15 Easy DIY Dollhouse Accessories

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So, your dollhouse is almost complete. You’ve built the house, divided it into rooms, painted walls, and furnished it. You’ve got one more thing to do— accessorize it.

Accessories breathe life into a dollhouse, turning different parts of your miniature house vibrant and making it feel real and lived in. A dollhouse without accessories is lifeless, empty, and lacks soul and personality.

You can find dollhouse accessories at affordable prices, but why do that when you can DIY? You can make aesthetically appealing, detailed accessories for your dollhouse.

Let’s explore 15 accessories you can make to decorate your dream dollhouse.

15 Easy DIY Dollhouse Accessories

1. Miniature Picture Frames

Frame tiny artwork and pictures in quality DIY frames. You can craft miniature picture frames using materials like wood, resin, metal, wire, and cardboard.

For instance, cut thin wooden sticks into appropriate lengths and join them with hot glue to form a rectangular or square frame. Resize a photo, printed image, or art piece, apply glue to its back, and stick it to the frame.

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Be precise when cutting and gluing to ensure the picture frame is neat.

2. A DIY miniature Lamp for dollhouse

Elevate your dollhouse’s aesthetics with an easy-to-make lamp. Create the lamp base with a sturdy bottle cap, button, or wooden disk. Next, attach a craft stick, toothpick, or craft wire to the chosen base.

Make the lampshade with paper, toothpaste cap, or fabric and glue it to the stand. Add decorative touches to the lamp to make it stand out. For instance, you can embellish the base with decorative stones or paint the base, shade, and pole in your preferred colors or patterns.

Put a light source in it to make it functional.

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3. Miniature Fabric Floor Rug

A dollhouse floor rug is easy to make. Choose a fabric that suits your dollhouse’s style. Felt is a top choice because it comes in various colors and patterns. But you can still use new or old fleece or cotton.

Cut the chosen fabric to a size that fits the spot and shape it to your preferred shape.

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Instead of fabric, you can make a dollhouse area rug by printing an image of the carpet you want, cutting it out, and gluing it to a cotton fabric.

4. DIY Dollhouse Candlesticks

You can craft miniature candlesticks for your dollhouse with a couple of items you have at home. For this project, get earring backs, wire cutters, straight pins, tiny cylinder tubing, paint, glue, and paintbrush.

Insert a straight pin through an earring back followed by a tubing (cut the tubing first), and stack another earring back on top. Let the pin stick slightly on top. Glue everything together and paint the candlestick.

You can use the candlesticks as stunning centerpieces on the dollhouse’s dining table, nightstand, mantel, or coffee table.

 5. Miniature Wall Clock for Dollhouse

You can make a charming wall clock for a dollhouse with a large, flat button, preferably with holes. Cut a circle from white paper (slightly smaller than the button), carefully draw the clock numbers, and stick the paper to the button with glue.

Make clock hands using thin wire or cardstock and thread or stick them to the center of the button. Angle the hands for authenticity.

You can leave your wall clock as it is or decorate it to make it more attractive. For example, paint, apply glitter, or cover the edges with decorative paper.

6. Miniature Chandelier

A chandelier, whether it lights up or not, will instantly make your dollhouse elegant. The best part is that you only need basic materials and creativity to create a stunning miniature chandelier. First, design your dollhouse chandelier on paper.

Cut several jewelry wires, bend each with pliers into different shapes based on the design you created, and glue them together. String acrylic crystals or clear beads onto a thread and attach it to the chandelier frame.

If you want your chandelier to function, put miniature light bulbs for dollhouses at the frame’s center.

7. Mini Vases for Dollhouse 

The best style for DIY mini vases for your dollhouse depends on the look you are going for. You can recreate simple, minimalist cylinder vases or even intricate designs. You can sculpt them using everyday items such as beads, clay, pen caps, and straws.

To use beads, choose ones with a large hole. Stack small beads with glue, or use one large bead. Cut a small portion of a straw and glue it to the top of the bead to give it a neck. Make the base by glueing foam to the bead’s bottom.

