Hello! Tell me, have you tried to make your children’s playroom yourself? If you have experience in this matter, share it in the comments! I and all readers will be very grateful to you for this! And, continuing the topic, today I will tell you what needs to be done to make a kitchen made of cardboard for a child with your own hands. Of course, everyone can participate in the manufacturing process, both adults and our main assistants, children. After all, everything is done for them.
Kitchen from scrap materials
Before we start tinkering, it’s worth addressing a few questions:
- Where will the craft be placed?
- Based on the first point - what size will it be?
- What material will be used (perhaps some are already in stock, but others will have to be purchased)?
- What is the age of the baby for whom it is made. And also, right there, at this point: are we going to make crafts for a girl or a boy?
- Will this be a long-term design or a short-term one?
Of course, it wouldn’t hurt to make a layout or drawing on paper to at least roughly see what we will be aiming for.
If there is a suitable place for a large structure in a child's room, that is wonderful. Then you can create a play area where the house will find its place (we talked about it in one of the articles), and the kitchen will also be located here.
Space allows, we can make a craft that will not be for our child’s toys, but for him. That is, according to its size, both tables and stoves.
The most suitable material for “furniture” would be a simple box. We will also need pieces of wallpaper, colored and multi-colored paper, paints, and also children's dishes. And among the tools - scissors, a stationery knife, glue, tape, possibly a stapler (but only for fastening parts where the baby will not get caught and get hurt). For realism, you can take fittings from old furniture. Plastic bottle caps are also very helpful.
The size will depend on the age. The comfort of the baby is important, so that when playing, he does not hunched over, but also does not stretch. And yet, it will be more interesting for a boy if there are more “technical devices”, such as a toaster, microwave, etc. Perhaps your baby will enjoy fixing all these things more than fiddling around in the kitchen.
If you plan for your little one to regularly play in his kitchen, you will need to try and make the structure more durable. Perhaps then something from the real kitchen can be transferred. For example, chairs or some dishes.
What can be made:
- bake;
- table;
- washing;
- fridge;
- closet;
- devices;
- dishwasher, etc.
It seems that we have not forgotten all the main points. All that remains is to put everything into practice. Let's see how to make both a toy and a game for toddlers. A small master class.
Master class: Kitchen
Small comfortable kitchen
The kitchen is only 2 boxes, but it has everything you need: a stove, a refrigerator, a shelf and a small countertop. The project and implementation belongs to Alis from Spain.
Kitchen with sink, stove and slate board
My favorite thing about this kitchen was the slate board idea. After all, it is very easy to make and fits into the kitchen, and the baby will be delighted - 2 toys in one! The author of the idea shared the master class on her personal blog.
How to make a slate board? There are many recipes. The easiest one is to paint it with black acrylic paint. It will last a long time, the child will get tired of it faster than spoil it. There are more durable options: with the addition of grout for joints, putty.
How to make a slate-magnetic board? Magnetic soil or a special film is used as a basis for it.
Large kitchen-cafe
If you have already drawn up a rough plan of work, and know what to do and how, if you have accumulated enough boxes, then go ahead! And also, think about what you will do and what you will entrust to the baby. Children's work doesn't have to be difficult; rather, creative.
And today I will tell you about a wonderful idea for such a kitchen that belongs to one young mother from the Philippines - Rodessa Villanueva-Reyes.
Here we go? What do we do:
- Let's put the boxes in their places. Our big ones will be a refrigerator and an oven. A table and cabinet can be made from several small ones.
- Don't forget that we want to keep everything as close to the real thing as possible. So, draw on top of the furniture, etc. doors and windows. The hole in the sink should be the size of the bowl that we will allocate for this. Cut out all these holes.
- Now let's give everything a decorative look. Cover the cardboard with wallpaper and paper.
- Perhaps appliqués need to be made somewhere. For example, if there is a “window”, then we will glue curtains to it; or, “handles” to the doors, “burners” on the stove, or a program of operation on the microwave.
- All that remains is to arrange the flowers and dishes in their places.
