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DIY Princess & The Pea Play Set
by
Lemons To Lovelys Marci
(IC: blogger)
9 Materials
$25.33
3 Hours
Easy
I needed a really special gift to give at a friend's baby shower and I wanted it to be something unique and hand made!
Step 1- Assembling the bed: First I found 1, 4 ft piece of poplar wood that wasn't too thick or too heavy to use for the headboard and footboard. (the wood needed to be thin and light weight because it was going to be for a small child to play with)
Step 2- Painting the bed: Next, I painted the bed with 2 coats of some leftover paint I had laying around from our kitchen cabinet makeover. (Dove Wing by Benjamin Moore)
Step 3- Making the mattresses: I searched Hobby Lobby for the cheapest way to purchase atleast 3 different patterns without having a ton of extra fabric left over. I considered the "quilting squares" pack but I couldn't really find a set that consisted of the soft pinks and greens I was looking for.
Step 4- Filling the mattresses: Once the glue dried (took only a few seconds) and the front/top side of the fabric was pulled back through the hole, I pushed a small handful of stuffing in 2 inch chunks at a time (totaling the size of a tennis ball) through the same hole and spread it around evenly throughout the mattress. After making sure the stuffing was even, I closed up the hole with more hot glue and tada, 6 mattresses were made!
Step 5- Making the blanket: To make the blanket and pillow, I cut the final pattern into 1, 13"x 2" strip for the blanket and 1, 4.5"x 2.5" strip for the pillow. Then I repeated the same exact steps that I used in making the mattresses. (aligned the corners and placed the patterns face to face/top side to top side, hot glued around the inside perimeter leaving a hole to pull the fabric back through and insert the stuffing, and lastly sealed the hole with more hot glue)
Step 6- Putting it all together: Last, I stacked up the mattresses in order of how I wanted the patterns to look and added the pea underneath the bottom mattress. (a green Pom Pom from Hobby Lobby) Then I placed the doll on top of the mattresses that I found on Amazon (see here http://lemonstolovelys.blogspot.com/2016/07/princess-pea-diy-play-set.html )
When I wrapped up the gift, I placed a book with it to complete the set, also purchased on Amazon.
For questions, email me at lemonstolovelys@gmail.com
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Suggested materials:
- Poplar wood (Lowe's)
- Corner brackets (Lowe's)
- Fabric (Hobby Lobby)
- Stuffing (Hobby Lobby)
- Pom poms (Hobby Lobby)
- Doll (Amazon)
- Book (Amazon)
- Paint (Home Depot)
- Glue gun & glue sticks (Hobby Lobby)
Want more details about this and other DIY projects? Check out my blog post!
Published July 26th, 2016 2:05 PM
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Susan Priestly on Jul 31, 2016If you put tin foil on your ironing board, before gluing the pieces....you take your hot iron to the seams that you put together with the glue gun and iron over the seam allowances, the glue "Line" will melt and it won't feel like that long line of hot glue is even there. I did this to make Xmas chair pads and tablecloth mats for my children on their small table chair set for Christmas :)
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