paints on wood;
• modeling;
• engraving;
• applications;
• mosaic;
• decoupage;
• quilling.

We decide to resort to them, it is better to carry out such options for furniture decorations before the assembly stage of the furniture element. A pattern is applied to the surface intended for decoration with a simple pencil, which is subsequently drawn up creatively.

The decoration of bedroom furniture with images of flowers, birds, delicate, beautiful fairy-tale characters looks beautiful and stylish. Toy furniture for the living room can look extraordinary if it has a national ornament or a geometric pattern. Organic glass decor looks professional. It can be glued on top of plywood or inserted into pre-designed holes in furniture for plywood dolls.

When making furniture for Barbie, for example, most girls will want to use pink trim motifs. Often here they resort to bows, satin ribbons, hearts, shiny beads. Mirrors are obligatory for dolls; thick foil can be used to imitate them.

Do not forget about the handles to the doors and drawers. Do-it-yourself fittings are a great opportunity to make a child feel like a master, a creative person.

It is advisable to paste over the walls of the doll house from the inside with wallpaper or self-adhesive film. This gives a real home comfort, looks neat. On the floor, you can glue the remnants of linoleum or carpet. It is better to glue such furniture covers in advance so that they do not move out of their places during the game. Make the doll furniture look like a real house with mini-paintings, paper flowers or appliqués (handmade especially for the toy house).

Certain design elements can be made from ordinary wire, such as clasps, handles, hooks, trempels, mirror frames, flower brackets. Especially such elements are usually replete with dollhouse furniture. If you allow your imagination to go beyond a cabinet or a bed, to make, for example, bookshelves or a bookcase, then, according to their size, you can glue books for dolls.

Features of manufacturing products for children

Making furniture for children on your own is also worth it because in the manufacturing process a piece of our soul, warmth, parental care is invested in it. The child will always be warmed by your love, feel confident. But in order not to cause harm, it is necessary to take into account a number of possible problems:

• quality of raw materials and consumables. Everything is taken into account here: from the background radiation of wood plywood to the chemicals with which it may have been treated. Regarding glues and paints: what is the basis of the active substance? Do not exceed the maximum permissible concentrations of chemical elements? You can get a positive answer to all these questions by purchasing materials in serious hardware stores, checking the manufacturer's accompanying documentation;
• workmanship and structural strength. Very often, children aged 2-4 years sit down in such furniture themselves, especially if its size allows. Then only the adhesive base or the glueless connection of furniture elements may not withstand, the child may fall. Therefore, when making furniture for dolls from plywood of large sizes, it is better to strengthen the joints additionally, for example, with metal corners;
• careful processing of edges, corners and edges of furniture is necessary. Any wood roughness of plywood can cause injury. Especially in this sense, it is useful to cover furniture with fabric, bending the edges over sharp details. Another option for smoothing is wood putty. To do this, you can use a special device - a putty gun.

In order to make the game interesting and meaningful for your own hand-crafted furniture for plywood dolls, you should carefully consider the entire ensemble: is it a bedroom, a hall or a kitchen? At the initial stage, this is usually a bed, chairs, a table, a wardrobe. A little later - armchairs, a sofa, shelves, trellis. Further - the flight of fancy is not limited. Below you can find diagrams of gazebos, houses, even transport. The distribution network has ready-made sets of parts for their self-assembly. It's easier to do, but not as valuable.

Necessary materials:

• Thick cardboard (~ 1.5 mm)
• Thin cardboard
• Foamboard
• Wooden or plastic pin of suitable diameter
• Fleece / other dense material suitable for padding
• Textile
• Glue for cardboard
• Fabric glue (you can use regular glue stick)
• Scissors
• paper knife
• Ruler
• Pencil

From the translator:

Good afternoon!
I present to you a translated master class on making an upholstered chair in 1:12 scale. The author of this MK is Chris Compass, who lives in Illinois, USA. Hence, several features of MK - the presence of the names of some unfamiliar or inaccessible materials and the traditional (non-metric) system of measures. All dimensions in the original MK are given in inches, and for convenience, I translated them into centimeters we are used to, so most of the numbers are fractional.
As for the materials, I tried to find a description of all those that are not as well known in our country as in the country of the author, and offer their analogues or replacements.

1. Tacky glue - a water-based polymer emulsion glue, a fairly thick relative of PVA, it is difficult to buy it in Russia and neighboring countries. Fast setting and drying, non-marking, used on cardboard, paper, fabric and some plastics. I found glue Moment Joiner - I liked it. Also a kind of PVA, it dries quickly enough and sticks firmly together. Bonds cardboard, wood and fabric. Inexpensive.

