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• Dec. 21, 2008 - My Son'sHomemade Dollhouse for Sister's Polly Pockets (From Foam Core Board)

One morning my son asked to keep some empty cereal boxes, when I asked why (they usually get crammed under the bed to only be thrown away on our semi-annual-under-the-bed-cleanout!).  He said that he wanted to make his sister a doll house for Christmas for her Polly Pockets. 

What a great idea I thought!  He was really thinking this year!  We encourage our children to be creative and think of gifts to make for each other and I was really proud that he had put some thought into it without any prompting from me!

Later that  morning we googled homemade dollhouses and came up with an even better idea!  He was so excited.  He did the basic "framing" of the house and they are going to decorate it after Christmas.  He is planning on creating some furniture out of clay...stay posted for updates on decorating and furniture! This should be hours of play for my kids!  This is the kind of thing that I want them to spend time on together! 

I want to thank another blogger for her really descriptive posts on their foam core doll houses!  I'm posting her blog link for you to check out too, in case you have a desire to create your own you can use her info for more ideas! 

Visit this blog for a great tutorial on another foam core doll house!


He used 2 pieces of foam core. Here he is with the first  piece showing cutouts, I didn't get photos of the second piece but here is the finished product.

They started taping the house together then they decided to try to glue it. My son came up with using straight pins to stabilize it while drying this really gave it a lot of strength so the pins are staying!


It has 2 floors and an attic.


Although blurry, you can see where the straight pins are holding the floors and walls together. 
Hope this gives many of you ideas of your own!  I love when my kids think of and work out their plans (with a little help from Dad and Mom!)
"Merry Christmas and God Bless Us Everyone!"
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• Dec. 22, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by bearsmom
This is wonderful! Thank you for sharing it.
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