Despite the abundance of newfangled toys that flooded the children's departments, the dreams of little girls remain unchanged from generation to generation. And one of these dreams will definitely be a dollhouse. It's easy to make this toy with your own hands. And the joy and delight of the little princess will delight the masters. To create a doll's dwelling, it is enough to arm yourself with the materials at hand and inspiration.
The best gift for a daughter will be a dollhouse, which dad will make with his own hands. Before starting work, you should decide what the building will be. Almost any material can be used to create it, from cardboard boxes to styrofoam. However, it is worth taking care of the durability of the structure, so that it does not fail at the most crucial moment.
The most practical and durable house is considered to be a laminate or plywood house. It is more difficult to make it, but the efforts made will pay off with interest, because a product made of such material will be difficult to distinguish from a purchased one.
The structure of the building itself is a box without a front wall. Inside this box, small compartments are provided that play the role of rooms. Sometimes the house is made through, but it will be more practical to equip the building with a back wall.
For an aesthetic appearance at rest, the house is also equipped with a front wall, which is attached with door hinges. Such a house can be closed so that the doll's interior does not clutter up the girl's room.
Some craftsmen prefer to make a mobile home. This design can be moved around the room or apartment. In this case, the front wall is simply necessary, so that the sofa or the tenant of the house himself is not lost during the move.
Plywood, laminate or wood
A laminate house will become a real masterpiece, so you need to seriously approach its creation. To begin with, you should choose a drawing or draw a diagram yourself.
Diagram of a plywood dollhouse with your own hands provides for the dimensions of the walls and the outline of window and door openings. Of course, the parameters of the house can be changed at your discretion, observing the proportions. You can also add rooms or balconies. It all depends on the wishes of the little customer and the amount of free time.
So, to create a house you will need:
- Durable material such as plywood.
- PVA, as well as wood glue.
- Electric jigsaw.
- Roulette, ruler, pencil.
- Material for finishing walls and floors in the house. Self-adhesive tape will do.
- Wallpaper.
To draw the same details, for example, interior partitions, you can use a paper template. The rest of the details of the house are drawn on paper, then transferred to plywood. The walls of the house are cut out of plywood. Windows are marked on the cut out details and they are also cut out, doors are sawn out.
Joiner's glue will help to bring the parts together. You can strengthen the structure with small studs, which is especially true for large houses.
There is no urgent need for a roof, but its presence will be the logical conclusion of the construction. You can also paste over it with cardboard and paint tiles on it.
The assembled house should be glued onto a piece of plywood, somewhat wider than the base of the house itself. This will give it stability. Pieces of plywood sticking out on the sides can be beaten. For example, make a lawn covered with artificial grass out of them.
It is advised to paste over the walls with wallpaper even before assembling the house. You can do this in a finished structure, but it is much more convenient to collect already dried parts. The same goes for gender. However, it should be borne in mind that the glue is "capricious" to some surfaces.
You can decorate the interior of the house at your own discretion. Doll furniture, textiles and rugs will come in handy. You can also leave the question of the interior open, so that the owner will take care of its arrangement personally.
Drywall and other materials
If drywall remained after the repair, then fate itself ordered to create from it a masterpiece for the little princess. From such a solid and serious material, you can make a real building with many floors, a bathroom and a kitchen.
Of the advantages of the material, it is worth noting the lightness of the structure and the white color of the drywall, due to which the house will look neat. The comparative purity of the process is also considered a plus. For example, working with Styrofoam will definitely bring a little snowfall to the workshop.
Using drywall, you can make partitions between rooms and toy furniture. It is very convenient to paste over such walls with wallpaper.
Air dwelling for barbie
A wonderful dollhouse can be made with packing foam. You can give such a toy to older girls, since the foam is very fragile and not suitable for toddler games.
Necessary materials:
Make a house for dolls taking into account the age of its owner. To save space in the nursery, it is advised to make the house high. The attic room in it should be approximately at the level of the child's eyes.
