How to Make a Doll Sleeping Bag
My daughter's dolly needed a warm place to sleep, so we went to our scrap fabric drawer and pulled out a scrap of fleece with a fun pattern larger enough to fit the doll. We placed Anna (the doll's name) on the fabric and sized it to her. [caption id="attachment_333" align="alignnone" width="450" caption="fold the fabric over the doll"][/caption] You can see below that we folded the fabric to create a bag on the bottom for the doll to sleep in and into a space for a pillow on the top. [caption id="attachment_332" align="alignnone" width="480" caption="make sure the doll fits on the fabric"][/caption] Now make ...
Toy Saw Pattern and Instructions
Even a kids toolbox is not complete without a good saw. For filling out that toddler toolbox you can download our pattern and cut one on yourself. This toy saw can be made from a scrap of 1/4" plywood or any other 1/4" thick material you choose. It consists of three pieces easily cut on a scroll saw. Click here or on the picture below to downoad a free pdf of the pattern with instructions and then you can follow along with the pictures below to see how I made mine. [caption id="attachment_305" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Pattern For Toy Saw"][/caption] You can see in ...
Doll High Chair Plans are Released
For Christmas this year I am building my daughter a high chair for her dolls. I just finished the design and am putting the plans I created out right away. The plans are free to download click here to download a pdf of the doll high chair plans or click on the picture of the print below. [caption id="attachment_274" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="doll high chair plans"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_273" align="alignnone" width="250" caption="DOLL HIGH CHAIR"][/caption]
A Piece of Toast! Scroll Saw Pattern for Play Food
Pretend play is great for the imagination of both kids and parents. If you would like to join in on the creativity of play food feel free to download our template to cut a piece of toast from a piece of scrap lumber. [caption id="attachment_230" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Template to Cut a piece of Bread/Toast from Scrap Wood"][/caption] Print out the pattern (feel free to scale it to the size you believe best) and attach it to your piece of scrap wood. There are many ways that you can attach it to the wood such as with double face tape, spray adhesive, carbon ...
Simple Snowman Fleece Tie Pillow!
Looking for a holiday craft to do with your kids? This easy to make snowman pillow is a fun project that doubles as a festive holiday decoration. Plus it will be a great place to rest your head if you start to experience holiday fatigue. Many of our readers likely have seen or made a fleece blanket with the frayed ends tied together. In this project, justbuildstuff.com is going to use a similar process to make a pillow from fleece with a snowman print. To build this project we used the following- 2/3 yard of fleece 1- 14 inch pillow scissors tape measure To ...
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Initial Design of an Entryway Locker
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Flower Coat Hook Pattern
After the article “Paint the Flowers on the Wall” we have had some interest in the pattern to make one of these flower coat hooks. I made a pattern and some instructions to cut out one of these flower hooks yourself you can download a pdf of the plans by clicking here or on the image below. Remember to drill the center to 1/2 inch diameter... [Read more of this review]
Initial Design of an Entryway Locker
I have just finished creating a model of an entryway locker that I plan to start building soon as a donation to for a local charity dinner. When finished I will post pictures of the construction and detailed plans. Click on the picture below to be able to interact with a 3D PDF model of the Locker. Note you will need Adobe Acrobat reader installed... [Read more of this review]
I needed a feather-board to guide some wood through my router so I drew up this quick feather-board pattern. Click here for the full size pdf pattern or click on the picture of the pattern below. Pattern to cut featherboard I made my featherboard from some 1/2″ thick plastic I had purchased from a surplus pile at a local hardware store. Featherboard... [Read more of this review]
Even a kids toolbox is not complete without a good saw. For filling out that toddler toolbox you can download our pattern and cut one on yourself. This toy saw can be made from a scrap of 1/4″ plywood or any other 1/4″ thick material you choose. It consists of three pieces easily cut on a scroll saw. Click here or on the picture below... [Read more of this review]
A friend mentioned he needed a pattern to cut out a wooden spoon, so I quickly made one up. You could use this for a real cooking spoon or you could scale it down and use it for a play spoon. Click here to download or click on picture spoon pattern Read More →
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