2. Foamboard - looks like drywall, only between the cardboard layers is not gypsum, but polyurethane foam. Description .
It is sold in Russia, but not everywhere. I found a replacement for him, because. I could not buy in my city - various substrates for parquet and laminate. Only they are not so convenient to glue, because. they do not have a cardboard surface.

3. Thermolam Plus - a kind of lining fleece for warming clothes, making shoulder pads, lining the sleeves, also used for quilting (patchwork). There are many analogues. BUT! Do not use synthetic winterizer - it will break into layers when glued.

I started by typing “upholstered living room chairs” into the Google Image search bar. The result of the search was a lot of images. I was looking for a simple skirt design, no legs, no T-shaped pillows, simple lines. I know it's very boring, but you have to learn how to walk before you can run. You can make a huge number of changes to this chair once you learn how to make upholstered furniture.

And I found what I was looking for - along with the dimensions. The dimensions indicated are very important, and the more dimensions given, the easier it will be for you to work. The parameters of full-size furniture are not immortalized in stone; you are not required to convert dimensions to thumbnails exclusively. Make changespossible, and sometimes even necessary. So, I started to make a pattern, some sizes were arbitrary. And then I decided to give you a pattern and show you how the chair is made.

Converting the size of a full-size chair is a really great starting point. I recommend going to a furniture store with a measuring tape and taking a few standard measurements: the back height of chairs of different styles, width, armrest width, seat width and depth, armrest height from the floor, seat cushion height from the floor, and others that I might forget. Take some photos if possible.

Also, do not forget that modern furniture is larger than furniture in the 19th century. Dollhouse rooms are smaller than the rooms we live in. Knowing this, we understand that the dimensions of the furniture will need to be adjusted accordingly.
This is the chair I used as a template for drawing up a pattern. I changed the back - I did not make a separate pillow, but a solid upholstery. With some experience, you can change the presented pattern - round the back, change the armrests, make them larger, make the base of the chair thinner, remove the "skirt" and attach the legs, you can increase the length of the chair to the size of the sofa, lengthen the seat and get a chaise longue - in general , as always, have fun, develop my ideas and make them better.

Before we start, I'd like to talk about fabric. My opinion is that if a piece of furniture fails, it is because of the fabric. There are a lot of beautiful fabrics, but not many of them are suitable for miniatures. Do yourself a favor and start with plain cotton. I would even recommend making the first chair out of muslin just to understand the process itself. I want everything to work out for you and therefore I advise this material for the first chair. I always go with muslin or white fabric first, just to make sure everything is calculated and measured correctly.

And I'm not ashamed to say that several chairs ended up in the bin simply because not everything worked out the first time.
If you want to make a chair, then look at the cotton for the quilt, choose something with a floral pattern, but not a fabric whose parts of the pattern will have to be combined. Keep in mind the size of the doll's hand 1:12 for comparison with the largest flower present in the picture. Take a sample of the chair with you so that you can attach the fabric to it and see how it will look as upholstery. Try to avoid fabric stores for the time being, because you may fall in love with material that is "The Right Thing!", but it can be difficult to work with. Adhesive incompatibility, loose edge, too thick are just a few of the problems that can be encountered. Let's leave that for later.

I may confuse you with a few more things, but I think you'll like it better if I finally start building.

Here are the details of the chair. For you, I wrote a lot of information on them. I print patterns on cardboard and store them in zip bags with the name of the pattern.

First we will make the base for the seat. I used Tacky glue to hold the parts of the chair together.

Cut out 0.5 cm thick foam board into 4 rectangles measuring 6.8 X 5.7 cm. And 2 more rectangles of the same size from thick cardboard.
Glue all layers and make sure that the glue is evenly distributed over the entire surface and there is enough of it in the corners. I used a square to make sure all the pieces are even.
Make sure all parts are well glued together.
Transfer the front piece and back piece to thick cardboard. Check the alignment of the lines of both parts. We need it for the next step.

Once, something in pink boxes was delivered to the country's children's stores. Thousands of parents rushed to look at the overseas miracle, which turned out to be nothing more than a two-story house for a Barbie doll. Not many could afford this luxury, and the children whose parents bought the toy immediately became favorites of the court. To make Barbie's life real, the manufacturer completed the house with pink furniture and a convertible.

Now the choice of furniture and houses for dolls has increased significantly, but the price has remained unaffordable for many. We propose to learn how to make do-it-yourself furniture for dolls out of cardboard and please the baby without spending extra money from the family budget.

