After seeing a nice but very expensive dolls house in the Early Learning Centre, I had a brainwave. The dolls house was basically just some white shelves, plus extras like a lift and some printed backgrounds. They wanted a hundred pounds for this item.OK, it was nice, but it was just a bookcase with bits in. If I got a dolls house for Sweetie, I would have to find somewhere to put it.Also: I have a bookcase which I've been meaning to tidy up for ages, which already has a place to live. Aha!
With a small amount of work and two cereal boxes from the recycling, the basic dolls house was born. We added some fairy lights and a light up Christmas tree from the pound shop, and out in some 'furniture' made from wooden building blocks. Voila!
Sweetie was thrilled. I was amazed how this simple box inside out plus Sellotape was able to create a thing that was obviously no longer a bookcase, but a dolls house.
Brilliant! More pics of the next phase soon.
Steps:
1. Find cereal boxes of about the right height to be room dividers.
2. Turn boxes inside out.
3. Tape them into position. I splayed out the flaps on the bottom of the boxes to give them more stability. **Note: don't make this too final as you will want to add 'proper' lighting, later. See later posts for this!**
4. Add some building block furniture. The toilet was a particular hit.
5. Add some battery operated LED fairy lights.
6. Marvel at this simple yet effective transformation!
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