As You can see Frankie looks way too tall standing next to this chair but the style is so perfectly suited to Monster High dolls. In this tutorial Frankie and I will show you how to modify these, or any, Barbie chairs to fit Monster High dolls.
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I'm using an olive jar to set the chair upside down on, so that I can better tell if I'm attaching the beads at the same spot and same angle. It's still tricky tho.
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I got this big bag of glow in the dark beads at a craft store near me. I've had it awhile and don't know how much it cost, but I'm sure you can find all the beads you need at a craft store or online.
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You'll need a high temp hot glue gun and glue sticks and a surface to work on. I'm using a pizza stone. You may need help with this, so ask a friend or parent.
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That's a high temp glue gun, Frankie! You better stay away: you're hot enough.
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This particular style of Barbie chair is a frosted clear pink color. It came with the Cloud Kingdom Barbie Playset.
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Frankie can sit in the chair if her legs are out straight but that's not very realistic looking and takes up too much space.
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In the most normal sitting position we can get with this chair her thighs are not even touching the seat.
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When I pose Frankie so her thighs are parallel to the floor her bum doesn't even touch the seat of the chair!
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I've sorted out the beads I'm going to use for this project. I'm making 4 Ghost Chairs so I need 16 star beads and 16 round beads. ...whyyy are there only 15 of each bead type here???
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Oh that's where those missing beads went to. Frankie and I decided to use pink stars to match the chairs and white balls for the bottom to add a lovely ghostly compliment to the ornate chair design.
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Frankie has discovered the olive jar I'm using to set the chairs on during gluing is the absolute perfect height...weird.
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First glue the balls to the bottom of the stars. Since I'm gluing on the sides of the beads with holes I need to pump enough glue onto the bead to sorta fill the hole in or else the ball won't be glued on well.
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They should look like this...and times 16 if you have 4 chairs like I do.
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The star beads have a wide opening that the slim curve of the bottom of each leg fits into pretty perfect, so I had to make sure my stars were all facing the right way. It helps to think of the opening being a little mouth that chomps onto the chair.
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Frankie takes a seat and assures me the chair is a freaky fab fit for her now. *!*YAY*!*
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Frankie sits pretty while the glue cool on the next chair. Keep your chair off it's legs until the beads are cool to the touch and firmly attached.
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They're turning out great!
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Just this one I made last wobbles a little.It's hard to tell but this round bead isn't touching our floor.
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To fix the wobble I just added a dollop of glue to the bead that is raised up higher and not touching the floor. This also makes it so the chair will have better traction, so no worries if you didn't get all the beads on exactly straight or level.
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I put it on the back leg and it's barely even noticeable.
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Now *that* looks like a natural chair height.
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We're Done ^-*
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Here's my ghouls realaxing in their cotton candy galaxy. This is where the rest of my Cloud Kingdom went, if you're wonderin.
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Black Lite!
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Abbey and Draculaura love their new chairs.
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Thanx for joining us~have fun making your own chairs and; please share your creations with me and Frankie: we want to see them all.
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Lights out! The glow in the dark beads give the bottom of our chair legs a ghostly glow.
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