Step-by-step instructions for creating a light house:
An interesting idea for decorating a house will be a printout of various elements on a printer. For example, a picture depicting the depths of the sea, glued to transparent plastic, will play the role of an aquarium. You can also print landscapes and simulate window openings with their help. The dolls will love the view of the mountains or the sandy coast.
Other construction options
You don't have to be a wood craftsman or buy Styrofoam sheets to create a doll house. You can settle toys in a house created from scrap materials.
Carton boxes
You can make a dollhouse out of the box. It is interesting and simple to make such a structure with your own hands. It is enough to glue the boxes one on top of the other, taking into account the height of the dolls, so that they all fit into the rooms.
No matter how thick the cardboard is, a house made of it requires compliance with certain rules. Interior partitions in such a building are necessary. They will play the role of load-bearing walls. The more rooms there are on one floor, the stronger the structure will be. Empty paper towel sleeves can be used as columns. They will support the ceiling of the house.
The aesthetic appearance of corrugated cardboard can be improved with the help of fabric, which is used to paste over the walls and floor of the house. Also, with the help of fabric wallpaper, the joints of the cardboard are hidden.
Shelving and bookshelves
To create a house, you can use ready-made bookshelves or shelves. All work on such a project comes down to interior design, since the walls and roof in the building are already ready.
It is best to paint the shelf white or any light color. You can also paint curly ivy or other architectural vegetation on the walls of your dwelling.
You can paste over the walls inside rooms with paper, wallpaper, self-adhesive film. Pieces of carpet can be used for flooring.
It is advisable to push a heavy wooden structure tightly against the wall. As a back wall, you can use a sheet of plywood nailed to the rack itself.
mobile version
If there is not enough space in the children's room to install a bulky structure, you can make a house from compact materials. For example, folders for documents.
This requires four cardboard folders. We decorate each page with wallpaper printed on the printer. You can also add textile appliqués like furniture or curtains.
Before making a house for dolls with our own hands, we measure future tenants. Marking the doll's height, cut off the top of the folder in the form of a sharp roof. If the toys are too tall, the top edge of the folder is left square.
You can make a window hole in one of the walls. Moving parts, such as a table, will look great.
For those who want to make a house for dolls with their own hands, step-by-step master classes and ideas for decorating a miniature interior will come in handy. The whole family will like to equip such a house.
Your little princess is growing by leaps and bounds. And now you have already equipped her nursery, in which there are many toys. But as always, something is missing. Or maybe make a dollhouse with your own hands from plywood? Its scheme is simple. With such a house, the daughter will play much longer than dad or grandfather built it.
Piggy bank of creative ideas
Every girl dreams of having a real dollhouse in her room. It is easier to buy such a design in a store, but not cheaper. Moreover, the quality of many toys lately leaves much to be desired. If you are going to make a do-it-yourself dollhouse, you will need the drawings to cut out individual parts.
Plywood is a versatile material. It is durable, ergonomic, has an acceptable price category, and it is a pleasure for the master to work with it. You can come up with a unique plywood dollhouse. Drawings are easy to find on the global network. Fortunately, progress has provided us with such opportunities.
Here are some ideas for building a dollhouse:
- simple sketch;
- complicated option;
- new year's dollhouse.
The complexity of the structure being erected depends on your skills and abilities. First, all the parts are cut out of plywood, and then assembled together. The dollhouse can be small or human-sized.
Take care of cutting out doors and windows. Children can be involved in the design process. They will be able to decorate the dollhouse as they see fit. Your imagination also plays an important role. A dollhouse can be a miniature replica of a real home with stairs, bathroom, bedroom, living room, nursery and furniture. Try it, because it's very interesting and exciting.
Let's make a gift to the little princess
Handmade items are always valued more. If you decide to present a gift to your daughter, try making a plywood dollhouse with your own hands. The step-by-step instructions will become a visual aid for you. Start by building a drawing. After taking all measurements, calculate the required amount of plywood. Go to the store and buy everything you need.
One side of the house, the facade, is always open. It should be comfortable for the child to play with this design. If you want to make an exclusive dollhouse, think over everything to the smallest detail, including the decor, and also equip it with lighting.
