Making a curtain rod for a dollhouse

This is what you are going to need, a small round dowel and two beads that have holes in them.

You need to cut two pieces of dowel the size you need for the window.  What I did then was use a razor knife and make the ends to fit into the bead holes.  First you put some hot glue in the bead hole and put one end of the dowel in the bead.  The hot glue holds it into place.  Next put on the curtain you are going to be using.  I used a very wide piece of trim that I cut a piece off of.  You put it zig zag through the holes of the curtain then on the other side glue on the other bead.

This is what I used for my curtains, it had holes in it that I could put the rod through.

In this picture you can see where I cut the material, I wanted to get curtains and toppers out of it.

Here is my curtain.  Now to put it up, I’m going to show you how to make the piece that holds up your curtain rods in my next blog post.  You can use and type of material to make your curtains. Use you imagination and it will soar!

How to make playing card wallpaper for dollhouse

These are the playing cards I decided to use.

You can see in this photo that the playing cards are glued to the walls and popsicle sticks are used on the sides of the cards.  I also put popsicle sticks on the tops. You can use any playing cards. Use your imagination and it will soar!

Another view.

Putting a wooden floor on a porch for a dollhouse

 I use popsicle sticks for my dollhouse wooden floors, for cutting the popsicle sticks I use Midwest products Easy Cutter which cuts angles also. I start in the corner so I can make a design in the corner area.

This is what the corner looks like after I make all the cut pieces for the design.

This shows you what the front of the dollhouse looks like with popsicle sticks.

This is another view of the floor.

After staining the popsicle sticks using easy wax early American color, this is what the wood looks like.

Another view of the floor.

Also another view.  Popsicle sticks save you money on flooring and with the wood cutter it’s very easy to cut them.

This is what the Easy Cutter looks like.

This is the stain I used.

Items used to create the wooden floors:

1. Popsicle Sticks
2. Minwax Wood Finish
3. Midwest Products Easy Cutter
4. Hot Glue Gun
5. Hot Glue Sticks

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Making a fake stained glass window for a dollhouse

The first thing I do is look for a design that I want in my stained glass window, while sitting at

my table i noticed this flower in the tablecloth and this is what I wanted as the design.  The next thing I do is take the window that goes with the dollhouse or I make a window out of plastic from a cover for a folder, you will see that in the photos. But in this case I had the window.  I then lay the window over the design I want and useva paint pen to trace the pattern.  After doing that if it is still not dark enough I use black paint with a tiny bristle paint brush to go over the design I drew again.  

 

I then take out nailpolish colors and start filling the design like coloring in the lines when coloring a coloring book.  After im finished coloring it in and it dries its ready for installing.  You will see how beautiful this turns out and think of the designs you can make.  I even use this technique for making older looking windows which you can also see in one of the photos.  Have fun use your imagination. Also make sure the nice side faces outward on your house.