How To Make A Dollhouse Roof

If you only want to use 2 floors nail both roof poeces on.

How to make a dollhouse roof.

Every cut is positioned in the middle of the slate direct below. Create an a frame roof for your dollhouse. I used 4 small hinges to attach the roof to the beam. The roof is not an easy process and took a lot of patience.

The roof of the dollhouse. Make sure you use short screws. I then rechecked all of my work to make sure all the panels were straight and tight together. Measure the depth of the box and then measure that length widthways on your lid and make a mark.

The idea is to paste the strips of cardboard on the wooden roof of the house making sure evere strip partly covers the one underneath. Draw a line lengthways and cut down the line with scissors. We used a 25 inch piece as a rafter and a 15 inch piece as our ridge. How to make shingles for a doll house step 1.

Dec 2 2018 explore amy sproveri s board dollhouse diy roofing on pinterest. Measure the length and width of each side of the roof and write these measurements down. Bend the trimmed lid in half widthways to create an a frame roof. Also mark that the vertical cuts in the strips of cardboard alternate.

Many times your wood dollhouse kit will come with prepackaged shingles. How to make roof tiles for your doll house from sandpaper. One of the most popular and economical solutions is to apply wood dollhouse shingles. See more ideas about diy dollhouse doll house miniture things.

I left the house to dry and walked out of my workroom knowing the shell of the dollhouse was complete. The front part of the roof is hinged so we can use the third floor. You don t have to do this. Lastly i added the gable roofs at the peak.

If it s a more. To build the frame of the roof visit our detailed post about roofing here and scale it to size. We don t want the screws to poke up through the roof.