Sustainable Play: Make a Dollhouse Cafe

Do you love looking at tiny things and making tiny things? Illustrator, toy maker, and storyteller Suzy Ultman welcomes you to her tiny world and shows you how to transform an ordinary cardboard box into an extraordinarily cute dollhouse cafe. Find out how to trim down your box, cut out little doors and windows, and paint on colorful details to give your cafe character. You can add a second floor inside as well as whimsical wall paper. Your dollhouse cafe will be ready for business when you complete your set by making cardboard cafe tables, miniature menus, paper rugs, trees, and animal friends. Suzy designed this project to be easy-to-create for all ages. Younger crafters will need help from an adult to cut corrugated cardboard, but everyone can have fun designing, painting, and making their cafe unique. Learn how to:

• Make a dollhouse cafe with a cardboard box
• Draw and cut doors and windows
• Paint exterior details like a geometric roof, scalloped trim, striped awning, and decorative tiles
• Use tape to mask off shapes while painting
• Make cardboard shingles
• Add wall paper and a second floor to the cafe interior
• Paint and assemble characters, furniture and cafe accessories