Tips to Decorate a Homemade Toy Baby Bed

Place small toy animals in the baby bed. If the bed is very small, make the toys even smaller to remain in proportion to the bed. Some key-chain stuffed animals are small enough to fit in a toy baby bed.

Choose the type of fabric that you intend to use. Baby colors are often bright pastels, but if you want a very realistic bed, use louder colors that the toy baby would more likely perceive if she were real. Fabric with very small images on it, such as tiny puppies, will look proportional to the miniature bed. Make sure the details on the bedding contrast each other so they stand out.

Use a ruler to measure out the length and width of the baby bed. Use these dimensions to cut out fabric and foam that are slightly smaller than the bed so it will fit. Put the foam in the bed to make it look soft and plush.

Place the fabric over the foam to serve as bedding. Tuck the edges of the bedding in. If the bedding does not stay in the baby bed, use a glue suitable for the type of material you used to make the bed. For example, if you used balsa wood, choose a glue that expands when it dries, since balsa wood is porous and will absorb part of the glue.

Roll up small amounts of fabric and place them at the edges of the baby bed. These bits of fabric serve as padding so the toy baby does not roll into the sides of the crib and hurt himself. Use the same fabric that you used for the bedding to give it a uniform look.

Drape small pieces of transparent fabric on the corners of the bed and glue part of the fabric to the bed. If the headboard is too small to drape the fabric, measure fabric so that it has one-third the length of the bed and 1 1/2 times the width.

Cut out a square of the fabric and warp it to form an arch. Glue or staple the corners of the fabric to the top of the bed, and glue the edge of the fabric closest to the headboard to form a covering. This covering blocks intense sunlight that would overwhelm a real baby.