Necessary materials:
- drawing;
- plywood sheets;
- electric jigsaw;
- drill with various drills;
- heavy-duty glue;
- yardstick;
- pencil;
- ruler;
- water-based or decorative paint;
- brush;
- self-tapping screws;
- LED lamp;
- power unit.
A step-by-step description of the creative process:
- We start by building a drawing. We place all the details on a sheet of paper separately. We indicate the desired size. You can take the dimensions given in the photo.
- We transfer the drawing to plywood sheets. For convenience, we will use a ruler and a simple pencil.
- After we have drawn all the details of the future dollhouse, we proceed to cutting them out. You can conveniently and quickly cut out parts from plywood using an electric jigsaw.
- This stage is the most important. We measure all sizes carefully and very carefully. Better to measure it seven times. Otherwise, the house will not turn out beautiful and even. The details should fit together perfectly.
- We will immediately cut out all the details of the dollhouse. Here we have such a mountain of individual pieces of plywood.
- In order not to get confused when assembling the house, we will sign each detail in accordance with our drawing.
- To make the house look like a real one, and your princess is happy to play with such a structure, we measure and cut out doors and windows. Without this, nowhere.
- And to make it more convenient to cut out small windows and doorways from plywood, we first drill four points.
- Now, starting from the hole, we will cut out the window and door using an electric jigsaw.
- We need to decorate part of the wall of the house and the balcony. To do this, draw two parallel lines and make symmetrical points on equal segments.
- Let's drill each point to make a through hole.
- Cut the distance between the holes using an electric jigsaw. It turns out this is such an original thread.
- When all the details are prepared, take sandpaper and sand the plywood from all sides so that no splinters are afraid of the little princess.
- Now we start assembling according to the sketch.
- We process the side cuts of plywood with wood glue, and then fix them additionally with small studs.
- Make sure that the nails do not pierce through the plywood, otherwise the baby may get hurt.
- After we assemble the frame, we will fix the floors on the floors. If you have measured correctly, then these parts are perfect.
- The finished house can be painted with water-based or decorative paint.
- After completely dry, you can start lighting in the dollhouse. To do this, you need LED bulbs of minimum power, as well as a power supply.
- We connect the wires, and put the lamps into the holes made in the plywood.
- We install the power supply on the back wall of the dollhouse.
- Let's not forget to install a switch so that your daughter can turn on and off the light for her dolls on her own.
Hello to all! Where to start? Many girls are waiting for this post about building a house for Barbie, I will not write a lot, if you have any questions, ask.
We put together such a house in less than a week. They built it for several hours a day.
We spent about 4000r on materials, these are plywood sheets + saw cut, PVA glue, moment glue, nails, wooden slats.
We did not make a drawing. I took a picture from the Internet as a basis. Ruslan (husband) calculated the width, height and depth and immediately went to OBI. I bought plywood there and sawed it right there. First, they decided to make a box, then floors with partitions. Windows and doors were cut out after the walls were assembled. Then there is the roof and the balcony at the very end.
The house is assembled - now we have to prepare it for painting. It is necessary to glue all the seams and joints with glue, because it will not stand for a long time on nails, and sand it. There is still a lot of pleasant work ahead :) I will keep you informed. We will buy furniture and make it along the way. By the way, Rus made a Table with chairs. Also for painting.
There are plans to put light in each room), the doors will open and close, curtains, carpets, tiles, in general, everything is like people’s. Well, a few photos during the construction process, were built by the whole family. Yes, kids love this house and play every day.
A large and impressive craft, but what can't you do for your beloved children!
Materials:
- cardboard,
- glue "Moment crystal",
- acrylic paints,
- acrylic lacquer,
- synthetic winterizer,
- pieces of fabric
- braid,
- beads,
- wooden sticks,
- brushes,
- mass for modeling,
- scissors,
- wire,
- beads,
- mirror,
- pendants for beads,
- pieces of wallpaper,
- pencil,
- ruler,
- disposable containers,
- fantasy.
