Beanie Baby house

How to make your own Beanie Baby house (or dollhouse) using only basic craft supplies and household objects. It takes a long time, but it's fun, creative, and incredibly cheap. Remember, though, that my house just provides ideas, and you may not necessarily have the same materials. Look around the house for other items you can use, and be creative!

Step 1 Gather Materials

Necessities:
-Cardboard boxes (If you don't have any lying around, try asking a liquor store. They almost always have tons that they're willing to give away. We'll paint, so it doesn't matter what it says)
-glue (hot glue works better than anything else, but gluesticks, super glue, and elmers all have their places)
-Exacto knife, scissors
-paint (house paint if you have any, acrylic. You could use tempera for furniture and accessories, but I wouldn't recommend it)
-Tape
-Fabric

Also useful;
-styrofoam (I used the packing inserts from a DVD player)
-markers
-sticks and stones (for the fireplace, if you're making one)
-tealight holders
-yarn
-pom-poms
-pipe cleaners
-buttons
-tinfoil
-packing peanuts
-felt
-plastic caps from water bottles, old CD's, seashells, clementine boxes, and any other junk you have around the house.

Comments

[Kensiek]

Wow! I felt very nostalgic when I saw this, So lovely :D

[firefliie]

wow that is amazing! i think i wanna build something like this for my dwarf hammies, but id have to make it safer for them and stuff, like glue stuff down and make it easy to clean ;) but anyway great idea!!!!

[albylovesscience]

this is flippin awsome i love beanie babys

[jauncourt]

I remember doing something similar when I was little, my aunt had a daycare and we made a year-long project out of creating a dollhouse and all its furnishings out of repurposed items. I remember making club chairs out of old empty playdough cans (remember when they were cardboard? Or am I just old?) and scrap cloth. Also, I've added this to the Green Kids group. Some time ago, but I thought I'd tell you :)

[bohemianharmony]

thanks!

[ChrysN]

What an incredible amount of detail you put into this project, laptop,salad, boardgames.... that's pretty cool.