Gifting or making your daughter a home for her dolls is just the beginning. Next, this house will have to be furnished. This is a bunch of toy furniture, equipment, and accessories. This article will tell you how to make furniture for dolls with your own hands.

How to decide on sizes

The dolls, their houses and furnishings are smaller copies of us and our homes. And the most reliable way do doll furniture with your own hands and 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, the average height of a person in centimeters (170 cm) is divided 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:

  • male doll 150 mm;
  • female doll - 140 mm;
  • child 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 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).

Doll furniture made from matchboxes

The easiest way is to make furniture for dolls with your own hands 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 more 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.

Furniture for a dollhouse made of cardboard

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. The cardboard is usually joined using PVA glue, you can use glue gun or any universal glue that can glue cardboard, fabric, 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 good option. Cardboard products for scrapbooking are more reliable. It is more dense, homogeneous, has different thicknesses (from 2 mm and more), can be with textured surface, embossed with single-color 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 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 like this model, it can also be made from plywood.

Schemes for making cardboard doll furniture

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 open shelf- same circuit, 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.

Wardrobe for dolls made from scrap materials

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.

From a cardboard box

The main task is to find a thick cardboard box of the appropriate 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 for homemade furniture for dolls is a wardrobe

What do you need for work?

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.

Filling for a toy cabinet

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.

Finishing is a creative process

Next comes the finishing touches. You can paint the cardboard with watercolor or acrylic (preferably) paints, glue it with wrapping paper, fabric, felt. Can be imitated mirror surface- cover with foil (food foil, for example). If you want to make a “plastic” surface, look for water bottles 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 toy cabinets larger size you can find buttons or buttons. We glue all this “beauty” after we have “lined” the cabinet.

Doll wardrobe made from newspapers

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 may be wooden sticks, beads, etc.

Doll bookcase or shelf made of rulers

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 paint it after drying the right shade. Also, do-it-yourself doll furniture can be decorated in.

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

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, sand them down smooth using fine-grit sandpaper.

Clothespins make good armchairs and stools. They are disassembled into halves and connected 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.

As your skill increases, you can move on 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.

Angular desk for a doll... everything is like the real thing

Wardrobe for dolls made of plywood - very high reproduction accuracy

Every girl dreams of a magical house for her favorite dolls, and parents want to make these dreams come true. Some people buy in stores, while others prefer to make a home with beautiful furniture unique for your child, but on a budget. This is what we suggest you do today, namely, make furniture for Barbie with your own hands.

At first glance, this may seem very complicated, but it’s enough just to use a little imagination. And if you also involve a child in this process, you will get an exciting and educational game.

Material for creativity can be found in every home: plywood, matches, matchboxes, various boxes, scraps of fabric, jars and much more. We bring to your attention several ideas for furniture made from cardboard and cardboard boxes, as well as detailed master classes with drawings and patterns.

Cardboard bed

We will need:

  • corrugated cardboard;
  • self-adhesive paper for finishing;
  • scissors;
  • stationery knife;
  • glue;
  • fabric for pastel accessories;
  • cotton wool;
  • metal wire.

Cut out parts from cardboard using a pattern. We bring to your attention several options for patterns:

In order for our bed to be strong and stable, we need to make several such parts, glue them together, and it is also recommended to fasten them with metal wire.

You can leave it like this, but it’s better to cover it with self-adhesive film. suitable color, sew a mattress and pillows from fabric, filling them with cotton wool or any other filler, and don’t forget about pastel linen.

You can also make a bed with soft walls; for this you just need to cover it with padding polyester and fabric.

A few more decorating ideas are provided in the photo:

Armchair and sofa

Now we can start making furniture for the living room, because our doll needs somewhere to receive guests.

So, let's start making the chair.

In order to do similar option, we need:

  • thick cardboard or corrugated cardboard;
  • plain paper;
  • cardboard thread tube or old felt-tip pen;
  • thin foam;
  • glue;
  • scissors;
  • upholstery material (you can use any fabric you like);
  • pencil, ruler.

Necessary from plain paper cut out the pattern.

To make the seat stable, cut several identical parts from corrugated cardboard and glue them together. We collect all the parts as shown in the photo.

We need thread tubes for the armrest; they need to be secured with PVA or Moment glue.