- Do you want to call it a Restaurant or give it a name "restaurant". Then you need to make an elegant sign or even an advertising brochure.
Where to start
What can be used as the basis for a future kitchen? Of course, if it is possible to use any wooden materials, that would be great.
However, not many people know how to handle wood. Therefore, it is easiest to use cardboard; it is quite durable and easy to use.
Still, let's list what is usually needed for work:
- Cardboard boxes - suitable for old household appliances. You can buy such products; the price in special stores is quite reasonable.
- Scotch tape or any adhesive tape. It is best to use transparent tape.
- Self-adhesive film - you will need several rolls to cover all the parts of the children's kitchen.
- Felt pens or markers.
- Plastic bottles - you can replace them with small lids from small jars.
- Old and unnecessary CDs.
- Aluminium foil.
- Gray or silver plastic cup.
- Scissors and a sharp knife (stationery).
As you can see, all materials can be processed with your own hands, so no difficulties should arise during the work process.
It is best if you do this with your child, as this process allows you to instill in him the seriousness of the event. Once you have a kitchen corner, you will definitely be the first to receive “meals” prepared with love.
If plywood is chosen as the material, it should be of medium thickness to support the toys. The optimal thickness is 12 mm. The tree must be sanded so as not to plant a splinter. A DIY kitchen made from plywood will last longer if you coat it with varnish.
Old benches, bedside tables, chairs, cabinets, as well as wooden fruit pallets are suitable for remodeling.
For cabinets you will need furniture fittings - handles, hinges, latches. They must be of high quality so that the child does not get hurt.
The water tap can also be made like in an adult kitchen. This idea is suitable for a summer house, where you can freely play with water without fear of getting wet.
For a cardboard kitchen you will need thick corrugated cardboard. Suitable packaging for large household appliances: washing machine, TV, stove. The structure is assembled with tape and decorated with self-adhesive film.
Microwave
A doll kitchen should look as realistic as possible, which means you can’t do without household appliances. Your children will be able to heat up their plastic food in a beautiful microwave, which can be made from a sharpener and decorative paper.
Choose a sharpener with a special removable box designed to collect shavings. Cover it with plain white paper or foil if you want to make a metal microwave oven.
You can make small buttons, toggle switches or levers from plasticine with your own hands. This toy microwave will decorate your miniature kitchen; it looks realistic and is quite functional.
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Diagrams and sketches for assembling kitchen equipment
A cardboard box kitchen is made in accordance with certain patterns and layouts. It’s worth immediately highlighting a few basic items that will definitely be present in the project. Here are several miniature layouts with minimal finishing and decor:
Subsequently, each item will be manufactured in accordance with individual preferences and requirements for parameters and functionality.
Chairs
Anyone who has: • imagination can make such furniture for their daughter; • perseverance; • wish; • patience; • time.
If you don’t have any ideas, you can choose from a drawing, a do-it-yourself cardboard doll’s furniture, a photo and a diagram for tables, beds, chairs and other doll furniture.
From three boxes you can make this wonderful chair-stool. For very tiny dolls, matchboxes glued together are suitable. To give additional strength, they are additionally connected with either masking or regular tape. A cardboard circle glued on top, covered with fabric with padding polyester, will add softness and style to the product.
You can make furniture for dolls from plasticine, including chairs - it's very quick and easy, finishing them according to your preference. You can look at ready-made ideas from the Internet, or you can come up with an idea yourself. This version of chairs is made from a regular thermometer tube.
It is done very simply: 1. First, measure the size of the finished product - place the doll next to the tube and measure the height of the chair and backrest. 2. For convenience, draw a model of the chair on a tube, then cut it out with scissors. 3. The recess is filled with crumpled pieces of paper or foam rubber. 4. Then the product is covered with colored film or paper and wrapped in a piece of fabric. All! The chair is ready - quickly and easily.
Step-by-step assembly of a children's kitchen
There are several main steps regarding how to make a kitchen out of cardboard:
- Select boxes of the required sizes.
- Prepare each piece of furniture in accordance with the sketch - cut the doors, fix the shelves.
