Kids´corner - projects for dollhouses, roomboxes and dioramas
While being interviewed, Nanna mentioned an idea for a kids´ page in the wiki. So this is it. :) To create content to this page we need kids or parents to help their kids to start filling the page :).
Links to miniature projects
Christmas Scenes - by Megan and Carter, in St Albert Minis. Love the glasses on Carter's bear! Love the basket of candy canes and suckers on the mantle! Beautiful job by Megan!
Elegance - Vignette by Hazel Dowd, completed by junior members
Happy House - by Sarah and Adam
Mini-ing with Shailee - from Snippets from my Studio by Sandra Campbell
Modern room - made by Paperlilitin and her 1-year old daughter
Racoons making S'Mores - Barbara Ann Meyer project completed by Ruth F's grands
Room in a Box - from Candid Canine
Shoe Box Projects made by kids - an exhibit collected by Lilla A in her blog
Starting them Young! - project by Carolyn Brown in Littleroomers blog
Watermelon Stand - Celeste completed this with Grandma Betty Turmon
Blogs
- Blogs concentrating on children's projects or categories/labels about them in blogs
Artturi's Place - a young Finnish boy is blogging about his dollhouse
Doll Playhouse Guide
Totally Tiny
Groups
- Discussion groups, forums (or forum categories) and photo groups dedicated to children's projects.
Group Visits - from the Great American Dollhouse Museum. Various ways the museum includes kids and encourages hands on activities. Check out the roombox party gallery.
Supplies for sale
- Supplies needed for making children's projects.
Build a Fairy Garden - from eFairies.com
Miniatures for sale
- Do you have a section for children's projects in your shop? Add a direct link to that item here.
The Doll House - QS dollhouse kit and furniture based on the book Dollhouse people by Ann Martin and Laura Godwin
Growing Tree Toys - wooden dollhouse furniture
Magnetic Butterfly Design - Wooden panels that click togther with magnets creating stylish corner rooms for the Qubis magnetic furniture. This set can be packed easily for travelling.
Melissa and Doug Products:- in stock - Great for starting the grand-kids out with miniatures!
Stylin Mama, Baby and Tot St Johns and Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Books
- Books about miniature children's projects (also books with chapters about them)
Want to get kids interested in reading ? What about books that include miniatures.
For Grade 3's, try Indian in the Cupboard, and make miniature items which relate to the story. At the end of the first chapter show the children "Look what is here on the shelf and let them handle the minis. In Rumer Godden's books "Miss Happiness and Miss Flower" and the follow up Little Plum, 2 Japanese dolls are homesick and so the owner builds them a miniature house to live in. Absolutely charming.
Lucie Babbige's House by Sylvia Cassedy
The Enchanted Dolls' House by Robyn Johnson
Big Susan by Elizabeth Orton Jones
The Doll's Christmas - by Tasha Tudor
The Doll's House - by Rumor Ggodden
The Borrowers
The Doll People
Secrets in the Attic
Instructions for miniatures
Miniature printables
Wallpapers
- Wallpapers that go well with children's projects
Other Printies
- Book/magazine covers related to children's projects
Links
- links to sites showing how to make items related to children's projects
Bottle Houses - from Cuccicucicoo, Ecological Living
Cardboard House - El Hada de Papel
Cardboard Dollhouse - from Ikat bag
Cardboard Love - from MOMO Design. Some ideas here are not mini, but what about using thinner card? Scroll down to cardboard dollhouse made incorporating cutouts from a catalogue.
Children's projects - by Wanna in El Paso
Wanna has been working with her grandchildren since they were tiny, and they have created some seriously imaginative and charming projects. In addition to the list below, this page includes projects and hints for working with young children. Check it out!
