HOWTO Make a dollhouse out of a gourd

Now this is a handsome and useful redeployment of a gourd: a house for the little people!

I use inexpensive acrylic craft paint because it had great colors and covers very well. Also you can just squirt it right inside the gourd and spread it around.
Decorate your gourd with "curtains". I have used eyelet, fringe and pompoms for my curtains. All are cute. Hang with hot glue or other adhesive.
My rug is a felted sweater scrap, trimmed with scallop shears, and also glued in place. The fluffy rug helps mitigate the uneven floor of the gourd.

Gourd Dollhouse Tutorial (via Craft)

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gATO

bat signal, you say?

LOL WUT

(too obscure?)
Frank_in_Virginia

Look at the dolls. They’re out of their gourd.
Too much competition with the cow lady post.
Webbie

I’ll give you one Shekel for it.
StudioRobot

Someone said something about a gourd? all i can see is the bat signal.
StudioRobot

The middle figurine has the bat signal on its chest!