Up Scaling My Mini Baby Furniture Series Two

- October 21, 2026

I live in a 1:6 scale (Barbie) world when it comes to my dioramas. The My Mini Baby by Zuru and now the Miniverse Babies by MGA work well as newborn/ first couple of month old babies. Miniverse come more with accessories than furniture and the accessories I have so far are a good size. With My Mini Baby as with the Mini brands food it is hit and miss with the scale all over the place.

Series two

Highchair ...

Nope this one is a donation to the smaller dolls. I guess you could put it on something and use it but looks odd.

You could however remove the top part and make the base into a plant stand.

I cut of the little knob at the front and filled the two holes at the back with hot glue.

I then painted it, you could spray or hand paint with acrylic paint. I took mine apart but I think if spraying it's best to have in in one piece.

OK, so it's raining I can't get out to my doll room to look for plants!

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Scales...

yes it's a good size (but who wants to be weighing the baby all the time?)

You could paint it to make in more realistic

It could also be used in a vet diorama

Or in a grocers

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Paddling pool...

Yes, I think you can make it work (although baby would be a little young maybe?)

Also could work as a dog pool (or cat)

To cool off your feet on a hot day

Or to keep your drinks cool at a party?

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Double buggy...

A donation item to the little ones, BUT you do get two babies for the price of one AND they have clothes.

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Crib...

Now this is a fun one you can do a lot with this one.

As it is it's way to small for fashion dolls

but with a few adjustments you can do all sorts

It could make a play pen for baby or pets by not adding the ball.

Cut a circle to the inner size.

I used paper to get the template and then used it to trace a circle on 3mm foam board (but you could use a few layers of cardboard, it just needs to be ridged.

Then cover with vinyl wrap or fabric. Cut snips out so it covers better. I used hot glue to fix it to the board.

You can cover the silicone mats and add a little padding to make the cots more comfy. I gave this cot more height by placing it on a Miniverse table.

My mum crocheted this cot set for me

If you doubled up the cots, just put one on top of the other. You could use blue-tac instead of glue it can still go back to two cots if you want.

(strange but true, I did not notice the baby I used was the bunny baby and matched the wallpaper until I reviewed the photos)

Doubled up and you have the right height for fashion dolls.

As the rail comes in pieces you can make the cot bigger ...

I used eight pieces for my cots.

I gave the cot legs buy hot gluing golf tee-pegs they measure 8cm.

I then cut 5mm wood dowels to size and hot glued them into place,

and then I painted them white.

To make a larger pad (as the ball will not fit) I cut a round to size, you might need to make adjustments until it fits loosely inside. As shown in the small ball photos.

Then cut a circle of fabric so it is larger than the board.

Next cut a circle of wadding to the same size as the board and hot glue it to the board.

Place the board on the fabric with the wadding in between and snip around the edge of the fabric.Then hot glue the fabric to the board, if you are using a stretch fabric pull it a little as you go.

Now you can either go around it with the hot glue and make sure edges are glued down or cover with a smaller piece of fabric to give a more finished look (not that anyone will see it)