Hello Helmar Fans, Raelene with you today. It has been a while and I am so excited to share with you my project I created with my granddaughter.
Miss E loves Barbies and loves playing with them in her dolls house but she felt they needed beds so I grabbed out a shoebox and some supplies and we set to work making Bunk Beds for Barbie sized dolls. I made some mistakes along the way and I will share them so you can learn from my mistakes with me. :)
Supplies needed -
Shoebox
Fabric scraps big enough to cover your matresses which will be the measurement of the long side of you shoebox. I used some old pyjamas that had a tear in them.
Scrap cardboard from a box to fill any gaps in the inside of the box.
Wrapping paper
Your preferred Helmar Glues, I used Helmar Kids School Glue for parts Miss E would be helping with and Helmar Premium Craft Glue for parts that needed a stronger hold. Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive would be great for this project.
I started by cutting my cardboard for my matresses, ladder and to fill in the internal walls.
For my ladder I cut our a ladder shape plus extra "rungs" to give them thickness. We glued the rungs in place and then once the glue was dry Miss E painted it white.
Miss E then glued the pieces for the mattresses together using Helmar Kids School Glue. Unfortunately I cut both mattresses the same size when the one for the top needed to be the outside measurement. I hid this mistake when finished by draping a little blanket over the end.
Next we added the sheets to the mattresses using Helmar Premium Craft Glue. Unfortunately my using pinking sheers to reduce risk of fraying affected the neatness of my corners, I had to spend some time poking little triangular bits in, I recommend using standard fabric scissors instead.
The shoe box interior walls weren't all flat so we added bits of cardboard that was the same thickness as the shoebox to create smooth walls.
Now it was time to make everything pretty.
I used Helmar Kids School Glue to adhere wrapping paper to the internal and external "walls" and some white cardstock for the ceiling inside the bunks.
I adhered the "mattresses" in place with Helmar Premium Craft Glue.
I used Helmar Premium Craft Glue to adhere ribbon and trim to the outer and internal edges to hide mistakes.
Miss E is really happy with her Bunk Beds.