In order to close the holes between the seat and the armrest, it is necessary to cut out suitable size strips of cardboard and, gluing them together, place them under the armrest.

That's it, let's start upholstering our chair. To do this, we cover it with thin foam rubber and fabric.

We do the same with removable pillows.

This is the charming chair we came up with:

A few more photo ideas.

As for the sofa, the manufacturing scheme will be approximately the same. You can change the shape and size, but the essence of the assembly will be the same. We bring to your attention several options for inspiration.

In fact, cardboard is very universal material for this kind of product, and most importantly, it is very flexible, which allows you to create various shapes. Using the same principle, you can create different furniture: chests of drawers, cabinets, tables, coffee tables, kitchen set, all kinds of bedside tables and much more. Don't stop and get creative with your children, creating unique interior for dolls.

For inspiration, here are some ideas various furniture with detailed diagrams.

Table and chair:

Little owner dollhouse She will definitely want to furnish it with beautiful furniture and will ask her parents to help her with this. The house must have a sofa, table, bed, chairs and other pieces of furniture. Of course you can buy them. But you can easily make it yourself, using a minimum of funds.

Approximate Dimensions

Before you think about how to make a table for dolls yourself and from what material, you need to decide on the dimensions. You need to start from the height of the doll itself and the size of the house. The interior will look beautiful if all the furniture is approximately the same scale and style.

The easiest way to make all objects proportionally the same is to calculate the scale. You need to divide the average height of a person by the size of the doll. You will get a number by which you will subsequently need to divide all the real sizes of the furniture to get the doll sizes.

For example, the height of a doll is 20 cm. We divide the average height of a person 175 cm by 20 cm = 8.75. The actual dimensions of human furniture must be divided by this number to obtain the dimensions of doll furniture.

On average, dolls have a size from 7.5 to 15 cm. If the doll for which this or that piece of furniture is made fits these parameters, you can use the following sizes:

Furniture for dolls made from matchboxes

This is just a godsend for creating a dollhouse environment. From them you can create huge amount furniture items:

An excellent material for making a doll set is cardboard. It is very easy to cut and is glued with regular PVA or hot glue. From the old cardboard box you can make all the furniture in the house. The only drawback of cardboard- this is that without decoration and finishing on top with some kind of material, it does not look very beautiful.

Corrugated packaging cardboard will not last long, as it wrinkles quite quickly and loses its shape. It is better to use cardboard for scrapbooking or just thick cardboard.

Gluing a bed out of cardboard is quite simple. Need to cut out the bed walls required size and connect them with glue. The back can be decorated with wrapping paper or decorated using decoupage technique.

You can make a bed without glue. The walls will be fixed using grooves cut in the walls.

Making furniture from paper

If it is not possible to buy ready-made doll furniture, you can make it from paper. How to make a chair out of paper so that it is strong and does not immediately wrinkle? Roll the paper into tubes! From newspaper tubes craftswomen have been weaving anything for a long time. Sets for dolls will be no exception. Weaving patterns can be found on the Internet. Such items will decorate the house and look very cozy. In addition, they will be quite durable if painted or coated with several layers of varnish.

For making paper furniture you will need:

You need to roll thin tubes out of paper. This can be done using a knitting needle. They should dry well. Then the tubes need to be glued lengthwise using glue. Better to use hot gun, so the connection will be stronger and the paper will not get wet.

In this way, small blocks (walls) are glued together, which are then connected to each other. They are easy to cut into the desired pieces. For better fastening, you can use wire or thread.

Then shelves and doors are made in the same way.. The doors need to be secured with tape or wire.

The legs and arms are made from the same tubes, rolled into a roll. The edge needs to be glued with hot glue.

Plywood doll products

A doll's wardrobe for clothes can also be made from plywood. He will serve his owner for a very long time. You can connect the walls and shelves together with hot glue or PVA. A hanger bar can be made from a wooden skewer or a Chinese stick. Hangers are made from straightened paper clips.

Bed, table and chairs can also be made from this durable material. Some craftsmen even carve on such furniture beautiful patterns, imitating carved furniture. It looks very nice. The plywood needs to be painted or covered with fabric.

It is better to stuff the sofa with cotton wool or foam rubber so that it takes shape, and then cover it with fabric.

