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Above are the doll's yellow and lavender feather dusters. These are stored in the utility cabinet when they are not being used. See them hanging on the cabinet's hooks here.        These feather dusters sure come in handy after the dust settles in our doll's house! So much construction going on this month.        Why not make a few for your collection today? They are easy to make and cost less than a penny to manufacture.       Feather dusters can be made any size, miniature or playscale. It all depends on the length you make the toothpick. Supply List: craft feathers toothpicks Sculpey, oven bake clay white school glue white twine Step-by-Step Directions: Shape a simple little handle onto the end of a toothpick. Make sure that it encompasses at least 1/2 inch of the toothpick. This will make your feather duster durable. Use the tip of a toothpick to poke a tiny hole into the end of the handle so that you can tie a small...

I used the wooden shelf paper to cover my utility sink's lower cupboard.        Our 12 inch fashion dolls will love these latest additions to their laundry room. The utility sink is cut from a bright yellow bottle and so is the doll's hamper. Spot, the pipe cleaner puppy, is waiting to see if the family cat will jump into the hamper to play hide and seek. Little does he know that the giant yellow sink is intended for more than just clothes. The utility room cabinet and sink have two towel racks made from tiny, unfinished, wooden spools and dowels. I covered the counter top with aluminum foil tape to mimic a stainless steel counter top. Supply List: cardboard (boxes) sharp scissors, box cutter, Exacto knife etc... shelf paper with printed wood pattern white school glue  masking tape recycled bottle (thoroughly cleaned) buttons for hot and cold water knobs thick, bent wire for faucet fabric for the liner of your doll's hamper needle and thread to match t...

       Some of our dolls are very tidy indeed! They have their own cleaning supplies that need to be stored somewhere. So I have made a cabinet from a recycled cardboard to include inside of the laundry room for this purpose. You can make a storage unit any size or shape that you desire. This cabinet is made to color coordinate with the other furnishings in our laundry room. Left, the box is cut and glued together in the shape of a utility closet. Center, the surfaces/walls are covered with paper. Right, the cabinet is filled with cleaning supplies, appliances, and other housekeeping stuff. Miniature things found in our utility cabinet include: an iron with a cord cleaning supplies for keeping a doll's house scrubbed and polished an aluminum dust pan a broom for sweeping the doll house floors a mop for soaking up all of those unfortunate spills feather dusters for clearing away dusty counters, windows, etc... a bottle of bleach for scrubbing out the bathtub...

This table top ironing board and miniature iron are handmade especially for our  12 inch dolls.        I chose to make the type of ironing board you can put on top of a table in order to save space inside of my doll's utility room. The ironing board fits perfectly inside the utility room cupboard.         Chose a fun looking felt for your ironing board cover! Our ironing board is covered with a hot pink, bright yellow and white floral print. Supply List: scraps of felt, the top layer should be attractive cardboard white school glue hot glue gun and hot glue three beads of equal size Step-by-Step Instructions: First cut out the shape you would like your doll's ironing board to be from a thick piece of cardboard. Now lay the cardboard cut out on top of thick felt and trace around the shape with a soft lead pencil. Cut the felt shape out. Both the cardboard pattern and the thick felt should be the same size and shape. Gl...

       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: Wash and dry the recycled plastic cup. Cut out enough fabric to wrap around the outside of the cup with ample amounts to tuck inside the cup and cover it fully. Hot glue the fabric to neatly overlap the sides. Thread and needle and sew a straight stitch around the...

Imani can't wait to get this bright yellow, front loading washer and dryer set home! Each have digital panel features and tiny dials made from buttons!        Barbie's laundry room at our blog home is growing daily, so as you may well guess, the doll's are eager to use this newly crafted, washer and dryer set.         You can make a set just like ours but you will need to wait for mom and dad to bake quite a few pancakes, cakes and pies in order to recycle  containers like ours! Perhaps you can convince them to save the cornstarch in a different plastic container? Supply List: two identical Argo Corn Starch containers cardboard masking tape aluminum tape (or grey duck tape) two identical tin lids from frozen juice cans an assortment of buttons hot glue gun and hot glue pictures of water and tumbling cloths from a magazine Mod Podge  white school glue Step-by-Step Directions:   Wash out the contents of each p...