Make facial tissue for doll's with colds...

       I pictured here two kinds of facial tissues - one is used for blowing your doll's stuffy nose and the other type could be used to remove doll makeup.

Supply List:

• light weight flimsy fabric scrapes
• facial tissue
• scrap cardbaord
• decorative paper
• white school glue
• masking tape
• black permanent ink pen
  

Step-by-Step Instructions:

1. To make the tissues shown above on the right, you will need to cover a small, clean and empty box with decorative paper and white school glue. Then you can fill this with actual facial tissues cut down to doll size.
2. The second version of tissues, pictured left is bit more involved in it's making. To make this box, cut cardboard rectangles to size approximately one inch by two, and stack several together. I made 3 or 4 for the version in this case.
3. Cover the edges especially with masking tape, but do so in a smooth even application.
4. Now decoupage the stack with decorative printed paper. Try to use one with a very tiny design.
5. Draw and color in the pretend oval opening with the black permanent ink pen.
6. Take a pair of small, pointed scissors and poke a long narrow opening into the tissue box.
7. Cut a rectangular piece of light, flimsy fabric and stuff this into the hole to look like tissue. 
8. Secure this fabric with glue, Let dry.

See more examples of tissues for dolls in the following photos:

• See Barbie sized doll tissues in these photos of faux stainless steel doll sink craft.
• Doll tissues pictured at the Beauty Salon too...
  

Craft a Doll Bathtub From A Recycled Soap Bottle

Two toddlers dolls play in the soap bubbles.

       Here is a simple little tub that anyone can make for their dollhouse and you can use real water inside of it if you like. On the right, our Barbie Kelly dolls are playing in real bubbles.

Supply List:

• recycle a detergent bottle
• silver strapping tape
• snap for drain
• white school glue
• hot glue gun and hot glue
• beads for tub feet
• silver and blue spray paint (optional)

Step-by-Step Directions:

1. Using a utility knife or heavy duty scissors, cut out the bottom of a detergent bottle. Sometimes there are designs in these bottles that will give you an event cut along a groove in the plastic, but you may need to measure with a sharpie and ruler the side of the bathtub in order to get them all the same height. 
2. Use the strapping tape to wrap the upper ridge of the bathtub so that a sharp edge won't cut a child durning play. You could sand the edges down alternatively if you don't have this kind of tape.
3. I spray painted the inside of this sample doll bathtub using a bright blue color to mimic water.
4. Then use silver or white to spray paint the exterior of the bath. 
5. Hot glue on three silver beads to make the ''feet'' of the tub. 
6. Hot glue the silver metal snap at the drain position of the tub.
7. Now you can fill the bath with real soapy water to give your plastic, small dolls a clean scrub!

Above is a white version of this simple craft. Below is the silver and blue version.

How to fold a washcloth bunny...

        The doll's like to fold a washcloth bunny from a doll sized towel to make a welcome friend for their guests staying over for Easter. Why not put this pink, decorative bunny at the foot of a guest bed with a few tiny chocolates inside of your dollhouse this year?

Left, finished front of washcloth bunny.
Right, the back end of the bunny.

Supply List:

• small washcloth
• two googly eyes
• one medium sized white pom-pom for tail
• one tiny pink pom-pom for nose
• one rubber band
• tacky craft glue
• decorative ribbon
• needle and thread (optional)

Step-by-Step Instructions:

1. Simply fold the washcloth in half to shape a triangle, matching up the corners.
2. Then roll it into a long narrow tube starting from the center triangle corner.
3. Fold the roll in half.
4. Now fold the end pieces back towards the bunny's back side and wrap a rubber band around the end where the ears are to shape a face. 
5. Fluff out the bunny ears.
6. Glue a medium pom-pom to the bunny bum.
7. Glue googly eyes on either side of the head and a tiny pink pom-pom to the tip of the bunny's nose.
8. Stitch on a piece of ribbon to cover the rubber band and/or tie a bow.

Left, see bunny from side view. Center, see ears fluffed up.
 Right see back side of bunny bum with pom-pom tail.

Make a doll-sized hot water bottle...