The table can be made as square, and round using a jigsaw. The legs will be wooden skewers or sticks. Chairs are made using the same principle.

Cardboard box furniture

From one TV box you can make all the furniture in the house. To create it you will need:

  • The box itself.
  • Double sided tape.
  • Scissors.
  • Regular wide tape.
  • Glue gun or PVA glue.
  • Materials for decoration.

All furniture must be cut out, cut into the necessary parts and glued together.

Next begins the real interesting process- finishing. Cardboard can be painted, covered with wallpaper or paper . On the front of the cabinet or dressing table you should glue a piece of foil, imitating a mirror. You need to put a tablecloth on the table, and pillows on the sofa - this will add coziness.

Be sure to involve the child himself in the decorating process. This is a great opportunity to feel like an interior designer and show your creative thinking. Anything can be used: small stones, shells, beads, rhinestones, stickers.

After finishing the design work, the arrangement of furniture in the house and filling it with details (vases, figurines) begins.

Of course, you need dishes in the kitchen. It can be cut out of cardboard, wood or molded from plasticine. How to make a bottle for dolls is a more complicated question. Here you can use bottles of drops for the eyes or nose, or ran out of perfume samples.

Cabinet made of wooden rulers

Another way to quickly create a doll closet. To make one cabinet you will need approximately six rulers. You will also need a jigsaw and PVA glue for the job..

Cut and sand the rulers to prevent splinters. Everything was glued with PVA glue. After the product has completely dried, it can be painted. For a beautiful, even color, you need to cover the cabinet first with a layer of white paint, and then with the desired color.

In the same way you can make tables, chairs, bedside tables and other furniture for dolls.

How to make furniture from clothespins

It is not necessary to use wooden ones; plastic clothespins are also used. They vary in size and color, but with wooden clothespins the furniture turns out more comfortable and beautiful.

To make a table or chair from clothespins, you need to separate them. Halves of clothespins are used, which are connected to each other. Connecting them in a circle, make a tabletop, legs can also be made from halves of clothespins.

The beauty of this material is that it can be easily attached to a clothespin the required form or cut off as much as needed. Some people make their own theater on clothespins. Templates can be found online.

Making furniture for dolls - pretty exciting process, which can involve the whole family. Dad can do the crafting, gluing, twisting, and preparing for framing. Mom and daughter will be happy to paint furniture, decorate it, sew tablecloths, pillows and bedspreads. This is a wonderful family activity that will delight your little princess.

Attention, TODAY only!

It's hard to find a girl who wouldn't dream of beautiful house for your 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 great 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, 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 looks very nice and soft pads, 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.

DIY furniture for dolls, drawings, diagrams

Schemes for making doll furniture from plywood or thick cardboard

Paper furniture templates for dolls.

DIY furniture for dolls made of cardboard, step by step with photos

Cardboard toy furniture is one of the most popular options. Such an environment will be very durable, it is easy to make, and it will not require a lot of money. We suggest you make a cute one doll sofa from cardboard with the following step-by-step lesson.

For work, prepare:

  • Scissors and pencil, ruler, PVA glue;
  • Thick cardboard and two oblong cardboard boxes;
  • Fabrics different colors, filler (cotton wool, padding polyester, etc.), needle, thread;
  • Six caps or other suitable items same size(for sofa legs).

Depending on how you attach the soft parts to the cardboard, you may also need hot glue or fabric velcro tape. Cardboard 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 of the required size from thick cardboard. 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.

Video do-it-yourself furniture for dolls

Toy sofa made of cardboard.

Doll chair made of cardboard.

Do-it-yourself doll chest of drawers.

Coffee table for dolls.

DIY furniture for dolls made of plywood, photo

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 these miniature masterpieces.

DIY furniture for dolls made of paper, photo

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.

DIY upholstered furniture for dolls, step by step with photos

We present to your attention 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:

  1. Armrests - 2 pcs. 12×10.5 cm;
  2. Sofa back (back) - 1 pc. 18×11 cm;
  3. Sofa back (front) - 1 pc. 7.5×15 cm;
  4. Seat - 1 pc. 9.5×15 cm;
  5. Side from seat to floor - 1 pc. 3x15 cm.

