A few months ago I reviewed a classic doll line that has been brought back again – Terri Lee Dolls – and I just find the vintage charm of their dolls to be oh, so irresistible. Terri Lee is our sponsor for today’s activity and I figured since we have their Spring doll (they have four dolls all based on seasons) that it would be fun to make a flower garden for our dolls. Of course, little Terri Lee is our model today, but you can make these for any of your dolls!
Supplies you will need for today’s activity:
- An empty box from crackers, cookies, granola bars or cereal
- Brown construction paper or fun foam
- White construction paper or fun foam
- A variety of bright colored construction paper or fun foam
- 2 green pipe cleaners
- A flower shaped scrapbooking punch or you can cut out the shape with scissors
- Glue & scissors
Step 1 – Cut the bottom section of the box off – mine is about 1″ high to make your flower bed. You can make it shorter, but you want to be able to “plant” your flowers easily.
Step 2 – Cover the box with brown construction paper or fun foam
Step 3 – Using scalloped edge scissors – or you could create pointy pickets by cutting little fence post shapes – create a fun edge on white fun foam or cardstock.
Step 4 - Cut the white “fence” so it is a little taller than your box and glue on three sides of the box.
Step 5 – Have a grown up put 5-6 holes in your box so you can “plant” your flowers. I used a skinny screwdriver.
Step 6 – Use a flower shaped punch or scissors to create 5-6 flower shapes.
Step 7 – Feed the green pipe cleaner stems through the center and cover the center with a bright circle or heart piece of fun foam
Step 8 – “Plant” your flowers by simply inserting the pipe cleaner stem into the hole punched in the box. You can rearrange or pick the flowers as often as you want.
And ta-da, you are done. Little Miss Terri Lee loves her new flower bed!
Seriously cute!! Her little cheeks are just too much. She is one of our Bitty Baby doll’s best friends and they can share clothes.
For today’s printable, there are four fun Terri Lee doll color-by-number pictures you can print and color. You can also color them in online if you want.
And if you want to make a vegetable garden, too, check out the doll sized garden craft Karen did for us earlier this year.
Have a great day!
firstie
again! cool!
How cute. If/when I get Josefina, I am so making that!
Oh and firstie
That’s so cute
3rdie
Aww, she’s soooo cute!
Firstie .When are the winners going to be posted ?
Ingrid – I have to go do a few things but will post them later this afternoon.
ninethie?
OK
hi my dolls are having a non-masqurade ball and we used some of the doll hairstyles! thanks for posting doll hairstyles!
Cassie, IKR? I love those hairstyles!
Adorable!
agisthebest and Cassie,I know right the hairstyles were so cute
Aw so cute! i will make this once i get the stuff to! My doll will LOVE this! i already made her a tomato patch garden thing, so she will be happy to get some flowers!
I can’t deside what ag doll to get for my birthday.
i got the cutest doll-sized batman (they also had superman) lunchbox (tin like julie’s) from micheal’s for my ag’s and it was $1.40!!!!
yeah AG4ever! they are adorabe! especailly the fishtail braid!!!
Very cute.
But why don’t you have any Vision Forum dolls in your collection?
Cool!
char i tried to leave a comment yesterday but it did not work it just said: this webpage is not available please try again later and also sometimes in the after noon D.D. doesn’t work so i have to do cached copy or i just doesn’t work. would you know why? such a cute craft!!!
ags139 – clear your cache is the best advice I have for you.
thanks Char.
Dianne~good point! They have really cute dolls too and lots of doll dresses and are historical (most of the dresses I mean). Char you should do a review of them….
This might be one of my favorites yet. Thanks so much Char I really love your ideas.
I want a terri lee doll soooo bad!
i live in canada.Gimli, manitoba. theres not much i can find for crafts. any ideas for making crafts with construction paper, hot glue, scotch tape, white paper, thin cardboard, and a small amount of good cardboard? thanks Char for such an easy craft that i can do!!!!!!! i neeed another!!!!!thank u!!