Hi all! Tell me, when you give your baby a toy, do you think about where it will live? Believe me, the baby is definitely thinking about this. And all because he projects his life onto them. He plays during the day, just like a toy, but evening comes and the little one has to go to bed. What about his ward? What to do with it? To give your child pleasure, continue playing and teach your little one to be orderly, let's find out today how to make a doll house out of a box with your own hands.
Preparing to create an apartment for a doll
Before you start working, decide what exactly you will create. The box itself already has “walls”. All that remains is to make them look like their place of residence. The size of the house can be different: it can be two-story or one-story, with one or several rooms; furnished with homemade or purchased furniture.
What materials and tools will be needed for the job:
- Cardboard boxes;
- Glue;
- Colored paper;
- Scissors;
- Pencil;
- Ruler.
When everything you need is collected, you can start tinkering.
First house
I recommend practicing in a small one-room house. Then it’s not such a shame to throw it away, and the children quickly get bored with everything. Look how cute and cozy they are, even though they are small. Pictures enlarge by clicking.
But what a cute little house, even without wallpaper it already looks decent, but what if you hang curtains, throw in a couple of pillows, and lay down a carpet? By the way, the easiest way to make a carpet and pillows is from felt. And you don't have to sew! You can simply glue the felt with a moment or a hot gun.
As soon as you get bored, you can build either a castle or a country villa. You already have experience, your hand is full.
“Building” a house
From me a detailed master class with photos. Hope it helps you!
The little one's help will depend entirely on how interested the parents are and involved them in the process. Therefore, show your creative processes, prepare your baby with a fairy tale or an interesting story. Assign him a certain task or ask him for advice on a craft.
Furniture
Of course, dolls simply need furniture! And playing with an empty house is not interesting. What can you think of?
Bedroom furniture
Bedroom furniture can be made from paper using the origami technique, glued from cardboard and laid out, but the most comfortable and beautiful option is upholstered furniture made from cardboard, foam rubber and fabric. You can glue everything using regular PVA, although it will take a long time to dry. Instead of foam rubber, you can take padding polyester or batting, or in extreme cases, cotton wool.
Bed MK
Step-by-step photos of production - enlarge when clicked:
Armchairs
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Kitchen
The kitchen can be filled with a refrigerator, stove, countertop, beautiful chandelier and dining table. Cardboard and ice cream sticks are also suitable materials.
If you have a 3D pen, you can make furniture out of plastic.
Cardboard plate
Lockers
Cabinets, shelves, and a refrigerator are simply made from cardboard. Easy to glue with hot glue.
Furniture for kitchen
Furniture - chairs, a table - very beautiful ones made from ice cream sticks. You can cut such sticks with large scissors, but be careful, they can crack in half. You can glue with instant or hot glue.
Little things for the kitchen
You can put a bird in a cage in the kitchen, or put a box of fruit or flowers. Detailed master classes in the photo. Enlarge on click.
Fruits, vegetables, dishes
Fruits, vegetables, dishes are the easiest make from plasticine. To prevent the product from getting dirty and losing its shape, it is coated with transparent nail polish.
You can make vegetables from salt dough - they dry out and look like they came from a toy store. From play to They also sculpt food, but after it dries, the playdo cracks. Therefore, I prefer to make salt dough: 1 glass of flour + 1 glass of fine salt + water, knead a very stiff dough.
Also a very good option - air self-hardening plasticine(new material). It is cheap, bright, and when it hardens it is elastic, somewhat similar to hard rubber. We sculpt as from ordinary plasticine and leave to dry overnight.
Interesting ideas for a dollhouse
Some toys already come with a house, for example, for Lol dolls it is simply fabulous. You can copy some ideas from it. For example, the fact that the apartment is not limited only by the area of individual rooms, and the lower floor usually protrudes. Or you can even make a courtyard in front of the house with a sun lounger and flowers.
Another interesting idea is a house bag. This option is especially convenient when you are planning a trip with kids. You just need to attach a handle and “shutter doors” that close the house, and the mobile version is ready. 