From foam rubber:

  1. Seat - 1 pc. 7.5×13 cm;
  2. Front part of the back - 1 pc. 5.5×15 cm;
  3. Back part - 1 pc. 16×9 cm;
  4. Armrest tops - 2 pcs. 2×8.5 cm;
  5. Outer sides of the armrest - 2 pcs. 4.5x8.5 cm;
  6. Inner sides of the armrest - 2 pcs. 1.5x8.5 cm.

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 allow the glue 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 backrest 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. We lubricate the back of the seat with the same glue.

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 coat 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 sew 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.

DIY furniture for dolls from boxes, photo

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.

Master class do-it-yourself furniture for dolls

Very simple and budget master class on creating a chest of drawers with a mirror.

You will need:

  • A small cardboard box (for example, for hair dye);
  • Ruler, pencil, glue, scissors;
  • Cardboard and paper for decoration;
  • Foil.

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. We 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.

DIY furniture for dolls made from bottles, photo

Who would have thought that from plastic bottle This could be such a cozy armchair.

Tools and materials:

  • Thick cardboard for the base;
  • Ruler, scissors, pencil;
  • Awl;
  • Wooden toothpicks or skewers;
  • Paper tubes or thick white threads;
  • Colored cardboard for mosaics.

Cut out a tabletop of the required size from cardboard. Using an awl, we make holes in the corners for the legs, and holes around the perimeter for the stands.
We cut out small mosaic squares from colored cardboard. We glue them onto the base, as shown in the photo.

We 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.

DIY furniture for dolls made from sponges, step by step with photos

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 dishwashing sponges, cardboard, scissors and hot glue. Bed legs can be made from any suitable materials, in our case these are cubes.

Miniature doll furniture in children's toy stores costs a lot of money, but for games you need so much - a table, chairs, a sofa or bed, a wardrobe, bedside tables. Interior items can be made with your own hands, having simple materials on hand. Unlike store-bought furniture, homemade furniture can be made in a variety of ways. different forms and flowers and decorate as you wish.

No matter how much big house for a doll, he needs an interior. After all, your daughter’s doll should receive guests and relax somewhere. Making furniture for a dollhouse is very simple, and the costs for such work are minimal.

To create future furniture you will need:

  • Empty matchboxes;
  • Cardboard boxes;
  • Boxes for tea, cosmetics;
  • Plastic bottles;
  • Tin lids for beer or soda;
  • Pieces of fabric and thread;
  • Paints;
  • Buttons, rivets, beads.

First of all, you need to decide what pieces of furniture you want to have in your home. Do you need a bed, what size will the closet be, and where will the table and chairs be? Based on the general dimensions of the doll's house, you can roughly figure out the parameters of the furniture and select the necessary materials.

Furniture can be made both functional and simply decorative.

Matchboxes make ideal drawers for a chest of drawers or nightstand. You can cover a sofa with fabric and cotton wool - it will look just like a real one!

So that the wardrobe and other pieces of furniture are in harmony with each other and fit into the general view doll house, you can paste them with colored paper or paint them with paints.

Using your imagination, you can create the most unimaginable furniture and decorate it to your taste.

Paper furniture for a dollhouse: diagrams and detailed instructions

Before you start working on homemade furniture, you need to prepare drawings according to which the interior items will be assembled. In order for the furniture to turn out correctly when gluing, you need to draw a three-dimensional figure in parts with dimensions.

Diagrams of the main pieces of furniture:

  1. Table. It is needed even in a doll house. If you want to make a rectangular table, you will need a piece of thick cardboard (or box) measuring 12x10 cm. To make table legs, you can use cocktail straws, which should be wrapped in paper and glued to the tabletop. You can also make square legs. To do this, you need to cut 16 strips 1 cm wide and 7 cm long and glue 4 pieces together. Glue the finished legs at the corners to the table.
  2. For round table You will need a piece of cardboard with a diameter of 8 cm. For the legs, you need to cut 4 strips of 17x2 cm, glue 2 each. Place the legs under the table in a semicircle crosswise and glue them to the tabletop.
  3. Chairs. The doll chair consists of two parts - a back with rear legs and the seat itself with front legs. The back of the chair can be curved a little, made openwork - as your child decides. The seat of the chair should be trapezoidal, like a real chair. Glue the finished parts together.
  4. Sofa. To create a sofa you will need 2 side parts 10x6 cm, a back 18x7 cm. For the base of the sofa you need to make something like a box - on a piece of cardboard 18x9.6 cm, retreat 2 cm on each side and make bends. Seal with thin tape to prevent the box from opening. Glue the side parts on the sides, place the back in the center.

