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This rug craft is so simple, even a very young child can produce marvelous results. However, an adult should do the spray painting.          Above you can see that I have produced two examples. One of them has brown lace and the other white. You can make so many color combinations depending upon the paint you have on hand. These examples have floral motifs at the center of each but you can use plaids, paisleys, stripes etc... to create an infinite variety of combinations! Supply List: paper doilies decorative scrap papers spray paint (optional) Mod Podge or white school glue Step-by-Step Directions: If you desire color on the lacy edge of these doily rugs, you can spray paint them in a outdoor work area. Use a cardboard box or newspapers to cover an area large enough to keep the paint from spreading on to other surfaces. Let the doilies dry. Find an object with the same or close to the circumference of your doily's center part. You can leave howev...

A spiral patterned rug made with rainbow colored variegated yarn, close-ups of color and finished edge. The clean side of the finished rug that was protected by the sticky side of the masking tape.         Here is a simple way to make a rug for a doll house. It requires no weaving or braiding. The design made from this process reminds me of natural patterns found in agate stones. Supply List: masking tape cardboard variegated yarn white school glue embroidery floss and needle felt for backing Step-by-Step Instructions: First you will need to decide how big you want your doll's rug to be. Then make a cardboard template in the shape of the rug to use as a guide. I traced around a large circular plate on top of my cardboard to make my own template. Next, you will need to cover the top surface of the cardboard with masking tape, sticky side up. This can be a little tricky at first. Lay the tacky part of the masking tape face up and wrap it around the edges...

       Covering the floors of your doll house may seem a tedious prospect if you believe that these must always be handcrafted by yourself.         In truth, the successful decorating of a doll's house may have more to do with your ability to reinterpret the use of items that are already in your actual home, objects such as placemats for example. Placemats come in all kinds of textured surfaces and are produced in a wide range of color combinations. Some of them are woven from grass, others are printed on cotton. If purchased from a department store, placemats come with finished edges too. Find the perfect placemat and you've found a Barbie sized rug that you need not alter in the least, unless you want to.         I have even found smaller bath mats in dollar stores that look exactly like sophisticated area rugs when displayed inside a doll's house.       ...

A finished pom pom rug for a doll's house.        What doll wouldn't enjoy such a fun, bumpy rug to decorate her home with?         This little miniature doll house rug is a simple and entertaining first sewing project for a nine to ten year old student.        He or she will need to learn how to thread a needle and control it while stringing together a whole fist full of colorful pom-poms. Supply List: multiple colored, small pom-poms needle and thread Step-by-Step Directions: First you will need to select a colorful thread and needle to work with.  Thread the needle and knot the end of your thread so that thread will get caught up inside your first pom-pom. This requires a bit of trail and error. Sometimes the threads will not catch properly as you string the pom-poms and you will need to repeat the process.  Soon you will have a long string of pom-poms to wind up together.  Work your t...