Ok, so I am so excited to show this! We made furniture. Recycled furniture!
(and it is comfy!!) Sorry the table top is glaring in the top photo, the light coming in the window was a bit much oops! The chairs were easier to see since I took this before the boy's sat down.
Here is Kendall (in the green shirt) and Andy (in the red shirt, and my favorite brother ) at the table.
It is in their room, so they call it theirs, but I get in there every chance I get to hang out now with them.
And the couch, chair and ottoman with the boy's sitting on it. Some times I go in there to sit on the couch and knit and I find Perry the Platypus asleep on the chair, and Ferb stretched out on the couch. I'll take a photo the next time that happens... it is kind of funny. I wake Ferb up but Perry is soo cute I let him sleep. Gee though they just take over. You would think that Ferb would be off building something.
Anyhow here are the couch, chair and ottoman without the boy's in the way. The couch was made from a blue tshirt that was mom's but she hated it, and the orange shirt had been Ryan's until it got too small, then it was Avery's and it was too small for him. Since it was way too big for Andy and Kendall it worked nice for the couch.
on you tube's tuttorials on home made doll stuff.... (yes as a Doll that has nearly all home made stuff I LOVE this You tube channel.)
Next we need the bathroom, and the kitchen...and a bigger bedroom to store it all in.
We spent 5.00 on colored duct tape and a package of dowels. Everything else we used to make this furniture was hand made.
Love it!!!
So excited!!
Love,
Beth <3
Hi this is Amy, Beth's mom
I found the tutorials to be super easy to follow. I had almost everything on hand, I did change a few of the recycled items to make the furniture work for the 18 inch doll. Some items she made for smaller dolls and I adapted the ideas to fit an American Girl sized doll. For the Orange and blue table we used a cardboard tube from glow bracelets we bought at Dollar tree cut in half. The cardboard used in that tube was significantly thicker than a toilet paper tube and therefore sturdier. This was made for a 6 yo boy that has a big imagination and social skill issues, we gave him the dolls to help his interpersonal skills, as he will act out social situations with them. The red table and chairs, I used dowels I cut down for the chair legs opposed to the popsicle sticks that were used in the tutorial. I used a recycled juice bottle and the center leg on the red table. truthfully I already ahd the dowels in the house but a small package runs around 2.00 at Walmart. The tape was approximately 3.00 for a roll. If you were to purchase the designer patterned tapes then it would cost more as there is less on a roll than the colored and you might need 2 rolls. I used most of that roll creating just 2 chairs and the table. I sat with the dolls and decided how much top surface they truly had to have as the kid's room is not huge.
We stack all this up when we are not playing with it since they are a bit cramped.
Beth does hang with the boy's from time to time. Andy likes her just as much as she likes him.
However, I do need to do her hair every time Andy's person, Avery get his hands on her for too long.
I recommend the You tube channel, while most of the dolls she features are not AG sized it is al easily adaptable, and she does have some BFC dolls in some videos. Also, great for Barbie fans.
Amy
