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Make a 1780's Printable Dollhouse in 1:144 Scale

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Assemble The Materials to Make an 18th Century House in 1:144 Scale

Printable Miniature 18th Century Dolls house in 1:144 scale.

Printable Miniature Dolls House in 1:144 scale based on the Geffrye Museum Almshouses in London.

Photo ©2007 Lesley Shepherd, Licensed to About.com Inc.

To make this dolls house scale dolls house you will need:

  • Computer Printer.
  • 1 piece 8 1/2 by 11 inch good quality printer paper , photo paper or card stock
  • Sharp Scissorsli]PVA (white) glue or a good quality glue stick
  • Thin aircraft plywood (1/8 inch or thinner) or Bristol board if you want to make sturdier buildings [colored pencils or chalks to adjust colors if needed]

Set your printer settings to high quality and print out one copy of the pdf file (acrobat reader) which contains the patterns for this house. If you want to build the house from wood or bristol board, print the file on high quality paper which you can glue to the bristol board or wood. If you want to build the houses from card stock or photo weight paper, print the design on a sheet of cardstock or matte photo paper. You will be gluing two layers of this paper together for most parts so photo paper or card stock make a fairly sturdy small house.

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