Stroller Parade is a vibrant and colorful festival of baby strollers where parents decorate strollers in a variety of creative ways. The author of today's photo report also decided to take part in the holiday and, together with her husband, make an iron throne from the series “Game of Thrones” for her little son.
The author writes: For every parent, his children are princes and princesses, so when a friend suggested taking part in the stroller parade, it was immediately decided that our stroller would become a throne. And what exactly was not the question at all. The thing is, our family loved Game of Thrones long before it became mainstream. It was with this book, then not yet filmed, that I began to meet the man who became my husband.
We spent long hours discussing what we had read. Together we waited for the release of new books, arguing about what would happen next. Perhaps it was in these disputes that a strong feeling arose from which our family grew.
Making a throne from an everyday stroller was very problematic, because mom has time when the children are not at home. Which means there is no stroller. A neighbor turned up very lucky when she was on her way to throw out an old broken stroller left over from her children. The stroller was stained with glue and paint, it was missing a bumper and a hood, but for my purposes it was perfect.
I won’t talk about how I put it on the “move”, because it’s out of place. I'll start by strengthening the seat with boards. I glued the sushi sticks to the sides of the stroller with a hot gun. This will be the basis for the armrests. 
Next you need to make the base. I decided to make it from cardboard from boxes. Somehow there was a tube of Moment glue in the photo, but in reality everything was attached using a hot gun. 
The real Iron throne is a seat that is not comfortable and even dangerous, but for children comfort is paramount. The armrests and seat were wrapped in soft foam. In the store it is sold as insulation. It, like most of the other materials I used here, remained after the renovation. 
It was necessary to close the stroller as much as possible. In some places it was quite problematic to use cardboard. I decided to combine it with a thin laminate underlay. It is very light, attaches perfectly to the pistol and makes it much easier to bend around the convex-concave elements of the stroller.
Some places, for example, around handles, are problematic to cover even with backing. I simply covered them with masking tape and overlapped them. 
I made a platform on top where the crown of swords would be attached.
So, the base is ready. The outline of the stroller is already similar to a chair.
Now fortification. It was very important to me that the design was safe for children. So that they can at least jump on the stroller and nothing happens to either the children or the “throne”.
I decided that I would strengthen it in a combined way. 
At the beginning there is papier-mâché. There is a nuance here. The substrate has zero absorbency, which is why it is good as a substrate, but in this case it is a huge minus. I even regretted that I was too lazy to cover everything with cardboard, but there is still a way out. Work quickly and with a fan.
I used toilet paper and construction PVA with a thickener diluted 1:1 with water. I applied a strip of paper and sprayed it with an adhesive solution from a spray bottle. Under the fan, all this had time to dry out and held up perfectly. Thus, everything was covered except the seat and armrests 
The second stage is epoxy coating.
Ideally, you would need fiberglass or glass mat. But I had absolutely no time to go after them.
I settled on wrapping the entire stroller with sickle tape and coating it with epoxy resin. The hardness result was excellent. And I used serpyanka that was already unnecessary, and I didn’t have to spend money on glass mat. 
While the epoxy was drying, I cut out the upholstery for the seat from leatherette. She was glued partly with Moment, partly with the same glue gun.
I attached seat belts to the seat boards with screws and brought them out through the leatherette. I left the straps that were originally on this stroller. I just colored it in with a permanent marker.
Then a second layer of resin would have been needed, but it had too much of a smell. The weather did not allow us to work outside, we do not have a balcony, and my husband categorically refused to continue spending the night with my mother. Therefore, with the third layer I simply bandaged everything and soaked the bandages in PVA. 
After it was completely dry, I let the kids play with this structure. The future throne passed the test of strength with a bang! No matter how they climbed on it, nothing bent or spoiled anywhere.
It's time to start decorating!
There are also a couple of sheets of Penoplex left from the above repair.
Swords will be made from it! 
Penoplex, like any other foam material, can be cut with anything. Even with a kitchen knife. But I need it quickly and a lot. So I sawed it with a jigsaw.
It was necessary to cut the entire leaf into strips. 
Then these strips turned into swords. This was the moment I feared most. But in fact, everything turned out to be very simple. First, the corners are cut off with a stationery knife, forming a point. And then the strip is trimmed on the sides to give it the shape of a blade.
