How to Decorate a Barbie House

Decorating a Barbie house is fun and inexpensive. The results you can create with your time and effort will be well received.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Ribbons
• Aleene's Tacky Glue
• Sewing Needles
• Threads
• Wallpaper
• Cotton Swabs
• Scissors
• Flannel Cloth
• Barbie Accessories
• Barbie Furniture
• Barbie Houses

1. Purchase thin, indoor-outdoor carpeting and cut it to fit each room. Glue the carpet down.
2. Use leftover wallpaper to cover the interior walls. Wallpaper can simply be glued instead of wetting it.
3. Measure windows for curtain sizes. Cut scraps of material or pieces of old curtains to size and sew hems around edges. Glue curtains along tops of window and tie back with pieces of ribbon or lace. Some glue may be needed along the sides of the curtains to keep them in place.
4. Cut more material to size to make bedspreads and tablecloths.
5. Find pictures in catalogs and magazines. Catalogs that show pictures of framed art are perfect. Cut out the art and glue directly to the wall, or glue to a piece of cardboard and hang on Barbie's wall. Look also for pictures of wreaths and floral arrangements.
6. Use cut and sewn heavy cloth to make throw rugs, or crochet or knit some rugs.
7. Make pillows from scraps of old sheets. Cut a piece of material twice the size you want the pillow to be. Fold it over and make seams on two more sides. Turn it inside out and fill with cotton balls or batting. Sew closed the last remaining side.
8. Create matching sheets from the same material.
9. Construct blankets from lightweight flannel.
10. Look for Barbie-brand accessories and dishes, food, flowers, electronics and miniatures created for other dollhouse dolls.

Tips & Warnings

• Accessories can also be "stolen" from things such as the Fisher Price dollhouse set, which a girl who is collecting Barbie may have outgrown.
• Don't worry about making everything picture perfect. The creativity and love you put into it are what's important.