TO MAKE A DOUBLE STROLLER (SIDE-BY-SIDE STYLE):

1. Cut the faces of two painted boxes. They should be as close to identical as possible. We use the cut-out face from the first as a template for the second.


2. Cut four craft sticks at the same angle and location, approximately one third from the top. Use one of them as a template to make sure they are as close to identically cut as possible.


3. Glue two of the cut sticks to either side of a whole craft stick. This will become the middle leg of the stroller, between the two seats.


4. Using this middle piece as a template, glue one of the remaining cut craft sticks to one side of a whole stick, to match one side of this middle piece, and the other remaining craft stick to the opposite side of a whole craft stick to match the other side of this middle piece. 


5. Glue a piece of craft stick, cut to fit to each of the three shapes. For the middle piece, glue this piece in between the two angled pieces.


6. Paint the shapes and allow to dry.


7. Glue the middles of matching twist-ties to the bottom third of the inside of the painted boxes to form the seat belts.
8. Create a folded towel liner, and locate fabric scraps. For our double strollers, we used a 6.5" square of cotton, cut in half, to make two identical 3.25"x6.5" strips. 


9. Cut the folded towel to size and glue the fabric, (as described above in the single stroller instructions) to make a pair of matching upholstered stroller seat cushions. 


10. Glue the completed cushions on top of the twist ties inside the seats.


11. Glue the completed, cushioned seats, to either side of the dried, painted, middle piece.


12. Glue the two side pieces to the outer sides of the two seats. It is important to test this before gluing, to make sure it stands on its own, with all six "feet" touching the work
    surface when the stroller stands alone. If it teeters a bit, it can be fixed by mounting the wheels a bit lower than the feet to adjust, but the toy will last longer and be more durable if this can be avoided.


13. Cut another craft stick to the width of the back of the stroller, to add another truss. Glue it to the back of the double stroller and paint it.


14. When using metal washers as wheels, clothespins on both sides of each wheel make great clamps. 


15. Done! 

TO MAKE A DOUBLE STROLLER (FRONT-TO-BACK STYLE):

1. Cut the faces from two matching painted boxes, and cut four identical diagonally cut craft sticks.


2. Make two pair of mirror image upside-down-Y-shapes, and attach them at the tips, to result in two mirror-imaged but identically-angled and sized M shapes. I like to use the edge of the counter to help align them. 


3. Glue them into their M-shapes, one M-shape at a time, using the first as a template (flipped over) to get the angles to match as much as possible.


4. Glue a whole craft stick along the bottom edge of each M-shape.


5. Paint the shapes and allow them to dry. 


6. Glue twist-ties as seat belts to the inside of the two seats.


7. Make upholstered seat cushions using paper towel and fabric scraps (as described above) and glue in place. Glue the two completed seats to one of the shapes.


8. Glue the other shape to the other side of the pair of seats.
9. Glue on wheels, and you're good to go!

For making many strollers, it helps to do each step in assembly-line fashion, for mass production:

The hardest part for us, is making enough strollers in the right colors to satisfy the crowd.