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Miniature birds and other bird projects in dollhouses, room boxes, and dioramas

 

See also pages with birds tag

 

 

recent work

Pages in this wiki related to birds

 

 

Elizabeth's Living Room
Miniature Gardening Scene 1:12 Scale Charles Wysocki
 
Poultry
Miniature Weekly:: Week 24
31/365  Telling Secrets Over Tea.
Garden StakesThe canisters!
A miniature humming bird!
Sunday Cleaning 
 
 
 
 

Links to miniature projects

  • photo albums, blog posts, webpages

Birdhouse Shop - by Rita Pierce

Birdhouse Shops - MOL Club Project

Birdhouse - in front of her shop, by Linda

Bird Feeder - from Pulchinella's Cellar ( Marijke Huerkens)

Birds of a Feather - MOL Club Project 2005

Marfelous Birds- Georgia Marfels from Germany.

 

 

Blogs

  • Blogs concentrating on birds or categories/labels about them in blogs

 

Groups

  • Discussion groups, forums (or forum categories) and photo groups dedicated to birds.

 

Supplies for sale

  • Supplies needed for making bird projects.

Karen Benson Miniatures - Birdhouse Kits

 

Miniatures for sale

  • Do you have a section for birds in your shop? Add a direct link here.

Bird Gallery - by Alice Zinn

Miniature birds, Cardinals, Owls, Blue Jays, Love Birds- de Joux Miniatures

Wildlife - Beth Freeman-Kane

 

Books

  • Books about miniature bird projects (also books with chapters about them)

 

Instructions for miniatures

 

Miniature printables

 

Wallpapers

  • Wallpapers that go well with bird projects

 

Other Printies

  • Book/magazine covers related to birds

Birdhouse Prints - by Robin Betterley, Star Feather Farm

 

Links

  • links to sites showing how to make items related to birds

Making birds

Chickadees or Titmice - from About.com

How to dye feathers - Custom Doll, Houses and Miniatures tutorial by Kerri Pajutee

Sculpt a Bird - from Geninne D Zlatkis on Flickr

Sculpting a Heron - from Air Dry Clay

White Doves or Pigeons - from The Spruce

 

Making items for pet birds

Add Roof and Perch to Birdhouse - using pinecones

Tube-Style Birdfeeder - link to PDF file

 

Making other bird items

Bird Feeder - from Mini Mum Loon

Bird's Nest - from an acorn, by Twig and Toadstool

Bird's Nest from twine - from Lindsay. Scroll down past the candle to the nest instructions.

Hummingbird Feeder - from Dollhouse Miniatures Club

Hummingbird Feeder - from Instructables. Meant to be earrings, but we are adaptable, yes?

 

Research/ Inspiration

What do You Call a Group of Birds?

 

Tips/Hints

  • bird seed - use coarse ground black pepper. fine grit from model railroading or fine sand from a crafts store

  • tiny twigs, a small amount of dryer lint and coffee grounds and tiny seeds mixed together with a little glue makes a birds nest place in a tree
  • cut a length of clear plastic straw, and glue a large sequin or flat button on the bottom. Poke two lengths of a toothpick through the straw at right angles to each other, about 1/3 of the way from each end, and fill it with black pepper. Another sequin or button on top, add a piece of wire for a hanger, and - voila! - instant bird feeder.
  • bird toys and food - Google honey sticks, cuttlebone, and, then adapt to mini-size
  • celery seeds+poppy seeds= millet
  • bird's nest - use sisal, available from a florist, or twine or string to make a nest. Or use the very fine roots from a bush or tree. Make sure they are very dry then rub/pick them off the main root and then put into a small dab of glue (i.e. Elmer's glue) on wax paper and push the bits of root up around the end of a round ended small paintbrush or similar and allow to dry. Then take the nest off the wax paper and trim around the edges. Then put a very small piece of lint (from the drier or similar) inside the nest, add your baby birds and glue parent birds onto the nest.

Ideas about what is needed for these projects

  • links to inspiring pages

Birdhouses - by Thomas F. Burke

 

Ideas for shop names

  • Feed the Birds
  • Bobby's Birds (Birdman of Alcatraz)

 

 

YouTube videos about the subject

 

 

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