If you like to sew, then a soft house bag made of fabric is ideal.
And one moment. Did you think that your craft is just the beginning? Over time, more and more rooms may appear in which other toys will live.
Create, make your baby happy and be surprised at how talented your little one is! I hope you enjoy spending time with your child and can develop your friendship with him. I suggest you become friends with our site so that you can always be aware of the latest articles! Subscribe and receive messages about what you can read on the site. Don't forget to tell your friends what you learn.
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We have all dreamed of doll houses. but making them yourself was quite difficult. Today, there are many different materials that allow you to quickly and, most importantly, create a high-quality dollhouse for your child. Beginning needlewomen strive for the perfect creation of houses, so those who have not been able to master “construction” will learn a lot of interesting things today. We will tell you how to make a dollhouse with your own hands and what materials will be needed to make every girl’s dream come true.
How to make a barbie house with your own hands?
We all know that dollhouses are especially necessary for Barbie, so today we’ll talk about how to create this magnificent house so that your child will love it. It will be especially fun if kids join in the creation process themselves. The most important thing is to think over an action plan that will help you build an unusual and bright house for dolls.
There are several models of doll houses that are especially popular:
Materials for doll houses
- Dollhouse fiberboard(if you have ever carried out renovations, then it’s time to pay attention to the remaining pieces of drywall. They will make a particularly beautiful house.
- Dollhouse made of cardboard boxes(It turns out not so bright and unusual, but if you put in a little imagination and work, you can create a house that will be no worse than a building made from fiberboard. In fact, the main thing is to make an effort and in a few hours you will be able to recreate such a doll house , which every Barbie will envy.
- Plywood house(It is better to make such a house with the help of dad, since to create it you will have to work hard with a hammer and nails)
- House made from old furniture(if you had old drawers and chests of drawers in your house, then it’s time to pay attention to them. Just a few hours are enough to see an unusual house for Barbie, but it will turn out to be quite massive, and it will take up a lot of space, but if you omit these moments, durability and similarity to a real house are undoubted advantages.
So, each of these houses undoubtedly has its own diagram, which you can see on our website.
We provide house plans for Barbie and Monster High dolls so that you don’t have to waste time on calculations, but simply create ready-made layouts and arrange them to your liking.
Materials and tools:
Each house requires different tools, but there is a list of standards that are required to create each of the above houses. If you keep such tools at hand, you can quickly build a house for your daughters.
- PVA glue(necessary in cases where you need to paste wallpaper, as well as various small parts)
- Nails(useful if you are going to build a house from plywood, since using nails you can conveniently and quickly fasten them together.)
- Stapler(when building a dollhouse from thin plywood or old boxes, it is better to use it, since gluing is not always reliable, but a stapler will be an excellent solution for every parent)
- Double sided tape(necessary for small parts, various accessories. If you want to create a balcony, then double-sided tape is an excellent solution for fulfilling your desires)
- Fabrics, wallpaper(do you want to give your house a more real look? It’s time to pay attention to the fabrics. Tulle and organza will look especially beautiful. Try adding a little fantasy and decorating the windows with tulle curtains, you’ll see, it will look very unusual)
- Colored paper, cardboard(for finishing roofs, walls, floors and other parts)
- Magazine clippings(additional accessories to add liveliness to your home)
- Curly and regular scissors
- Various accessories for home decoration( artificial turf sponge and other interesting materials)
Now let's get down to the process itself. In fact, there is nothing difficult in building a doll house. The main thing is to be patient.
Do-it-yourself plywood dollhouse.
If you want to make a house out of plywood yourself, then prepare a hammer and nails. In addition, you will need a jigsaw, since cutting out the necessary parts will be very difficult, but with a jigsaw it is much faster. So, first of all, you will need to think about the layout of your house and cut out the necessary parts. On our website there are diagrams that will help you create a doll house.