- Paint or tape the inside and outside surfaces of each element.
- Fix functional elements (switches, taps, burners, sink and much more).
- Carry out the final decoration - hang curtains, draw details, fill shelves with dishes and products (toys).
Materials and tools
It is a mistake to say that making furniture for a Barbie doll with your own hands is time-consuming, difficult and troublesome. Once you try it at least once, it will be very difficult to give up this activity. Moreover, watching how happy my daughter is with the new product. There is no need to buy anything specific. In every home there is something unnecessary, but suitable for doll furniture.
For example: • plywood and its trimmings; • matchboxes; • boxes and jars for cosmetics; • shoe packaging boxes; • sponges; • fabric scraps; • plastic bottles; • threads, beads; • ice cream sticks; • toothpicks and clothespins; • foil, cables, wire.
It is these materials that can serve as the basis for homemade furniture for dolls. In addition to them, to make it you also need to prepare: • stationery scissors; • compass; • felt-tip pens and markers; • rulers; • glue; • watercolor paints; • stapler.
Perhaps you won’t need everything at once, but you may also need other tools - this depends on the degree of complexity of making furniture for dolls and the imagination of the craftsmen - mother and daughter.
Option 1. Step-by-step instructions with your own hands from cardboard boxes
- For this design we will need 3 boxes of the same size. This will be a work area with lower cabinets.
- One flat box. It will stand in place of a kitchen apron. The dividers will be reinforced partitions.
Instructions
- All opening parts are sealed with tape.
- We cut the doors in each box with a stationery knife.
- Then we combine all three boxes into one, wrapping them tightly with adhesive tape.
- We place a long box on them and secure them with tape again.
- Now it is important to strengthen the sides and vertical partitions. To do this, you need to glue two or three cardboard pieces of the same size.
- In the countertop we cut a place for the sink and recesses where the dividers will fit.
- Then we cover everything with self-adhesive wallpaper.
- We install the sink in place, the role of which is a metal or plastic cup.
- Now you need to think about how the doors will close. To do this, I propose to make a cardboard version of the latch. Take two rectangles of different lengths. They are connected by any solid object that will act as a handle. When you close the oven door, you turn the handle and the long rectangle moves to the side. And then you return it to its place and the door remains closed.
- We will make the cooking surface from glass from a photo frame and circles of black and red colored paper. We need three circles of red and two black for 1 burner. We take all five parts of different diameters, which decrease from the previous one by 1 centimeter. We glue them on top of each other on the glass. This can be done using hot glue.
- Cover the back side with a black sheet of paper.
- This is the kind of slab you will get.
Here's another interesting idea.
All sides are reinforced with double cardboard. One long strip is laid, which will hide the unevenness from the joints.
You can paint with acrylic paints or sprayers in well-ventilated areas.
Or you can just cover the cardboard with wallpaper.
Fridge
A refrigerator is a place for storing food, without which it is impossible to imagine even a doll’s kitchen. To make it you will need:
- tea bag packaging;
- white gouache or acrylic;
- cotton buds;
- thick cardboard.
Using a utility knife, cut one of the long sides of the box in half to create cabinet doors. To make shelves, you will need rectangles of cardboard, cut exactly to the size of the box; they must be fixed with glue.
Paint tea packaging with white gouache or acrylic, and cut cotton swabs will make excellent handles for the refrigerator. They should be placed vertically on each door. This cute product can be decorated with small stickers that imitate refrigerator magnets.
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Option 2. Children's kitchen made of cardboard
- You will need a construction knife with replaceable blades. We cut 4 identical layers of cardboard, 2 on each side of the refrigerator.
- On 2 of them we glue ready-cut strips of cardboard with a zigzag.
- Let's wait a bit for the glue to dry. Apply glue to the other two layers and glue on top. It is advisable to press it on top and let it dry.
- I still have scraps of decorative paper. I pasted them over the sides of each back of the refrigerator so that there were no gaps.
- I covered the outside of each back of the refrigerator with regular wallpaper. Classic PVA carpentry glue for working with wood and cardboard, diluted with water 1-water to 3-glue.
