House for dolls from chipboard. Do-it-yourself plywood dollhouse: diagram and step-by-step instructions. Let's make a gift for a little princess

There is probably no little girl in the world who does not dream of a doll house. You can buy a variety of toy cottages in stores that look like real ones. It is worth trying to make a house with your own hands. The mini-house is designed for small dolls, other toys that the child plays with. It can be made from a beautiful box with compartments, plywood, fabric. The house will also serve as a small closet for toys.

Making the design will not take much time, effort, will require a minimum amount of materials, the child will definitely be delighted! An easy way to please a baby is to make a house for dolls with your own hands from cardboard, boxes, plywood. How to do this - we will tell below.

Hanging house from a box for lalaloopsy, other small dolls

What will be required:

square box;
colored tape, adhesive tape;
PVA glue;
scissors;
colored paper for scrapbooking.

How to make a house - step by step

Do-it-yourself cardboard house

Before starting work, choose the appropriate drawings for the house, it is worth figuring out what material is best to use, how to cut holes, glue rooms so that the structure is strong and stable.

How to choose cardboard, boxes?

An important material is the boxes, or rather the cardboard from which the boxes are made. The difference between different types of cardboard is shown in the photo below:

The cardboard structures shown in the left picture are strong, stable, and do not deform under the weight of subsequent floors. The cardboard floor shown in the right picture may sag under the weight of the next floor, you will have to start work again.

How to cut out rooms?

Cutting rooms is not easy. After looking at many photos of the houses, it can be seen that some of the holes have a frame. This is the most convenient hole option. Removing the entire side is a mistake! Such a room will tremble, disintegrate, look unsightly. The frame (albeit without the bottom part) needs to be cut out and in cardboard boxes to be combined, increasing the interior of the rooms. To understand what we are talking about, you should look at the visual aids in the form of pictures below.

Here's how to create a room from one box: you need to designate the future access hole, leave 5 centimeters for the frame, cut out the hole.

Step-by-step drawings of a house consisting of two boxes

Connecting rooms - stitching walls

To prevent the dollhouse from falling apart, you need to ensure a strong connection between the rooms. A reliable way to connect rooms from cardboard boxes is stitching.

Would need:

gypsy needle,
thick thread,
pliers.

The cardboard is sewn with the simplest large stitches.

Regardless of whether the boxes are combined with an open connector or with a door opening, we always follow the rule: we sew along the edge!

It is necessary to "immobilize" the boxes in the workplace, where they can move, disperse under the influence of the applied glue, it will be difficult to work, and it is easy to spoil the final result. Below are 3 examples of stitching rooms.

	The drawing connects 2 boxes without holes. It is necessary to “grab” the middle in several places so that the cardboard does not move after gluing.
	The second drawing shows an example of stitching boxes with a hole. Note. In this and the following drawings, for better visibility of the seams, some of the walls of the rooms are "hidden".
	The third drawing shows an example of stitching boxes with a hole for the door.

Connecting ceilings to floors

Sew the ceiling and floor close to the edge - this is the same rule for walls and ceilings.
There is a second rule: you need to immobilize the "dangling" elements - the parts indicated in the figure below:

Now let's start sewing. First, the outer edges are sewn together, then the inner ones.

At the end, we fix the dangling elements, sew along the line of their contact.

Attention. Dangling elements located on the floor of the upper floor and on the ceiling of the lower floor, if they do not overlap, we hem each. The diagrams below show such a situation. I:

What if the dangling elements do not touch each other, and a hole is obtained?

If the situation occurs on the ceiling - it's okay.
If a hole is made in the floor, it must be closed.

There are 3 ways to close the hole.

The first is to choose another box.
The second is to rotate the cardboard box 180 degrees vertically (the hole will move to the ceiling).
The third is to fill the hole, you need to insert a piece of cardboard of the appropriate size (the same thickness as the whole cardboard), then sew it on, as shown in the diagram below.

Shapes and sizes

Above is the basic knowledge of sewing a dollhouse out of cardboard boxes. Which option to choose depends on the builder. By choosing boxes, you can manipulate the size, distribution of rooms, create a tiny one-story house or a huge multi-level villa. Below are a few diagrams depicting the addition of the next floors of the dollhouse. Boxes can have different heights, widths, depths, giving the house a special shape.

