Doll's bed IKEA hack: a Barbie dream

Many children love playing with Barbie & Co. It's just so much fun to dress them up and do their hair, or to make up stories that send their favourite dolls on the wildest adventures . Playing with dolls is even more fun when you have the right accessories or even a dollhouse real . However, this often doesn't come cheap. That's why we're showing you a great IKEA doll's bed hack, which you can use to easily make a great bed for Barbie's bedroom yourself from an IKEA RIBBA picture frame. And a homemade toy is usually much nicer and more individual than a purchased one – don't you think?

What you need for the doll's bed IKEA hack :

• IKEA RIBBA picture frame 21 x 30
• cm Plywood board measuring 21 x 10 cm for the headrest
• Acrylic paints 
• Various fabrics or ready-made small cushions
• Craft glue and wood glue

2. The back side of the picture frame with fabric laminate

Now choose a nice piece of fabric (or paper, if you prefer) with that you would like to use to decorate the mattress of the bed. Take the measurements of the picture frame back side and cut the fabric to size. Using craft glue, you can now stick the piece of fabric onto the black backsplash. This will automatically cover the two holes that were created when you cut off the stand. Now you can put the picture frame back together and it will look like a little doll's bed.

3. Paint the plywood and attach it to the picture frame

n the next step, the doll's bed gets a beautiful headboard. To do this, paint your 21 x 10 cm piece of plywood in any colours you like. We opted for a white headboard with black dots – to match our bed linen. We used acrylic paints to paint the wood.

Once everything is completely dry, you can attach the small headrest to the top edge of the picture frame using wood glue. After a few minutes, everything will be nice and secure. Now all that's missing from the IKEA hack doll's bed is the right bedding. After all, you can only sleep really well in cosy bedding.

4. Sewing bedding for Barbie

You can easily sew a few pillows and a duvet from colourful fabric remnants and a little bit of filling. If you are good with a sewing machine, you can quickly sew the bedding for the doll's bed together. But you can also sew the bedding very well by hand. Perhaps you also have some play cushions and blankets that you can use for the doll's bed? The main thing is that Barbie is comfortable in her new IKEA bed at the end of the day.