Left, an actual hot water bottle.
Right, a doll-size water bottle 3 1/2" x 2 1/2"

       A hot-water bottle is a bottle filled with hot water and sealed with a stopper, used to provide warmth, typically while in bed, but also for the application of heat to a specific part of the body.
       "India rubber" hot-water bottles were in use in Britain at least by 1875. Modern conventional hot-water bottles were patented in 1903 and are manufactured in natural rubber or PVC, to a design patented by the Croatian inventor Eduard Penkala. They are now commonly covered in fabric, sometimes with a novelty design.

       The photo on the right shows the difference in scale between our 18" doll-sized hot water bottle and a standard sized real hot water bottle sold in the United States.

 

Supply List:

• craft foam sheet
• ruler
• scissors
• pencil
• hot glue and hot glue gun
• masking tape
• one bead for the "stopper"
• newspaper
  

Left, foam sheets with textured fronts. Center, crushed newsprint in the shape of a hot
water bottle, covered with masking tape. Right, 3 1/2" x 2 1/2" cut shapes for the body of
 our doll's hot water bottle.

 Step-by-Step Instructions:

1. Crush recycled newsprint into the shape of a hot water bottle. 
2. Mask every part of this doll sized accessory with tape: top, bottom, and sides.
3. Cut a small oval from the foam sheet and hot glue this to the top of the bottle.
4. Then cut two identical sheets of foam for the sides of the bottle. Make these approximately 1/2 inch larger than your crushed paper bottle so that when you go the glue the pieces on, these will cover the whole body of the bottle. 
5. Use your hot glue gun to carefully to attach the foam sheets. Squeeze out the glue as you seal the edges of the foam. Don't worry about the mess, this will be trimmed away after the glue hardens. 
6. Clip and cut the corners to give a clean finish to your bottle as you proceed.
7. Cut a strip of foam to cover the neck of the bottle. Glue this piece on.
8. Cut a second narrower strip of foam to glue around the seam at the neck. Glue this piece on.
9. Glue a white bead at the top to represent the stopper of the bottle.

Left, the foam should be cut larger than the paper mache bottle shape. Center, the foam
glued to both sides of the bottle. Right, the bead glued to the top of our doll's hot water
bottle looks like a stopper.

A hot water bottle ad from 1918, as you can see these bottles have been
manufactured for a long time. Note, "Sweetie" hot water baby doll may
have been the very first water baby to exist!

1" Scale, Coral Pink Linoleum Printable

        Now you can print and paste linoleum tiles together in your doll's bath or recreational room floor using these colorful large tiles. These printable tiles include the following color combinations: coral and shades of mauve.

        Printables at our blog are not to be redistributed from any other online collection or sold for profit. They are the property of kathy grimm and are for personal home use only.

Half Inch Scale Green Printable Linoleum

       Now you can print and paste linoleum tiles together in your miniature 1/2" scale doll kitchen or bathroom floor using these modeled green tiles. Printables at our blog are not to be redistributed from any other online collection or sold for profit. They are the property of kathy grimm and are for personal home use only. These printable tiles include the following color combinations: green, yellow, ivory and pink.

Cut and Paste A Mosaic Floor

Finished tile floor for our 24"x48" dollhouse kitchen.

       Here you can see that I have just finished the construction of our 18" dollhouse floor, for the kitchen. This floor is very inexpensive to make and easy enough for a ten year old child to craft! Most of you will have easy access to the supplies if you live in the U.S. Save up those used cereal boxes! Because our dollhouse floors are so large, the cardboard tile application is perfect. This floor is not too heavy at all.

Supply List:

• cardboard from Cereal boxes (to cut the tiles from)
  
• cardboard cut to the exact measurements of your dollhouse floor
• white school glue
• spray paint primer (grey)
• patching plaster
• clear acrylic sealer
• additional books and cardboard to weight the floor down between applications
• sharp scissors
  

Tiles made from cardboard clippings cut and pasted in a loose geometric arrangement.

