Handmade Dollhouse Sofa/ Daybed & Cushions: DIY Tutorial for Miniature Furniture (All Upcycled Materials!)

My DIY Doll Daybed/ Sofa made from upcycled materials.

While doing the laundry (my most dreaded chore of the week!!!!), one of the plastic clothes pegs I was using broke and just before I tossed it into the bin, I stopped to inspect it a little closer. The metal ring that kept the two plastic clippy parts together was brittle, so I removed it and realised that the two clippy parts (ok, so those are clearly not the technical terms, but you know what I mean!), sort of looked like super slim chairs if you sat them upright on a flat surface. I had them side by side on the kitchen counter top and then it hit me that I could turn it into a DIY project and create a miniature sofa or daybed for Gemini Grrl's dollhouse!


SOFA/ DAYBED

For the miniature daybed/ sofa, you will need:

1 plastic clothes peg
3 popsicle sticks
Superglue
Felt/ Piece of fabric

Ribbon/ Lace

Step 1: Building the frame

STEP 1: Take apart your plastic clothes peg and place them side by side on a flat surface.

Step 2: Glue on popsicle sticks

STEP 2: Glue a popsicle stick across the "seating" part at the bottom, front and top.

Step 3: Add felt and ribbon

STEP 3: Glue on a piece of felt or fabric, as well as bits of ribbon or lace for decorative purposes and to hide any parts of the popsicle sticks or clothes pegs showing underneath.

CUSHIONS

Adding the stuffing to the cushion.

For the teeny weeny cushions, I used some leftover scrap material from another dollhouse project I did previously, as well as an old baby washcloth with a cute little bird embroided on it.

For the cutesy cushions, you will need:

Cotton
Pieces of fabric
Superglue

Itsy bitsy teeny weeny cushions :)

STEP 1: Cut out the piece of fabric to the shape and size you desire.

STEP 2: Fold up a piece of facial cotton or use a round cotton ball for the stuffing.

STEP 3: Glue the sides together.

Baby School Bag (Vintage My Little Pony - 1984 ) & her new handmade Daybed ^_^

And there you go! It was so easy to make and is an adorable addition to my daughter's new wooden dollhouse I am currently working on. I will keep you updated about that project in a new post once it's completed! Do leave your comments and tell me what you think about this little DIY project of mine, I'd love to hear your feedback :)