Barbie travel house (C)mjr2011
this little house was inspired by the 1962 Barbie dream house, the original dream house this has been floating around in my brain for awhile and I finally got around to making it and the tutorial if you decide to make one please let me know I would love to see what you make!!!
the 1962 Barbie dream house
what you need:
one laptop box around 16 to 18 inches
white paint
glue gun and glue
knife of some sort
paintbrush
markers paint or what ever you want to decorate it with
string or rope or something of that nature
Velcro if you have a box that don't have the little tab that closes it
pencil and ruler to measure and sketch your design on ( I only really used the ruler to draw straight lines and space things as evenly as possible)
directions:
1. the first thing I did was inspect the box to see how I wanted to approach the way the front flap folds out with my box there were little tabs on the sides and I cut them off first because they were not needed and set them aside then I cut where I drew the crappy red lines lol sorry but my hands are pretty shaky once you have that done you can see the inside of your box much better if its like mine you will need to reinforce the floor where it is put together that is where all the extra cardboard from inside comes in handy :) you will cut a piece to fit and glue it securely to that area
2. then you should peel as many stickers and stuff off of it as you can without damaging the box then paint the whole box white this is what will take the most time because you want it to dry in between coats I use whit because it is a nice clean starting point once that is done and dry you are ready to decorate I pretty much drew everything by hand pulling it from my imagination but there are so many ways you can decorate it when you get to this point so make it your own and be creative then I colored everything with crayola markers so have fun with it
3. after I did all that which took me awhile I tell ya then I cut a string long enough to hang from my daughter's arm comfortably without being too long tied a knot in each end and poked a hole in each side making sure the house hung evenly I pushed the knot through the holes and secured each knot inside and out with hot glue just to make sure it was strong and
4. now if you want you can cut off the little closure flap thing and attach the velcro to the underneath and the top where it would close so it holds it securely I had that as an after thought once I had finished it lol
That's it you have a portable house for barbie when you are done my little one loves it I didn't get any action shots of it but I will I am actually very amused with this one not only did I create a great toy for Mazzy but I also recycled a good bit and saved one more box from going to the landfill yeah!!!
this little house was inspired by the 1962 Barbie dream house, the original dream house this has been floating around in my brain for awhile and I finally got around to making it and the tutorial if you decide to make one please let me know I would love to see what you make!!!
the 1962 Barbie dream house
what you need:
one laptop box around 16 to 18 inches
white paint
glue gun and glue
knife of some sort
paintbrush
markers paint or what ever you want to decorate it with
string or rope or something of that nature
Velcro if you have a box that don't have the little tab that closes it
pencil and ruler to measure and sketch your design on ( I only really used the ruler to draw straight lines and space things as evenly as possible)
directions:
1. the first thing I did was inspect the box to see how I wanted to approach the way the front flap folds out with my box there were little tabs on the sides and I cut them off first because they were not needed and set them aside then I cut where I drew the crappy red lines lol sorry but my hands are pretty shaky once you have that done you can see the inside of your box much better if its like mine you will need to reinforce the floor where it is put together that is where all the extra cardboard from inside comes in handy :) you will cut a piece to fit and glue it securely to that area
2. then you should peel as many stickers and stuff off of it as you can without damaging the box then paint the whole box white this is what will take the most time because you want it to dry in between coats I use whit because it is a nice clean starting point once that is done and dry you are ready to decorate I pretty much drew everything by hand pulling it from my imagination but there are so many ways you can decorate it when you get to this point so make it your own and be creative then I colored everything with crayola markers so have fun with it
3. after I did all that which took me awhile I tell ya then I cut a string long enough to hang from my daughter's arm comfortably without being too long tied a knot in each end and poked a hole in each side making sure the house hung evenly I pushed the knot through the holes and secured each knot inside and out with hot glue just to make sure it was strong and
4. now if you want you can cut off the little closure flap thing and attach the velcro to the underneath and the top where it would close so it holds it securely I had that as an after thought once I had finished it lol
That's it you have a portable house for barbie when you are done my little one loves it I didn't get any action shots of it but I will I am actually very amused with this one not only did I create a great toy for Mazzy but I also recycled a good bit and saved one more box from going to the landfill yeah!!!
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