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DOC MCSTUFFINS FELT PLAYHOUSE

I found Doc McStuffins buttons at WalMart and decided to make a play set to keep in my purse for when I have little bored granddaughters with me somewhere. I thrift-shopped the bag to keep them in, luckily in Doc colors, and I sewed the bandaid buttons on it. The felt scene is a folder type made from felt scraps and other things I had on hand. I had to modify it a little due to size, but overall I think it works. The felt play scene fits inside the little bag with the buttons, which will stay loose. I did add a fairy button I had on hand to be one of Doc's toys.

PLAY STOVE/DISHES

My 2 1/2 year old granddaughter that lives with us has a play house in the backyard, and she loves to play in it. She pretends she is cooking and brings us imaginary dishes with imaginary food on them. I can't claim credit for this idea as I saw it on Pinterest, but today I made her a play stove for outside in the play house. It is the shoe box size plastic container. I had the idea to add knobs for her to turn. I bought a package of 2 small, unpainted wood knobs that I painted pink. My husband advised me to have metal washers on the inside and outside,and I had to buy shorter screws than what was in the package. He drilled 2 holes for me with his drill.  I left the screws loose enough so the knobs will turn. The dishes are all inexpensive plastic, and they store inside the box, If I had been thinking I might have looked to see if there was a solid bottom box that didn't show the dishes. Then again, I did want a box this narrow so it can fit on the little ledge in the playhouse without falling off, and this was the only kind available in this size.
The little one hasn't seen it yet, but she has a good imagination and I think she will have fun with this. I did look for a little plastic sink and stove combination instead, but they took up too much room, and I wanted there to be space for the little one and her friends to play.
The burners were put on with permanent marker, by the way. I cut some cardstock the size I wanted and then traced around it. Then I folded the square in half to use as a guide to draw the lines inside the burner, leaving space in the middle.
This was made to stay in the play house and be weather proof.

FINISHED DOLLHOUSE

I had to improvise a stove. This is a little hinged craft box on its side, and I painted the silver square and "knobs", and the burners are silver buttons glued on with gorilla glue.

I also had to improvise the couch. I found a half circle plastic container and cut it down for the frame. I intended to have a pattern for this, but had to alter it and change it so much as I went that a pattern would never have worked. You could also make a couch without an inside frame and just stuff it well to make the shape.

I did the floors from individual stick on squares I found at a hardware store for about 69 cents each. I used tin shears to cut them to size,but I did lay down newspaper first to make a pattern for that.

DOC PILLOWCASES

My little 2 1/2 year old granddaughter has been wanting a pillow. I bought a travel-sized pillow for her, but wasn't impressed with the available pillow cases to go on it. I decided to make my own. This is one yard of 44 inch wide material, cut in half to make 2 pillow cases. Knowing what I know now, I would buy one and an eighth yard and make a wider hem on the edge, but my granddaughter is still happy with this one.
I cut this out material exactly in half, sewed it up and blogged this in the time it takes to watch one Doc McStuffins episode.
My mistake; Not taking into account that this is a one-way material, so one pillow case's open end is on the "wrong side" , but now you will be warned and can prevent that.