Monster High House

My daughter loves Monster High.  I am surprised they haven't marketed a dollhouse for these dolls, but needless to say I found my own way to make a house for these creepy gals!  Heres how:

Materials:

• 9 cube shelving (got mine on sale at Target for $30)
• Scrapbook paper (look for Halloween themed packs)
• Modge Podge
• Foam Roller
• Hot glue

Putting house together:

1. First wipe down shelving so there isn't dust on it. 
2. Decide on paper for walls, floors, and ceiling.  I took a piece of cardboard and layed it inside to make a template.  Walls, floor, and ceiling are all the same dimensions, so you can use the template for each area.
3. Cut out your scrapbook paper.
4. Place a coat of modge podge on surface.
5. Carefully lay scrapbook paper on top, then use a foam roller with modge podge to cover.  Using the foam roller will eliminate wrinkles.  If it helps, instead of adding modge podge to surface, you can hot glue the paper down and then just place a top coat of modge podge on it for protection.
6. For the parts on the organizer that didn't have backs, I added fabric using my hot glue gun.
7. Once all areas are covered, its time to accessorize!

Accesories:

• Spider candle holder (bought at CVS after Halloween for $0.50)
• Felt pieces
• Book lights (from Dollar Tree)
• Fabric Pieces
• Small dowel rods
• Fake flowers (Dollar Tree)
• Small wooden flower pots (dollhouse section at craft store)
• Small pictures frames
• Small mirrors (craft store)
• Puck lights (Dollar Tree, Lowes, etc.)

Ideas:

1. Using felt, cut out scenes to look like window.  Add curtains by gluing fabric to a small dowel rod.  Glue window on first, then dowel rod with curtains above.
2. Buy felt in different patterns and cut in different shapes.  Use as rugs in the house.
3. Book lights from the Dollar Tree make PERFECT lamps for this house because they clip onto the edges.
4. Place photo frames on walls with pictures printed off internet of Monster High characters.
5. For Laguna Blues room, I found a small toy at Dollar General ($1) that you could add water to to make fish grow.  It made a perfect fish tank when glued onto a candle holder.
6. Found chair candle holders at Goodwill and spraypainted them and removed candle post.  They make perfect chairs.
7. Used a tealight holder as a coffee table.
8. Added felt and foam to top of spider tealight holder for a spooky chair.
9. Paint flower pots and add fake flowers for decor.

Check out these pictures:

For this furniture, I followed this tutorial on youtube!  Super easy!  And check all her other videos!  She is amazing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORbliLGsDDM&feature=related