Step-by-Step Instructions:

1. Measure the floor space of your dollhouse kitchen and cut a thick piece of cardboard to fit into it exactly. This will be the piece that you will glue tile shapes to.
2. Cut a variety of square and rectangle shapes from the cardboard cereal boxes you have collected. You may wish to keep all of these cardboard "tiles" in neat stacks according to shape and size. I found that this organization of shapes helped me to work quickly while assembling the floor tile.
3. Use dabs of white school glue to paste your tile designs on top of the cardboard flooring. Do not use too much glue and work in large areas. It took me several days to cover the floor you see above. Between drying times, I weighted the cardboard down with heavy books. This kept the floor from warping while drying.
4. Spray paint the entire floor's surface outside using a primer. This will seal the cardboard so that you can successfully apply patching plaster. Choose a color of primer that you want the majority of your tiles to be. I chose grey. 
5. Use acrylic paints to add random tile colors if your wish. You may need to give these color tiles several coats of paint.
6. Apply the patching plaster as directed on the label. However, wipe down the surfaces with only a slightly moist cloth, barely damp. Let the plaster harden inside the cracks only.
7. Touch up with paints if needed
8. Spray the entire surface again with a clear acrylic sealer.
9. Fit the tile floor into your dollhouse kitchen.

More Dollhouse Tile DIY:

• Miniature dollhouse kitchen floor made using linoleum by Loy Dollhouse
• A vintage pink bathroom for the dollhouse

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

Papier-Mâché a Doll Blow Dryer

The finished doll blow drier is perfect for our American Girl Doll Salon!

       This little hair drier for a doll may be crafted for a doll's bathroom or a American Girl Doll Salon if you'd like. It is made using a simple paper mache technique and once you've mastered this process, you will find yourself capable of crafting a great many things!

The doll blow dryer is masked with tape and ready for a layer of white
typing paper and Mod Podge. 

 Supply List:

• white typing paper
• Mod Podge
• purple acrylic paint
• purple and black
• craft foam sheet
• two tooth picks
• hot glue and hot glue gun
• black puff paint
• covered black wire
• two beads, one red and one green
• baking foil
• masking tape 
• old pop bottle caps 
• old pen cap
• funnel shaped cap or lid
• thin cardboard

Step-by-Step Directions:

1. Look up pictures of blow driers online if you do not have one to look at from your home. It is very helpful to observe the thing that you wish to reproduce closely before attempting to make it. Note the shapes and how these relate to one another. Observe the sizes of attachments. Collect recyclable items from around your home like: bottle caps, old pens, cardboard shapes that you can glue together in order to mimic a hair blow drier. 
2. I glued together a couple of pop bottle caps and a small funnel shape made of plastic to form the upper part of my doll's blow drier.
3. Then I hot glued a discarded pen cap to the base of the blow dryer to act as a handle. 
4. I also wrapped  baking foil around the handle to give it a smooth surface in and around the handle. 
5. After this, use masking tape to wrap the entire surface, making it one solid object visually.
6. Take a small nail and push it into the bottom of the handle to create a cavity for a wire. Insert both the glue and wire into this cavity. This will make the blow drier look as though it even has and electrical cord. 
7. I clipped off the ends of two toothpicks, glue them side-by-side and attached these to the end of the wire with glue. Then I wrapped a small piece of black craft foam around their ends to mimic a two prong plug, securing this to the wire. (see photos above)
8. Be sure to paint the wooden toothpick points black so that the electrical cord looks realistic.
9. Use white school glue or Mod Podge to cover surface areas of the blow drier that look a bit lumpy. Let all the surfaces dry before painting the doll appliance.
10. Use masking tape to cover the cord temporarily while spray painting the blow drier purple. You don't need to use spray paint. Layer the blow drier with acrylic paints if that is what you have on hand.
11. I hot glued some purple craft foam to the doll hair drier to give it added dimension and used black puff paint to add some grill details to the back end of the blow drier. My real blow drier at home has this feature too.
12. Now you can hot glue a green bead for "on" and a red one for "off" onto the handle of your doll's blow drier if you would like it to look more like the sample craft above.
13. Once you get the hang of it, you can make all kinds of salon supplies for your dolls from this simple paper mache technique!  

