Welcome Welcome! In this post I’ll be sharing an easy DIY Dollhouse miniature tutorial where I will go through how to make dollhouse miniatures and I’m even including a FREE DOLLHOUSE PRINTABLE. This project would work really well for a miniature garden. If you are looking for dollhouse diy ideas, this post is for you.
This tutorial is for a 1:12 scale miniature and we’ll be making a dollhouse seed box with seed packets to display. It’s a fun craft project great for dollhouse miniature scenes and miniature garden projects. Want to learn more about dollhouse scales? Check out our previous blog post here to learn more.
To make the box perfect for your miniature garden you only need two popsicle sticks / lollipop sticks. These are the wooden sticks that are often used for ice cream. This fun miniature craft is perfect for beginners , however it does include gluing and we’re going quite small for this so it can be fiddly , collect all the patience you can muster ready for this tutorial.
Popsicle stick crafts are very popular and used to make amazing miniature furniture.
DIY Dollhouse Projects for a Miniature Garden
Here are some photos of the seed display box and seed packets I have made to give you an idea of what yours could look like. Let me know if you like my miniature seed box design in the comments section. I’d love to know your thoughts!
You can refer to the supply list below to check what materials are necessary to complete this DIY Dollhouse project.
Supplies you will need for the entire miniature garden project:
- ⦁ Two popsicle sticks
- ⦁ Superglue, PVA Glue (Tacky Glue) or B-7000 Glue
- ⦁ Optional : Gloves and a skewer stick to help apply the glue in small amounts and keep your hands clean
- ⦁ A cutting blade / hobby knife
- ⦁ Print out your free printable – I recommend printing onto cardstock
- ⦁ A ruler / measuring tape
- ⦁ A pencil to mark your measurements
- ⦁ Optional – Paint / Wood Stain if you would like to colour your box
- ⦁ Sandpaper / Sanding Block
- ⦁ Small piece of hessain fabric / fabric of your choice (Optional)
- ⦁ Cardstock that fits your printer (Letter / A4 For example)
- ⦁ Scissors
- ⦁ A scoring tool, I’ve used the metal ballpoint edge of a sculpting pen for this.
- ⦁ Tweezers (Optional)
The Amazon website should have everything required or check out a hobby and craft store in your local area.
Instructions for making a DIY Dollhouse Project.
Let’s begin! Cut off the rounded edges of your popsicle sticks. Then cut out all the pieces required to make your box.
- 2. Measure 21mm (0.82″ Inch / 2.1 cm) wide and cut. Do this six times. You should end up with six pieces all measuring at 21mm. The height for the project doesn’t matter as we are going to use popsicle sticks.
- 3. To assemble your box, we will take one piece and then glue another piece on top of it lengthways, as displayed in the picture below. I’ve used super glue entirely for the box assembly and would recommend it. I recommend wearing gloves to stop the glue getting stuck to your hands. I’ve used a bamboo skewer to carefully apply the glue.
- 4. Attach another wooden piece edgeways, see the photo below for a reference.
- 5. Glue on the last piece of wood to make a complete square shape and your box is now assembled. If you want to paint the box or add a wood stain you can do this now. Personally, I applied a wood stain to my box.
- 6. Next you can cut out the label from the free printable called seeds and glue to the front of the box. There’s an extra label if you want to glue onto the front and back of the box. (Keep reading to get to the printable section). Use a glue to you preference to attach the label.
- 7. This part is optional. I cut out a small piece of hessain fabric and glued it into the box. I thought this would give it a nice detail and add to the rustic appearance.This method stops your packets from ‘sinking’ into the box and makes them more visible.
Instructions for Making the Seed Packets included in this DIY Dollhouse Tutorial
Our free dollhouse printable of 1:12 scale seed packets contains two handy ‘seed’ labels you can adhere to your box. I’ve given you a whooping 16 seed packets with different variations to choose from and that you can use for future projects. These include photos of fruits, vegetables, flowers and herbs. You can roughly fit about four packets in the box we have made.
Access your Free Dollhouse Printable
To access the free dollhouse 1:12 printable , just click here to download it from my Google Drive.If you want to share this with a friend, please give them the link to this blog post and do not share the file directly.
Now let’s make our seed boxes! I’d recommend printing out your printable onto cardstock for best results.
- Print out the document onto cardstock. Cut into strips.
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- 2.Choose which seed packets you want to make (or make them all). Remember we can roughly fit around four seed packets to fit in the box. Cut them individually at one box each.
- 3. Cut out the entire box template , this includes the fold in sheet and the backing sheet as shown on the diagram below.
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- 4.Score lines onto your box template as shown in the diagram below. I used a small metal ballpoint tool to score as seen in the photo below. These tools are also handy for sculpting with clay.
- 5. Apply glue to the back of the design. Fold the fold in sheet and bring it to the center page on the back of your design. See the diagram and photo for reference below. To fold / grab pieces and glue them down I use a tweezer as I find this helps as opposed to using fingers. It might be more fiddly with using fingers but you can give it a shot.
- 6. Grab the backing sheet as labelled on the diagram. Fold / bring this around like a circular shape / motion and then fold the corner part in and glue it to the side of the paper.
- 7. Fold in the first top corner of your sheet and then glue and fold the second top corner onto it. Now fold in the first bottom corner of your sheet. Fold in the first top corner of your sheet and then glue and fold the second top corner onto it.
- 8.Your box is now assembled! Well done. Do this as many or as little times as you please and feel free to fill your box with seed packets (roughly four to fill the box).
I hope you have enjoyed this project and I hope it has given you inspiration or a good starting point for diy dollhouse ideas. Be sure to let me know in the comments section and feel free to share your makes with us.
Your Craft Pal,
