How To Make Clapboard Siding For Dollhouse

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

How to make clapboard siding for dollhouse.

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. How to make dollhouse clapboard siding step 1. Sketch the positions and correct dimensions of any doors or windows onto the templates. Use 1 by 6 or 1 by 8 lumber.

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. 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. Make templates for each wall of your dollhouse from sheets of shirt cardboard or thick poster board.

Use a utility blade to. The scale of your dollhouse matters when selecting materials to make clapboard siding for your dollhouse. Typical clapboard siding is 6 or 8 inches wide with an overlap of 1 1 2 to 2 inches. Select the material.

Cut your choice of siding material to the lengths needed to lay across each foam side panel. 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. Have a helper hold the foam. This is a tutorial that will show you how to mark your lines so your siding can be even once hung.

Choose straight 3 4 inch thick lumber that is free from open knots splits and checking. Remove the sheet and cut along the pencil lines with your knife. Please follow my facebook page for more miniature madness. It is usually easier to first cut along the vertical lines then across the horizontal lines.