Make More Blow Driers for Your Dolls:

• Skymagenta makes miniature doll hair dryers from beads

Craft Doll Sized Hot Rollers

       This play, doll sized set of hot rollers would make a charming addition to any child's salon toy! You could also include it in an American Girl Doll bathroom or place it on top of a vanity in a doll's bedroom. 

       I made this hot roller set for our 18inch dolls, but you could make a smaller one using straws for the rollers for a barbie or fashionista if you'd like. 

       It looks harder to craft than it is, however, I'd say that a fifth grader or older would have the greatest success at finishing it to look like it appears in my photos below. 

Finished set of hot rollers for an American Girl Doll beauty salon or bathroom.

 Supply List:

• corrugated cardboard
• white school glue
• masking tape
• decorative paper
• black and lavender acrylic paint (choose your own colors)
• black craft foam
• coated wire, thick and thin
• tiny plastic spools
• wooden tooth picks
• wooden skewers
• nail & hammer
• hot glue and hot glue gun
• Mod Podge
• craft knife

Top, stack and glue all of the corrugated cardboard
pieces together to form the shape of the hot roller
appliance. You can see also where I poked the nail
through the layers, in order to create a cavity for the
cord. Bottom, the tray glued together prior to finish-
ing the sides with paper and the interior with paint.

Step-by-Step Directions:

1.  Line up your spools or similar recyclable tube-like items to see how these will be configured on the tray part of the hot roller appliance. Then outline the shape of these in a group with a pencil on top of a scrap of cardboard.
2. Draw the edge of the tray shape around this outline, approximately 1/8" around. I decided to give my hot roller tray rounded corners. But, you can make your tray with square corners if you prefer.
3. Cut out the outlined shape and glue what remains to another piece of cardboard so that the spools (rollers) will fit as a set on top of your appliance without sliding around.
4. Now cut five layers of corrugated cardboard in the same shape, stacking them back to back and gluing these all together with the white school glue.
5. Put all of the spools back inside the tray, line them up and take a marker or pin of some kind to fit down inside their holes on top and make a mark to show how to position the hot rods on the try.
6. Use a nail and hammer to widen the holes large enough to fit skewer pieces inside and glue in place with a bit of hot glue. I also wrapped my hot roller rods with masking tape but this isn't really necessary. The rods should be long enough to hold the spools in place.
7. Cut the threads from the small spools before using them for play.
8. I then cut two larger pieces of corrugated cardboard and glued these to the bottom of my tray. These need to be slightly longer than all of the others so that a small narrow shape will be left on the end of the tray once the walls have been wrapped around the entire cardboard shape. I put wire hooks inside this opening for the hot rollers.
9. The walls of your appliance should measure approximately 1/4inch taller than the tray.
10. Cover all of the outside hot roller tray with masking tape and then paint the inside of the hot roller tray one solid color. I used lavender to match the decorative paper that I applied with Mod Podge on the outside of may appliance. 
11. I also cut and wrapped the bottom portion of this tray with black craft foam sheeting. You will need to use hot glue to attach these two pieces, one for the side and the second for the bottom of the tray.
12. I used a long nail to push through the tray and create a cavity for my black wire.
13. Then I hot glued two prongs from toothpicks together, painted these black and hot glued the end of the wire between the toothpicks. 
14. Next I used the hot glue to wrap a narrow piece of black craft foam around the wire and toothpicks to finish the plug attachment for the wire.
15. I then cut the side walls of a lid to fit down inside the hot tray exactly, using masking tape to hold the shape in place, while tracing around these measured walls for the lid on top of another piece of cardboard to create the top part of the lid.
16. After gluing these pieces together and letting them dry completely, I then glued a few tiny pieces of cardboard together for a handle and attached it to the top of the lid.
17. Cover the lid with a nice contrasting paper and Mod Podge.
18. Wrap a thin wire, I used recycled Christmas hooks, around one of the spools, leaving the ends a bit long before clipping these off. You will need as many of these as you have hot rollers. Store them in the side compartment of your newly crafted hot roller appliance.
    

