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December/January 2010 FamilyFun Magazine
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The Perfect Dollhouse

A homemade miniature villa from FamilyFun

Living Room

living room This room has plenty of floor space for a sofa, chair, and round coffee table--just glue a cardboard circle onto a trimmed canister and use pushpins for legs.

Armchair:

Cut a cardboard berry box in half. Cut off the upper edge chair of one half just above the airholes, then set it cut edge down with the slats in front. Trim the other half to resemble a sofa back, and glue it atop the base.

Throw Pillow:

Sandwich a cotton ball between small terry cloth squares, then staple or glue the fabric edges together.

Brick Fireplace:

For the chimney stack, cut a 6-inch length from a fireplace paper towel tube. Next, cut a 2-inch square opening from the front lower edge. For the fireplace, cut off and discard the front and bottom panels of a tea box. Cut a rectangular opening centered along the lower edge of the back panel. Trim the long edge of the box lid to fit around the stack, then cut the shorter edges diagonally and fold the box sides back against them. Tape the pieces together. Paint the entire fireplace brick red with white "mortar" lines.

logs

Burning Logs:

Cut spiked "flames" from silver and red Mylar or foil and staple them together at the base. Tape the stapled edge to a painted bottle cork.

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