It is best to sharpen plywood with sandpaper so that the child does not get hurt by splinters. Next, I coat each of them with varnish or paint, depending on how you want your future home to look. Next, we assemble the parts according to the diagram indicated on the website. Be sure to think about where the window will be located and, observing all the parameters, calculate the angles at which the roof will fall.
As for fastening, PVA glue is definitely not suitable here. It won't hold enough pieces together, and if it does, it won't last long, so it's best to use nails. As for the bayonets, cover them with a diluted solution of cement or soil.
Cover the inner surface with wallpaper and add furniture that you can build yourself from scrap materials. In our previous articles you can learn how to properly create furniture for a dollhouse. Use matchboxes and other materials that will make the structure cozy. By the way, you can easily make a house out of laminate. Houses made of plywood and laminate are characterized by increased strength and ease of finishing.
Dollhouse made of fiberboard.
In order to create a doll house for monster high from fiberboard, sketch out small sketches where you can calculate the dimensions you need. We will provide you with ready-made calculations, based on which you can build your house.
Working with fiberboard is much easier, since it is softer than other materials and can be easily cut with scissors. Just cut out the necessary parts and glue them together with regular PVA glue. If you doubt the reliability of the glue, use a hot gun or instant glue.
Pay special attention to the roof. It can be finished with a variety of cardboard for a natural look or use natural materials such as leaves and other details.
By the way, it is better to attach the house itself to plywood to make it more stable. So, he will not lose his balance and will not break.
Also, decorate the area near the house with various accessories and additions. Decorate your walls with magazine signs. By cutting out various pictures, you can make a kitchen and other interior items without wasting time on creating furniture.
Thus, a fiberboard house is made much faster than a plywood house. You can easily glue it together, and it will last for a very long time.
Doll house made of boxes.
If we talk about a dollhouse made from boxes, then everything is much simpler here. Gluing the boxes together is quite easy. The most important thing is to find suitable and strong ones that can maintain strength and beauty for a long time. Do not forget that interior items and dolls will be located inside the house, so try to choose stable and thick boxes.
On our website you will find a video where you will learn how to make a house for Barbie from polystyrene foam, cardboard, plywood and other materials. We also provide you with the necessary diagrams and drawings, based on which you can create a beautiful and cozy home with your children.
Also, the lists contain photo projects of doll houses, as well as various examples that you can use as a guide when constructing a structure. In the video you can learn how to make a light in a dollhouse and what materials are needed for the project.
Conclusion.
As you can see, making a dollhouse is not at all difficult. The most important thing is to choose the necessary materials and tools with which you can quickly create a doll house for Barbie with your children. You'll see, in a few days a beautiful and slender building will be showing off in the corner of the child's room, the most important thing is to pay more attention to the process and watch various video lessons.
Every needlewoman can create a dollhouse step by step, so we will be glad if you try to make a dollhouse based on our diagrams and will provide a lot of information for the following needleworks.
Many people mistakenly believe that doll houses are children's play. However, doll collectors disagree with this statement. Indeed, a simple dollhouse made from a box with your own hands is more suitable for children’s play for several times, because not only are such houses, as a rule, short-lived, but also the child, having played enough, will soon forget about the house from the box.
Features of homemade construction
Make a house with your own hands or buy a ready-made one - everyone decides for themselves. But since for many the process of creation itself is important, this question disappears by itself.
The purpose of a house can be different: from a model of a real apartment to a kind of showcase for an exhibition of dolls. In any case, the main thing is to correctly determine the scale, because the dolls will not be able to interact with objects that do not fit in size, let alone the height of the ceiling.
The level of detail of interior items also depends on the scale: The larger the thing, the more small details will have to be worked out. Well, of course, it depends on the skill level.
How to make a house out of a box
It is convenient to use a box as a material for building a toy home. However, a house made from a cardboard box will not be the best solution both from an aesthetic point of view and in terms of durability. A house made of plywood or hardboard would look much better.
During work, materials and tools may be required:
Of course, this is just an approximate list of what may be useful in your work.