Photo of the design of cardboard houses

Dollhouse made of plywood, photo

The plywood house is a real challenge. Plywood is harder to work with than cardboard. It is worth preparing for work in advance. The plan is important, the design of the house, drawn on a sheet with dimensions. Below are instructions on how to build a plywood dollhouse step by step.

Drafting a project

It is desirable to draw the project on a sheet in a cage. The scale might look like this: 2 cells on a sheet = 10 centimeters. It is so easy to calculate the actual dimensions of the house. The house can be made small or a larger structure - with 2-3 floors.

The small house in the diagram has dimensions: width - 60, height - 57 centimeters.
The large house shown in the picture is 120 cm high and 80 cm wide. Depth - 22 centimeters.

Calculation of the amount of materials, necessary tools

Below is a calculation for the production of a large house.

Necessary materials:

hardwood plywood 4 mm thick, dimensions 90/22 centimeters (side walls) - 2 pieces;
plywood 4 mm, dimensions 80 × 22 centimeters (lower and upper part of the structure) - 2 pieces;
plywood 4 mm, dimensions 79.2 × 22 centimeters (floors) - 2 pieces;
plywood 4 mm, dimensions 50 × 22 centimeters (roof) - 2 pieces;
plywood 4 mm, dimensions 30 × 22 centimeters (internal walls) - 2 pieces;
plywood 4 mm, dimensions 60 × 20 centimeters (front wall with a chimney);
laminated fiberboard 3 mm 120 × 80 cm (rear wall);
acrylic paint for wood.

Tools and accessories:

glue for wood;
hammer, nails;
jigsaw;
sponge roller;
ruler;
pencil.

Step-by-step instruction

Plywood painting. Plywood elements need to be coated with acrylic paint. The finished product is much more difficult to paint. Hypoallergenic paints are now available, drying in 20-30 minutes. The paints are non-toxic, odorless and can be used indoors.
Construction of a rectangular frame. When the paint dries, you can start building a rectangular cottage. You will need: plywood 4 mm, dimensions 90 × 22 cm (side walls) - 2 pieces; plywood 4 mm, dimensions 80 × 22 cm (lower and upper part of the structure) - 2 pieces. Glue must be applied to the tangent edges of individual plywood elements, matching them with each other at a right angle, we fasten the connection with small nails. 4mm plywood is very brittle, so accuracy in nailing is important. Attention, the use of glue is necessary! Without its binding properties, the nails will fall out of the plywood, the work is done in vain.
Construction of individual floors. The next step is to attach the shelves that will serve as the floor for the individual floors. Shelves consist of 2 sheets of plywood measuring 79.2 x 22 cm each. In the project, each floor has a height of 30 cm. On a rectangular structure, measure 30 cm from the base, then another 60 centimeters from the base. Draw a horizontal line marking the place where the first shelf is attached, draw it with glue, attach the shelf to the line. Do the same work 60 cm from the base. Then attach 2 shelves with nails to the side walls.
Back wall cutout. Now it's time to make a 120 x 80 cm laminated fiberboard back wall. On the long sides of the board, measure 30 cm from the top edge. Mark the center of the top edge - this is the future roof. Draw 2 lines from the top of the roof to the places marked at a height of 30 centimeters from above, you will get the outline of a triangle. Using a jigsaw, cut out the shape of the house along the drawn lines.
Rear wall fixing. We cover the edges of the fiberboard with glue, attach it to the house, fix it with nails.
Roof. For the roof, 2 pieces of plywood 50 × 22 centimeters each were used. Lubricate the triangular edges of the fiberboard and one shorter edge of the plywood with glue. Glue the roof to the edge of the house by joining both sheets of plywood at right angles. Reinforce the structure with nails.
Chimney. From plywood 60 × 20 cm in size, we cut out the shape of a chimney with a fragment of the facade. Don't forget to cut out the bathroom door. The first element must be glued, then nailed to the edge of the top shelf and roof.
Dividing walls. The last stage of construction is the insertion of dividing partitions that form separate rooms. Use 2 plywood 30 x 22 cm. You need to place plywood in the space of your choice between floors. You can freely move them, changing the size, location of the rooms.

Below are some unique handmade plywood dollhouses.

Wooden house - master class

The products below will require experience, skill. A dad can make a wooden house, who will spare no time, effort to please the baby.

