One thing that the 100 Days of Doll Play taught me was to always look at things twice before throwing them away! When I was doing the photography for the recent Springfield Doll Flip Chair Giveaway, I noticed that the packaging for the chair is actually a second chair!
The Flip Chair from Springfield is $14.99 – very reasonable – however, if you watch coupons and your local craft store (Michael’s, Joann, AC Moore) you can get it even cheaper. Then when you open the box it comes in, do so carefully because with a little creativity, it can become a second chair.
Materials Needed:
- Empty box from Springfield Collection Flip Chair (or any similarly shaped box)
- Fabric (you could also use duct tape to cover the box)
- Fiberfill Stuffing
- Scissors
- Stapler
- Tape
Step 1 – Make sure all box tabs are taped shut
Step 2 – Place stuffing on top of chair seat and back – hold in place with a few pieces of tape
Step 3 – Cut a big enough piece of fabric to cover your box and smooth it out over the top side
Step 4 – Staple or tape (staple will hold better) the first edge of your fabric to the underneath of the box
Step 5 – Wrap the box with your fabric like you would wrap a gift. Use packing tape or the stapler to secure the fabric as needed.
Step 6 – Secure the fabric underneath with staples or tape
Ta-da!! The new chair is definitely bigger than the flip chair, but it definitely works and doesn’t cost much to make – if anything. You could cover the chair in duct tape, you could paint it, or you could cover it with fabric without the stuffing if you wanted to. You are only limited by your imagination!
Whether you have the Springfield Flip Chair or not, look around at what you are about to throw away – I bet there are some boxes you could easily repurpose into doll furniture if you got creative with it!
Wonderful!
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firstie!!!!!!!! i LOVE it!! now i just need the stuff to make it………
Thats so cool! But I checked my local Micheals and they don’t have it.
Great idea! But since I got that chair last year, the box is long gone.
Oh wow, I love the idea! SO gonna make this if I ever get the flip chair!
Awesome! It’s like getting two chairs for the price of one!
Storyteller-exactly! This is so cool!
What an awesome idea- it would go nicely with my duct tape zebra sofa!
That’s such a cute idea! I’ll have to make that sometime!
Creative!!
11thie
i didn’t say creative
Cute!
why dose it say i said that
Cute
adorable!! Love it!
@courtney, you didn’t say that. Another reader named Courtney said it before you; you can look at the gravatar and you’ll see it’s two different people.
SO cute! Sadly I love very far away from a michaels
Great chair; Have anyone seen the new Our Generation pink doll bike at Target for $43.00, it’s beautiful and affordable; sorry didn’t have a camera to take picture and post it.
Bernitta – no, but I am going to look for it.
Char-you are so clever. You know this is going up on my FB page-these are perfect college girl chairs!
adorable! Who knew!