Interior and room design
Each room, as in a real apartment, should differ not only in furniture and its purpose, but also in wallpaper and flooring. Self-adhesive paper is perfect instead of wallpaper. You shouldn’t use real wallpaper to cover the walls, because their pattern is too large and they won’t look good in a doll’s room.
But for the floor, pieces of thin, plain linoleum or carpet are quite suitable. Of course, if the house is being made, for example, for an exhibition or it must exactly replicate a real apartment, you can install parquet or laminate, the boards of which can be easily made from popsicle sticks. But you can often get by with ready-made options.
Decorating a doll's living room
The main room of a dollhouse, as in a regular apartment, is the living room. The set of furniture here may be different, but we will consider the classic version of the setting, adding places for pets.
The type of living room will depend on the number of people living in the house, their age and hobbies. You can put massive armchairs here, and put books on the shelf - if the owners are older people who prefer a relaxing holiday.
Or, on the contrary, leave more free space for playing Twister or pillow houses.
Choosing a sofa
The sofa is perhaps the most important part of the living room. Here the dolls will spend family evenings in front of the TV or playing a board game. To make the sofa look like a real one, you need to make a strong base from thin plywood or hardboard. If you don’t want to complicate the process, you can replace the material with corrugated cardboard.
The soft parts of the sofa and pillows can either be sewn yourself and filled with padding polyester (or any convenient filling, but not too soft and moderately elastic so that the sofa does not wrinkle), or you can cover the dishwashing sponges with fabric, having previously given them the desired shape.
The legs will look good if you make them from pieces of sushi sticks.
Bedside table with doors
It is also a stand for an aquarium. The least labor-intensive option would be to make the frame of the bedside table from corrugated cardboard, and place the doors from the same cardboard on toothpicks or wooden skewers. Thus, you get the simplest option for opening the doors.
External (and, if desired, internal) veneer finishing will look very natural. If this is a tape for gluing tabletops, then it will be more convenient to work with due to its size.
The fittings can be made either from wood or from small plastic parts that you will probably find at home.
Of course, you can do without it. But if you decide to do it, you need to do it as naturally as possible. There are two ways to make a quality aquarium:
For an aquarium made using the second method, you will have to make a veneer frame on top, otherwise it will look unnatural, because you cannot see the water level and the walls rising above the water.
Barbie doll's bedroom
Having a bedroom in a dollhouse designed for children's play is very disciplined. Firstly, with the help of dolls it is easy to show the child that everyone goes to bed at night, even dolls. So it’s time for the baby to sleep too.
Secondly, with the help of a doll's bedroom, you can teach your child to put all his toys back in their places at night.
Bed in the bedroom
A bed for dolls can be made in different ways. This can be a product with a wooden base and a massive headboard, or, conversely, a light armored mesh made of wire.
To make a mattress, a large sponge is suitable, which should be wrapped in cloth. The mattress can also be quilted by hand for greater realism. It wouldn't hurt to have an edging around the perimeter.
Wardrobe
An ordinary wardrobe with hinged doors is made in the same way as a bedside table for the living room, only the internal content is different - inside the wardrobe there is a rod with hangers. You can glue a mirror to the outside or inside of the door.
The doll's wardrobe causes a little more difficulty. In it, the doors will no longer rotate due to the toothpick, but will move along the cabinet body along special grooves, the location of which must be foreseen in advance.
The bedside table can be made by analogy with the bedside table in the living room, or you can do it simpler: glue several matchboxes together and cover this structure with veneer. In this case, the pull-out parts of the boxes are used as a drawer. All that remains is to attach the arms and legs.
Children's doll room
It may well be that, in addition to the adult inhabitants of the house, there are also children or teenagers who also need their own room. And if everything is clear with a children’s room: a crib made of wooden skewers, miniature cubes, balls and pyramids that can be poured out of wax, then with a teenager’s room it will be more complicated.
A child’s room should reflect his character and interests. In the abode of Barbie-punk you will probably see an unmade bed, scattered things, a guitar that can be easily made from veneer, and posters and magazine clippings will hang on the walls.