Do-it-yourself house bag - photo

Mom can make the next house. The original idea is a house bag. Sewing it is not difficult. The girl will be able to take the bag to the kindergarten, to play with her friends for a walk.

Video

All photos from the article

In this article, we will look at how to make a plywood dollhouse. Of course, you can always go to the toy store and buy a ready-made model there, but there are several reasons not to rush into such a decision and still get your hands on the tools in order to create a small miracle for your child. So let's get started.

General provisions

To begin with, let's deal with the motivation why it is generally worth taking on the manufacture of a doll house with your own hands:

The benefits of handmade

Saving. The price of factory models is quite high, while home-made ones will significantly save the family budget;
Uniqueness. The project you implemented will be one of a kind, your daughter will definitely not meet the same toy with her friends;

Compliance with desires. In your dollhouse there will be exactly such rooms, such shades and such decorations as the child wishes to see;

Tip: connect your child to work, this will allow both of you to have fun and make a homemade toy even more beloved.

Benefits of choosing plywood

So, why it is worth taking up the work with your own hands, and not running to the store, we figured it out. Now let's define the material.

A wood-laminated board consists of several sheets of wood veneer glued together, which determines the presence of the following advantages:

High strength characteristics. Durable children's toys always last much longer than their flimsy counterparts;
Ease of processing. Plywood is easily sawn, painted, drilled, milled and fixed with nails or self-tapping screws;

Aesthetic appearance. The top veneer has a beautiful original textured pattern and a warm shade that is pleasing to the eye;

Low thermal conductivity making it warm to the touch. For a child, this is an important factor;
Relatively low cost. Wood-laminated board is not expensive, and you will need very little material to complete the task in question.

But, speaking about the advantages of plywood, it is necessary to mention its possible disadvantage, which is of no small importance. The adhesive used in the production process of the particle board may contain formaldehyde, which is highly toxic.

Therefore, be sure to pay attention to the appropriate labeling and choose an environmentally friendly product, because your child can contact it, and the following labeling will help you with this:

Getting Started

The instruction begins, as in most cases, with the preparation of all the necessary accessories that you may need in the process of implementing your project:

Step 1: Preparing Your Supplies

The required number of plywood sheets with a thickness of 5-7 mm;

Jigsaw for wood for sawing sheets;

Joiner's glue for creating a roof;

PVA glue for fixing decorative elements;
Mounting tape;

Paint and brush;

Pieces of wallpaper with a small pattern;
Corrugated type cardboard for the roof;
Rulers made of wood, which will serve as stairs;
Pencil and construction tape for drawing all the necessary sizes;
Self-adhesive film with a wood pattern for flooring.

Now you need a drawing of a plywood dollhouse with dimensions in order to avoid mistakes during the assembly process and get a truly beautiful and functional design.

Step 2: drawing

Drawings of a plywood doll house can be borrowed from the Internet, making your own adjustments along the way, or you can draw everything yourself.

It is noteworthy that the installation of the front wall can generally be abandoned so that there is constant free access to the house.

Step 3: Assembly

Having everything you need at hand, including drawings of a plywood dollhouse, we proceed to the main task:

We mark on a sheet of plywood all parts of the future housing for dolls;
According to the markup, we cut out walls and other structural elements using a jigsaw. We also create window and door openings;

We sand all the ends to exclude the possibility of the child getting injured on the sharp edges of the cuts;
We glue the joints of the elements of the middle of the structure and connect, fixing the joints with mounting tape;
Next, glue the back wall. Here you can already do without adhesive tape. Protruding glue is carefully removed with a clean rag;
Then, also with the help of an adhesive solution, we mount all the internal partitions;
We do roof installation.
We cut small “tiles” from the prepared cardboard, after which we paste it on the roof and paint it with a brush and paint in the desired color;
We paint or paste over the walls with pieces of wallpaper, giving them an aesthetic well-groomed appearance;
We glue a self-adhesive film on the floor, creating the illusion of a real wooden coating;
We cut wooden rulers into small parts and assemble stairs from them;
We mount flights of stairs, arrange furniture and hang curtains. This completes the process of assembling a plywood doll house.

Limit your own imagination on what has been achieved is not worth it. You can, for example, build another fireplace from matchboxes, lay carpets from pieces of fur or wool, install a gym or even a swimming pool. All in your hands. The main thing is that the daughter is happy with the result.

