Playmobil dollhouse bash: the mega-putz
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2017 5:37 pm
Hi guys....
At a tag sale last summer, I spied a carton full of dollhouse parts and thought of my new granddaughter. It was impossible to tell if all the parts
were there, but the guy accepted my offer and I took it home. Well, between me and my husband (who's an engineer), it took us more than
five hours to assemble the house, and I realized it had way too many small parts for a one year old. (Duh!!!). So I set it aside, up out of reach, in the basement playroom.
As Christmas approached, it dawned on me that the house had mega-putz potential. I embellished the windows with Dresden trim cut-outs, blocked the windows with parchment paper and installed puck lights inside the rooms, along with a Christmas tree in the sun room/porch wing. Then it was just a question of garland, wreaths and trees outside. I stuck it in the playroom fireplace. Following instructions on you-tube, I built the bridge out of styromfoam, added some Lionel lights, Santa, an old sled; and a needle-felted reindeer I found on Etsy.
So, until she's a lot older, my granddaughter will just have to wait for it!
At a tag sale last summer, I spied a carton full of dollhouse parts and thought of my new granddaughter. It was impossible to tell if all the parts
were there, but the guy accepted my offer and I took it home. Well, between me and my husband (who's an engineer), it took us more than
five hours to assemble the house, and I realized it had way too many small parts for a one year old. (Duh!!!). So I set it aside, up out of reach, in the basement playroom.
As Christmas approached, it dawned on me that the house had mega-putz potential. I embellished the windows with Dresden trim cut-outs, blocked the windows with parchment paper and installed puck lights inside the rooms, along with a Christmas tree in the sun room/porch wing. Then it was just a question of garland, wreaths and trees outside. I stuck it in the playroom fireplace. Following instructions on you-tube, I built the bridge out of styromfoam, added some Lionel lights, Santa, an old sled; and a needle-felted reindeer I found on Etsy.
So, until she's a lot older, my granddaughter will just have to wait for it!