- The Lifelike Brass Deer - Laura Newman, age 10
- Tree Trimming - Joseph and Laura
- Harvest Hutch - Jenna
- Pipecleaner Girl - Laura
- The 3 B's Bakeshop - Laura
- DeeDee and CeeCee - pet story by Jenna
- Bucket Bunnies - Jenna and Laura
- Zombie - Joel
- Skeleton Beach - Jenna
- Clay Critter - Jenna
- Shooting Rockets - Joseph and Joel
- It's a Jungle out there! - Joel
- Archaeological Exploration of Saturn - Joel
- Cat Hutches - Jenna and Laura
- Fairy Cupboard - Jenna
- Christmas Cupboard - Jenna
- Gingerbread Visions - Jenna
- Bakeshop Box - Laura and Jenna
- Heavenly House - Jenna
- Hippity Hop Purses - Jenna and Laura
- Ice Chests - Joel and Jenna
- Teddy Bear's Playground - Laura and Jenna
- The Ghoulish Golfer - long-distance project with Jenna and Joseph
- Prince of Egypt - Jenna
- Jenna and Laura dress little beds - lots of tips here
Collapsible Dollhouse - from Second Chances by Susan
Converting a Child's Wardrobe into a Dollhouser
Dollhouse from Drawers - from DIY Adventures
Dollhouse Furniture - from egg cartons by Pajamamama
Dollhouse Theatre - Finnish blog
Farmhouse Plans - from Canadian Woodworking. A perfect starter dollhouse for your little girl, free plans and directions.
Fitting a Child's Favorite Characters Into a Miniature Scene - from About.com
Girl Scouts Mini Badge
House and Carton Dollhouse - from Disney Family Fun.
House and Carton Furniture - from Disney Family Fun. Turn your empty Easter egg cartons into adorable dollhouse furniture!
House from Cereal Box - from Happy at Home, also see glitter houses page in this wiki
How to Build a Wooden Dollhouse - from Young House Love
Kids Corner - Scott publications
Kids Play - from Miniature Whims
Kitchen Playset - from Unicorn Hat Party
Make a Woodland House Kit - assemble and give the materials, along with a promise to work together - from About.com
Make Doll house Furniture - from Buzzle
Scrap Wood Dollhouse - really a VERY simple bookend style room, from Martha Stewart
Three Ring Binder Dollhouse - from Southern Disposition
For Boys
Dollhouses for Kids
Bookcase Dollhouse - from Ana White. Not that a kid could biuld it, but it would be a great addition to a little girl's room!
Cardboard Dollhouse - from Elsie Marley
Unique DIY Dollhouses - from Goodhousekeeping
Perfect Dollhouses for Children - Pinterest Board
Videos
- YouTube videos about miniature projects related to this subject
Research/ Inspiration
The Christmas Dollhouse
Written and illustrated by Richard Rudnicki
NIMBUS PUBLISHING
ISBN 978-1-55109- 868-5
For ages 4-8. A classic Christmas story based on a true story that happened in depression-era Oxford, Nova Scotia. It is about the hard times a family is experiencing and an unexpected kindness the family receives from the townspeople at Christmas.
With their Ma very sick and their Pa away working in the woods, six year old Dot and her older brother, Wallis, have to work extra hard to keep the household going. A beautiful dollhouse is being raffled off at the drugstore, and Dot is enraptured by it, but she knows her family doesn't have the money to enter the draw. The townspeople notice this and on Christmas morning there is a knock at the door with a big surprise.
Beautifully illustrated with realistic paintings depicting life in a small, rural town in 1930.
Decor Dreams - newspaper article
Tips/Hints
Ideas about what is needed for these projects
Hollyhock Dolls - Pinterest album by Julie Harnisch. Sent the kids to get two flowers each. Use three tooth picks to make a hollyhock doll. Poke one toothpick through the bulb part of one flower for arms. Then point the petal down for a skirt and poke two toothpicks up through the center of the bulb for legs, with the points protruding through. Put the bulb of the other flower on the tooth picks, with the petal pointing up. Then pick away one side of the petal and turn the rest of it inside out to hang down for hair. Could probably use silk flowers as well.....
Tablecloth Playhouse - from Meaningful Mamma
- ideas for shop names
- YouTube videos about the subject
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johanna janhonen said
at 8:33 pm on Apr 5, 2010
Please help me in defining the rules for this page. How do we define a kid? Anyone who feels himself/herself a kid or an age of 12, 15 or 18? Comments needed, especially from the kids themselves :).
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