Conclusion

The process of creating a plywood doll house is simple and very exciting, especially if you connect the child himself to it. As a result, an inexpensive original beautiful structure will come out, giving reason to be proud of the work done. The main thing is to follow the above recommendations and be careful.

The video in this article will give you the opportunity to get acquainted with some additional materials related to the information presented.

Become a magician for a child, make a child's dream come true! If you have any questions after reading the topic, you can ask them in the comments.

Your little princess is growing by leaps and bounds. And now you have already equipped her children's room, in which there are a lot of 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 house for dolls in her room. It is easier to buy such a design in a store, but not cheaper. Moreover, the quality of many toys recently leaves much to be desired. If you are going to make a dollhouse with your own hands, the drawings will be needed to cut out individual parts.

Plywood is a versatile material. It is durable, ergonomic, has an acceptable price category, and working with it is a pleasure for the master. 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 dollhouse building ideas:

simple sketch;

complicated option;

Christmas dollhouse.

The complexity of the structure being built depends on your skills and abilities. First, all the details are cut out of plywood, and then they are assembled together. The dollhouse can be small or human-sized.

Take care of cutting doors and windows. Children can be involved in the design process. They will be able to decorate the dollhouse at their discretion. Your imagination also plays an important role. The doll house can be a scaled-down version of the real house with stairs, bathroom, bedroom, living room, nursery and furniture. Try it, because it is very interesting and exciting.

Let's make a gift for a little princess

Handmade items are always valued more. If you decide to give a gift to your daughter, try to construct a plywood dollhouse with your own hands. Step by step instructions will be a visual aid for you. Start by making a drawing. After taking all the 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. The child should be comfortable playing with such a design. If you want to make an exclusive dollhouse, think over everything to the smallest detail, including decor, and 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.

Step by step description of the creative process:

We start by building a drawing. We place all the details separately on a sheet of paper. Specify the desired size. You can take the dimensions given in the photo.
We transfer the drawing to plywood sheets. For convenience, we use a ruler and a simple pencil.
After we have drawn all the details of the future dollhouse, we proceed to cut them out. You can conveniently and quickly cut parts out of plywood using an electric jigsaw.
This stage is the most responsible. We carefully and very carefully measure all sizes. It's better to measure seven times. Otherwise, the house will not turn out beautiful and even. The parts must fit together perfectly.
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 design, we measure and cut out doors and windows. Without it, 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, cut out the window and the door with an electric jigsaw.
We need to decorate part of the wall of the house and the balcony. To do this, we draw two parallel lines and make symmetrical points on equal segments.
Drill each point to make a through hole.
We cut the distance between the holes with an electric jigsaw. It turns out here is such an original carving.
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 begin the assembly in accordance with the sketch.
We process the side sections of plywood with carpentry glue, and then fix it with additional small carnations.
We make sure that the nails do not break through the plywood, otherwise the baby may get hurt.
After we assemble the frame, we fix the floors on the floors. If you have taken the correct measurements, then these parts will fit perfectly.
The finished house can be painted with water-based or decorative paint.
After complete drying, you can do the 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 bring the lamps out into the holes made in the plywood.
We install the power supply on the back wall of the dollhouse.
Let's not forget to mount the switch so that your daughter can turn the light on and off for her dolls on her own.

"Doll life" should be cozy and comfortable. So that the game brings joy, and the child has a desire to fantasize about puppet relationships, useful and uncomplicated plywood doll furniture construct yourself. This will take into account the character of the child, the size of his toys, harmoniously fit the doll's corner into the overall design of the room, than begin to instill a sense of taste and aesthetics.

Whatever the size of the room where the child plays, it is always necessary to remember: the place for doll furniture should have a convenient approach, not be in the aisle, be easily accessible for cleaning, well-chosen in terms of lighting. Playing in a doll house, a child can sit in such a place for hours, moving from one game to another (feeding, putting to bed, classes, dressing and undressing, preening, etc.). Therefore, he should be comfortable and comfortable. This is on the one hand.

On the other hand, for a rich, interesting game, it is better to provide a full-fledged set of furniture so that there is room for fantasies to roam, for a girl to feel like a real mother or a boy - a father. Perhaps this will be the construction of a whole dollhouse with your own hands.

