Craft a Faux Stainless Steel Doll House Sink

Barbie sized paper towels and toilet paper balance on a
soap dish rack converted into an entire doll sink counter.

        This stainless steel, doll house sink is made from upcycled house hold things. The sink itself was formerly a 1/4 cup measuring cup used for baking and the steel frame once held shampoo, conditioner etc... The custom miniature toilet supplies are made from the very materials they are intended to copy. The toilet paper rolls and paper towels are cut and shaped from life sized toilet paper rolls and paper towel rolls and the tiny tissue box was made from the cardboard and tissue of an actual box of Kleenex.

       A modern sink like this one, is perfect for display in a contemporary doll house bathroom. Later, when I have finished more furnishings for a modern bathroom, I will show you how it looks inside of our doll house display.

Supply List:

• stainless steel measuring cups
• stainless steel soap dish dispenser or display unit
• aluminum foil tape (industrial)
• masking tape
• heavy cardboard
• wood glue
• buttons and plastic ring for the faucet
• tiny sharp scissors with a sharp point (ask for adult help)
• silver spray paint 
• hot glue gun and glue
• white school glue

Step-by-Step Instructions:

1. Clean all soap residue from the items you intend to work with.
2. Turn the soap display unit upside down and trace around it's outer edge with a pencil on top of a thick piece of cardboard. 
3. Trace around the outer edge of the 1/4 cup measure on top of the cardboard bathroom counter top. I positioned one single sink in the middle of the counter for my bathroom counter, but you could choose to cut two sinks if you prefer.
4. Cut out the cardboard and repeat step two and three in order to cut two identical counter tops. Then glue these together with wood glue.
5. Tear a very narrow strip of masking tape to adhere to the outside edge of your measuring cup. You must have a 1/4 inch masked area along the rim of the measuring cup in order to successfully stick the small steel bowl down between the cut cardboard holes of the sink counter. 
6. Squeeze a bit of wood glue along the inside edge of the cut hole before firmly pushing the measuring cup part down through the opening. Let this part of the assembly dry thoroughly over night.
7. Now you are ready to wrap the entire sink counter in aluminum foil tape. I wrapped together the edges of the cardboard counter onto the first wire rung of my soap dispenser with small strips of tape to insure that the top of my lavatory would stick to it's cardboard counter.
8. Then I wrapped the entire counter top on top and underneath with the aluminum tape.
9. I had to trim out the covered sink cup with a tiny pair of scissors. Then I carefully folded a small edge of tape over the edge of the sink.
10. Hot glue the cut plastic ring and button knobs to the sink counter after spray painting these silver.
11. Use white school glue to add in a small snap for the drain. Hot glue may cause a filming looking mess in this case, but the white glue if pooled will dry clearer and look more like water. It takes several days for this glue to dry before you can see the sink's drain, so be patient.

Left, a up-close look at the toiletries balanced on the stainless steel rack beneath the sink.,
Center is a view of the sink from above. Right, is looking at the doll sink from the backside view.

Left, is the 1/4 cup measure with it's handle removed. Center, is the cut cardboard counter top with
the sink hole trimmed out., Right, is the stand/dispenser made to hold bathroom supplies such as:
 soft soap, shampoo, conditioner etc...

Left, Use white school glue to add in a small snap for the drain. Center, Cover the snap completely.
Right, It takes several days for this glue to dry before you can see the sink's drain, so be patient.