HOWTO Make a dollhouse out of a gourd - Boing Boing

HOWTO Make a dollhouse out of a gourd

Posted by Cory Doctorow, September 30, 2008 9:33 AM | permalink

Now this is a handsome and useful redeployment of a gourd: a house for the little people!

I use inexpensive acrylic craft paint because it had great colors and covers very well. Also you can just squirt it right inside the gourd and spread it around.
Decorate your gourd with "curtains". I have used eyelet, fringe and pompoms for my curtains. All are cute. Hang with hot glue or other adhesive.
My rug is a felted sweater scrap, trimmed with scallop shears, and also glued in place. The fluffy rug helps mitigate the uneven floor of the gourd.

Gourd Dollhouse Tutorial (via Craft)

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#1 posted by Webbie

, September 30, 2008 10:13 AM

I'll give you one Shekel for it.

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#2 posted by StudioRobot

, September 30, 2008 10:20 AM

Someone said something about a gourd? all i can see is the bat signal.

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#3 posted by gATO , September 30, 2008 11:45 AM

bat signal, you say?

LOL WUT

(too obscure?)

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#4 posted by StudioRobot

, September 30, 2008 1:42 PM

The middle figurine has the bat signal on its chest!

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#5 posted by Frank_in_Virginia , September 30, 2008 3:16 PM

Look at the dolls. They're out of their gourd.
Too much competition with the cow lady post.

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