Easter surpriseby Leona Coffey I play in my garden church-No roof or tower on it.And the flowers that grow row after rowThey all wear an Easter hat.But oh, I was surprised todayTo see they loved my spray gun!
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How to make the doll’s pussy willow for spring…
Willow branches faux pussy and Easter mini The eggs hang from the branches. I made little willow twigs and miniature eggs to hang from in our dollhouse this Easter. Both are accurate and beautiful! Support list: Oven-baked Sculpey Clay Pastel paints (acrylic) Thin wire to hang eggs Needle or pin to make holes Three or four cotton balls a bunch of twigs; strings Hot glue gun and glue white school glue Small garden pot Small pebbles or rocks Step by step instructions: Pick a handful of fresh green sprigs from a shrub. Use hot glue to glue them together, just […]
Craft a Colorful Carrot Wreath for Your Dollhouse!
The Easter carrot wreath is small enough to look right on a Barbie doll, but you can hang it as a mini wreath inside an American Girl doll, too. You can also make it bigger if you use a chocolate carrot candy mold. Support list: Small carrot mold Cardboard green yarn white school glue Hot glue gun and hot glue Acrylic paints: orange, rust, moss green, light green Sculpey or oven clay mod podge Thin wire for hanging Step by step instructions: Cut out a wreath shape in any size you like from lightweight cardboard. Smear white glue on both […]
How to fold a washcloth bunny…
The doll loves to fold a doll-sized towel bunny into a welcoming friend for their Easter guests. Why not put this decorative pink bunny under a guest bed with a few small chocolates inside your dollhouse this year? Left, finished in front of the towel bunny.Right, the hare’s back end. Support list: small towel two googly eyes A medium-sized white bead for the tail Small pink pom pom for the nose One rubber band tacky craft glue decorative tape needle and thread (optional) Step by step instructions: Simply fold the towel in half to form a triangle, matching up the […]
The Bad Temper of The Princess, Part 1
The bad mood of Princess Marion Burton Once upon a time, in a delicious little kingdom of all gardens, rivers, huts, and flowers, there lived a red-faced, merry king named Rodolfo. Every one of his subjects loved him, the kings around him were his loyal friends, and the neighboring kingdoms were on good terms with him. Indeed, they had a happy way, those old kings, of exchanging thrones for a week now and then, just as some preachers exchange these days—to prove, I suppose, how good their thrones are, after all. This king I’m telling you about was brave, of […]
The Bad Temper of The Princess, Part 3
At a lunch several months after the dismissal of the disaffected suitors, the Prime Minister entered the dining-room and announced to the King that a man had been found within the palace gates without royal clearance, and immediately put into the dungeon. The Prime Minister said he was a handsome fellow, but he was very poorly dressed. He didn’t offer any resistance when he was captured, but he earnestly requested that he be tried as soon as possible, because he wanted to draw a layout of the palace and gardens, and he couldn’t see well from the crack at the […]
The Bad Temper of The Princess, Part 2
After half an hour the King, with his crown pushed so snugly upon his head, and with a smile on his very flushed face, burst into the Queen’s drawing-room. He was holding a tangled lock of golden hair in one hand and a sheet of blue paper in the other. ”Darling, honey, what do you think happened? Here, handwritten by Princess Madge’s hand, are the happy words that drive away all our fears. You will marry, my dear, you will marry. And listen: she cares not what his rank, age, or condition may be—he must be a contented man, that’s […]
DIY a Valentine mailbox shaped like a hot air balloon!
This mailbox is designed for Catch the letters inside the basket! Making this Valentine’s Day mailbox looks harder than it actually is. You can see pictures below on how to get started with hot air balloon formation. I started with a foam ball but you may choose to start with an egg shape instead. This will delete one of the steps (6.) from the instructions below. Support list: Red and white threads plus a smaller amount of tan colored threads Hot glue gun and hot glue white school glue Small recycled plastic bottle for basket Four toothpicks masking tape Newsprint […]
Make a traditional Valentine mailbox using stickers…
This mailbox is decorated with butterfly stickers and white rick-rack trim. The traditional Valentine’s Day mailbox is wrapped in heart tissue paper and then decorated with butterfly stickers. The colors are all traditional Valentine’s Day: red, hot pink, pale pink, white, and lavender. Support list: Sturdy recycled rectangular box with lid Wooden Coffee Stirrers (2) Fancy wrapping paper, patterned scrap paper or tissue paper in Valentine’s Day colors Paper for lining the box Extra carton for the box tray Stickers of your choice trim rick rack White school glue and hot glue mod podge masking tape. Step by step instructions: […]
A Snow White, Flip Book Doll…
Here is our example of a side book from my Snow White story collection. On the left, “Snow White” is the first page. True, the evil stepmother is the second page. Snow White’s text: “Once upon a time, there lived a beautiful girl, her lips red as blood, her skin white as snow, and her hair black as night. She was called Snow White.” Wicked Page Text, Queen/Mothermother: One day her stepmother, an evil queen, asked her magic mirror, ‘Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who’s the fairest one of all?’ The mirror answered, “Snow White.” The Queen was so jealous […]