In the room of a stereotypical excellent student, you can put a shelf with books and “plant” indoor plants in pots.
The kitchen requires a stove, refrigerator, sink, drawers for storing dishes, a dining table and, possibly, an oven, microwave, and dishwasher.
A washbasin can be made from the bottom of a yogurt cup painted metallic grey. Large-section wire is ideal for taps and mixers.
The rest of the furniture can be modeled after that in other rooms, making minor adjustments. For example, oven and microwave doors should have glass inserts.
The bathroom differs from the rest of the dollhouse primarily in the covering of the floor and walls. The simplest option:
Different compositions can be used as grout: from plasticine to real tile grout (if it suddenly remains after renovation)
The bath itself can be made from an oblong plastic container of yogurt or cakes, and lined with white polymer clay from the inside.
Pets for dolls
Toy pets are a great start to introducing a child to responsibility. Yes, you will also have to take care of the toy puppy, since our house claims to be realistic.
An animal, be it a cat, or a dog, or even a bird, needs its own corner, its own place. If the house is not an apartment building, but a country house or a private one, you can evict the dog outside the house - into a kennel or put it on a chain.
If you place all the animals in the house, then you can sew a cozy soft bedding for the cat, and attach a scratching post nearby. You can lay a blanket on the dog and give it a small rubber toy.
A bird, like a real one, can be placed in a wire cage by attaching a pole, a swing and a small mirror from the inside (if the scale allows this).
Places for animals can be located either in rooms or separated by partitions.
Of course, there are a lot of options for making a house for dolls out of a box, because for each purpose and for each doll you need a certain interior design, a certain size of the house. You can also add to the house, for example, make lighting, cover the outside of the house, hang lamps in each room, add carpets, paintings and posters, and make interior doors.
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- Original idea. You personally choose the location and design of the rooms. The building will undoubtedly be one of a kind.
- Shared activities with your child will strengthen your relationship.
- The construction process will help with the formation of motor skills and the acquisition of new knowledge.
- Possibility of choosing dimensions.
Material selection
If you decide to build a house on two floors, then the thickness of the material should be 9 - 15 mm; for one floor, less is possible.
There are many materials from which you can make your own doll house. Advantages of plywood:
- The strength of the building under construction. If fastened well, the links will not fall apart.
- Plywood easily acquires a finished, complete look with the help of simple tools that every man has at hand.
- Wooden toys are pleasant to the touch - they are always warm.
- The graceful appearance of wood provides the opportunity to limit yourself without special finishing.
- Affordable price of plywood.
Drywall
If you have recently done renovations and have some material left over, you can use it to make a doll house. To fix the sheets you will need tin corners, to secure them you need self-tapping screws, but they will stick out from the back side, and this, as you understand, is not safe. Another option is to use glue, but to do this you need to make the cut lines smoother to reduce glue consumption.
OSB
This material is similar to plywood, only more waterproof and made from wood chips.
Cardboard
The cheapest material, but most subject to deformation. The hardest is hobby cardboard. They are secured with glue. To make the house stronger, it is better to make a frame from planks and then cover it with cardboard.
Chipboard
Very dense material, high weight of the building, unreliability under lateral loads and the release of formaldehyde, it is not worth stepping over this.
Furniture panels
Environmentally friendly, strong, easy to process, but the material is not cheap.
Important information:
In the manufacture of plywood, formaldehydes are used, which are introduced into the structure of the glue to form fibers. Then, in order to avoid the receipt of this serious raw material by the child, show special interest in marking the sheets of plywood.
- E 0 -<6 мг /100 грамм
- E 1 – 7 – 9 mg/100 grams
- E 2 – 10-20 mg/100 grams
The most reliable sheets will be those marked E 0.
Beginning of work
The production of apartments for dolls consists of more than one stage. In order for everything to grow together as it should, follow a certain order of actions.
