Stand for dolls Monster High himself: a master class

Monster High Dolls are becoming increasingly popular. And not only in children, but also in adults. And if the first category of fans of dolls for the most part simply plays them, adult admirers collect collections.

Why do dolls need this attribute?

So, an essential attribute of each doll collection is a stand for dolls. This thing can be bought. In particular, for Monster High dolls there are special plastic holders of different colors and with characteristic symbols. Just get them and put in your dolls. But you will agree, it is not so interesting how to make a stand for dolls own hands. And besides all of them are very monotonous and do not differ from each other. But if you create yourself, you can design an individual design for each representative of your collection. And combine it with the style of a particular doll.

What materials can I use?

Stand for dolls can be made from almost anything. You can order wooden workpieces with drilled holes of the size you need and just paste in these holes wooden sticks with some kind of fasteners like a thin rubber. But it will fly you a pretty penny. There is another way out. A doll stand can be made with any hand-made material. This can be paper, gypsum, old discs and even sunblind lids. In addition, you will need colors, remains of fabric and lace, various decorative elements, felt, ribbons, napkins for decoupage. Yes, practically, anything. And do not forget, of course, your imagination. In this article, we'll look at several options for how to make a stand for dolls from everything that is at hand.

Stand variant from old disks

If you have a lot of old spoiled computer disks in your house, now you can find a decent application for them. With their help you can make doll stands that look like a saddle. That is, the doll sits on this stand, like a bicycle. In addition to the old discs, you will also need two covers from plastic bottles, a piece of tin, an aluminum tube, a superglue and a drill. A similar aluminum tube can be obtained by dismantling the old antenna. And cut a piece of tin from any jar of coffee or tea.

The process of creating a stand from discs

First, take one of the prepared lids and cut off the bottom. You can do it with a red-hot knife. We get a ring, from the wall of which you need to cut a small piece. Now take our tin rectangle and add this blank two or three times in width. This manipulation will give it rigidity. Fold it in half, but in such a way that she grabs our ring from the cork and closes under it in one strip. The ends of this strip are inserted into the aluminum tube. Now take the second lid and drill. We select a drill, which in its diameter fits our tube, and make a hole in the bottom of the lid. We insert our completed workpiece there. In order for the entire structure to have a stable state, we glue the cover to the old disk. Thus, our stand for dolls is ready. We just had to pick up the decorative elements and decorate it all on our own.

Gypsum support

Let's consider one more possible variant of installation of dolls. After all, you will agree that such a stand for dolls, the master class of which was considered earlier, is still somewhat zamorochlivaya. Therefore, it is proposed to create a stand made of simpler materials. To make the process of its manufacture as simple as possible and does not require any help from outside, material costs were minimal, and at the same time it had a worthy and interesting enough look.

Preparation of tools and materials

For this we need plaster or alabaster, floristic wire or any other. The main thing is that she can withstand your doll. It will also need a container for casting gypsum, round pliers, hot melt, a piece of felt, a ribbon for decoration and scissors. Perhaps you need something else or something else to decorate. Everything will depend on your imagination.

The process of creating a gypsum stand

Stand for dolls with their own hands made of gypsum is done like this: take two pieces of floristic or any other suitable wire for us and, holding them together, note from the edge of five to six centimeters. Now at this point you need to bend both wires at the right angle. Fixing the wire, fingers retreat from the bend another seven centimeters and we divide the ends of the wire in different directions. Now these bent edges need to be reduced in this way with each other, so that eventually formed a triangle, which will serve as the basis for the future stand. Using colored or transparent tape, fix the intersection of the wire, as well as the fold itself.

The base is ready, now you need to prepare an alabaster mortar for pouring. To do this, take three tablespoons with a slide of alabaster powder and six of the same spoons of water. Mix it all, but not in the form, but in a separate vessel. Stir the mass until smooth. The consistency of the solution should be like thick sour cream. Carrying out all the manipulations with alabaster, it is better not to hesitate, because such a solution freezes quickly enough. Now gently pour the resulting mixture into a mold and lower the wire blank with a triangular side. Slightly move the wire from side to side and leave it in a vertical position. If the mixture turned out to be somewhat liquid and the wire in it does not hold well, then this is not a cause for frustration. Just fix it in a vertical position with the clothespins.

Removing the stand from the mold

After pouring the solution, leave it all to dry for six hours at room temperature. After the specified time, our stand must be removed. After all, it must dry thoroughly from all sides. For this you do not need any special tricks. At first, simply stretch the sides of the mold in different directions. Then turn the structure over by placing the wire between the fingers of the hand, and pat on the bottom of the mold until the gypsum piece is in your palm. Now just leave it overnight at room temperature for final drying.

Gypsum board decoration

While decorating the stand, do not forget that it should fit perfectly into the image of the doll and be, as it were, its continuation. There is one rule. The more the image of the doll is loaded, the easier it is to create a stand for it. The simplest option is to glue the gypsum with a suitable color and wrap it with a contrasting ribbon. After decorating, measure the required wire height. Take a new piece and bend it like in the picture. After that, wrap it around with tape to fix it. It is ideal to use an adhesive tape according to the color of the wire. Now from the bent edges we form the girth for the puppet waist. It is also possible with the help of round-bends to bend the edges into rings. Now it remains only to attach all this to the gypsum billet, insert the doll into the captured grip and hold it tightly there so that it does not fall out.

In this article, we considered several options for making Monster High and not only for Monster High dolls. Connect all your imagination - and you will surely get something absolutely unique and suitable for your puppet collection.