Operating procedure:
It so happened that one of the daughters fell ill with chickenpox, and I needed to keep them busy at home. We decided to make it all together house for our dolls... They made it according to the principle: I blinded him from what was. We did not find a finished box, but there was a fairly large piece of cardboard and many small pieces of various thicknesses and textures. I thought that our house would be a small one of two rooms, but that was not the case: 2 young designers had their own thoughts about our house.
As a result, we began to do dollhouse on 3 floors for 5 rooms(later the upper floor was divided into 2 parts and 6 rooms were released).
Layout
From a large piece of cardboard, I cut out 1 piece - this is the back wall of our house and 2 side ones (see photo 1).
Then she turned back 2 side walls and began to glue the floor and ceiling (photo 2).
The house has dimensions: height - 74 cm, width - 50 cm, depth - 30 cm.
I pasted over the blank of our house with pieces of wallpaper and suitable paper (see photo 3).
Outside, the house is covered with wallpaper, the roof is 3 cm by 31 cm strips of cardboard, glued with an overlap.
Frames are glued from strips of cardboard.
Our house needed a variety of puppet, which we tried to make with our own hands from scrap materials. I glued everything by eye without preliminary drawings and patterns. I just cut off a cardboard rectangle and glued the necessary pieces to it. All furniture is painted with acrylic paint and covered with acrylic varnish.
Bedroom
So, room number 1 - bedroom... There is a lot of furniture in it, and the first thing to start with is this. It is quite easy to glue it, just look at photo 4.
I covered the cardboard blank with acrylic paint, varnished it after the paint dried, glued on a soft mattress, added several soft pillows and a bedspread.
The next pieces of furniture are a chest of drawers and a bedside table (photos 5 and 6).
The principle of their manufacture is the same - a small cardboard box to which false boxes are glued. There was also a place in the bedroom for a comfortable rocking chair (photo 7).
A large and roomy wardrobe also found its place (photo 8).
Photo 9 shows the whole room in color.
You can also see how to make a bed for dolls (and other furniture) on the Samodelushki channel:
common room
Room number 2 - common room to watch TV. The TV in our house is flat - a large cardboard rectangle was covered with black acrylic paint, after drying, a suitable picture was glued and everything was covered with acrylic varnish.
The main place in this room is occupied by a spacious one, which houses a large puppet family.
The base of the sofa is a cardboard blank (photo 10).
The back and armrests are covered with paint and varnish, and the base is glued with padding polyester and fabric. The daughters already had a table - this is a wooden construction set, on which we glued a piece of cardboard and painted everything together.
We see room 2 in photo 11.
Video how to make a wardrobe:
On the second floor of our house there is a music lounge and a kitchen.
Living room
V music lounge there is a fireplace (photo 12).
It, unlike all our furniture, is covered with cracks. In the beginning it was covered with white acrylic paint. After it dries, a layer of craquelure medium is applied. After this layer has dried, a layer of black acrylic paint is applied. After drying, the entire product is covered with matt acrylic varnish.
Since our living room is musical, a piano was glued from 6 matchboxes (photo 13). It was immediately pasted over with colored paper, but the paper turned out to be of poor quality, and later it was painted, like all the furniture in the house. In addition, I glued 2 square beads to it - these are the pedals.
The piano chair (photo 14) is glued from cardboard, painted and decorated with a velvet cushion.
A sofa (photo 15) and an armchair (photo 16). I glued them together from cardboard and decided not to glue them over with a cloth, but just paint them with paint, my daughters gladly helped me with this. After applying varnish, they are very similar to leather.
The entire music room after painting the furniture (photo 17).
Kitchen
Room number 4 is a kitchen, it is small but roomy. The kitchen set is a large cabinet in the shape of the letter L (photo 18).
The sink is a small plastic container for jam, and the faucet is molded from modeling mass, and a small hanging cabinet:
Electric stove with 4 burners (photo 20), the door opens.
In the kitchen we have 2 chairs (photo 21) and a table (photo 22).
Of the little things, the dishes were glued together (photo 23).
Photo 24 shows our kitchen after applying paints and varnish.
On the top floor we have accommodated children's and toilet room.
