Crafting different kinds of crates for a doll market...

        Here are a variety of (4) doll sized crates, some shaped in the round and others rectangular that we crafted for our doll's market displays. If you would like to make some for your own collection, you will need the following supplies: wooden craft sticks, white school glue, twine or yarn, recycled empty tape rolls, masking tape, hot glue gun (optional) and cardboard.

Left, the interior of a round shaped crate. See the recycled tape roll at the bottom.
Center, the crate seen from above.
Right, the bottom and sides of the circular crate. See the cardboard bottom.

       This barrel shaped crate uses an empty masking tape roll as a support. Glue the wooden sticks to it's outside using wood glue or white school glue. After the sticks dry, trim the outside of the crate with twine. Glue on the cardboard bottom after tracing around the barrel shape on top of cardboard and cutting it to fit.

Left, the inside of the long, large crate. See the design begins with a box.
Center, the lid of the doll sized crate.
Right, the stuffing in the crate is natural colored Easter grass.

       I glued craft sticks onto the outer sides of a cardboard box to make this crate version. The top edge is made of coffee stirring sticks. Then I cut a lid from scrap cardboard and pasted on wooden slats to it.

Left, the circular crate with a handle seen from the side.
Center, the bottom of this crate is also cardboard.
Right, see the details of the handle, made from different wooden craft sticks.

       The above barrel shaped crate has a handle made from notched craft sticks. It is also glued onto an empty masking tape roll to give it shape and strength. The bottom is made of cut cardboard and a bit of twine for decorative purposes.

Left, this is the largest crate for our doll farmer's market.
It has a wooden frame attached to the top to give it a finished edge.
 Right, the underside of the frame plus the side view of the largest crate.

       Our largest display crate for watermelons and/or squash was built using a wooden frame for the top. Then we glued craft sticks to the outside surface of the box using white school glue and masking tape to hold the sticks until these dried in place. Thinner coffee stir sticks were applied for decoration later. I eventually painted these thinner sticks green.

Left, a reused Melissa and Doug crate.
Right, we added natural Easter grass for the veggies to rest in.

       Of course, you can always collect some adorable toy crates from resale to use in your own play farmer's market. Above is a Melissa and Doug crate that we use for this very purpose. I picked it up for 25 cents at a resale shop near my home.

See how I transformed these doll crates into full ones with special lids...

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