Have you ever wanted to decorate a dollhouse? We are showing you how to make handmade furniture and paint your DIY miniature house.
When I was little, my most prized gift was a handmade dollhouse. My dad handmade it for my sister and me for Christmas one year. I dreamt that one day I would own a real house that resembled it.
I wanted Marisol to have a special dollhouse too. One that I hope she will use and love for many years to come and pass down to her own child or grandchild one day.
DIY miniature house
I found one at a local thrift store that needed a lot of work done to it, but I could see so much potential that I had to get it.
It was grey with a red door and a brown roof. I was tempted to leave the door red but decided to give the whole miniature house fresh paint.
Make dollhouse furniture and accessories
Once the house was painted and dry, it needed furniture too. I found unfinished wood shelves and cabinets at Michaels craft store. The bed, table, chairs, and artwork on the walls are handmade.
Supplies
- Unfinished wood furniture
- Scrapbook paper
- Mod Podge
- Paint
- Paintbrushes
- Small wood blocks (for wall art)
- Wood spools
- Wood circle
- Popsicle sticks
- Felt
- Thread
- Fabric
- Foam
- Yarn
- Glute
DIY miniature house furniture and accessories
Using paint, Mod Podge, and scrapbook paper give the unfinished furniture a fresh new look.
I love how this DIY miniature house turned out, and I know Marisol is going to love it too.
I have big plans to expand upon this over time. Lace would look pretty inside the curtains. The shelves need trinkets on them, and there needs to be a cat basket by the door. One day I might even build a greenhouse or sunroom.
If you want to add floorboards or tile flooring to your dollhouse, you can build your own dollhouse wood flooring with my easy tutorial.
More pretend play ideas for kids
Are you looking for more DIY pretend play ideas for kids? Take a look at these:
- Pretend play puppet theater and play stand
- DIY accessories for kids play kitchens
- A handmade barn for farm play
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Beautiful..Love it..Wow you have great idea’s..
Tonya you are so incredibly talented. I am always impressed by the love and creativity you put into everything. I love the dollhouse and the farm. They are things they will treasure forever and hopefully pass down to their children.
Very cute! I thought it was a life size doll house when I saw it outdoors.
Love the furniture, I need to head to Michaels!
I soooo need a sweet doll house like this for my little darling! Your furniture and touches are SPECTACULAR!!!! I adore your color combos. I’m going to be on the hunt at our local antique stores for something half as sweet as this! GREAT WORK!!!!thanks for sharing!!!!! OHhhh ya and that farm– to cute for words.
that is so adorable, great job!
Do you sleep? I don’t know where you find the time. You are super woman!!!
Hi Shelly. Thank you. To make the bed go to the unfinished wood section of your craft store and purchase some popsicle sticks (for the headboard), a rectangular piece of wood (for the bed base) and a packet of cotton spools (for the legs). Glue it all together and paint it. For the mattress, take a thin piece of foam and cut to the correct size, wrap a piece of fabric around it and hot glue it to the base of the bed. The blanket was knitted – just a basic knit stitch in a square and the pillow is 2 rectangular pieces of felt stitched together and stuffed.
So cute! Doll house furniture is soo exspensive. I love the ones you made. I couldn’t tell how you made the bed. Do you mind sharing? My parents bought my niece a doll house from a thrift store and we haven’t been able to furnish it yet