How To Make Dollhouse Roof Shingles

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How to make dollhouse roof shingles.

My son came up with idea to make the dollhouse roof shingles from sandpaper. Use this technique on your fairy house gnome home or regular dollhouse. Let s make some shingles for the roof today i m going to show you how i made shingles using cardboard from a box. If you want to give it a try read on.

How to dye dollhouse shingles. If a shingle is going to abut a feature cut it to size before attaching it. In this tutorial learn how to make shingles and put the finishing touches on a tudor style house. The doll house you re creating needs all the details of a full size home to look its very best but sometimes those details are complicated to make.

Here s an easy solution to putting shingles on your doll house roof without having to invest in expensive supplies or special tools. There were a few spots that didn t make sense the first time through. I also show how i attach them and how i paint them. Many roof lines have windows chimneys dormers and other features that make laying wood dollhouse shingles a little tricky.

This video will take you step by step through the shingles and you will have a fantastic toy or collectible in no time. There are many different styles of dollhouses out there and they are all beautiful. So i did have to read some of them over several times before i figured out what the instructions were. There is a great sense of accomplishment when you make one of these classic toys from scratch.

There are lots of great shingles you can buy from commercial dollhouse suppliers. I chose to make my roof a woodsy color but you can choose any color you wish. Have an x acto knife on hand. To make this possible use a half shingle to start your even numbered rows.