Having chosen a suitable place, we proceed to its measurements. Having a total area, you must immediately decide what part will be occupied by large furniture (wardrobe, bed, sofa, other elements). The remaining centimeters or meters (everyone has their own situation) - to accommodate chairs, armchairs, bookcases, other parts for dolls, which fantasy is capable of.

Having completed the first stage of design - “placement on the ground” - we proceed to drafting the plywood puppet furniture itself.

We decompose each alleged instance into components:

table - on legs, countertop;
chair - on legs, seat, back;
bed - on the bottom, ribs;
cabinet - on the walls, legs, shelves.

We calculate the furniture elements for plywood dolls based on the final dimensions, draw up their drawings on paper. It is more logical to carry out such schemes immediately with true dimensions, taking into account the dimensions of each part.

Schemes should contain:

designation of places of connection of furniture parts;
marks on cutting out patterns (if any);
differences in right or left hand elements.

small bed

Materials and tools

The main principle for choosing a material should be its safety. Environmentally friendly plywood (or fiberboard) should be 4-5 mm thick, not have a strong smell, be fragile or slippery. This is a light-colored material that can be easily cut and/or burned. It is immediately necessary to decide what the finished product will be covered with: paint, varnish or fabric sheathing. When choosing consumables, you can not be guided only by price. Paint that emits a sharp, strong odor can cause an allergic disease or headache.

Among the consumables for furniture for plywood dolls, glue is important. Quick-drying options are almost never suitable for children. They are toxic and highly flammable. It is better to take a proven, reliable composition, such as PVA glue.

Before painting furniture, you need to use wood putty to make the surface even and smooth.

Among the necessary tools:

jigsaw;
nail files of various options;
sandpaper (coarse and fine mesh);
liquid nails or self-tapping screws.

Liquid nails may be needed when making models for dolls of a more complex configuration. For example, you need to firmly, stably attach the cabinet frame to its bottom. In other cases, the connection of two parts is made by inserting a protrusion on one side into a hole of the appropriate shape and depth on the other.

Stages of work

Furniture for plywood dolls should be characterized by:

practicality;
aesthetic appearance;
the absence of traumatic elements;
safety of raw materials;
ease of processing;
convenience when playing.

That is why its production should take place in several stages.

Parts manufacturing

Having finished designing furniture with your own hands from plywood, having prepared the necessary patterns, as well as having completed the necessary tools and raw materials, we proceed to the manufacture of all the details. We cut out paper schemes, trace them on plywood, and then proceed to sawing them out. There are several nuances here:

if you need to cut a corner, I ask you to make a hole in its top with a drill or an awl;
for ease of cutting along the applied contours, you can walk with a sharp knife, pressing on it as much as possible;
when working with a nail file in the corners, you should not exert excessive pressure - we saw almost on the spot, slightly changing the angle of the tool.

Side part

headboard

Assembly

Assembling furniture for dolls with your own hands is a responsible, meticulous work. It should be started only after all the details have been sawn out, turned, painted, dried, and well ventilated.

If paint or varnish was applied to furniture for plywood dolls, it is necessary to check the patency of all grooves, the usefulness of the connecting holes. If necessary, technical protrusions can be made clearer and smoother. This will make the connections strong and the product stable.

It is more reasonable to apply an adhesive base at the junctions of furniture for dolls, and let it dry a little before comparing the parts. After matching the parts, you will need to press firmly, for some time without removing the effort.

How to attach the doors to the cabinet or cabinet? Holes are cut out directly opposite each other on the upper and lower walls. Protrusions are prudently cut out on the doors, which should be rubbed with wax or a simple candle. Such processing will allow the door to open / close without problems, without injuring the child's hands.

The toy will be interesting if it has a lot of drawers, shelves, secluded places. For these parts, it is necessary to provide appropriate fasteners in advance, for example, nail guides on the side walls so that the plywood doll furniture drawers can be pulled out.

Equipping such details, one should never forget that not a single corner or edge should be left without polishing. Otherwise, this is the cause of splinters, scratches, burrs.

decoration

Very interesting and exciting process. You can successfully attract children, grandmothers, friends to it. The main thing is good taste and a rational approach. Decor elements turn simple do-it-yourself plywood objects into a real, beautiful world of dolls, full of fantasy, positive, kindness.

Those who have enough time can foresee the decoration of individual details. It could be:

burning out;
sawing;
drawing with special paints on wood;
modeling;
engraving;
applications;
mosaic;
decoupage;
quilling.

