Handmade crafts for dolls - master classes on making clothes, furniture, jewelry and other things
Surely every girl has a doll, probably not even one. And of course all girls dream that her dolls had a lot of clothes, accessories and furniture for the house. This article will teach you how to make all these things with your own hands and then teach your daughter or granddaughter how to make them.
Doll Clothes
Dress for the dolls is very easy to make. You need to take measurements: the volume of the chest, the distance from the top of the bodice to the waist and the length of the skirt. According to measurements to cut two rectangles: the bodice and skirt. Both parts are trimmed on the edges. Lay the bodice on the doll, and sew the skirt to the bodice. Attach Velcro to the back of the dress, add straps.
To make the skirt is even easier. Measure: the waist and length of the product. Cut two rectangles? A large for the skirt and a small for the belt. Skirt treated on three sides, prisbore, sew a belt to it, sew Velcro on the back. Belt can also be made from braid. If you change the length of the skirt, the number of folds and colors of fabric, you can sew a doll dozens of new skirts.
There is a very fast version of sewing pants for the doll. For them, it is better to take stretch material, which lies well on the figure and does not crumble. For the pattern, you need to put the doll on the fabric, outline and cut out the pants. Sew the two halves, fold and hem the top, sew the waistband. Pants are ready.
Doll Furniture
Made of matchboxes
Matchboxes can be used to create various furniture designs, including imagination. Glue the boxes together with PVA glue. The furniture is covered with beautiful paper, self-adhesive film or fabric. Large beads can be used as handles for drawers. Chairs and tables, beds and sofas, dressers and dressing tables are easily assembled from boxes. We get interesting things for miniature dolls.
Cardboard
Cardboard is an accessible and inexpensive material, it is easy to handle. Suitable packaging cardboard, but it is fragile. You can use cardboard for scrapbooking, it is stronger and more colorful, but you have to buy it. Cutting out sheets of the right size and gluing them in several layers, you can form the seats and backs of furniture. Then the formed structures are glued with fabric or colored paper.
Made of newspapers
Roll the tubes tightly from newspaper, smear them with PVA glue and let them dry. Then the tubes are glued to each other, so form large blocks, then cut the figures of the desired length. Assembling the structure, it is convenient to fix the right angles with a thin wire, which can be removed after the structure dries. For the doors it is convenient to use scotch tape: cut from it strips of 1.5 cm wide, glue the door on one half, and glue the other half to the main structure with a gap of 2-3 mm. Then the doors will open. Glue the cabinet can be fabric, thin felt, film, even the remnants of wallpaper.
From wooden rulers
School rulers are a very convenient material, it is already processed. Cutting them to the right length and gluing them together, it is easy to make a bookcase, a sofa or a bench. All parts are easily glued together with carpenter's glue. Another original idea is to glue furniture from wooden popsicle sticks. Such furniture can be painted with paints, it will be very beautiful. Such furniture can even be made as a gift for girls.
Costume jewelry for the doll
To make costume jewelry for dolls you need the following materials:
- thin wire;
- beads;
- beads;
- bugle.
The easiest way to make earrings. On a thin wire, string beads in combination with beads, then attach a pin. For a necklace, there are two options. In the first, the stones and beads are strung on a wire, with two sewing hooks attached to both ends of the wire. In the second version of the stones and beads are strung on a round rubber band, necklace, stretching, worn on the doll. Also on a shorter rubber band you can thread beads and beads, you get a bracelet.
Useful stuff for dolls
A doll with a purse looks very stylish, if it is made with your own hands. You can take a real woman's purse as a pattern or come up with a model yourself. Cut parts of fabric or leather, sew them together, sew handles. Decorate such bags can be bows, ribbons, glass beads, buttons, etc.
You can make for a doll model shoes. The sole is cut out of cardboard. Then, by attaching the sole to the doll's foot, sew the top of the shoe out of fabric. Then glue the outer part of the sole and let it dry. The heel of any shape is cut out of cardboard and glued to the sole. If you cover the shoes with nail polish with sequins, the doll will turn into a real doll model.
To make an umbrella for the doll, you need to take four hairpins and cut them in half, bend the ends on one side. Then take out the metal ball from the rod of a ballpoint pen and put all the hairpins into it. Pour some glue into the rod and let it dry.
Wrap a thread around the pins, starting from the center to the outer edge. Wind it tightly. When you finish, you need to make a knot. The bottom part of the rod should be melted. Thread should be painted with acrylic paint, leaving no gaps. Allow to dry. Glue lace on the bottom of the umbrella. Stylish thing ready.
All dolls look good with hats. For the hat, you need to cut three elements from the fabric: the brim, the awning and the margins of 4 parts. Put glue on the fabric and let it dry, then it will be stiff and will hold any shape. According to the same pattern, you need to cut out the details of the outer part of the hat from a beautiful fabric. Glue the brim and crown with Moment glue. Then glue the margins. In the same order glue the outer parts. Decorate with beads, feathers, lace, etc.
In one article it is impossible to tell about all the things you can make for dolls. On the Internet you can find a huge number of photos, videos, master classes on how to make such things. Thanks to them, you can create a house for the doll, a closet and many more useful things for the doll to please daughters and granddaughters.