I struggled with what to get my daughter this year for Christmas. She is a year and a half old so she hasn’t formed any strong preferences towards specific types of toys yet. However, she has seemingly showed quite a lot of interest in her doll. So I thought a closet for her doll to hang all of the little clothes and hair bands would be a super fun idea. I didn’t want any large piece of furniture so I thought making it a rack style instead of a closed box would be fun. Keep reading to watch us create the closet or keep scrolling to read how!
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Wine & Crafts: Creating a doll closet
What do you need to create a doll closet?
Here is what I used to make this fun Doll closet for my daughter
- Bamboo box as a base. I got mine from Dollarama and is ~9″x6″
- Basswood: I cut out the doll hangers using my cricut (see below how) but Amazon has doll some doll hangers if you don’t have a cricut
- No More Nails: I used no more nails instead of superglue or hot glue as I find it holds better
- Clamps: These are optional but I find having clamps when doing something like this is super handy
- Doll clothing: Make sure you check to see what size doll you have before you order the clothing!
- Wood Dowels: I personally liked the look of a square dowel on the side and round as the rack but you could use either shape. I used 12″ dowels for the size but you can adjust depending on the size of the doll clothing you are making.
How to put it together:
Assembling the Doll Closet
- Lay out everything you need. There is nothing worse than starting a project and not having everything you need ready!
- Mark the centre point on the outside of the short side of the wood base
- Run a bead of no more nails down the centre of the line and attach the dowel. Use a clamp to hold it in place
- I chose to drill a hole in the square dowel to run the clothing bar through it however you can simply glue the round dowel to the top of the square dowel
- Let it dry overnight
- Cut out the hangers (keep reading to see how!)
- Hang the doll clothing and decorate however you would like!
Cutting the hangers
I ended up using my Cricut to cut the hangers for the doll clothing. Mainly because I am obsessed with all things Cricut and also because I do prefer the aesthetic of wood over plastic.
I have Cricut access, so I simply searched for hangers in images. I used image #MEFB00. I hid the top layer and then unlocked the image and resized to W4.7″ x H 2.6″. This size worked perfectly for my daughters 12″ doll
I absolutely loved making this doll closet for my daughter that I ended up making half a dozen and gave them out to all of her friends for Christmas! Such an easy gift and one that any toddler who is into dolls will absolutely loved.
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Happy Crafting!
Jo
Great content! Keep up the good work!