Preparing a sketch
The first step is to develop a project that reflects the location, boundaries of the tiers in width, length, height. Calculate the height of the ceilings to be twice the height of the doll itself so that they can move freely around the rooms. The top tier should be at the baby's eye level. The depth of the rooms is usually 30–45 cm. If the dimensions of the apartment are not small, wheels can be attached to the bottom so that the child can move the building independently.
The most important thing at this stage is to follow the ratio of the sizes in the scales in case you decide to correct the sizes in the future.
Preparation of tools. To produce the base and its elements you will need:
- Plywood. To know how much plywood we need, we count the number of parts and their size, and get the single area of all surfaces. On average, for small buildings it takes 2–3 sheets, and for large buildings 7–10.
- Corrugated cardboard is used for the production of the roof.
- An electric jigsaw will be a good helper for cutting wood.
- Use wood glue to secure the parts.
- For additional fastening of the elements, mounting tape is required.
- You will need fine sandpaper.
- Arm yourself with a tape measure, ruler and pencil.
For finishing:
- PVA glue
- Self-adhesive paper
- Colored cardboard or paper
Transferring a drawing
First, you need to cut out the parts from the sheets; to do this, the sketches are put on paper, from which the finished parts are cut out and then used as a template.
We cut and connect.
- Use a jigsaw to cut through the displaced parts. Be more careful and attentive, follow the line clearly, otherwise the parts will not fit correctly.
- We clean the edges to ensure safety and protection from injury.
Build process
We start by connecting the internal area. We attach ceilings and partitions to the vertical end walls using glue and tape. In order to improve the connection, the corners can be fastened with thin slats, thanks to them the structure will be stronger.
We will make the staircase distances using wooden rulers. To do this, we will lean them in the form of slides, or we will divide one ruler and connect the parts to a real staircase.
Making the back wall
We cut out continuous slopes from cardboard, or assemble the roof from individual pieces in the form of tiles. If you are planning to make the roof gable, then consider having the top floor equipped with a partition in the center.
The structure must be left for one to two days so that the glue dries and the house gains strength.
After this, the most interesting procedure for the child begins - decorating the premises.
Thinking through the design
This is a personal matter for everyone, as far as one has enough imagination. Here are some useful tips:
- Talk to your child about how to design the floor.
- If a child wants to have swinging windows and doors, do not contradict him. To do this, fix the canvases on cardboard or use small door hinges. It is also possible to block door and window openings with scraps of fabric, and even create glass using transparent plastic bottles.
- The ceiling and floor can be decorated with wallpaper or self-adhesive paper, and the same with the walls. If you decide to glue the walls, it is easier to do this before assembling the structure.
- Exterior decoration can be decorated using thick paper and paints. The paper is torn into pieces, applied to the walls with glue and the desired relief is created. After drying, you can use paints.
- Lighting. You can do without unnecessary wires; there is a very simple solution. In large stores there are small lamps that run on batteries, and they are attached with Velcro. Each lamp has its own switch, the voltage is a couple of volts.
- We display furniture for dolls.
The dollhouse is ready for new residents to move in, everyone is happy and satisfied!
Secondary functions
In these beautiful apartments you can install special built-in drawers for storing accessories and various little things in the upper or lower tier.
Let's take the same plywood as the material. To do this, immediately determine the location for these boxes in the drawing.
We cut out the sides of the boxes from sheets of plywood and fasten them with glue. We attach the handle and put it in the department.
As an option, you can make a hinged door. To do this, we attach the base to metal hinges.
A home made doll building will be the best present for every child. A doll house with parking for cars will definitely delight both boys and girls!
All this construction will take you no more than 2 - 3 days. The child will be happy to decorate the rooms on his own. Use your imagination and make your child happier every day!
Buying almost anything now is not a problem. But the beauty of making a dollhouse from plywood with your own hands is that you can also involve a child in this process. It is advisable to use plywood as the starting material - the durability of the structure, its remarkable appearance at relatively low costs are guaranteed. And cutting sheets and processing fragments will not cause any difficulties; All you need is a simple household tool.
