We don t want the screws to poke up through the roof.
How to make a dollhouse roof.
Make sure you use short screws.
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Measure the length and width of each side of the roof and write these measurements down.
The roof of your dollhouse takes up a lot of real estate which makes it worth it to take some time to think about how you want to approach it.
Draw a line lengthways and cut down the line with scissors.
Choose either black or brown sandpaper depending on which matches the color of the outside of the doll house.
Many times your wood dollhouse kit will come with prepackaged shingles.
How to make shingles for a doll house step 1.
Lastly i added the gable roofs at the peak.
Measure the depth of the box and then measure that length widthways on your lid and make a mark.
I left the house to dry and walked out of my workroom knowing the shell of the dollhouse was complete.
How to build a dollhouse roof.
Create an a frame roof for your dollhouse.
If you only want to use 2 floors nail both roof poeces on.
The roof is not an easy process and took a lot of patience.
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One of the most popular and economical solutions is to apply wood dollhouse shingles.
The front part of the roof is hinged so we can use the third floor.
Bend the trimmed lid in half widthways to create an a frame roof.
How to make roof tiles for your doll house from sandpaper.
You don t have to do this.
To build the frame of the roof visit our detailed post about roofing here and scale it to size.
Dec 2 2018 explore amy sproveri s board dollhouse diy roofing on pinterest.
Also mark that the vertical cuts in the strips of cardboard alternate.
The roof of the dollhouse.
The idea is to paste the strips of cardboard on the wooden roof of the house making sure evere strip partly covers the one underneath.
I used 4 small hinges to attach the roof to the beam.