Master class number 1

Let's start furnishing the doll's home from the armchair. It is easy to make: note that the dimensions are indicated in the photo. You just have to transfer them to cardboard. We specifically do not give chair templates, as it is made based on the personal considerations of the child or parent who is involved in the process of creating furniture.

Cut out the details that you see in the photo from cardboard and get down to business. For creating chair seats use square blanks. Their number depends on the thickness of the cardboard used. Put a stack of cardboard together glue together.
Attach the seat to the back of the chair, glue on the bottom.

Lubricate the front of the seat with glue and adjust stub detail. It is a rectangle with ascending elements of the bed. Now, between the back and front of the chair, supports have appeared on which cylindrical beds are planted.

Fasten bed cylinders and hide the sides under the cardboard.

The chair is ready! In order not to leave the furniture in this form, sheathe it with a beautiful fabric or secure it with decorative paper.

Please note: if the child is small, the paper will become a short-lived chair cover.

Master class number 2

Do-it-yourself cardboard furniture for dolls is a great find for needlewomen. In this master class, we will not give clear instructions: the bed on display is so easy to perform that even a child can cope with its manufacture. So, take a look at the pattern and go: to create a beautiful doll bed!

Important: The dimensions of the bed are set independently based on the parameters of the toy for which it is planned.

Master class number 3

How about a simple sofa and armchair? Such furniture is suitable for busy parents, because it takes a minimum of time and effort to assemble it. Moreover, the implementation of these interior elements is available to any kid. Look at the photo: Have you already figured out how to make a sofa and an armchair? If not, then here is a mini-instruction:

1. Decide on the size of the sofa. Sofa length should match the length of the back, and the length of the bed with its side. sofa height is ½ of the height of the back.
2. Cut the cardboard into rectangles according to the intended length. Use two rectangles as a back, the rest as seats.
3. Glue to the sides doubled bed rectangles. The sofa is ready. The chair is made by analogy. After the furniture is assembled and glued, cover it with fabric. For fixing fabric, use glue or a construction stapler.

Master class number 4

Large dining table- an integral part of the interior of any self-respecting doll. Look at this wonderful table: both adults and children want to sit at it, however, such happiness went to a small long-haired toy.

Follow the instructions to assemble a dollhouse cardboard table:

1. Decide with the dimensions of the future table. Then cut out three cardboard rectangles for the tabletop: several layers of cardboard will allow the tabletop to hold its shape without sagging over time.
2. Move on to the legs. If you are cutting cardboard out of a box, use the four folded sides of the box for the legs. This will make the task easier. If you have a straight piece of cardboard, then draw a leg template on it: two legs for each template. They can be made curly as in the photo, or they can be made in the form of a trapezoid. After the template is ready, cut out the legs.
3. Fasten pieces together with glue.
4. Paste the table with any beautiful paper. Wherein be guided the general style of a dollhouse.

Photo gallery

To show more ideas, site revisions fun learning collected photos of interesting interior solutions made of cardboard with their own hands. Perhaps this is where you or your child will find and make a doll house endlessly amazing.

It is not difficult to make furniture for a doll with your own hands from cardboard. Often, templates are not needed for this: enough imagination, time and a little glue. We hope that the article was useful, and you will return to us again and again.

Giving or making a home for your daughter for her dolls is just the beginning. Next, this house will have to be furnished. This is a bunch of toy furniture, appliances, accessories. How to make furniture for dolls with your own hands will be described in this article.

How to determine the size

Dolls, their houses and furnishings are miniature copies of us and our dwellings. And the most reliable way to make doll furniture with your own hands and not make a mistake is to measure real objects, reduce them several times, and then work with the values ​​obtained.

Furniture for dolls - copies of our furniture

How much to reduce the actual size depends on how small or large the doll is, because they are from 7 cm to 60 cm or even higher. Accordingly, they need furniture of different sizes. To determine the number by which real dimensions should be divided, we divide the average height of a person in centimeters (170 cm) by the height of the doll. Let's get some number. Here it will be necessary to divide the dimensions of real furniture into it.

For example, the height of the doll is 15 cm. We calculate: 170 cm / 15 cm = 11.3. Here we divide all the parameters of “human” furniture by this number. It should also be said that exactly 14-15 cm is the most popular size among the puppet population. Therefore, most of the finished furniture is made in a ratio of 1:12. We can also use the available dimensions, at least in order to be able to navigate with the scale of the required parts and the amount of materials.

