The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-12-18
A HOME MADE DOLL HOUSE.


1t sounds very ambitious to make
dolls house as well as all the furn-
ture at home, but it is not at all diff
, 1cult, and a very delightful way of
amusing ones self and others as we'll.
t will certainly prove a most fascin-
lting occupation for the long dull win
:er days.
The dolls house should really be
made first so as to have a place to
,ut the furniture in as you finish it.
There are several ways of making
The dolls house, and we will describe
| :wo of these. To make it in card
BOARD you will want four small hat
boxes all the same size, and Of as
strong a cardboard as you can get;
:hese can be had at a Diapers shop
:or a few pennies. They are then
glued together two on top Of each
| other, so that you have four rooms.
To make them firmer it is good way
% put piece of millboard between
The two top and bottom rooms; this
must OF course be glued on; it makes
The floors so much stronger; also cut
L piece of the millboard an inch big
| ger all around to go on the top of
The house; this makes the caves, and
the roof is then put on to this. The
roof is made of two straight pieces of
cardboard joined together, with the
two ends also glued on. The best
way to join them is to glue a strip
Of coarse tape on to the two pieces
Of cardboard, forming 1t into the
eight shape and gluing the two side
pieces on in the same way. The
next thing is to paint the house; 1t
must be sized first Or the paint will
sink in too much; then paint the
roof, the two sides and the back. The
:oof looks best in black with white
chimney pot. The front part of the
house, which opens, is made with
:wo pieces of millboard glued togeth-
er to make it stronger; they should
be cut the size of the front Of the
house; any stationer will do this for
you, as it is rather hard to cut your
self; this is fastened on to the side
with two small hinges. The windows
and door are drawn in before the
front is painted, and these are done
last; the door might be dark green
with the panels picked out in a light
sr shade; the windows are painted
gray to represent glass with white
lines across to divide the panes of
glass, and curtains may also be paint
ID to give it more home like and
furnished appearance; these could be
either white or yellow. The house
would require two coats of paint but
need not be vanished. When the
Laint is quite dry the rooms are to be
papered each a different color, and
then the furniture can be made to
match each room. The ceilings
should be all papered in white; the
bedroom carpet might be of some
pretty chintz, the dining-room and
irawing-rooms of some thin serge or
any other suitable material you may
have; you can get samples of floor
clJth in paper which do splendidly
fer the kitchen; most drapers have
this and would give you piece.
A more elaborate way of painting
the house is to first put on a good
thick coat of white paint, and when
this is dry to put thick coat of red
paint over this, and before this is
dry to mark out the bricks with
piece of stick pointed at the end. This
requires care, as you must not put
your hand on to the red paint, but
it looks very pretty when finished.
To make the other dolls house
you would want a sugar box from the
grocer's or good sized soap box,
then you put in one or two shelves
according to the size you want your
rooms to be. The shelves are made
Of much thinner wood, and it is
best to get a carpenter to cut these
out the correct size; then nail some
thin strips of wood on the two sides
and back of the house on to which
you slip the shelves and fasten them
down firmly on to these with nails.
Partitions can be put between the
rooms If thought necessary in the
same way that the shelves were put
In. The lid on the box does for the
door, aud the whole must be sized
before painted. and then proceed. in
| the same manner as for the other
house. This makes stronger house,
but is more difficult to make, and the
other way is very good one, and
cannot be broken very easily.-The
Girls Own Paper.