What is a dollhouse? The banal answer that this is a spacious box in which a favorite toy and its outfits are stored is unlikely to be correct. With your own hands, you can make various versions of houses, differing in their configuration (vertical, horizontal), complexity of layout (several levels of floors, with many compartments-rooms). External design is a completely separate matter. If you turn on your imagination, you will be able to make do with what you have at hand. In addition to glue and colored paper, in any house there is always something left over after another renovation - pieces of wallpaper, film, fabric, and so on.
What plywood should I use? It has been partially said that making a dollhouse out of it is the optimal solution. It should only be noted that it is being assembled for a child’s toy. It is the strength of the structure itself and its “ecological cleanliness” that should be the main criteria to be guided by when choosing products.
One of the problems that is solved in the process of making something with your own hands is reasonable savings. Consequently, there are practically no options for which plywood to choose - inexpensive, moisture-resistant and “environmentally friendly”. These criteria are fully met. By the way, they are often confused with FSF products, since it is difficult to distinguish these plywoods externally even for a specialist.
- When choosing plywood, you need to pay attention to its markings. The safest products are those that have the letter E0 in their designation. Such sheets contain a minimum of formaldehyde, and they are the most suitable for making a dollhouse.
- The optimal plywood thickness is 5 mm. This choice combines light weight, structural strength and the convenience of strengthening it with nails.
Options for size charts
The linear parameters of the house depend on which doll it is being made for (and maybe for several) and where it will be installed. Therefore, it is more correct to familiarize yourself with the photos and drawings available, for example, on the Internet, and on the basis of this, inspired by your own ideas, draw up your own original diagram, most suitable for local conditions.
Features of making a dollhouse
Any dad can cut plywood into fragments of certain dimensions and configurations and connect them together according to the developed diagram. No step-by-step instructions are required for this process. But there are a number of nuances in working with FC that a home master should know about.
To avoid “production” errors (and errors are inevitable even in measurements), similar parts of the house should be made according to the following scheme. First, one part, and then make sure it matches the required dimensions. And only then, using the workpiece as a template, cut out and process the rest. Otherwise, after assembly, it will turn out (more than likely) that the house will be somewhat skewed, and you will have to redo some things.
It is better to cut plywood with an electric jigsaw. Problems will arise with hand tools - uneven cuts (not along the line, especially if it is figured), “frayed” ends of parts, partial peeling of the veneer in the working area.
Given the relatively small thickness of plywood, the joints practiced for solid wood blanks (saw cuts, tongue and groove) are unacceptable. Therefore, only by gluing with subsequent fixation at individual points with small nails. In terms of safety for the child’s health, it is better to use a casein composition. Such wood glues are most often used in modeling and making furniture yourself, and buying a dry mixture and preparing the solution yourself is quite simple. .
Both at the stage of assembling the dollhouse and after its manufacture, it is necessary to carefully process all the edges of the parts. Even if no defects are identified, it’s worth going through the “sandpaper” once again. Microscopic fractions, visually and imperceptible, are potential thorns. Don't forget about the tender hands of children!
Dads should take into account that girls (like all women) have their own secrets. Therefore, in the lower part of the dollhouse or on the side, you should provide drawers or boxes with doors in which you can hide something. Mini-hinges are suitable for fastening the sashes (it’s easy to choose the right sizes in any furniture shopping center).
If the size of the dollhouse is significant, then it is more advisable to first mount a frame from bars of a small cross-section, and then cover it with pieces of plywood.
When drawing up a diagram, it is worth considering that you plan to assemble not just a box for storing toys. Even the smallest house will need some kind of interior filling. What it will be - a mini-table, a crib - is another matter. But already at the design stage, it is necessary to provide for possible options and choose sizes so that the rooms are spacious enough.
Advice. When deciding how to decorate a dollhouse, do not forget that here, when choosing materials, you should take into account their component composition. Certain types of stains, oils, paints, and varnishes contain toxic substances.
If you really get excited about the idea, plan everything carefully and prepare in advance, then you can make a dollhouse with your own hands in just a few hours. Even half a day off is enough for the child to enjoy a home for his toy for a long time.