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Dolls just like people need furniture. Of course, now you can easily buy doll furniture in any toy store, but it will be much better if you make it with your child. As the main material, such junk material as matchboxes is suitable. Pasted with beautiful paper and decorated with decorative elements, you will get an original table, cupboard, sofa or dressing table in a short time, and even almost for free.

Necessary materials:
- red thick paper;
- silver paper or candy wrapper;
- clerical glue;
- 6 matchboxes;
- Double-sided tape;
- brush;
- a simple pencil;
- white gouache;
- white beads;
- scissors;
- ruler.

matchbox dressing table


Stages of manufacturing a dressing table:
1. We take matchboxes and with double-sided tape we fasten 3 boxes together.

matchbox dressing table


2. Now we cut out two strips of red double-sided paper with the parameters 17 x 5.2 cm.

matchbox dressing table


3. Attach the pieces of double-sided tape to the boxes and glue the cut strips of red paper around them.

matchbox dressing table

matchbox dressing table


4. To connect the two nightstands together and form a ladies table - you need to take the red double-sided paper and cut from it
rectangle 11.5 x 5.2 cm.

matchbox dressing table

matchbox dressing table

matchbox dressing table

matchbox dressing table


5. On the upper sides of the cabinets we attach a double-sided tape.
6. Glue the rectangle on the nightstands.

matchbox dressing table

matchbox dressing table


7. Now we make the vertical side of the dressing table, where the mirror will be placed. To do this, cut out a piece of red paper where it will be 6 cm vertically and 9 cm horizontally.
8. Draw a semi-oval with a simple pencil.
9. Cut with scissors along the marked lines.
10. Glue to one side of the table with clerical glue.

matchbox dressing table

matchbox dressing table


11. Attach a mirror to the wall. To do this, take a candy wrapper or shiny paper and, drawing a circle with a pencil, cut it out with scissors.

matchbox dressing table

matchbox dressing table


12. Glue the mirror in the middle of the vertical wall of the dressing table.
13. Proceed to decorate the drawers. Take white gouache and paint a brush on the front sides of the drawers.
14. Cut six strips for drawers from the red double-sided paper, the sides of which will have parameters 3 x 0.7 cm.
15. Glue small stripes with clerical glue.

matchbox dressing table

matchbox dressing table

matchbox dressing table

matchbox dressing table

matchbox dressing table


16. In the middle of each strip, glue tiny white half beads. These will be handles to drawers.

matchbox dressing table

matchbox dressing table

matchbox dressing table

matchbox dressing table

matchbox dressing table

matchbox dressing table

matchbox dressing table

matchbox dressing table

matchbox dressing table

matchbox dressing table


17. Here is a beautiful dressing table from matchboxes ready. It's time to delight your dolls with new furniture.
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