The tiny doll inside our homemade doll pit seen from three angles. |
One cherry tomato container clean and ready to use. |
You can make a sunny little ball pit from a cherry tomato container for your doll's nursery.
I chose to use this recycled container because of it's transparent walls and dome shape. Doll mamas can keep a close watch on their little ones through it's walls while they play!
Supply List:
- cherry tomato container
- Styrofoam balls
- one yellow felt square
- hot glue gun and hot glue
- masking tape
- light weight cardboard
- Clean the container with warm soap and water after the tomatoes have been eaten.
- Remove the top part of the container to work on the bottom first.
- With a small pair of sharp scissors, cut out the large bulbous dome from the bottom half of the container. This is very easy to remove and has a tacky lip on it that will stick easily to the top of the transparent lid. Just add a bit more glue to the lip and position this firmly onto the top of the container.
- Now cut a round piece of cardboard to fill the space at the bottom of the container neatly with glue. Don't forget to cover this surface completely with masking tape.
- Cut circle felt pieces to cover both inside and outside of the lower half of the container. the felt pieces should be slightly larger than the cardboard bottom.
- Cut a long piece of felt to also cover the sides of the lower part of the container.
- Hot glue on this long narrow, felt strip first.
- Clip the excess felt and turn this under the bottom of the container gluing it neatly as you work your way around the bottom.
- Glue on one of the felt circles to cover this edge.
- Glue the other felt circle to the inside of the container to cover the masked cardboard bottom.
- Now cut an entry into one side of the transparent tomato top.
- Cut a thin strip of felt to line the edge of your opening.
- Use the hot glue to firmly attach this felt to the outside opening of the doll's ball pit.
- Fill the container with a doll and Styrofoam balls.
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