First you need a large, empty matchbox.

Find some decorative paper that looks like it would make good-looking bedding …

… and wrap up the matchbox like a birthday present.  Then find another matchbox.

Measure it and mark the middle.

Take out the drawer and cut the insides and outsides in half.

Now you have two drawers.  Put them back in.  They’re going to provide the Andersons with under-bed storage space.

Cut out some more of the decorative paper and stick it to the front of the drawers.

Tape the drawers together, side by side, ….

…. and stick the ‘mattress’ on top of them.

Now you need some pillows:

Find a scrap of pretty material.  Cut it, fold it (right sides together), sew it (leaving one side open), and …

… turn it right side out, stuff it with cut up bits of rag, or yarn or whatever soft stuff you’ve got lying around, and sew up the open side.

My bed still needed something more to make it cozy so I found this lovely beaded doily (the kind used to protect a glass of lemonade from flies at the picnic) and thought it would make a lovely bedspread.

And I knitted a little blanket for warmth.

Et voilà!

Now I must get the floor done!

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