Can you believe that Christmas is right around the corner? I asked my girls the other day what they wanted for Christmas. When my oldest told me that she wanted Barbie furniture, I went to Amazon and started looking around. It didn't take too long to realize that if we bought the premade, plastic Barbie furniture that she wouldn't get very much of it.
A Pinterest and Google search later, I found a couple of blog posts about making your own. There wasn't very much other there (a few pictures of before and after), so I thought I'd share my creations with you in case Barbie furniture is on your little's Christmas list.
First, I went to Walmart and bought some large sponges. I got a three pack for $4. I'm making two couches, so I bought two packs. Whatever brand I bought had some kind of bacterial preventive coating on it, so when you touched the sponges they felt wet. I let them dry out for a day before I put the couches together.
Once they were good and dry, I put two of them together and loosely stitched them together along the back. Then, I hot glued them together so that they looked like this. You probably don't need the loose stitch, but I wanted to make sure that they would stay together.
After that, I took another sponge and cut it so that it didn't hang over the edge. Then I cut the strip I cut off in half. These will the be the arm rests.
Once I had my pieces cut so that they fit the way I wanted, I got my fabric and hot glue gun ready. I used a fat quarter that I also got from Walmart for $.97. You can use whatever Cotton fabric you like to cover the sponges.
To cover, I wrapped the sponged in fabric exactly like I would have a Christmas present. So, I laid the sponge pieces out, then cut the fabric so that it covered it completely. I used the hot glue to adhere the fabric. And this was the end result. Not too bad for $5 dollars.
I'll be making little cushions for these later on, but here's what I've got for right now. Also, from here you could easily add little squares of wood for legs.
