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Saturday, August 18, 2018

DIY Feather Dusters for Your Doll's House

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Above are the doll's yellow and lavender feather dusters. These are stored
in the utility cabinet when they are not being used. See them hanging on
the cabinet's hooks here.

These feather dusters sure come in handy after the dust settles in our doll's house! So much construction going on this month.

Why not make a few for your collection today? They are easy to make and cost less than a penny to manufacture.

Feather dusters can be made any size, miniature or playscale. It all depends on the length you make the toothpick.

Supply List:

craft feathers
toothpicks
Sculpey, oven bake clay
white school glue
white twine

Step-by-Step Directions:

Shape a simple little handle onto the end of a toothpick. Make sure that it encompasses at least 1/2 inch of the toothpick. This will make your feather duster durable.
Use the tip of a toothpick to poke a tiny hole into the end of the handle so that you can tie a small bit of twine on the end for hanging.
Bake these tiny handles in the oven at 270 degrees for 10 minutes. You do not need to remove the toothpicks from the sculpted handles. If these come out with ease, glue them back into the handles after the baking using school glue.
After the handles have cooled, attach feathers to the opposite end of the toothpicks with a little glue and twine.
Using white school glue and twine, cover the remaining parts of the exposed wooden toothpicks. (see photo above)

Monday, August 13, 2018

Craft a Utility Sink and Hamper for Your Doll's House

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I used the wooden shelf paper to cover my utility sink's lower cupboard.

Our 12 inch fashion dolls will love these latest additions to their laundry room. The utility sink is cut from a bright yellow bottle and so is the doll's hamper. Spot, the pipe cleaner puppy, is waiting to see if the family cat will jump into the hamper to play hide and seek. Little does he know that the giant yellow sink is intended for more than just clothes.

The utility room cabinet and sink have two towel racks
made from tiny, unfinished, wooden spools and dowels.
I covered the counter top with aluminum foil tape to
mimic a stainless steel counter top.

Supply List:

cardboard (boxes)
sharp scissors, box cutter, Exacto knife etc...
shelf paper with printed wood pattern
white school glue
masking tape
recycled bottle (thoroughly cleaned)
buttons for hot and cold water knobs
thick, bent wire for faucet
fabric for the liner of your doll's hamper
needle and thread to match the fabric
aluminum foil tape
hot glue and gun
old recycled bungee cord

Step-by-Step Directions:

Cover a small box that stands approximately six inches tall with faux wood shelf paper.
Attach with glue a counter top cut from cardboard.
Cut a hole where the spout of an empty, clean bottle top will be inserted and glued into place.
Cover the counter top with aluminum foil tape to mimic a stainless steel counter top.
Hot glue a detached hook from an old bungee cord to act as a tall faucet for the sink.
Hot glue silver and black buttons on either side of the facet to act as hot and cold knobs.
Hot glue two wooden dowel rods with tiny spools at either end to the box. These will become the towel racks for the dolls utility counter.
To make the laundry hamper, simply line both the exterior and interior of the remaining bottle half with a burlap looking fabric using the hot glue gun. I left a bit of the bright yellow bottle's bottom showing because I think it looks terrific coordinated with the modern sink.

Left, a recycled petroleum bottle is thoroughly drained and scrubbed before being cut apart for this project,
leaving no residue inside or out. Center, cover the box and counter with masking tape for addional strength.
Right, I recycled an old bungee cord attachment for my faucet.

Left, I cleaned this bottle thoroughly before using it; I just had to have this bright yellow color for our
doll's utility room! Center, compare the pipe-cleaner pup to the laundry basket. Right, the laundry basket
has been covered with a burlap looking fabric both inside and out.

Sinks for A Doll's Utility Room:

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Construct a papier-mâché utility cabinet

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Some of our dolls are very tidy indeed! They have their own cleaning supplies that need to be stored somewhere. So I have made a cabinet from a recycled cardboard to include inside of the laundry room for this purpose. You can make a storage unit any size or shape that you desire. This cabinet is made to color coordinate with the other furnishings in our laundry room.

Left, the box is cut and glued together in the shape of a utility closet. Center, the surfaces/walls are covered with paper.
Right, the cabinet is filled with cleaning supplies, appliances, and other housekeeping stuff.

Miniature things found in our utility cabinet include:

an iron with a cord
cleaning supplies for keeping a doll's house scrubbed and polished
an aluminum dust pan
a broom for sweeping the doll house floors
a mop for soaking up all of those unfortunate spills
feather dusters for clearing away dusty counters, windows, etc...
a bottle of bleach for scrubbing out the bathtub and sinks

Supply List:

a cardboard box
white school glue
masking tape
faux wood shelf paper
yellow scrapbook paper
tiny plastic hooks
tiny brass bead for the door knob
Mod Podge
scissors and a box cutter perhaps
Velcro dots

Step-by-Step Instructions:

Using a very sharp pair of scissors or a box cutter, configure the utility cabinet to suit your doll's needs and taste. Add and subtract shelving units and doors as you go. Attach the doors with masking tape on one side.
Cover the entire box with masking tape.
Use the Mod Podge for applying layers of shelf paper and scrapbook paper to the surfaces. Make sure that you work bubbles out of those applications by using plenty of Mod Podge and a firm even pressure.
Stick tiny Velcro dots to the backside of the cabinet doors to insure these will close.
The tiny plastic hooks, used to hang the dust pan and feather dusters were purchased from a family dollar store.

More Doll House Laundry Rooms:

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Saturday, August 11, 2018

Craft a Miniature Ironing Board And Iron

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This table top ironing board and miniature iron are handmade especially for our
12 inch dolls.