Apparently I got busy here and forgot to photograph a very important moment. The way I installed the crown.
On the platform prepared for it, she drilled holes into which she inserted a sushi stick halfway along the length. I fixed them with hot glue. And she already put cut swords on them, each row of which was also coated with glue - both at the base and between each other. 
I got five rows in total. You see four in the photo. The fifth is at the back, for stability of the longest row. 
While gluing was in progress, the swords were covered with a layer of toilet paper soaked in a PVA solution.
The fact is that paint dissolves foam. This effect can be very interesting if you need a texture “a la” moss. But I needed a surface that was as similar as possible to melted steel. This means that each sword was methodically wrapped in paper. This could have been done before putting them in place, but, firstly, it would be difficult to dry them, and secondly, they constantly had to be trimmed and trimmed so that they would stand in a clear line.
The joint with the seat was covered with putty. I deliberately did not create a perfectly smooth connection. After all, according to legend, this throne was made not by furniture makers, but by blacksmiths who folded swords into shape and fused them together with the flame of a dragon.
It seemed to me that it should look more like a weld than a smooth transition. 
Next, not only red penoplex was used, but also a thin backing. We also cut strips with a utility knife and attached them with a glue gun. In places she intertwined them with the red ones. 
At first I selected the sides according to the composition. Temporarily secured them together with masking tape.
Afterwards, on the table, I corrected it according to the marks left. I glued them together, and attached the finished piece to a pre-painted base. I was worried that in the future it would be difficult to get paint under the voluminous layer of decor. 
The entire stroller, except the seat, was covered with a thick layer of toilet paper with PVA. Dried well and off to the yard for painting! 
I covered the seat with cellophane so as not to get it dirty.
I painted it from spray cans with paints of three colors. Aluminum, graphite and black.
From the flame, the steel should have turned black in places, but in places there should also be a shine. That's why I applied aluminum paint first. Then she jumped around the stroller, pretending to be a dragon breathing on the steel from a spray can!
I covered it with a layer of varnish, still from spray cans. I combined matte varnish with glossy. Photos, unfortunately, do not convey the full play of light, but in real life it turned out very bright and natural! 
All! The final touch is to add a dragon pendant to the center of the middle sword's apple. Selection of suits according to style. And the solemn procession at the parade itself. 
To create this throne, only toilet paper was specially purchased! Because it took a lot of it. As for the rest, except for the stroller, which was sent to the trash anyway, the remnants of materials after the repair were used, which it was a pity to throw away and there was nowhere to store them. 
Young fans of the A Song of Ice and Fire books and the Game of Thrones series based on them decided to take part in the stroller parade and built a completely unique stroller in the shape of the Iron Throne. To create her exclusive, the young mother used an old stroller, stained with glue and paint with broken parts, as well as everything that was left in the apartment after the renovation.
The seat was reinforced with boards. Sushi sticks, glued with a hot gun, became the basis for the armrests.
The basis of the future form is made of cardboard, also glued with a hot gun.
For comfort, the seat and armrests are wrapped with padding or soft foam.
To hide some parts of the stroller as much as possible, I had to use a thin backing under the laminate.
Places that were difficult to cover were covered with tape. At the top of the structure there was a platform for attaching swords.
A combined method was used for strengthening.
First, papier-mâché.
I used toilet paper and construction PVA with a thickener diluted 1:1 with water. I applied a strip of paper and sprayed it with an adhesive solution from a spray bottle. Under the fan, all this had time to dry out and held up perfectly. Thus, everything was covered except the seat and armrests.
The second stage is epoxy coating.
Ideally, you would need fiberglass or glass mat. But I had absolutely no time to go after them.
I settled on wrapping the entire stroller with sickle tape and coating it with epoxy resin. The hardness result was excellent. And I used serpyanka that was already unnecessary, and I didn’t have to spend money on glass mat.
While the epoxy was drying, I cut out the upholstery for the seat from leatherette. It was glued partly with “Moment”, partly with the same glue gun.
I attached seat belts to the seat boards with screws and brought them out through the leatherette. I left the straps that were originally on this stroller. I just colored it in with a permanent marker.
Then a second layer of resin would have been needed, but it had too much of a smell. The weather did not allow us to work outside, we do not have a balcony, and my husband categorically refused to continue spending the night with my mother. Therefore, with the third layer I simply bandaged everything and soaked the bandages in PVA.