Children's room
V children's the main place is occupied by a bunk bed (photo 25).
She has soft mattresses and pillows. There is a small table in the room (photo 26) and a chair in photo 27.
There is also a toy locker (photo 28).
In this room, I did not cut through the window, but simply glued the cardboard to the side wall. The room is decorated with a colored alphabet (cut from paper packaging for a child's toy). On photo 29 is a nursery in color.
Almost all the chandeliers in our house are glued from disposable containers, beads, rooster sticks and braid.
Only one, which is in the music room, is made of beads, wire and bead accessories.
I also glued the ladder to the house, but we still have it attached, because I'm afraid that if you glue it, it will interfere with the simultaneous play of 2 children.
Bathroom and toilet
For toilet room we needed a toilet, sink and bathtub. It was necessary to make them quickly and easily.
And I decided to just sculpt them from the mass for modeling. This is what we did later with our daughters (photo 30).
They may not be ideal, but they are made together.
Our works dried up for about a day. Next, we painted them with white acrylic paint and covered them with glossy acrylic varnish. After drying, the tank turned out to be quite heavy, then I replaced it with a lighter one (cut it out of the cork and painted it). To keep the sink firmly on the wall, I glued a bedside table under it. The bedside table was painted like all the furniture in the house. Next, I glued the bedside table to the wall and floor of the house, and then glued the sink. A faucet (molded from a sculpting mass) and beads are glued to the sink. There was no ready-made mirror, and we also have it made of cardboard.
The toilet is made of several parts - a base, rooster sticks, a cistern (made of cork), chains and beads.
All this construction is complemented by a seat - cut out of cardboard and pasted over with a plain cloth.
In photo 32, the entire dressing room is in color.
So quickly and fun from scrap materials, together with our daughters, we built our dollhouse. Such crafts always make children happy.
Let it be quite simple for now, but the daughters are quite happy with it and play together with pleasure.
And another video on how to make a house for dolls with your own hands from plywood:
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Any girl dreams of having a big dollhouse. If you want to give your child such a dream, then make it with your own hands. How? Read the article.
Currently, toy stores sell not only dolls, but also many products and things for them. The most interesting thing is that for your favorite doll you can buy not only a car, but also a whole house with a large number of rooms. However - this purchase will not cost little money.
But after all, a house can be made independently, and from different materials. A home for your favorite dolls, made with your own hands by the whole family, will delight your child. Especially if he takes an active part in making it.
How to make a dollhouse for Barbie with your own hands?
There are many variations of Barbie doll houses that are sold in online stores. However, you want your doll house to be completely different from others. To do this, apply your skill and use your imagination.
Materials for the product:
- Laminate, wallpaper residues
- Pieces of old carpet, joiner's glue, water-dispersible - Moment
- Jigsaw
- Corrugated cardboard, colored to make roofing
- Scotch tape, preferably double-sided
- Roulette, ruler, pencil
Progress:
- Start by making a drawing on paper with precise dimensions.
- Then, using these patterns, cut out the laminate.
- You should have three walls (two side and one back, and the back will consist of several laminate plates).
- You will also need horizontal plates - overlaps between the floors of the house and vertical ones - separating the rooms of the Barbie doll.
- Make a roof, decorate it with colored corrugated cardboard.
- Glue the resulting structure with glue.
- Then wallpaper the rooms and lay the pieces of carpet on the floor.
- Decorate the walls with small children's drawings. Set up furniture for the dolls.
Do-it-yourself doll house for Monster High?
Many girls prefer to play with Monster High dolls. Houses for such dolls are not as glamorous as those of Barbie. Pink wallpaper on the walls will be useless for the gloomy Monster High. Dark wallpapers are more suitable for them, preferably with cobwebs in the corners of the room and skull lamps on the ceiling.
Materials, tools:
- Glue, cardboard box, scissors
- Paints, wallpapers, markers, colored pencils
- Furniture material (plasticine, foam rubber, fabric, etc.)
Progress:
- Cut off the extra parts of the box, leave only the walls for the apartment for the Monster High dolls.