8. Miniature Plants and Flowers

For color, texture, and character in your dollhouse’s indoor and outdoor spaces, introduce trees. Materials that you can use to make miniature plants and flowers include paper, clay, form, quilling paper, wire, fabric, plastic, and beads.

Consider creating flower bouquets, miniature succulents, and lush green plants for your dollhouse. Indoors, you can display flowers and plants on shelves, side tables, hang on walls, dining tables, mantels, or coffee tables.

Outside your dollhouse, you can showcase your flower and plant collection on the porch, window box, or garden.

9. Tiny Dollhouse Throw Pillows

Making throw pillows for your dollhouse will be easy if you can sew. But what do you need? Fabric, cotton, thread, scissors, and needle. Check your old clothes for fabric.

Cut the fabric into multiple pieces to fit your desired shape. Place a fabric on top of another (right sides out) and stitch along the edges, but leave an opening for stuffing.

Turn the pillow to expose the right side, stuff it, then sew the opening.

10. Miniature Books For Dollhouse

Books are a must-have if your dollhouse has a study or library. Besides that, you can display books on coffee tables, bedsides, and desks. You can create tiny replicas of the books you love.

Cut small rectangles out of white paper, stack them together in sets of three, and fold each set in half. After that, stack and press the sets firmly together.

Cut cardstock (make it slightly taller and longer than the stacked pages) and use it to cover the pages. Attach the cover to the pages using glue.

11. Miniature Woven Twine Baskets

Accessorize your dollhouse with tiny baskets made of twine. Baskets can be used for décor and to hold decorative items. You can also create a mini laundry basket—put tiny clothes inside to make it realistic.

Coat hand lotion on a plastic cap, then start coiling twine spirally and hold them together with glue to form the basket’s base. Build the sides by wrapping the twine around the cap (apply glue sparingly to give the basket a clean appearance).

Finish the basket by cutting the twine, securing the final piece with glue, and removing the cap.

12. DIY Miniature Mirrors

Hang a mirror on your dollhouse’s dresser, bathroom, or above the fireplace, but first, you need to make the mirrors. Print out cut shapes of mirrors and cut out the frame you want.

Next, trace the pattern on balsa wood, cut it out to form the frame, sand the rough edges with sandpaper or nail files, and apply wood stain.

Trace a smaller version of the same image on a mirror sheet or aluminum foil and cut it out. Glue the mirror to the frame.

13. A Tiny Welcome Mat

Make your dollhouse’s entryway cute and inviting by placing a welcome mat on the front door. Use tightly woven fabric or felt to make a doormat.

Cut the material to about 2 inches and 1 inch wide (you can adjust the measurements). The next step is adding the message you want the mat to read. This can be “Welcome,” “Hello,” and “Home Sweet Home”.

You can use a stencil, tiny stick-on letters, or embroidery floss to create the message.

14. Dollhouse Wreath

Whether for all-year use or to set the scene for a specific season like winter, a wreath at the door of your dollhouse is a beautiful addition. The door isn’t the only place you can put a wreath. Other ideal places include the walls inside the dollhouse.

Shape a thin wire into a sturdy circle and wrap faux greenery, floral tape, or tinsel around it. Decorate the wreath with tiny ornaments, ribbons, berries, glitter, or even candy canes. If you create a seasonal-themed wreath, replace it once that season ends.

15. Dollhouse Bowl

Last on our list is a cheery, bright dollhouse bowl that can be a stunning decorative accent in your dollhouse. You can use plastic or metallic for this project.

Let your bottle cup bowl dry, then apply varnish to give it a glossy appearance and seal the paint. You can embellish the edges with decorations like rhinestones, beads, lace, or washi tape to make it more attractive.

In Summary,

With the accessories above, you can start making your dollhouse truly stand out. The beauty of DIY is that the final product doesn’t have to be flawless, as the little imperfections add to the character. The materials used to craft these accessories are typically readily available at home or craft stores.