Finished furniture can be covered with colored paper or self-adhesive film. The sofa can also be covered with thin felt, so it will look more like a real one.

What furniture templates are needed for dolls?

The topic of miniature doll furniture is now very relevant for parents who have daughters growing up. In addition to a doll, girls want to have a house, and it should have furniture. If it’s not worth saving on the doll, then both the housing and its contents can be made with your own hands.

In order to correctly assemble doll furniture, you need drawings with dimensions according to which you need to make templates. Cut-out printouts will be attached to the material from which it will be made. toy furniture– cardboard, plywood, wood.

Templates can come in different shapes and sizes. For example, a table needs a rectangular or circle template. The legs will be attached to the finished base.

For a bed you need 7 different quadrangles - the base of the crib, the headboard, the foot and the side slats. In each plank you need to make cuts into which other parts of the bed will then be inserted. This doll bed does not need to be held together with glue; it will stick well anyway.

The bed can be made with a piece of an old towel or scraps of fabric.

Paper furniture for dolls: cut out according to templates

Many girls love to play paper dolls, which are cut out according to a template. Now in any bookstore or stationery store you can find a whole set of beautiful little paper dolls - Snow White, The Little Mermaid, Barbie, Monster High and many other modern cartoon characters. These dolls often come with pictures, a set of clothes and a dollhouse with furniture. All that is required of you is to cut out the templates, make bends in in the right places and glue the house and furniture together.

If the set does not include a certain piece of furniture, you can find it on the Internet, download it and print it on a printer.

When a baby plays with dolls, builds a house, and arranges furniture, she learns to be neat, develops imagination and develops creatively.

Doll furniture made of cardboard: making a chest of drawers for Barbie

Matchboxes will make an excellent chest of drawers for a doll. You can store beads, doll jewelry or rubber bands in a mini chest of drawers. To work we need three empty matchbox(or other small boxes), PVA glue, a piece of cardboard, beads for handles.

Work progress step by step:

  1. Glue the boxes together without the inner parts.
  2. Cover the finished frame with cardboard to form a durable quadrangle. We do not seal the front part of the chest of drawers where the drawers will be inserted!
  3. Cover the front of the drawer with colored paper and glue a bead onto the glue; by pulling it, you can open the drawer.
  4. Cover the entire chest of drawers with colored paper. Insert drawers into the chest of drawers.
  5. The legs of a toy chest of drawers can be made from shaped push pins.

Your daughter will really like this chest of drawers. It is not difficult to make and, if desired, you can create many stylish chests of drawers for a dollhouse.

Miniature wardrobe: how to make furniture for a dollhouse

Your daughter's little friend also needs a closet to hide hers. beautiful dresses. It's easy and interesting to do. This is where your imagination can run wild! A doll's wardrobe will definitely be unique, because you come up with all the “stuffing” yourself - the number of shelves, drawers, their location.

To make a closet you need shoe box, wallpaper or colored paper, a piece of foil and a piece of wire.

Work progress:

  1. Trim the folds to the width of the cardboard box lid.
  2. Cut the lids lengthwise. Cover the halves with colored paper. These are the future cabinet doors.
  3. On inner side Glue a piece of foil to one of the doors to imitate a mirror.
  4. Glue the halves onto the box. You need to glue them on outside boxes so they can open.
  5. Make shelves from thick cardboard inside the cabinet as you wish.
  6. Make boxes from matchboxes.
  7. The wooden stick will serve as a pipe for the hangers. To do this, you need to make small indentations in the walls of the box and insert a stick coated with glue into it.
  8. Cover the entire closet with colored paper and make appliqués.

The doll closet is ready. Now all that remains is to fill it with doll clothes and shoes.

DIY furniture for a dollhouse (video)

Furniture for dolls can be made from all available materials; this will not only save your budget, but also give room for imagination. Don't forget that ready-made furniture can be decorated. Beads, tulle scraps or lace are suitable for this.



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