Toys For Kids - Gabby, the Younger

Gabby is the third, and youngest, grandchild in Nevada.  She likes to sit on your lap, get down and run around.

Gabby is just a wonderful little girl.

 While I found a reason to build the doll bed and garage for Olivia and EJ, I didn't have a lead of what Gabby would like.  She didn't talk much so I decided to just make something for her to play with, some houses she could call her own.

There is nothing special about them except the way I did the doors and windows.  The front, back, roof and ends are just flat Foam-Core board cut to any simple shape.  I did chamfer the roof panels a little so they would mate without a vee groove at the ridge.  I made mine so the ends fit between the front and back panels, giving a smoother surface to the front.

The doors and windows were cut from appropriate sized scrap foam-core and glued in position with yellow (or white) glue.  The window panes were made by using the tip of a #11 blade to pierce the top paper surface on four sides and peeling it away.  The thickness of the foam-core seems to add depth to the scene and is easy to do.

Because I fit the ends between the front and back I had to reduce the height of the front and back to allow the roof to fit over them.  If you fit the ends outside the front and back you can leave them the same height as the end pieces.  These are simple enough that I will dispense with construction details as you can refer to the other sites for that info.

Armchair,  The Happy Modeler