Left, and center, I am stacking and arranging the spools of thread to see how the hot roller appliance will be made.
Right, the tray includes a piece of cardboard with cut out shape for the rollers to fit inside. I have also marked
the placement of the skewers with a long pin. Next I will hammer a nail through these markings to create holes
for the cut skewer pieces. (hot roller rods)

Left, is the finished, lower part of my hot roller tray. Center, you can see how I shaped my wire claps for the doll's hair.
Far right, the lid is finished with white typing paper and Mod Podge. This craft is simpler than it looks. I recommend it
for fifth grade and up. It is a charming addition to a salon play set.

See how other crafters on the web make and play with doll salons:

• Froggy makes a salon for Barbie
• Lena from UCreate makes a salon for miniature dolls
• Baby Doll Hairdresser Salon Toys for American Girl Dolls

DIY a Rope Basket

       The miniature rope basket is made in much the same way as it's real life version. This basket was designed to move dirty laundry back and forth from the bathrooms to the utility room. A rope basket can look very different depending upon the materials used to craft it. I chose natural colors that will coordinate with many of the colors in our doll's house, but you could use brighter, bolder colors if you wish.

Barbie's pets are romping around in the laundry again!

Supply List:

• recycle an old plastic cup
• enough burlap like fabric to cover the surfaces of the cup
• needle and thread
• hot glue and hot glue gun
• twine (I chose a natural looking twine)
• two beads for handles

Step-by-Step Instructions:

1. Wash and dry the recycled plastic cup.
2. Cut out enough fabric to wrap around the outside of the cup with ample amounts to tuck inside the cup and cover it fully.
3. Hot glue the fabric to neatly overlap the sides.
4. Thread and needle and sew a straight stitch around the cup bottom edge. Pull the end of the thread taunt and sew it down.  
5. Hot glue the ends of the fabric flat against the bottom of the cup.
6. Tuck the left over fabric inside the cup and hot glue this down neatly. 
7. Hot glue a circle of the fabric to the interior of the inside bottom of the cup.
8. Now take you twine and begin to turn it round in a spiral shape on the bottom of the cup. Use a bit of hot glue to push it firmly into place. (see photo below)
9. Keep turning the spiral of twine around itself while adding a bit of hot glue to the outside burlap surface as you go. Twist the twine all the way up the sides of the covered cup until you reach the approximately 1/2 an inch from the top.
10. Now make the handles of the rope basket by stringing on one bead and then glue a bit of twine to the other side of the basket. String on the second bead handle just opposite to the first on the other side of the rope basket.
11. Keep gluing and twisting the twine rope all the way up to the lip of the cup to finish the basket.
12. Clip of the end of the twine and glue it firmly in place.

Left, recycled plastic cup. Center, covered plastic cup in a finer, burlap like fabric.
Right, Now take you twine and begin to turn it round in a spiral shape on the bottom of the cup.

The doll sized rope basket seen from a variety of angles.

Assemble a Bathroom Pedestal Sink and DIY a Custom Backsplash

The pedestal sink here is made from two separate types
 of candlesticks stuck together with a very sticky,
 aluminum foil adhesive tape.

       I made this particular pedestal sink from recycled, glass candle sticks. It is very near to impossible to glue together these kinds of parts. So the answer to a successful assembly is not to use glue! Use an aluminum tape from a hardware store to adhere the two pieces together. Either a silver foil tape or duct tape will work. I prefer the foil tape because it is more attractive and has a stickier backing.

       Position the silver button inside the candle stick where a drain would naturally exist in a sink. Pool white glue over the top of the cavity. This will hold the button in place but will appear transparent. It takes three to four days for this ample application of glue to become transparent; be patient with it.

Supply List:

• one glass candlestick that looks like a basin or sink
• one glass candlestick that measures approximately 4-5 inches tall
• aluminum foil tape  
• white school glue
• one silver button (drain detail)

How to make more bathroom sinks for your doll's house:

• A double sink lavatory for a doll house - in French
• A pink bathroom for a doll house - also in French with many detailed pictures
• Make a marble top bathroom sink for a doll house

       The backsplash is not permanently attached to the sink in this project. It is optional for those of you who would prefer to have faucets and handle details in your doll's bathroom. Although young children do not always need so much detailing in their doll furnishings, as children mature they seem to crave doll furniture with many tiny, realistic parts.

