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Make Miniature Displays

Make a miniature display for a table, a wall, or a scene. These displays can hold a few objects that require special management or many related objects you want to handle.
Make a Dolls House or a Dolls House/Bookcase From Baltic Birch Plywood
The free plans and instructions for this traditional front opening baby house use only a single sheet of plywood and some standard wood trim.
Decorate an Altoids Mint Tin To Hold Collectible St Patrick's Day Miniatures
Decorate an Altoid Mint Tin for a miniature scene or to hold collectibles using these St. Patrick's Day printable papers and backdrops.
Make a Simple Dolls House Roombox from Baltic Birch Plywood
Make a simple dolls house scale roombox from Baltic birch plywood. A roombox can be finished with a front glass frame, or sized to fit as a group inside a bookcase or other piece of furniture to make a baby house.
Projects to Display Miniatures
The display cases, bookends, room boxes and dolls house projects listed here are all designed to be easily made from a wide variety of basic materials. Many of them introduce you to techniques that will allow you to build displays in a variety of scales.
Make A Dolls House Roombox From Book Board
Simple box building instructions for making a dolls house scale roombox from book board or Davey board and paper.
Plan Sources for Dolls Houses in Several Scales
If you are planning on building a dollhouse for yourself or as a gift there are several plan sources available in several scales. You can find free plans on the web, or purchase a variety of traditional front or back opening dollhouse plans in scales from 1:6 (for fashion dolls) to 1:24 or G scale.
Make a Bookend to Display Miniatures
This easy to build bookend display project is a good start to working with mdf for creating miniature displays or dolls houses. This small project takes very little material and can be used to create a simple indoor or outdoor scene to place on a table top or in a bookcase.
Assemble A Simple Display Box for Your Miniature Collection
Use simple materials to create an effective miniature display box for your collection. Suitable for miniatures collected on trips, or to hold parts of a collection until you build it further.
Make an Easter Display Tree
Make an inexpensive easter display tree to hold your collectible easter ornaments using craft wire and a small floral container.
Create a Miniature Cabin Front Porch Display Shelf in 1:12 Scale
This miniature cabin front porch in 1:12 or dollhouse scale is constructed as a display shelf which can be hung on a wall. The building techniques are simple and this is a good project for a beginner new to working with scale buildings. The materials used are lightweight, and the space and backdrop allow for a wide range of collections or stories to be showcased.

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