- Divide the rooms of the apartment with a cardboard box partition, as in the picture above.
- Now carefully paste over the rooms with dark, austere wallpaper. It is desirable that the wallpaper in different rooms is different from each other.
- To decorate the interior, you can use black tulle or lace fabric. Furniture should also be made in black colors. In such a house, your doll will be comfortable.
DIY plywood dollhouse: diagram with dimensions
If you have an idea to make a house for your daughter's dolls with your own hands from plywood, then you will learn in detail how to implement this idea.
Materials, tools:
- Plywood (thickness 7 mm), jigsaw
- Joiner's glue, PVA glue
- Scotch tape (mounting), corrugated cardboard for the roof
- Self-adhesive film for a beautiful floor design in the rooms of the house
- Wallpaper with a pattern for the walls of rooms
- Pencil, ruler, tape measure
Progress:
- Cut plywood sheets to size as shown in the diagram above
- Carefully saw out windows, doorways on the received parts
- Spread the ends with glue, assemble the structure, as below in the figure
- For confidence, you can nail small studs so that the house is securely fixed.
- Make a roof, glue corrugated board to it
- Decorate rooms at home with wallpaper and self-adhesive tape
- Further, it remains only to make the furnishings in the doll rooms and decorate the interior with useful little things.
Do-it-yourself doll house made of cardboard: drawings
Cardboard is a convenient material for such products. Mothers will be able to make a house with it on their own, for this you only need patience, perseverance and time.
Material, tool:
- Cardboard or cardboard boxes
- Double-sided adhesive tape, glue
- Colored paper for decorating the house
- Scissors, pencil, ruler
Progress:
- Using a ruler and a pencil, draw the details of the house, as in the diagram on the cardboard
- Use scissors to cut the resulting "pattern"
- Immediately mark out where you will have windows, doors and carefully cut them out.
- Glue the structure with tape
- Before gluing the roof, make the interior decoration and glue the outer walls of the house with colored paper
- Then just make the roof
How to make a dollhouse out of the box?
If you have abandoned boxes lying around, then use them in business. Please your little girl with a new long-awaited toy - a dollhouse.
Moreover, for the manufacture of the product you will need only a few hours of your time. You will only need to make a room for a doll with a window and a door from each box. And then glue these rooms into a single house.
DIY wooden doll house: drawings and dimensions
A house made of wood for dolls will turn out to be very durable and will look as natural as possible. Your daughter will definitely like this house.
Materials, tools:
- Use any wood-based material (plywood, MDF, fiberboard, etc.)
- Jigsaw, small nails, wood glue, PVA glue
- Double-sided adhesive tape, gouache paint
- Wallpaper, flooring or self-adhesive tape
- Ruler, pencil, tape measure
Progress:
- Cut out three walls with dimensions as in the picture below (dimensions are given in millimeters)
- Then cut the horizontal and vertical slabs
- Make windows a door in a house
- Assemble the structure, for this, glue the ends at the joints with glue and nail in small nails
- Cut the roof out of the wood separately
- Then first decorate the interior of the room, and then attach the roof to the house.
- Make the exterior roof trim with corrugated board
How to make a light in a dollhouse?
Any house should have lighting, and a dollhouse should have it too. Next, we will learn how to do it yourself.
Materials, tools:
- Pliers, wire cutters, wires
- Soldering iron
- Energy source box
- Microswitch
- Small bulb with socket
- Finger-type batteries (2 pieces)
Progress:
- For a small 3 Volt light bulb, you will need two batteries; it will not be difficult to buy such products on the market.
- Battery boxes are also sold separately.
- Now let's take a closer look at the connection diagram. One wire from the box needs to be soldered to the base of the light bulb.
- The other wire (free) first solder to the bottom of the lamp.
- Then experimentally - find which of the three contacts of the microswitch is suitable for turning on a small light bulb. To do this, apply the wiring from the box and the lamp to the contacts of the switch. The switch mode must be on the label - ON.
- If the light comes on, you are on the right track. Feel free to solder the wires to the desired switch contacts.