- We are preparing 3 more parts of the refrigerator - the ceiling, floor and middle, which separates the “refrigerator” from the “freezer”. All in the same way as the previous ones.
- Glue them together.
- Now the doors. I think everything is clear from the following photos. I won't comment.
- I put the refrigerator doors on their hinges. First I glued it with superglue, then screwed in the screws.
- I even installed a light bulb on the ceiling. The light in the refrigerator comes on when you open the door.
- The drawers are also made of cardboard. Covered it with adhesive wallpaper.
- Back view. Instead of cardboard, fiberboard, to make it stronger.
- Now the kitchen itself.
- Here under pressure, it dries.
- There is also a light in the oven, albeit with a switch. I tried to do it as best as possible so that it would look very much like the real thing. And still, sometimes the little girl takes her plasticine cookies to “my oven” to bake.
Food for dolls: what options are there?
The eating utensils are ready. All that remains is to make products for the dolls, especially since you won’t be able to buy them in the store. Here are some ways to make toy food. Which one to use is up to you.
Plasticine and salt dough
Like dishes, food for dolls can be made from self-hardening plasticine or salt dough. The work is delicate, use toothpicks to apply shading and patterns.
The easiest way to make pancakes. Roll small, equal-sized balls and flatten each into a thin pancake. Dry and place in a heap on a plate. You can prepare pancakes wrapped in an envelope, triangle or tube.
Prepare the pie for tea party . Roll into a ball and press it lightly into a pie shape. Use thinly rolled sausages to make a lattice and side onto the pie. Make pies, dumplings, cheesecakes, and cookies from small balls. Place all the goodies on a baking sheet and dry in the oven at 110 degrees Celsius. Paint the dried baked goods and varnish them.
You can make fruits and vegetables in the same way. They are baked, painted and varnished.
Brown dough makes delicious-looking chocolates:
Option 3. DIY structures for the street or cottage
For outdoor games, you can also make a kitchen corner. Children love to play with water, so a good solution is to add a sink to the design. You can wash dishes and toys in it without fear of spilling the contents or getting splashed.
It is better to make a kitchen for a summer residence from moisture-resistant materials. The design should be simple and functional. A small kitchen corner with shelves and a sink can be mounted directly on the wooden wall of a country shed.
The basis of a children's kitchen for games in the country is the wall of a barn.
When building a play area with a kitchen, you can use wooden blocks and remnants of boards that were not used for their intended purpose.
Absorption auto-refrigerators
Absorption auto-refrigerators are similar in their operation to compression ones. The difference lies in the heat exchanger. In a car refrigerator of this type, the pump plays the role of a compressor. A heat pump consists of containers that are filled with ammonia, which is a refrigerant and hydrogen.
Cooling is carried out continuously by heating ammonia from the mains or from the cigarette lighter. An absorption refrigerator differs from a compression refrigerator in that it does not have moving mechanical elements.
The disadvantage of such a car refrigerator is the inadmissibility of any tilting. Therefore they are only suitable for large long-distance trucks.
Option 4. Play corner made of a chair and cover
The cover kitchen option is very relevant for small apartments. This design helps save space and money at the same time.
Any mother can make a kitchen chair cover.
To create such a kitchen you will need:
- scissors;
- ruler;
- a sheet of thick paper or cardboard;
- cotton fabric for the base - 2 m;
- fabric for curtains - 50 cm;
- fabric for side pockets - 50 cm;
- scraps of colored material for functional elements (windows, handles, oven doors, burners);
- fabric for edging the cover - 8 m;
- hooks;
- strip of fabric with Velcro;
- large buttons - 4 pcs.;
- sewing machine;
- iron;
- pencil or felt-tip pen.
Stages of work.
- Measure the dimensions of the chair on which the cover will be placed (A - height from the floor to the seat, B - width of the chair in front, C - depth of the seat, D - width of the seat at the back, E - height of the back). And cut out the base.
- Cut the fabric, remembering to leave some extra for the seams.
