Today, in the series of tutorials on my website, I will be talking a lot about DIY miniature dollhouse furniture. How to make them yourself, the advantages and disadvantages of each method (like cardboard or wood), and more. From beginners, to a little more advanced.
Let's dive straight into things!
updated 19/11/23
Make Your Own DIY Miniature Dollhouse Furniture.
Here, we will discuss lots of different methods to create dollhouse furniture, let's go!
1. It can be done quite cheaply and easily with Jenga!
If you look around for dollhouses (have you been "down that rabbit hole" lately?), you can see that most of the time there are only a few pieces of miniature furniture included.
There never seems to be enough furniture included and buying furniture separately can get quite pricey! But there are several ways to make them yourself and the next explanation is one of them.
To keep the price lower, you can find anything you need right at a store like Hobby-Lobby or Action in Europe. What you need:
- a stacking game called Jenga
- Craft felt
- glue
For about 10 bucks only, you can make your own original miniature dollhouse furniture. (mind you, this is only suitable for Barbie-size houses or maybe a little bit smaller!)
Let's for example make a chair.
Glue three of the Jenga blocks together to create a seat. Beware of not gluing too much glue on the blocks, because it will show.
Let it dry thoroughly before continuing with the next steps. You will need two of these to finish the chair.
Now it's time to glue the legs to the chair. Use 4 blocks that you simply attach to the seat and let it dry well as well!
Attach the backrest to the seat and there you go, you have a chair where Barbie dolls and some smaller ones can sit on! It is not that difficult, in this case anyway;-)