We decide to resort to them, it is better to carry out such options for furniture decorations before the assembly stage of the furniture element. A pattern is applied to the surface intended for decoration with a simple pencil, which is subsequently drawn up creatively.

The decoration of bedroom furniture with images of flowers, birds, delicate, beautiful fairy-tale characters looks beautiful and stylish. Toy furniture for the living room can look extraordinary if it has a national ornament or a geometric pattern. Organic glass decor looks professional. It can be glued on top of plywood or inserted into pre-designed holes in furniture for plywood dolls.

When making furniture for Barbie, for example, most girls will want to use pink trim motifs. Often here they resort to bows, satin ribbons, hearts, shiny beads. Mirrors are obligatory for dolls; thick foil can be used to imitate them.

Do not forget about the handles to the doors and drawers. Do-it-yourself fittings are a great opportunity to make a child feel like a master, a creative person.

It is advisable to paste over the walls of the doll house from the inside with wallpaper or self-adhesive film. This gives a real home comfort, looks neat. On the floor, you can glue the remnants of linoleum or carpet. It is better to glue such furniture covers in advance so that they do not move out of their places during the game. Make the doll furniture look like a real house with mini-paintings, paper flowers or appliqués (handmade especially for the toy house).

Certain design elements can be made from ordinary wire, such as clasps, handles, hooks, trempels, mirror frames, flower brackets. Especially such elements are usually replete with dollhouse furniture. If you allow your imagination to go beyond a cabinet or a bed, to make, for example, bookshelves or a bookcase, then, according to their size, you can glue books for dolls.

Features of manufacturing products for children

Making furniture for children on your own is also worth it because in the manufacturing process a piece of our soul, warmth, parental care is invested in it. The child will always be warmed by your love, feel confident. But in order not to cause harm, it is necessary to take into account a number of possible problems:

quality of raw materials and consumables. Everything is taken into account here: from the background radiation of wood plywood to the chemicals with which it may have been treated. Regarding glues and paints: what is the basis of the active substance? Do not exceed the maximum permissible concentrations of chemical elements? You can get a positive answer to all these questions by purchasing materials in serious hardware stores, checking the manufacturer's accompanying documentation;
workmanship and structural strength. Very often, children aged 2-4 years sit down in such furniture themselves, especially if its size allows. Then only the adhesive base or the glueless connection of furniture elements may not withstand, the child may fall. Therefore, when making furniture for dolls from plywood of large sizes, it is better to strengthen the joints additionally, for example, with metal corners;
careful processing of edges, corners and edges of furniture is necessary. Any wood roughness of plywood can cause injury. Especially in this sense, it is useful to cover furniture with fabric, bending the edges over sharp details. Another option for smoothing is wood putty. To do this, you can use a special device - a putty gun.

In order to make the game interesting and meaningful for your own hand-crafted furniture for plywood dolls, you should carefully consider the entire ensemble: is it a bedroom, a hall or a kitchen? At the initial stage, this is usually a bed, chairs, a table, a wardrobe. A little later - armchairs, a sofa, shelves, trellis. Further - the flight of fancy is not limited. Below you can find diagrams of gazebos, houses, even transport. The distribution network has ready-made sets of parts for their self-assembly. It's easier to do, but not as valuable.

Why plywood
What to look out for
What to look out for
Getting to work
Additional functions
Summing up

Apartments for dolls are often expensive, made of plastic - a fragile, quickly breaking material. The article describes how to make a toy house with your own hands.

To fulfill a child's dream of a house for his favorite doll, it is not at all necessary to go to the store. You can make a plywood cottage according to your own project.

Arguments in favor of self-production

Why you should build a homemade plywood dollhouse:

Individuality. The project will be unique.
Collaboration with a child. Helps strengthen family relationships.

Development of creative abilities, skills, motor skills, acquisition of new experience by children.
Possibility to create a house of any size.

Why plywood

Dollhouse is made from different materials. The best option is plywood:

The use of plywood for construction ensures the strength of the future home. With good fastening, the parts do not fall apart, do not break off.
Plywood is easily processed with conventional tools.
Wooden toys are pleasant to the touch.
The beautiful appearance of the tree allows you to do without additional design, surface design.
Low material cost.

