The Card Table Playhouse

Last summer I came across a picture of a card table playhouse on Pintrest.

Such an adorable idea for a little girl! I immediately decided I simply had to make one for my little niece. I thought if I started it now I could easily get it done by Christmas, and I would only use the scrap and extra fabric I had on hand. That part made my husband very happy! So I asked my brother and sister-in-law if they had a little table that would work for such a project. I think they were a little confused as to what I wanted, and I decided that they didn't have a table. So I put the idea on hold until I could figure out a solution to the no table problem.

Until 3 weeks before Christmas. So very typical of me! Still didn't have a table, still determined to make it, still looking for ideas. I had come across another idea which used tension rods in the hallway to hold up a playhouse but I liked the card table idea better. So I called up my mom and it turns out they had a card table they never use! Problem solved!

Then I googled card house playhouses. I didn't realize they could be so detailed! They have an inside and a outside! That is when I realized I should have started back in August like I had planned. With only a couple weeks to get it done I knew I had to make it fairly simple or I'd never get it done in time for Christmas. My husband was working evenings so after the kids went to bed I got to work. I finished it Christmas Eve morning!

Christmas was at my house, so the plan was for my parents to bring the table but unfortunately they didn't have room for it. We had to set the playhouse up on some chairs for my niece :)



I was promised pictures so I could see what it looked like set up, and I just got them today!

The outside - the mail box opens,



every girl needs a flower garden,



and an apple tree!



and being a farm girl I knew she would want her own sheep!



The inside - pockets to hide her treasures,





a cozy fireplace with a family portrait,



and a teddy bear of course!



My niece loves it!









It turned out so well I'll have to make another one! There are so many different ideas, and I still have lots of fabric to use up!