This market stand or stall is constructed from a discarded wooden crate. It is the perfect size for 18inch American Girl Dolls and may be used for all kinds of doll play. We will be using it to demonstrate a lemonade stand, a road side market stall for fresh produce and as a doll booth for homemade baked goods in the future.
The crate had only four slats across it's bottom to begin with. I removed these and cut seven slats of uniform size and type before nailing and gluing them back onto one side of my crate. I kept the original shelf in the middle and glued on additional narrow slates to the ends of all three shelves to make these stronger and give them a finished looking edges.
The crate had only four slats across it's bottom to begin with. I removed these and cut seven slats of uniform size and type before nailing and gluing them back onto one side of my crate. I kept the original shelf in the middle and glued on additional narrow slates to the ends of all three shelves to make these stronger and give them a finished looking edges.
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| Left, one side of my doll market stall has shelves for doll food items. Center, a side view of the booth shows the tall wooden slats both glued and nailed into place for the draping of banners and signs. Right, here's is a close up of the banner slat; it has a narrow slit cut away from it's center so that I can suspend and change banners and signs between these two flat 'posts.' |
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| Left, I will use the shelf side for a baked goods booth. Right, the slated 'wall' side of this booth will be used as a lemonade stand eventually. |
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| Left, you can see how the cardboard sign is suspended between the booth slats above. Right, here is an 18inch doll standing next to the completed booth. I decided to color parts of my booth with a transparent wash of teal colored, oil based paint. Then I stained the remainder of the wooden parts: shelves and posts by rubbing the coats of stain into the wood with an old rag. Lastly the entire booth was sealed with a durable wood varnish to give the stand a tough weather resistant surface, perfect for outdoor play. |
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| Left, the 18" doll standing next to the booth. Center, up close photo of the stained surface. Right, cardboard sample of the sign placement. It will be fun to decorate our doll's booth with all kinds of banners and signs in the near future. |
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