What to look out for

Formaldehyde is used in the production of plywood. They are part of the impregnating adhesive for joining fibers. To avoid poisoning, the ingress of hazardous material into the nursery, it is necessary to pay attention to the labeling of the sheets:

E0 - less than 6 mg of formaldehyde per 100 g of product;
E1 - 7–9 mg per 100 g;
E2 - 10-20 mg per 100 g.

Furniture and its components must be made from the safest plywood class - E0.

How to do

Making a house for plywood dolls is a multi-stage process. It is required to follow a certain sequence of actions. To facilitate the work, you can use the step-by-step instructions.

Stage 1. Sketch preparation

The scheme should display the layout, the dimensions of the floors in length, width, height.

You can find a sketch on the Internet, adjust it. The photo shows several basic schemes of a toy dwelling.

The most important thing is to keep the proportions of the sizes in scale. This is necessary in case you want to change the dimensions of the product during operation.

The design can be thought out in advance in order to purchase and prepare the necessary materials for decoration.

Step 2. Prepare accessories and tools

For assembly you will need:

Plywood. To determine its quantity, a drawing is used: the number of parts, their dimensions are calculated, and the total surface area is obtained. Based on the result, acquire the required number of sheets. For a desktop house, you will need 2-3 blanks; for a large mansion, up to 7-10 sheets of plywood can take.
Corrugated cardboard for the roof.
Wood cutting tool. It is recommended to use an electric jigsaw. It will help you quickly, accurately cut out the details of the desired shapes and dimensions.
Joiner's glue for fixing assembly elements.
Mounting tape as an aid for fastening parts.
Fine sandpaper.
Tape measure, ruler, pencil for marking.

For registration you will need:

PVA glue or silicate.
Wallpaper, color films.
Self-adhesive film for imitation flooring.
Colored cardboard or paper for decorating individual elements of the premises (optional).

Step 3: Image transfer

To assemble the wooden parts into a single whole, they must be cut from a blank sheet. To do this, scale sketches are transferred to paper, finished parts are cut out of it, and later used as a template.

If windows are not indicated on the diagrams, they are drawn when transferring patterns. On a flat-looking house without a front wall, cuts for windows are not needed.

Stage 4. Assembly

Step by step assembly instructions:

With an electric jigsaw, the parts transferred to plywood are cut out. They try to do this carefully, without going beyond the lines of the contours: in case of a design error, they may not connect correctly.
The edges are sanded to make the parts safe, to avoid injury.

Cutting and edging must be done by an adult.

The assembly begins with the integration of the internal space. Ceilings and internal partitions are attached to the vertical end walls with glue and mounting tape according to the scheme. To strengthen the connection, the inner corners are glued with thin slats. They will give rigidity to the structure. At this stage, the child can take part in the work.
Flights of stairs are made of wooden rulers. They are placed in the form of slides or cut one, glued from it a real staircase.

Attach the back wall.
Assemble the roof. From cardboard, you can cut whole slopes and glue them. Another option is to assemble the roof from separate pieces in the form of tiles.

The finished frame of the house is left for several days until the glue dries, and the structure acquires sufficient strength.

After assembly, proceed to design.

Stage 5. Design

The finished frame is decorated and furnished with doll accessories. Recommendations:

The floor can be left as is or decorated. Plywood has a wood pattern, so it is not advisable to cover it with a similar ornament.
You can make hinged windows, doors. To do this, attach the canvas to pieces of cardboard or use small metal door hinges. The passages are covered with fabric cut-curtains. Windows are sometimes replaced with cardboard shutters.
The ceiling, walls can be pasted over with colored films, wallpaper, painted.
Furniture for toys is placed in the rooms.

Additional functions

Not only the aesthetic, but also the practical side of the house is important: toys must be stored somewhere, accessories must be removed, something must be hidden. You can make additional built-in drawers in the upper or lower tier. This is appropriate if the house is large, occupies a significant place in the living space.

The boxes are also made from plywood.. The drawing provides a place for storing things. The sides of the box are cut out of plywood, glued together. Screw the handle, insert into the department.

You can make a folding door as in the photo. To do this, the cut canvas is screwed onto metal loops.

Conclusion

A handmade plywood toy house will be a good gift for any child.

The construction process will take 2-3 days, taking into account the preparation of blanks, their cutting, drying glue. The child can arrange the premises independently.