Dolls-boxes with their own hands: a detailed master-class for needlewomen

A doll in a beautiful fluffy dress can notleave no one indifferent - it's a fact! And knowing about the love of babes to hide their children's jewelry in all kinds of caskets and boxes, it is simply impossible to resist not to please your child and not make a doll that will become the guardian of children's treasures. Such a thing as a doll-box "The Maid in a Cap" or "Lovely Barbie", must necessarily come to the taste of any girl. The trick of such a product is that at first glance this is an ordinary doll, but in the lace of the outfit is hidden a niche for jewelry.

What is needed?

How are dolls made with their own hands? In fact, the work should not cause any special difficulties. Therefore, such an article is ideal for joint creativity with the child.

For work you need these materials:a doll, a container for the future casket, some sintepon or foam rubber, cloth, beads, lace and ribbons for decor, sewing accessories and a gun with hot glue. As a basis of the box, any plastic jar with a lid or bottle is suitable. From the diameter of the capacity will depend on the splendor of the doll's outfit. Therefore, to create a royal dress you need to choose a capacity of sufficient size. For such a box, a bucket of ice cream and a two-liter plastic bottle from under the water or a drink may well come up.

Preparatory work

Before you start working directlyabove the casket, you need to do some preparatory work: from the doll cut the lower part of the trunk slightly below the waist line; the height of the bottle or bucket is adjusted so that they correspond to the length of the legs, and the future product looked proportional. Then the part is cut into two parts. If you take a plastic bottle for work, it will be most convenient to work with the neck and the bottom. Therefore measure it from above and from below, and throw out the middle. So, when the materials for the base are prepared, they begin to assemble and decorate, as a result of which the original doll-box comes out. MK here will be very appropriate.

Decoration of the bottom of the casket

Dolls-boxes with their own hands are made enoughsimply, and, perhaps, the stage of decorating the bottom part will be the most difficult, because with the rest you can only handle with glue. Here you will need sewing accessories, fabric, foam rubber or sintepon. First, sew the inside of the upholstery. To do this, the bottom of the base is drawn to the fabric, make allowances for seams and cut out, the bottom of the fabric is duplicated with a soft filler and stitched with beautiful stitches. Then measure the height of the plastic base and the resulting circle around the perimeter, cut out a strip of fabric, lay a side seam and stitch the finished bottom into this part. After all these manipulations, the sewn inner upholstery is placed inside the plastic base, the bottom of which is pre-coated with glue.

Далее с внешней стороны ко дну приклеивают круг foam to hide the ribbed surface. In this form, the base is placed on top of a pre-cut circle of fabric, laying folds, closing the outer sides of the bottle. At the junction of the inner and outer upholstery tuck, sew and mask, putting on a beautiful braid. At this stage, you need to remember to insert into the seam a piece of silicone tape that will connect the upper and lower parts of the doll box. It is easy to make another mount with your own hands, for example, on a chain, which will give charm to an odd job.

Box Base Connection

The main goal here is to fasten a part of the bottle towaist dolls. For this, the neck of the bottle is cut so that the body fits tightly into the hole. If a bucket is used in the work, then the doll is glued to its lid with hot glue. They decorate the upper part of the bottle or the cap according to the same principle as the lower base by inserting the second end of the silicone tape into the seam. Only the fabric of the outer upholstery in this case is not cut out in the shape of a circle, but simply a strip and fasten it to the waist. The doll box, the MK of which is described in this article, will be quite spacious and durable, which is very important things that a child will use.

Decoration of the doll box

You can do a lot with your own hands.interesting dresses for such a lady with a secret. This could be an airy lace dress with a huge amount of frills or almost royal velvet attire with gold trim. The doll-box of kanzashi with a gorgeous skirt of petals and flowers in this style will look beautiful too. The only restriction here can be a master's own fantasy.

One simple option is to dress withruffles of ribbons or lace. In order to create it, the finishing material is gathered into folds with a needle and glued to the upholstery of the box. It is very important to calculate the distance between the rows of frills so that the upper tier of the lower part of the box goes right under the top, and the subsequent frills fill the entire dress to the waist of the doll. The bodice of the dress is formed from a satin ribbon at the place of its connection with a frill; this joint is masked with a braid of sequins, a satin ribbon or small flowers.

To create a harmonious image, be sure toYou need to complement the outfit doll accessories such as an umbrella, hat and gloves. To make these elements is not difficult. For an umbrella you need a straw for juice, which is pasted over with tape, a circle of cloth and a strip of lace, which are collected with the help of a needle and thread on a straw in the form of a closed umbrella. Gloves are made from pieces of lace, which are glued to the hands of the doll. To make a hat, the tape is collected with a needle in the form of a skirt-pack, and a large rose is glued on top. These details make the image complete and harmonious.

It is worth noting that such a creation can benot only an excellent gift, but also a completely sold product. Many connoisseurs of beauty will want to have such a trinket as a doll-box. "Country of Masters" is a great place where you can not only show your masterpiece, but also find people interested in buying such creations.

Casket as part of the interior

Такая поделка может быть не только хорошей a toy for children, it can also become an original object in the interior of the hall or living room. Located somewhere on a bedside table or shelf, such a lady will certainly attract the attention of guests and owners of the house, besides, she can be useful for storing not only jewelery, but also apartment keys or charging for a mobile phone.