So, the most common sizes of dolls:

• male doll 150 mm;
• female doll - 140 mm;
• baby doll - 75-100 mm;
• toy baby - 65-75 mm.

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 can not adjust the sizes. With a large difference, you will have to increase or decrease (or you can calculate it yourself).

Doll furniture from matchboxes

The easiest way is to make furniture for dolls with your own hands from ordinary matchboxes. They are glued together with PVA glue, creating certain designs, then pasted over with paper or cloth, self-adhesive film, etc. Wooden beads can be used as legs, drawer handles 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, a bedside table. Another thing is that furniture is obtained for very small dolls, no more than 10 cm high. Although, you can use more boxes by gluing them into blocks, and from these blocks create furniture for dolls about 15 cm high. Also an option, but work with others materials are not much more difficult, but they are more plastic and allow you to create products of more elegant forms.

This may be your first experience in making doll furniture. Later it will be possible to take on something more serious.

Cardboard Dollhouse Furniture

You can try your hand at making furniture for dolls using cardboard. The material is inexpensive, affordable, it will be possible to try and make mistakes, redo it. Cardboard is usually connected with PVA glue, you can use a glue gun or any universal glue that can glue cardboard, fabric, wood. Just making furniture for dolls with your own hands from cardboard, you will still use these materials. If we talk about convenience, then a glue gun is preferable - it glues quickly, it is convenient to work, the connection is reliable.

To make furniture for dolls, you can use ordinary packing cardboard. It is cheap, but the furniture from it is very delicate. It is unlikely that the child will have enough of it for a long time. But, as a "first experience", this is a good option. Scrapbooking cardboard products are more reliable. It is more dense, uniform, has a different thickness (from 2 mm or more), can be with a textured surface, extruded monochromatic patterns, 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.

Cardboard bed for a doll

This cardboard doll bed is designed for a large doll - up to 50 cm in height. If necessary, all these dimensions can be reduced.

This option can be done in just 10-20 minutes. There is no need for glue or other fixatives. The pieces 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 blanks are indicated in the diagram.

The green and yellow dots indicate overlapping cuts. They are inserted one into the other, where the assembly ends. If you like this model, it can also be made from plywood.

Schemes for the manufacture of cardboard doll furniture

Basically, furniture for cardboard dolls is glued. It is unlikely that it will be possible to make something openwork or very complex out of this material, but the manufacture of simple models will not take much time. Having a diagram with dimensions, you can even do without explanation. Everything is so clear.

Such models can be made "by eye". Without “upholstery” they look unsightly, but after that they look pretty decent. A bedside table with doors and an open shelf - the scheme is the same, different execution

Furniture schemes for dolls can be used not only for making cardboard. They can be transferred to plywood and cut with a jigsaw.

Wardrobe for dolls from improvised materials

The toy cabinet can be made of plywood, painted or pasted over with wrapping paper or self-adhesive film. Here, probably, there will be no questions - everything is clear, and if there are questions, you can peep their solution in a “natural” closet. But you can make it from very inexpensive materials. Do-it-yourself furniture for dolls is good because its cost is very low.

From a cardboard box

The main task is to find a cardboard box of the right size. Moreover, it will be easier to work if it is packaging - with folding edges. Such a 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 for home-made furniture for dolls is a wardrobe

What do you need to work

For work, you will need a good adhesive tape, it is better - on a paper basis, since it is then easier to glue the finish to it. If you have a glue gun or a construction stapler (a large clerical one will do) with staples, that’s also good. If you use other materials besides cardboard and paper, it is better to find a universal glue that glues paper, cardboard, fabric, plastic. You will also need scissors and a clerical knife, a ruler.

If the found box is too large, it can be reduced by cutting off the excess. To make the folds even, we take a ruler. we apply it to the place of the future fold, several times we pass well along the ruler with a blunt solid object (the petiole of a spoon or fork). After that, it will be easy to bend the cardboard.

Filling for a toy cabinet

From scraps or from another box, cut out the shelves. They should be slightly - 5-8 mm - longer and wider than the internal space of the cabinet. We bend the excess so that the sides form on all sides. Folds form in the corners, we carefully cut them off. We bend one of the parts by 180 ° and glue it to the shelf itself. This side of the shelf will "look at the world." We bend the other three parts at an angle of 90 °, coat 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 places are not conspicuous, it is better to wrap 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.

Finishing is a creative process

Next up is finishing. You can paint the cardboard with watercolors or acrylic (better) paints, glue it with wrapping paper, cloth, felt. You can imitate a mirror surface - paste over with foil (food, for example). If you want to make a "plastic" surface, look for water bottles of the right color, cut off the neck and bottom, and use the "body" as a finishing material.