White school glue will hold the button in place but will appear transparent.
It takes three to four days for this ample application of glue to become
transparent; be patient with it.

Supply List:

• cardboard
• masking tape
• paper mache pulp
• tiny tiles
• white acrylic or enamel paint
• recycled nozzle from a handsoap bottle
• silver buttons
• silver spray paint
• Mod Podge 
• hot glue gun and glue

Step-by-Step Directions:

1. Construct the backsplash by cutting away a corner from a recycled cardboard box. I also glued a thin strip of cardboard to reinforce this corner cut and added a floor piece for the pedestal sink to stand on.
2. I traced around the outer edge at the bottom of my sink base to cut away a hexagon shape from the cardboard in order to lend the backsplash some stability.  (see photo above)
3. I also taped in a shallow shelf, just above the sink for my facet and knobes to be glued to.
4. Next, cover the entire cardboard backsplash with masking tape.
5. I chose to Mod Podge tiny tiles to the backsplash that match the bathtub in an earlier project.
6. Then I hot glued the facet and buttons onto the narrow ledge. These should be positioned above the pedestal sink.
7. Next, I added some paper mache to the walls of my bathroom backsplash for strength.
8. Then I painted the cardboard parts of the backsplash that were not tiled, with white enamel paint. You could also could use acrylic paint for this. 

See the bathtub crafted to coordinate with this custom backsplash...

Craft a Faux Stainless Steel Doll House Sink

Barbie sized paper towels and toilet paper balance on a
soap dish rack converted into an entire doll sink counter.

        This stainless steel, doll house sink is made from upcycled house hold things. The sink itself was formerly a 1/4 cup measuring cup used for baking and the steel frame once held shampoo, conditioner etc... The custom miniature toilet supplies are made from the very materials they are intended to copy. The toilet paper rolls and paper towels are cut and shaped from life sized toilet paper rolls and paper towel rolls and the tiny tissue box was made from the cardboard and tissue of an actual box of Kleenex.

       A modern sink like this one, is perfect for display in a contemporary doll house bathroom. Later, when I have finished more furnishings for a modern bathroom, I will show you how it looks inside of our doll house display.

Supply List:

• stainless steel measuring cups
• stainless steel soap dish dispenser or display unit
• aluminum foil tape (industrial)
• masking tape
• heavy cardboard
• wood glue
• buttons and plastic ring for the faucet
• tiny sharp scissors with a sharp point (ask for adult help)
• silver spray paint 
• hot glue gun and glue
• white school glue

Step-by-Step Instructions:

1. Clean all soap residue from the items you intend to work with.
2. Turn the soap display unit upside down and trace around it's outer edge with a pencil on top of a thick piece of cardboard. 
3. Trace around the outer edge of the 1/4 cup measure on top of the cardboard bathroom counter top. I positioned one single sink in the middle of the counter for my bathroom counter, but you could choose to cut two sinks if you prefer.
4. Cut out the cardboard and repeat step two and three in order to cut two identical counter tops. Then glue these together with wood glue.
5. Tear a very narrow strip of masking tape to adhere to the outside edge of your measuring cup. You must have a 1/4 inch masked area along the rim of the measuring cup in order to successfully stick the small steel bowl down between the cut cardboard holes of the sink counter. 
6. Squeeze a bit of wood glue along the inside edge of the cut hole before firmly pushing the measuring cup part down through the opening. Let this part of the assembly dry thoroughly over night.
7. Now you are ready to wrap the entire sink counter in aluminum foil tape. I wrapped together the edges of the cardboard counter onto the first wire rung of my soap dispenser with small strips of tape to insure that the top of my lavatory would stick to it's cardboard counter.
8. Then I wrapped the entire counter top on top and underneath with the aluminum tape.
9. I had to trim out the covered sink cup with a tiny pair of scissors. Then I carefully folded a small edge of tape over the edge of the sink.
10. Hot glue the cut plastic ring and button knobs to the sink counter after spray painting these silver.
11. Use white school glue to add in a small snap for the drain. Hot glue may cause a filming looking mess in this case, but the white glue if pooled will dry clearer and look more like water. It takes several days for this glue to dry before you can see the sink's drain, so be patient. 
12. To make the facial tissue box, see instructions here.
    

