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How to Make Miniature Accessories for a Dollhouse

Every decorator knows that the right accessories bring life to even the smallest of houses. Create your own accessories to give your dollhouse your own personal touch. Spend a quiet afternoon turning everyday household items into tiny treasures to enhance every room of your dollhouse. Making your own accessories allows you to choose exactly the colors and themes you want for your miniature house. These items are so inexpensive you can afford to redecorate every week.

Things You'll Need

  • 3 hanks embroidery floss
  • Felt
  • Scissors
  • Clear-drying craft glue
  • Golf tee
  • Button
  • Pony bead
  • Paper mini muffin cup
  • Tiny decorative bead
  • Bottle cap
  • Beige felt
  • Tiny beads
  • Cotton (optional)
  • Old hand towel
  • Needle
  • Thin ribbon (optional)
  • Cellulose sponge
  • Pez candy
  • Duck button
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Instructions

  1. Living Room Rug

    • 1

      Braid three lengths of embroidery floss together. Use the entire 6-strand piece, do not unwind it into individual strands. Knot the ends of the braid.

    • 2

      Spread glue on a 3-by-4 inch rectangle of felt.

    • 3

      Glue the first inch of the braided floss down the center of the length of the rectangle.

    • 4

      Wind the braided floss in a spiral around the first inch, covering the first knot and tucking the last knot under the edge.

    • 5

      Trim off the excess felt.

    Bedroom Reading Lamp

    • 6

      Glue a button to the flat end of a golf tee. Stand the tee up on the button.

    • 7

      Slip a pony bead onto the point of the tee.

    • 8

      Glue the center of an upside-down paper mini muffin cup to the pony bead.

    • 9

      Glue a tiny decorative bead on the top for a finial.

    Pies

    • 10

      Line a bottle cap with a circle of beige felt to make the bottom crust. Trace around the bottle cap, then cut out the felt. Glue the crust in place.

    • 11

      Fill the crust with a fruit filling made of tiny beads. Cover the beads with a thin layer of craft glue to hold them in place. Use glue which will be clear when dry.

    • 12

      Top the filling with a tuft of white cotton whipped cream, a lattice crust made from tiny strips of beige felt or a felt top crust with a vent hole cut in the center. Glue the toppings in place.

    Bathroom Accessories

    • 13

      Cut 3-by-5 inch bath towels and 1-by-2 inch hand towels from the edge of old towels. Sew on thin ribbon trim to decorate the edge of the towels.

    • 14

      Cut a matching 2-by-3 inch oval bath mat from the center of the towel.

    • 15

      Cut a 1/2-inch, round sponge from a kitchen sponge.

    • 16

      Use a Pez candy for soap and a duck button for a bath toy.


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