Craft a Sunny Little Ball Pit

The tiny doll inside our homemade doll pit seen from three angles.

One cherry tomato container clean and ready to use.

        You can make a sunny little ball pit from a cherry tomato container for your doll's nursery.         

       I chose to use this recycled container because of it's transparent walls and dome shape. Doll mamas can keep a close watch on their little ones through it's walls while they play!

Supply List:

• cherry tomato container
• Styrofoam balls
• one yellow felt square 
• hot glue gun and hot glue
• masking tape 
• light weight cardboard

Step-by-Step Directions:

1. Clean the container with warm soap and water after the tomatoes have been eaten.
2. Remove the top part of the container to work on the bottom first.
3. With a small pair of sharp scissors, cut out the large bulbous dome from the bottom half of the container. This is very easy to remove and has a tacky lip on it that will stick easily to the top of the transparent lid. Just add a bit more glue to the lip and position this firmly onto the top of the container.
4. Now cut a round piece of cardboard to fill the space at the bottom of the container neatly with glue. Don't forget to cover this surface completely with masking tape.
5. Cut circle felt pieces to cover both inside and outside of the lower half of the container. the felt pieces should be slightly larger than the cardboard bottom.
6. Cut a long piece of felt to also cover the sides of the lower part of the container.
7. Hot glue on this long narrow, felt strip first. 
8. Clip the excess felt and turn this under the bottom of the container gluing it neatly as you work your way around the bottom.
9. Glue on one of the felt circles to cover this edge.
10. Glue the other felt circle to the inside of the container to cover the masked cardboard bottom.
11. Now cut an entry into one side of the transparent tomato top. 
12. Cut a thin strip of felt to line the edge of your opening.
13. Use the hot glue to firmly attach this felt to the outside opening of the doll's ball pit.
14. Fill the container with a doll and Styrofoam balls.

Left, You can see the masked cardboard bottom of the cherry tomato container here.
Right, Clip the excess felt and turn this under the bottom of the container
gluing it neatly as you work your way around the bottom.

• Watch out! cats love ball pits too!
• Ball pit fun.