Left, a up-close look at the toiletries balanced on the stainless steel rack beneath the sink.,
Center is a view of the sink from above. Right, is looking at the doll sink from the backside view.

Left, is the 1/4 cup measure with it's handle removed. Center, is the cut cardboard counter top with
the sink hole trimmed out., Right, is the stand/dispenser made to hold bathroom supplies such as:
 soft soap, shampoo, conditioner etc...

Left, Use white school glue to add in a small snap for the drain. Center, Cover the snap completely.
Right, It takes several days for this glue to dry before you can see the sink's drain, so be patient.

Tile A Bathtub From An Ordinary Shoebox

       This doll bathtub looks like a built-in, however, I have applied a 'tile' design to all four of it's sides so that it may be turned in any direction, positioned into an alcove, and even placed into the middle of a room, if that is your preference. The shoebox bathtub is slightly larger so that it may accommodate both a 12" doll or a 14" doll.

       I tiled this tub using glue, without the grout, in order to keep it lighter in color. I have no intention of ever filling it with real water both because it is made from cardboard and also because it will be used inside of an actual doll house, so it is not terribly necessary for it to be grouted. The tiles are also very tiny and do not need grout for support.

Notice, I have chosen to use multicolored tile work so
that several colors will coordinate with the tub, should
a smaller person wish to decorate her doll house
bathroom differently. Go here to see a shoebox bed.

Supply List:

• tiny tiles, one or two types (I found these at Hobby Lobby)
• Mod Podge
• white acrylic or enamel paint
• masking tape
• a thick cardboard shoe box
• extra cardboard
• paper mache pulp (optional)
• plastic pump parts from a recycled bottle of hand soap
• hot glue and hot glue gun
• silver buttons for the drain and handles
• silver spray paint (optional)

Step-by-Step Instructions:

1. Cut and shape the cardboard shoe box into a tub shape. You may need to reinforce it's sides to accommodate the extra weight of the tiny tiles. To do this you will need to cut extra cardboard to sizes matching the walls of the shoebox. Glue these to the interior of the shoebox.
2. Make sure to add or retain a generous backsplash and/or deckmount around the top edge of the shoebox. You need this little ledge for the faucet and knobs! I also cut hole large enough so that dolls measuring 11 1/2 " to 14" can fit inside the tub space. 
3. Cover the entire surface of the shoebox bathtub with masking tape.
4. Using Mod Podge, tile each side of the outside walls of your shoebox. Give the process generous time to dry between the applications. This will take several days. It is best to let your shoebox dry in the warm sunshine as you proceed with the project. Take your time, the slower you proceed, the less likely the mosaic will warp the sides of the heavy cardboard box.
5. Leave a bit of space for the faucet and knobs on the deckmount of your doll bathtub. (see picture) You will need to hotglue these on after spray painting the 'faucet' silver.
6. I applied a small amount of paper mache pulp to a few areas of my bathtub's rim and outside walls to give my tub extra rigid walls. Let it dry and then painted it white. This is an optional step.
7. I hot glued a large silver button to the inside of my bathtub to mimic a drain.
8. I used silver buttons to represent the hot and cold water nozzles.
9. I then painted the interior of my doll's bathtub with with enamel paint, but you may use acrylic paint if that is all you have on hand.

Left a close-up view of the facet and dials, these are made from the parts of a hand soap pump and buttons.
Center, all of the shoebox sides are covered with tile work so that the tub may be seen from any angle as finished.
Right, A retro G. I. Joe, (11 1/2 " doll) models the tub with his pipe cleaner pup. This tub is not intended to
 hold actual water, however, it includes soap bubbles here for the photograph only.

Left, the shoebox is covered on all of it's sides with masking tape, Right, Midway through the tiling process.

See the custom built backsplash that was made to coordinate with the tub shown here...

Craft more bathtubs:

• Make a doll sized bathtub for an American Girl Doll 
• Make a miniature Art Deco bathtub