Hello peeps, it’s Swathi here from Cookies Cake and Love with a fun quarantine project made to engage my son. I have come up with an art project this time and not a cake or cookie 😂. With everyone stuck at home now, the kids are getting bored too soon. To keep them engaged here is a fun doll house you can make with the things you have at home.




My son who is almost 5, who wanted a doll house for his dinosaurs and as any excited (read exhausted😅) mom I made him this doll house with a Costco grocery box and some patterned paper from Michael’s that I got from my friend years ago.

My son wanted a look alike wood floors for his house. So I used my trusted Craftwell eBrush with siphon kit and used some brown watercolor diluted with water and sprayed on some card stock paper. I then used a brown marker and drew lines to mimic the wood floor boards and drew some pattern. Looks close enough isn’t it.




I made a couple of sheets and it was also time to decorate the home. I used the patterned paper as wallpaper and stuck them on the sides. I then made a bed, sofa and kitchen counter tops with a old letter box and used some scrap fabric to give some volume to it. I hot glued all of them to the board so that it doesn’t move.



I made a center table out of air dry clay and used my Craftwell eBrush along with the marker adapter and spray painted it red. I then added a touch of gold to make it shimmer. I was able to put these all up with very few items.


Here are some more pictures of the doll house.



Hope this inspires you to make some fun doll houses with your little ones and I would love to see your creations. Thank you.

- Swathi

Thank you to Jan Hunter for this beautiful piece of work featuring the eBrush Siphon Adapter! It is a winner!!!

Clay, paper, burlap and cotton cording make for some fun with this heart.  Add some color, beads and a button and you're good to put this project together as a very nice gift for someone special. 

You'll need:

Oven bake clay (Sculpey was used for this project)

scrap paper

cotton cording

markers (Spectrum Noir)

Pearl Ex

burlap/canvas scrap (mine is from Canvas Corp)

circle wafer die 

Die Cutting machine

ebrush, siphon adapter

straw

cookie cutter or mold

E6000 glue

2 step bird punch, 3/4" circle punch

Prepare your clay according to the manufacturer's directions.  Form into desired shape.  I chose to string a cord through the top and down to the bottom, so using the straw, I make two holes to string the cording through.  The size of the shape you use will determine how much cording you'll need.  Using the ebrush *siphon adapter, mix some pearl ex with  enough water to make it fluid.  Bake as directed. Let cool.  *If you don't have a siphon adapter yet, you can brush the pearl ex on the unbaked clay. 

 While your shape is baking, begin to prepare your paper pieces.  Cut as shown in the photo below.  I ran put each piece through a paper crimper about 10 times.  Enough to break down the fibers and separate each disc into 2 layers.  See the photo below (click to enlarge).  Wad it up to add more texture to the piece.  With the "suede feeling" side facing you fold in half and in half again so you have a quarter circle.  Carefully make two cuts towards the folded center  for petals.  Unfold.  Using a piercer, make a hole in the center and place a mini/small brad. 

Cut a burlap circle using your die cutting machine.  Set aside. 

Thread your cording through the heart (as shown in the photo above).  To keep the cording from sliding, secure by adding a knot behind each of the holes.  Thread your beads on the bottom ends of your cording.  Knot each end and for extra security, slide your bottom bead up a bit and add a dab of glue on the cording and slide the bead back down in place.  Using the bird punch, cut 3 wings and color those as well using the eBrush and markers.  You can add some dimension by turning the leaves over and using an embossing tool, "draw" in veins.

Place all of your embellishments on the heart as desired.  The burlap goes down first, then the flowers and leaves and the button/charm last.  I used the E6000 glue to secure everything and let it dry overnight to make sure everything is secure. 

Have some fun!  Make this one yours.  I got the idea from here. 

Thanks for dropping by... hope you've got some crafting time on the calendar!  And don't forget to drop by here frequently to see what the rest of the design team has been up to.