More Fabulous Uses for Felt; Crafting a Dollhouse
I bought all this fabulous felt to make a ton of play food for my daughter but as usual the thought had more energy than the actual application. I have made a nice set of items to present her with on her birthday (which will have to have pics later when she has seen them) but found myself with much more felt than I cared to turn into food.
Then my little Peanut had been really trying to play with this sorry dollhouse we attempted to make together a few months ago. I knew it needed a renovation but was fresh out of ideas. We had started it with one of those boxes they give you at the warehouse store for your purchase. We had a two sided on and I had (genius) made the dollhouse to be one level with two rooms. I wanted better for my Peanut.
I had been looking at the different ones online but with all we were putting into her play kitchen I kind of felt that buying a new dollhouse too was just too much.
By the way if you are looking for a nice store bought dollhouse Pottery Barn for kids has a nice cute one for younger children that is about %50 off.
Sooooo. I called my mom, artist extraordinaire, and she hopped over to help me out. We ended up turning the doll house on it’s end and she fashioned a gabled roof and patched up the sides with rogue cardboard I had been begging my husband to get rid of.
While she did this I started to felt and wallpaper the inside and outside of the house. And made a diving wall for the upstairs.
A while ago we had papier mache’d a few bathroom items that are now too large for the new house’s proposed bathroom so we’re thinking of making the new attic room the bathroom. We also papier mache’d a couch which I covered with felt and made a big fat cushion for. I’m in the process of making a bed frame for the bedroom and figuring out what else to do around the house.
This sounds probably much better than it looks. I’ll have to take pics another time as the family has come down with a cold and I find myself with limited energy.
In the meantime dollhouse making with stuff around the house is nothing new. So here are a few links to inspire you.
- Dollhouse Furniture With Everyday Objects
- Wood Built Handmade Dollhouse
- Make a Dollhouse Dining Room from Recyclables (so cute to see the little girl working on this)
- Make a Dollhouse Dresser
- The Perfect Dollhouse This was just amazing. The stuff the came up with!
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March 31st, 2010 at 9:24 pm
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April 2nd, 2010 at 4:30 pm
LaughingLady (formerly ValleyGirl) says:Oh, haha, I see you have the same link here that I just sent you! I think I like the felt idea better for some reason. Maybe because it doesn’t look quite so involved and all you need is scissors, felt, and thread ~ you don’t need to spend a year collecting all the necessary ingredients!