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Every little girl should own a doll trunk and at the very least, a few nice dolls with clothing to dress and redress their dolls with. These kinds of toys promote opportunity for both dramatic play and creative sewing/craft projects. Doll trunks may cost as much as 100 dollars or as little as 5 dollars.        Two 11 1/2 inch dolls will fit comfortably inside this little wooden doll trunk. Soon I will fill it with handmade doll clothes and accessories. The drawer is for shoes, the rack for clothing and I will add a shelf for hats later. Supply List: a doll trunk to decoupage Mod Podge soft brush decorative, acid free paper wooden dowel hot glue gun and hot glue ruler or tape measure sharp scissors Step-by-Step Instructions: Acquire a Doll trunk for this project. I picked this one up at resale for five dollars. It was in excellent condition but cried out for an update.  Make sure the surfaces of your doll trunk are clean and free of dust and dirt befor...

I painted one half of my child sized suitcase with blackboard chalk paint. Then I decorated this side using liquid  chalkboard paints. The doll drawings may be found on this page of my blog if you would like to draw them on your version of the craft. Also there is an older post describing the "chalk transfer method" that I used to design the top half of this chalkboard painted luggage here. The text above on the suitcase reads,  "Home is where your friends are!"        I decided to combine two distinct craft projects into one in order to save money on supplies. Namely the suitcase, because these are getting a bit expensive to acquire from resale outlets. The lower half of my suitcase has been decoupaged with vintage sailor fabric and the upper half with chalkboard paint. This little upcycled suitcase is home to many doll house dolls. Supply List: chalkboard spray paint (black) white school chalk liquid chalk pens Mod Podge large soft brush sciss...