- Cut out a circle from paper and trace it on the wrong side of the material. These are stove burners. Cut out fabric blanks.
- Cut the handles for the stove from the same material as the burners, only with a smaller diameter. Sew them to the cover and glue a button in the middle.
- Sew the oven door from two pieces of fabric: white (the door itself) and black (the oven window). Sew the black piece to the white one, and make a border on the sides from a strip of fabric of a different color.
- Attach the door to the cover in the place where it will be placed. Trace with a pencil to mark the edge to which you will later sew the bottom part. Secure the sides of the door with adhesive tape. Mark the boundaries of the door on the cover.
- Make a window on a piece of fabric that will be on the back of the chair.
- If desired, sew small curtains.
- Sew a pocket for kitchen utensils to the side of the cover.
- Now all the pieces of the cover need to be fastened together. First sew the window with the stove and oven, then the side elements and the back of the chair back. Add a border with a different color ribbon.
- Sew fastening ribbons.
- Sew felt pies and cakes that will be baked in the oven. Attach Velcro to the back of the toy food.
Multicooker
Dolls also need to eat properly, but how to make a multi-cooker for dolls using scrap materials with your own hands? Such a complex-looking device is problematic to cut out of polystyrene foam or sculpt from clay. A toy multi-cooker must be made to the correct scale, so the base for the toy should be selected very carefully.
To make a multicooker you will need:
- stationery knife;
- thick cardboard;
- paper;
- hairspray cap.
Take a sheet of cardboard, attach a cap to it and carefully trace it with a pen. There should be three such circles; glue them together using PVA. Then on both sides of this pancake you need to glue a circle of plain white paper. Having cut out one long strip of paper, you need to seal the edge of the lid with it.
Then you should cut out a circle from paper one and a half times larger in diameter than the previous ones and glue it to the cap. Trim the overhanging edges until the edges look like flower petals. Each of the petals should be folded and glued to the cap. Cover the entire base with a wide strip of paper to hide the petals.
To create a dashboard, you need to stick a small rectangle of foil or mirror paper on the multicooker. To create the appearance of the buttons, you need to cut them out from any image of household appliances from a magazine.
Option 5. Children's kitchen from an old cabinet
The possibilities of selecting the starting material for creating a children's kitchen with your own hands are limited solely by your imagination and capabilities. In order to make such a toy from an old cabinet or bedside table, you don’t need to be an outstanding craftsman, but you need to have basic skills in working with wood.
- We find a suitable cabinet or bedside table that is strong enough to be safe for the child and will not fall apart with one touch.
- Sand the surface first with coarse sandpaper, then with fine sandpaper.
- Together with your child, we choose the color of the future kitchen so that it pleases him and does not irritate you.
- Paint the bedside table with paint of the chosen color. For this purpose, choose acrylic paint without a strong odor, then wait until it dries.
- We determine the places where the stove, sink will be located, and if the cabinet capacity allows, then an oven and refrigerator.
- It is proposed to play the role of a sink in a white or metal bowl. We measure the diameter of the bowl on the countertop and cut out a circle, stepping back 1 cm inward from the edge of the drawn circle. Insert the bowl into the resulting hole - the sink is ready.
- On the other part of the countertop we “equip” a stove. For the burners, you can use black round-shaped computer mouse pads, CDs, black and red pieces of felt, in general, anything that will ultimately resemble a hob. History knows of cases when light was supplied to the burners and water was supplied to the tap. But this is already a peak that you need to strive for, but it is not necessary to achieve it.
- The switches can be installed with real ones, or replaced with door handles, plastic bottle caps, in general, something similar.
- You can also screw on a real faucet, or you can use a curved piece of pipe, a liquid soap dispenser, etc. instead.
- To make the toy oven look like a real one, you will have to rehang the door so that it hinges from top to bottom (the hinges should be attached to the bottom).
- The rest of the design is subject only to your imagination. You can hang holders for towels and kitchen utensils (ladles, skimmers, brushes for washing vegetables, etc.).
- If there are shelves, you can place children's dishes on them and close them with a door or curtain.