After it was completely dry, I let the kids play with this structure. The future throne passed the test of strength with a bang! No matter how they climbed on it, nothing bent or spoiled anywhere.
It's time to start decorating!
There are also a couple of sheets of Penoplex left from the above repair.
Swords will be made from it!
Penoplex, like any other foam material, can be cut with anything. Even with a kitchen knife. But I need it quickly and a lot. So I sawed it with a jigsaw.
It was necessary to cut the entire leaf into strips.
Then these strips turned into swords. This was the moment I feared most. But in fact, everything turned out to be very simple. First, the corners are cut off with a stationery knife, forming a point. And then the strip is trimmed on the sides to give it the shape of a blade.
Apparently I got busy here and forgot to photograph a very important moment. The way I installed the crown.
On the platform prepared for it, she drilled holes into which she inserted a sushi stick halfway along the length. I fixed them with hot glue. And she already put cut swords on them, each row of which was also coated with glue - both at the base and between each other.
I got five rows in total. You see four in the photo. The fifth is at the back, for stability of the longest row.
While gluing was in progress, the swords were covered with a layer of toilet paper soaked in a PVA solution.
The fact is that paint dissolves foam. This effect can be very interesting if you need a texture “a la” moss. But I needed a surface that was as similar as possible to melted steel. This means that each sword was methodically wrapped in paper. This could have been done before putting them in place, but, firstly, it would be difficult to dry them, and secondly, they constantly had to be trimmed and trimmed so that they would stand in a clear line.
The joint with the seat was covered with putty. I deliberately did not create a perfectly smooth connection. After all, according to legend, this throne was made not by furniture makers, but by blacksmiths who folded swords into shape and fused them together with the flame of a dragon.
It seemed to me that it should look more like a weld than a smooth transition.
At first I selected the sides according to the composition. I temporarily held them together with masking tape.
Afterwards, on the table, I corrected it according to the marks left. I glued them together, and attached the finished piece to a pre-painted base. I was worried that in the future it would be difficult to get paint under the voluminous layer of decor.
The entire stroller, except the seat, was covered with a thick layer of toilet paper with PVA. Dried well and off to the yard for painting!
When a child appears in a family, many different things are bought for him, baths, basins, walkers, chairs, playpens. A baby stroller is also no exception, and models have to be changed throughout the child’s life. At first, it is more practical to use a cradle stroller, in which a newborn baby can sleep while walking.
Then the child needs a stroller in which he can sit comfortably, given that the child is still small and his spine is not strong, the back should be rigid, but the model should also have a transformation function. And when children grow up, for long trips it is best to take strollers or a cane stroller.
After using each of the stroller models, mothers usually clean and wash them and give them to their loved ones, those who have a baby, or sell them to buy a new one, more suitable for the child’s age.
But what to do if the stroller came to you in a fairly worn condition and there is no point in passing it on further. Is it possible to give a baby stroller a second life?
Let's look at several options for how to use an old baby stroller.
The simplest and most common solution is a trolley. It will come in handy at your summer cottage. You can use it to transport seedlings to the desired location, take out garbage, and even if you are not watering with a hose, then instead of carrying buckets of water, you can use an old stroller and plastic cans.
For those who are not afraid of difficulties and their hands are not afraid of work, I offer the option of a table on wheels. To do this, you need to remove the upper part of the stroller and use only the lower, metal structure to which the wheels are attached. This is where you need to attach the tabletop; you can use plywood or plastic for this. You can also make folding tables and chairs if you have several stroller frames. Here is a diagram of such a homemade product, there is a blog where you can find more detailed instructions.
But don’t rush to throw away the top part, because if you have a pet, the stroller will make a wonderful house for a cat or dog.
Cane strollers can be adapted to carry bags. If you don’t need it yourself, give it to your retired neighbors - it’s ideal for shopping trips to the market.
outdated toy stroller
And a completely original idea is to adapt the stroller under a flower bed or other hanging plants and even strawberries. Such a “flowerbed” can be moved around the site.
And finally, a photo of a mobile grill, the frame of a stroller was also used for it.
If you have any ideas for reusing a baby stroller. share it in the comments.
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