Finishing is a creative process, but to start with, use simpler, softer, thinner materials that are easier to work with.

Handles can be made of wire, beads, long beads. For larger toy cabinets, buttons or buttons can be found. We glue all this “beauty” after we have “sheathed” the cabinet.

Newspaper doll wardrobe

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 twist dense tubes from newspapers, coat them along the edge of the PVA and leave to dry. Then the tubes can be glued together. A glue gun is best for this operation. There are two ways: first, assemble large blocks, then cut them into fragments of the desired length, or immediately cut the tubes of the desired length and immediately glue the blanks in size. The second way is more painstaking, but there is less waste.

The finished walls of the cabinet must be fastened together. To rigidly fix the angle of 90 °, it is better to use a thin wire. First, coat the joints with glue, then draw the walls one to the other with wire. If the wires are in the way, they can be removed after the glue has dried.

The bottom, top, shelves are glued using the same technology. The doors will need to be done a little differently. In order for them to open, two strips about 1.5 cm wide are cut out of the tape. Tape is glued along the edge of the door so that a little more than half hangs in the air. With this loose adhesive tape we glue the door to the wall, but so that there is a gap of 2-3 mm between the wall and the door (there is just adhesive tape). This will allow the doors to close. We fix the glued door on the other side with a second strip of adhesive tape.

The second way to fix the doors is on the wire. Only this time it should be tough and thick enough. Cut off a piece that is 2 cm longer than the height of the cabinet. Immediately on the wire on one side we make a loop, using 1 cm. We bend the loop at an angle of 90 ° to the wire. We make holes in the bottom and roof, pass the wire through the bottom, the loop remains below. We put a door on the wire, using the outer tube instead of hinges. Slightly bending the wire, we thread it into the hole in the cabinet roof, bend the excess, fixing the door. We repeat the same operation with another door. Please note that it is necessary to fasten the door to the adhesive tape before finishing the cabinet, and it is possible to attach it to the wire after.

There are some other little things that need to be said a few words. Legs and handles for the cabinet can also be made from paper tubes. You just need to twist them from the paper with which you trim the toy. Fold it into a tight roll, glue the edge with glue, then cut it into segments of the desired length and glue it in the right places. Instead of tubes, there can be wooden sticks, beads, etc.

Doll bookcase or ruler shelf

You can make furniture for dolls with your own hands from school wooden rulers. They are good because they are already processed, have the same width and thickness. In the stationery store you can find the right size - larger / smaller, wider / narrower - as desired. For example, to make a doll bookcase, you need 6 rulers 15 cm long.

You will also need a jigsaw to work. If there is an electric one, great, if not, a manual one will do, since there is not too much work. You also need fine-grained sandpaper, glue (PVA or carpentry) and paints (acrylic or gouache).

We cut segments from the rulers: 4 pieces of 6 cm each, one - 8 cm. We sand the edges to an even state, we also remove the markings and barcodes. Between the two rulers we have shelves (which are 6 cm each), on top we leave approximately the same distance - under the lid (a segment of 8 cm). We coat the joints with PVA or carpentry glue, connect and tighten with masking tape, leave for a day. When the glue dries, glue the very last detail - the cover on top. Actually, the shelf itself is ready, it remains to paint it.

To obtain an even and bright color, it is better to cover the structure with white, after drying, already paint with the desired shade. Also, do-it-yourself doll furniture can be decorated with.

Furniture for dolls: photo ideas

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

What is good about this material, you probably already understood - it has rounded processed edges, is the same in size and well processed. If the sticks seem too rough, sand them down to smoothness with fine grit sandpaper.

Clothespins make good armchairs and chairs. They are disassembled into halves and connected with wood glue. Figured products are obtained in almost a few tens of minutes.

Armchair, table - can also be made from clothespins

Almost always, wooden clothespins are used to make doll furniture. But no one forbids taking plastic ones. It is also difficult to work with them in the same way, only the difficulty is that wooden ones are easier to modify by changing the thickness of the shape, etc. If the product is simple, does not require refinement, you can take plastic ones. They are more varied in shape and size, already painted, so there is less fuss with them.

With the growth of skill, you can switch to more complex material - plywood or wood. The difficulty is that turning and cutting miniature parts requires filigree precision, perseverance and takes a lot of time. But you can do whatever you want.

Corner desk for a doll….everything is real

Plywood doll wardrobe - very high fidelity