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Make a Printable Miniature Sleigh

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Cut and Fold the Parts for the Miniature Sleigh

The parts of a printable miniature dolls house sleigh ready for assembly.

The parts of a printable miniature dolls house sleigh ready for assembly.

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Cut out four side sections, two floor or center frame sections and an interior seat assembly from the pdf files listed on the materials page. If you print the parts on strong card, or photo paper or glue sheets of lighter weight paper to a card backing, you can cut out the spaces between the runners if you choose to.

Prepare the Sleigh Sides Glue the sides together to make two sides which have a printed front and back. If you are going to cut out the spaces between the runners, cut out the main sleigh body, glue two pieces together to make one sleigh side which is printed on both sides, then cut out the runners from the side which will face out on the sleigh. That way any misalignments of the runners will be less noticeable.

Prepare the Sleigh Frame or Floor Carefully trim the top and bottom of the two floor or center frame sections, line them up and glue them together so that both sides of the floor are colored and the top and bottom tabs match up. After you have glued the pieces together, cut out the remainder of the tabs so that no white edge shows on one side. This will be the piece on the inside of the sleigh.

Prepare the Sleigh Interior Cut out the sleigh seat assembly leaving the white edge of the page at the top and bottom of the seat assembly. Do not trim this away. Cut out the tabs on the long side of the interior assembly and fold the piece on the solid brown lines. Roll the paper gently above the diamond pattern on the back of the main seat (double set of diamond patterns) and again at the top edge of the seat interior where the largest diamond pattern occurs. Fold under the white edges at the top and bottom of the interior, and fold all small side tabs under using a straight edge so that the folded edges are straight.

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