Craft a Paper Mache Dollhouse Toilet

The finished paper mache toilet.

        This small paper mache toilet is perfect for one of our dollhouses. Learning to wrap paper mache doll furnishings takes time and perseverance in order to get the projects to look like one, clean and consistent piece. As your skill improves, you will make better and better versions of crafts like these.

Supply List:

• paper egg carton
• cardboard
• masking tape
• white typing paper
• white school glue
• one toothpick
• yarn (any color)

Step-by-Step Instructions:

1. As seen in the pictures below, cut cardboard shapes from a paper egg carton and small box to tape together a toilet for your doll house. This size is best suited to 6"dolls.
2. Cover the entire surface with masking tape, smooth over the edges while doing this. Mask over the gaps between the surfaces.
3. Then tear the white typing paper into lots of small pieces approximately 1"x 2".
4. Glue these directly onto the surface of your toilet shape in many layers until the surfaces look smooth and uniform. When you are nearing the end of shaping a nice toilet, start to cover the sides with larger, fitted pieces of paper. This will help to give the surface of your toilet a clean finished surface with an even application. I covered the surfaces of this doll toilet approximately ten times completely. The more paper applications the better.
5. The toilet will need to dry over and over between the paper mache layers. This sample took several days for me to finish. After the final layer of paper, I glued two layers of yarn on top of the toilet seat to complete the cover.
6. Then I clipped a small toothpick and glued this onto the tank for a handle to "flush" the faux doll toilet. 
   

The basic toilet's shapes and materials put together before layering on paper and glue.

Left, wrapping the tank. Right, the toilet seat.

More Handmade Toilets for Dollhouses:

• DIY Dollhouse: Bathroom furniture
  
• Making a Toilet for Barbie Dollhouse