We’re at that stage of toddlerhood the place her major function in life is to position an object in a single factor, switch that issue elsewhere, take it out as soon as extra, and repeat this course of principally with out finish! She loves the little picket procuring cart we acquired for her to position points in, nevertheless it has mounted wheels which is likely to be huge and the cart is a bit heavy, so it’s extra sturdy for her to point out and maneuver than I’d love. Since her completely different good love correct now are all her “infants,” (her little stuffed Lovie animals she sleeps with) I assumed a lighter DIY little one doll stroller could possibly be plenty of gratifying to push them spherical in and together with caster wheels would moreover make it easier for her to maneuver. It’d look troublesome, nevertheless it’s quite quite a bit easier than you’d assume since I did all the laborious parts of figuring out the size for you—haha, you’re welcome!
Supplies:
-wooden boards which is likely to be 3/4″ thick and 1.5″ huge (see diagram for the lengths of board wished)
-small caster wheel set with 2 that swivel and a few which is likely to be mounted (each these or these)
-paint
-fabric for sling part of stroller and straight pins (I used this print throughout the canvas risk)
-sewing machine
-3/4″ dowel rod (see diagram for the lengths of rod wished)
-drill
-hole seen bits in 3/4″ dimension (or you can purchase a package deal with plenty of sizes)
-wood glue
–chop seen or jig seen or hand seen
–protractor to hunt out 45° angle if not using a chop seen
–2″ huge picket circles (you’ll need 4 stacks which is likely to be about 3/4″ thick, I used 4 per stack and glued them collectively)
-glue
-1 1/4″ screws and 1/2″ screws
First, you’ll want to reduce the 45° angles in your 4 major stroller boards. It’s essential to use the guides in your chop seen for this or use a protractor to trace the angle after which use your jig seen or hand seen to adjust to the highway. Then, measure up from the longest part of the angled excessive to the acceptable measurement (see the diagram above) and decrease a straight line on the excessive so you should have two prolonged boards and two shorter boards that appear just like the above.
Once you’ve decrease your boards and dowel rods, it’s time to drill the holes! Use your drill and hole seen bit to drill 3/4″ holes into the locations specified throughout the diagram. Attempt to coronary heart the holes as best you might and drill as straight down as potential to stay away from the holes from being crooked, and as a result of this truth your rods may sit throughout the physique crooked as correctly. As quickly as your gadgets appear to be the above image, it’s time to paint your gadgets and switch on to the fabric half whereas they dry!
For the fabric part of your stroller you’ll have to fold over your materials so it’s double thick (with the printed sides going by each other) and decrease a rectangle that is 9″ x 23″. Sew all the best way by which throughout the sting with a 1/2″ seam allowance and depart a 4″ gap so you might flip your materials correct facet out. 
Flip your materials correct facet out via the opening (you might clip the sides off your corners sooner than turning in order that they aren’t as cumbersome as quickly as they’re turned) and press your seams flat.
Sew all the best way by which spherical your materials rectangle with a 1/4″ seam allowance. This will help your materials lay flat and likewise will shut up the 4″ gap you turned your materials via a few steps previously.
Fold the best and bottom edge beneath and sew a channel opening that’s sufficiently large to get one amongst your 1/2″ rods via as throughout the image above. 
Be a part of the three 10″ rods into the three holes on the 23″ prolonged boards to create the cope with and the interior part of the physique with the fabric already on the underside and heart rungs. The match should be pretty tight significantly in the event you occur to painted your picket, so I put barely glue into each hole after which use a hammer to faucet each rung into the opening for a comfortable match. Attempt to faucet them straight in so your physique doesn’t end up crooked.
For the shorter outer part of the physique, repeat the glueing and tapping course of with the 11.5 dowel and the 12″ prolonged sides and gives the glue a few minutes to set.
Slide the shorter outer physique over the interior physique a few inches above the interior physique’s bottom rung as above and wiggle it spherical until every models of angled toes sit flush with the underside. As quickly as you uncover that spot, make certain the place is even on all sides and drill two holes into the cross half the place they overlap to attach the frames with 1 1/4″ screws. In case you predrill your holes for this (which I would extraordinarily suggest), mark your drill bit with tape 1 1/4″ from the underside of the bit so that you just don’t endure to the alternative facet. Repeat the strategy on the alternative sides so the physique is securely in place.
Given that swivel caster wheels have an even bigger {{hardware}} base than the picket physique, I had in order so as to add one factor to the underside that was huge adequate to mount the wheels onto, and tall adequate to utilize a 1/2″ screw to attach the wheels. I ended up stacking and gluing some 2″ huge circle discs to make a 3/4″ tall cylinder, painting them, and attached these to the underside of each leg with a 1 1/4″ screw. As quickly as that they had been all on, I would use my 1/2″ screws to attach each wheel to the bases. Keep in mind, swivel wheels go throughout the entrance, and caught wheels go throughout the once more, like a procuring cart. As quickly because the wheels are on, correctly, you’re capable of play!
As you might even see, correctly, she loves it! She has as a lot as 5 completely completely different buddies that she stuffs into it at one time, and I actually like that the wheels flip merely for her and it’s light so she is going to maneuver and even determine it up if she must. I’m moreover glad I chosen a canvas-type materials that has some texture to it and added the doorway bar so her infants would maintain throughout the stroller increased with all of the quick toddler driving strikes. I get quite a bit delight out of seeing her utterly happy to play with one factor I made for her. Hope you get a chance to make this for one amongst your little ones too! xo. Laura