I chose to make the type of ironing board you can put on top of a table in order to save space inside of my doll's utility room. The ironing board fits perfectly inside the utility room cupboard.

Chose a fun looking felt for your ironing board cover! Our ironing board is covered with a hot pink, bright yellow and white floral print.

Supply List:

scraps of felt, the top layer should be attractive
cardboard
white school glue
hot glue gun and hot glue
three beads of equal size

Step-by-Step Instructions:

First cut out the shape you would like your doll's ironing board to be from a thick piece of cardboard.
Now lay the cardboard cut out on top of thick felt and trace around the shape with a soft lead pencil. Cut the felt shape out. Both the cardboard pattern and the thick felt should be the same size and shape. Glue one of them on top of the other using white school glue.
Now position the ironing board shape with the cardboard facing up on top of the decorative felt fabric that will be the finished top surface of your ironing board. The decorative felt needs to be turned with it's best side against the surface you are working on. Cut this felt leaving approximately 1/4" excess around the entire ironing board shape. Clip the edges if needed.
Now use a hot glue gun to paste the decorative fabric around the edges of your cardboard cut-out. This process may be a bit messy, but it will get covered up in step 5.
Cut a piece of felt to match the size of your doll's ironing board and glue this to the it's backside. Trim the edges if you need to and then hot glue the tree beads to the three corners of your ironing board to act as legs.
Turn over the ironing board to reveal it's decorative, finished surface.

Now that your ironing board is finished you can make a tiny iron that your doll can use with it. Below is a list of supplies and step-by-step directions to describe this process.

Supply List for The Iron:

Sculpey oven bake clay
acrylic paints
tiny brushes
cotton twine for the iron's electrical cord
one tiny metallic bead
aluminum foil tap
a toothpick for shaping the clay

Step-by-Step Directions:

Sculpt the basic shapes photographed below.
Set your oven at 270 degrees
Assemble the shapes and use a wooden toothpick to smooth away unwanted bumps and tears in the clay.
Prick the bottom of the iron to create steam holes.
Use the toothpick to prick a hole for the cord to be glued into the iron at it's base.
Bake the finished clay iron for approximately ten minutes in a 270 degree oven. Turn the oven off and allow it to cool along with your clay creation before removing it from the oven. This will help the clay to cure tougher.
I positioned the iron on top of aluminum foil tape and then trimmed around the edge of the iron base leaving a slight amount of tape to fold over the edges of my miniature iron.
Then I pressed the foil tape firmly on the bottom of the iron to reveal the steam hole patterns on the bottom of the tiny appliance.
Then I painted the iron's buttons and sides using purple and blue acrylic paints.
Cut a length of cotton twine for the iron's cord.
Tuck the twin along with some glue into the hole created for the cord.
You can knot it at the end with a small silver bead if you like.

Left, Assemble the shapes and use a wooden toothpick to smooth away unwanted bumps and tears in the clay.
Center, Use the toothpick to prick a hole for the cord to be glued into the iron at it's base. Center Right, I
pressed the foil tape firmly on the bottom of the iron to reveal the steam hole patterns on the bottom of the
tiny appliance. Right, Then I painted the iron's buttons and sides using purple and blue acrylic paints.

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DIY a Rope Basket

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The miniature rope basket is made in much the same way as it's real life version. This basket was designed to move dirty laundry back and forth from the bathrooms to the utility room. A rope basket can look very different depending upon the materials used to craft it. I chose natural colors that will coordinate with many of the colors in our doll's house, but you could use brighter, bolder colors if you wish.

Barbie's pets are romping around in the laundry again!

Supply List:

recycle an old plastic cup
enough burlap like fabric to cover the surfaces of the cup
needle and thread
hot glue and hot glue gun
twine (I chose a natural looking twine)
two beads for handles

Step-by-Step Instructions:

Wash and dry the recycled plastic cup.
Cut out enough fabric to wrap around the outside of the cup with ample amounts to tuck inside the cup and cover it fully.
Hot glue the fabric to neatly overlap the sides.
Thread and needle and sew a straight stitch around the cup bottom edge. Pull the end of the thread taunt and sew it down.
Hot glue the ends of the fabric flat against the bottom of the cup.
Tuck the left over fabric inside the cup and hot glue this down neatly.
Hot glue a circle of the fabric to the interior of the inside bottom of the cup.
Now take you twine and begin to turn it round in a spiral shape on the bottom of the cup. Use a bit of hot glue to push it firmly into place. (see photo below)
Keep turning the spiral of twine around itself while adding a bit of hot glue to the outside burlap surface as you go. Twist the twine all the way up the sides of the covered cup until you reach the approximately 1/2 an inch from the top.
Now make the handles of the rope basket by stringing on one bead and then glue a bit of twine to the other side of the basket. String on the second bead handle just opposite to the first on the other side of the rope basket.
Keep gluing and twisting the twine rope all the way up to the lip of the cup to finish the basket.
Clip of the end of the twine and glue it firmly in place.

Left, recycled plastic cup. Center, covered plastic cup in a finer, burlap like fabric.
Right, Now take you twine and begin to turn it round in a spiral shape on the bottom of the cup.

The doll sized rope basket seen from a variety of angles.

Twisting a basket with heavier rope.

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Saturday, August 18, 2018

DIY Feather Dusters for Your Doll's House

Monday, August 13, 2018

Craft a Utility Sink and Hamper for Your Doll's House

Construct a papier-mâché utility cabinet

Saturday, August 11, 2018

Craft a Miniature Ironing Board And Iron

DIY a Rope Basket

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