How To Make Dollhouse Siding

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How to make dollhouse siding.

The right hand side is original. Please follow my facebook page for more miniature madness. Apply clear epoxy. Once i decided to make my dollhouse victorian siding became an important factor.

It s a lot more time consuming to install whether your house is full sized or dollhouse sized but it adds so much authenticity if it s done right. Here s my old victorian. This is a tutorial that will show you how to mark your lines so your siding can be even once hung. Dollhouse siding guide many people choose to apply siding to their dollhouse to create a more realistic and detailed look.

Use a utility blade to. How to make dollhouse clapboard siding step 1. Remove the sheet and cut along the pencil lines with your knife. This video will show you how and what you need to install siding on your miniature dollhouse exterior.

Wooden coffee stirrers craft sticks and tongue depressors all make good clapboard once you trim the round ends and decide whether or not to stain weather or paint them. Cut a piece of rigid craft foam or very thin styrofoam r to the dimensions of each side of your doll house. That said i bet this how to sand dollhouse clapboard siding could apply to the kind of clapboard siding that you buy as a sheet and attach to a shell that doesn t have it. Select the material.

Dye cut tab and slot doll houses usually come with birch veneer wood strip siding in 12 inch long pieces. That said i m going to bet this how to doesn t apply to clapboard siding you make on your own as in one board at a time. There are many options of materials for siding. Hold or temporarily tape your siding sheet in place then using a pencil mark any doors and windows from inside the dollhouse to indicate your cutting lines.

Cut your choice of siding material to the lengths needed to lay across each foam side panel. It is usually easier to first cut along the vertical lines then across the horizontal lines. Please follow my facebook page for more miniature madn. How to make siding for a doll house step 1.

Nov 15 2013 the scale of your dollhouse matters when selecting materials to make clapboard siding for your dollhouse.