*Finished!!* Website for building...

[yvonnahenna]

Anybody here knows a good website where I can find drawings for building a princescastle from wood.
My oldest will turn 6 in juni, and she wants a princes castle for the playmobil for her b-day. But it's to expensive. This one costs around $134.85 And it really is pretty small,

Backside, see it's pretty small.

So now we want to make it ourself. MDFwood is not that expensive, I'll paint it lightpurple (That's what she wants LOL ) with glitters.
For my parents and people that are coming she wants the bedroom, dressroom, diningroom and so on from princes playmobil LOL

But now I'm looking for a nice easy drawing for building a castle.
For dutch website I can't find a very usefull. So maybe people here know a website?

 

[petey111]

I know nothing about building things, but have you considered buying one off of eBay or used on Amazon? (I assume they have Dutch sellers too.) I have started to realize that my son is just as happy with a cool used toy as he is with a brand new out of the box one.

 

[mrstoa]

Every little girl's dream a purple castle with glitters!
I wish I could help - maybe a google search for castle blueprints?

 

[mrstoa]

I just did a quick search on Bing - using children's instructions building castle.
Hope this will help?

http://www.artistshelpingchildren.org/buildingstownscitiesartscraftstideasprojectskids.html

http://wittkitts.com/medieval-castle-fst.htm

 

[yvonnahenna]

Sara, that's what I was looking for at Marktplaats. Dutch site like ebay.

The people ask for this castle about $98.08
Than I'd rather buy a new one which is a littlebit more LOL

I figured a wooden dollhouse/castle will be for the playmobil now, but maybe it can be used for some other things as well.
Cousin from me used her dollhouse for the Little People from fisherprice, after that for Playmobil, now for Petshop toys LOL

 

[yvonnahenna]

J, thanks for the websites!!
What a fun site is the 'artisthelpingchilderen!'
I added it into my favorites.

I tried drawing a normal castle, and I think we will make it like that. I'll show a picture when (or should I say IF)it's finished!

 

[petey111]

Can't wait to see it!!!

 

[yvonnahenna]

So i wrote I would show a picture,
Here are a few LOL

I drew the castle. We went to the do-it-yourself-shop here, gave the guy a note with the sizes of wood we needed. DH took out windows and doors himself.

I.mke: are you SURE this will be a castle daddy?? LOL

HUbby has to put every thing together. I will paint it one more time. We need to put the roof on, and the edge from the castle. (bwahahah no Idea how I should call that!)
And finish it with glitterpaint!

I think we finish it sooner than we thought. Her b-day is on june 13th LOL

 

[LaurieW]

gorgeous- what a wonderful series of shots for a layout!

 

[timounette]

wow wonderful casttle !
What a great birthday present... made with LOVE !

 

[clarabear]

That is awesome!!! You guys did good!! Your girls have gotten soooooo big. Wow!!

 

[Bush Girl]

That's SOOOOO cool, well done you!

 

[yvonnahenna]

Thanks ladies!!
I'm sure she will like it. She could watch everything untill hubby put 1 thing together. Now she has to wait until it's her birthday LOL

 

[wombat146]

Yvon what a brilliant thing to do!! she will TREASURE that present for years and years to come!!! actually watching it being built JUST FOR HER!! There will not be another like it anywhere in the world!!! how very precious!!! and I share her birthday (June 13) so she hasn't got long to wait now!! and yes, it would make a fabulous two page layout for her to remember in years to come!!! woot!!!

 

[trista]

Yvon... this is fantastic!! WOW! Very inspiring!! I can't wait to see the final castle!

 

[petey111]

I am sooo impressed!!!!! Fantastic job. And Ona's right. She will treasure it for years to come!!

 

[Madi]

love the designing paper!! I remember Diddle from a few years back, all girls here were trading papers!!
the castle looks great! can't wait to see it finished and filled up with princes and princesses!

 

[yvonnahenna]

LOL Diane, a collega gave it to me. Her girls didn't like it anymore. It was all in a map with seperate plastic maps. They collected it also LOL

I used it because it was easy to use. 1 little square was 5cm in my eyes. I didn't need measuring stuff

 

[whatnext]

wowWOW!!! this is something that will last a lifetime and be passed down top you grandchildren! excellent!

 

[faerywings]

that is simply amazing!!!Its a gift that is more than just a castle- its a memory!

 

[Crafty Kacy]

Wow, this is so awesome, I can't wait to see it finished! What a great idea.

 

[hondachicc]

HOW AWESOME!! this is beyond cool Yvon!! I agree this will be something she will treasure forever and then be able to pass on to her own children!!!

 

[yvonnahenna]

thanks ladies!!
Actually we wanted to paint the roof dark purple. But I used paint on waterbase. And the dark purple (small cans) are only terpentinebase. I can't use that on waterbase paint!
Damn.. So now I only need to paint the glitters on

 

[clarabear]

Make sure topost the end result for us. Love this!!

 

[yvonnahenna]

I definately will

 

[yvonnahenna]

I'm going to paint the edges tomorrow. And probably sunday the glitters. She's with my brother in law to a big playground on sunday. So easy to finish it

 

[ViVre]

FABULOUS, Yvon, ............ wat een fantastisch kado!!
En straks nóg een keer feest om het in te richten en de poppetjes/meubeltjes etc te sparen.
SUPER

 

[yvonnahenna]

Yeah!!
FINISHED :cheer2:

 

[dwsewbiz]

So cool!! I am sure she will love it! I would

 

[Dumpty]

OMG ... this is gorgeous ! such an awesome creative adventure ... and such a fantastic result ...
you guys can be proud !!!!