The kitchen is ready, it's time to fill it with toy utensils, food and enjoy a new game with your child.
By the way, if something doesn’t work out for you, don’t be upset, it’s still a toy, it can’t and shouldn’t exactly copy the prototype. Give a boost to a child's imagination, and she herself will make a horse, a gun, an oar or a teacher's pointer out of a stick.
Kitchen set for doll
For the manufacture of furniture and kitchen appliances
You will need cardboard boxes, so stock up on them in advance. Do not throw away cardboard boxes for shoes, juices, bulk products and other packaging. For upholstered furniture you will need scraps of fabric, synthetic padding, foam rubber or cotton wool. Prepare scissors, white and colored paper, cardboard, foil, glue, tape, paints, brushes.
Fridge
It's hard to imagine a kitchen without a refrigerator. The same, but miniature, will be in our kitchen for dolls, and will definitely be filled with tiny products.
Step-by-step instructions on how to make a refrigerator out of paper:
If you figure out how to make a refrigerator for dolls with your own hands, then making kitchen cabinets and tables will not be difficult for you.
Microwave
To prepare food, Barbie needs a microwave or stove. It is easy to build a stove in the same way as a refrigerator, by gluing circles of colored cardboard and beads instead of handles to the box instead of burners.
Pencil sharpener
with a compartment for collecting chips - an almost finished microwave. It just needs to be given a finished look:
Now you can call Barbie and heat up dinner in the microwave.
What about the products?
Pizza made from cardboard
Felt products
How delicious they are! You don't even need to sew them.
And the bones and veins can be drawn with wax crayons or felt-tip pens. If desired, of course, you can sew it together and stuff it with cotton wool for volume.
Look how easy it is to make bow pasta.
And what a delicious sandwich you can make from felt. You need bread, tomatoes, cheese, salad. And your baby will be able to treat all guests with sandwiches or pizza. Pizza requires the same ingredients. Only instead of bread you need to make a circle or slices - triangles.
Origami and small item patterns
A kitchen for girls made from cardboard boxes should be equipped not only with dishes and all pieces of furniture and household appliances, but also with other small things. Some items can be made from paper using the origami technique. Vegetables and fruits created using the principle of modular origami can decorate a children's kitchen.
A few examples:
- Carrot.
- A pineapple.
- Cherry.
To prevent the modules from falling apart during the game, it is best to glue them together.
A large-scale kitchen craft of this type has a lot of advantages - you can implement any kitchen design; spend a minimum of finance on production; use boxes that litter the room; get an environmentally friendly toy for your child. You can work on creating a kitchen corner with your child, which will help develop the little one’s imagination and creative thinking. In addition, you will get a real masterpiece with maximum approximation to the original.
How to make furniture for dolls
You can buy these items ready-made, but exclusively made doll furniture with your own hands will be much more familiar and beautiful.
Children, when playing, completely copy the habits and preferences of adults, especially girls. Each of them has their own favorite play set, including dolls and doll furniture. In order for the game to be complete, in their opinion, the dolls need their own home, where there will be tables, chairs, a kitchen, armchairs, beds and much more. You can buy these items ready-made, but exclusively made doll furniture with your own hands will be much more familiar and beautiful. Especially if you do it together with your daughter. Having contributed her work, the baby will love this furniture and will never part with it.
DIY children's kitchen ideas: photos and videos
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What materials are needed to make a toy?
Before you start assembling the simplest version of a toy refrigerator for a dollhouse, make preparations and acquire a complete list of missing tools and materials. For a model of a real simple refrigeration cabinet, you will need the following:
- cardboard - thick;
- cardboard tray for chicken eggs;
- cardboard boxes of identical size;
- transparent thin plastic:
- glue;
- ear cotton swabs;
- multi-colored, durable paints (acrylic, similar);
- small decorative accessories;
- colored paper, high density.
The materials listed will be enough to implement your plan and create a homemade toy doll refrigerator that will delight your child. The main thing is that the workplace where the patterning and assembly of components will take place was spacious enough for the greatest comfort during the execution of the task.
