Miniature DIY Projects & Kits
Project Tutorials
- Mary's Menus Projects
- MSAT Project Pages
- Mini Pearls
- Storybook Miniatures Projects
- Tips & Tricks Index Page
- MIghty Minis Tips
- DIY Projects
- Butterfly Dreams DIY Projects
- On-the-Scene DIY Projects
- Victoria Miniland Projects
- Pamela Scott Miniatures
- Frances Armstrong Toys in Miniature
- About.com Miniatures
- Abigail's Fantasy Dolls
- Open Directory: Dollhouse Miniature Projects
- MiniWizz
- More needlework projects & patterns...
- Keith Walker's Projects
- Making Stone from Foam
- Making a Wood Planter
- Making a Stone Floor
- Printies-Projects-Tips
- Mini Minute Projects
~ This site is one of my favorites, put together by Mary Eccher. Projects include the easter egg scene, a variety of pies, puddings, drinks and stews. Also instructions for pizza, canning veggies, and a witch's brew!
~ A wealth of project instructions for making and dressing dolls, from painting shoes to making Elizabethan neck ruffs.
~ Very nice projects include an adorable fishing creel, decorated Christmas wreath, pheasant-feather hat, carpetbags, and an oak tree.
~ Instructions for a garden topiary, a jack-in-the-box, a framed painting, and dressing a doll, as well as a number of printies.
~ From Hirst Arts Fantasy Architecture, over 60 tips & tricks for building & landscaping. Intended for 25-30mm (1"+) figures, but ideas can be adapted to many scales. Learn how to make doors and stained glass windows, rocky landscapes, dungeon diorams and gothic fountains, and so much more!
~ 32 projects and ideas, from bird baths to welcome mats.
~ 25 projects including clothing, crafts, holiday items, toys, bathroom accessories, and more.
~ Projects include clothing, mirrors, furniture, toys, and more.
~ Another great site for projects & printies: instructions for food, holiday items, topiary, rustic fireplace, jewelry, pet items, and lots more.
~ Learn to make stained glass, egg carton stone walls, bonsai plants, a variety of foods including candy apples, and other items. Great resource.
~ Learn to make ¼" (1:48) scale gardening accessories, holiday items, and more.
~ 1:144 scale projects - dollhouse for a dollhouse size! Toothpick toys including boats, drums, and dolls; tiny houses; and shops in matchboxes.
~ A variety of changing projects & articles, as well as info about building & electrifying a dollhouse.
~ Patterns & instructions for a ball mask, rocking horse & hobby horse, and a tiny teddy bear. Doll kits for sale as well.
~ Extensive annotated list of project & printie sites. Enough to keep you busy for years!
~ Projects include flagstone & laminate tile floor, copper stove hood, casting bricks, mitering wood, and making miniature bows.
~ Don't miss even more projects, kits & patterns in the TreeFeathers DIY Needlework section!
~ Chain mail, rustic wood fire surround, hinged modesty screen, and a grandfather clock . Great tips for creating realistic distress and tool marks on your miniatures. Don't miss the photos of Keith's amazing miniature period furniture and roomboxes!
~ Nancy teaches you how to create a variety of stone types from styrofoam and builders foam. Make your own birdbaths, garden benches, and fabulous brick and slate floorings.
~ This tutorial from Grazhina shows you how to make a lovely plant box stand.
~ Another tutorial from Grazhina, this one teaches a stone floor technique using drywall compound.
~ A huge list of annotated links to printies and projects on the web.
~ Tutorials for a Mexican hacienda, accessories for bedroom, office and garden, furniture, and Egyptian items.
- Free Doll House Plans - How to Build A Dollhouse
- Let's Build A Dollhouse
- Butterfly Dreams - shoe tutorial
- Gisele's Miniature Creations Tutorials
~ This large dollhouse could be finished as a castle, apartment building, or shops - the sky is the limit!
~ Instructions and plans for building an English style dollhouse.
~ Instructions for making a pair of fancy strapless high-heeled sandals. Cute!
~ Great tutorials in china painting, doll sculpting and assembly, wigging, and making shoes, jewelry, and parasols.
Sources for Kits
- KITZ! Miniatures ~ Tons of cool kitz for just about anything you might want to make! Also a great source for hard-to-find mini craft supplies & tools.
- sdk miniatures ~ Nice kits for plants, furniture, and structures in several scales. Items may also be purchased completed.
- Buttercup Miniatures ~ Great kits & patterns for period clothing, accessories & toys. Unique items, many miniature knitting and crochet patterns and supplies. Also many 1:24 (½") scale items.
- Miniature Luxuries & Papers ~ Decals to design your own "handpainted" miniature furniture, rooms and accessories. Available in 1" and ½" scales. Also wallpaper, fabric and rugs.
- Victoria Miniland ~ Very nice furniture kits.
- Lavish Miniatures ~ Home of the "Bloomin' Easy" flower and plant kits, as well as kits for a variety of furniture, toys, and other accessories.
- Laser Bits n' Kits from Cynthia Howe Miniatures ~ A brand new collection of precision laser cut accessories and kits. Beautiful elaborate picture frames, customizable shop signs, buttons & sewing supplies, wonderful clocks and furniture kits... and all for great prices!
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