Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Make Your Own Stairs...

How neat is this tutorial, here, for making stairs/staircases for dolls?

I tend to fail (badly) at working with foamcore.  I'm not sure if it's my inability to draw a straight line  or my inability to cut in a straight line.  Combination of both, maybe? 

But those stairs rather make me want to give it another try....there are also some truly amazing kitchens and bathrooms made in a similar fashion at the site.   In fact, just go to the tutorials section and admire!  :)

It seems to be all 1:6 scale, which doesn't work for me since the "adults" are 1:4 scale, but it does look very adaptable.   And really, making stairs looks like an awful lot of fun....  Even making a kitchen looks do-able when you see someone else doing it!

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  1. Those are great, I always think that dolls photograph really well on stairs, so to have them in their own size would be a great prop. The only problem is, we don't have that foamcore stuff here, in fact I have no idea what it even is, although I have heard of it. But it certainly looks and sounds very versitile when it comes to crafting.....

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    1. Lack of foamcore is a problem! But you might have something similar - it is basically two sheets of posterboard with a bit of hard foam between them. Wood would be even better, but much harder to cut! (Though perhaps not if you have the tools and experience. ;) )

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  2. Wow, a walk-in closet -- my kids should not see that, especially since they're all 1/6 scale and living out of cardboard boxes.
    I don't know which is better, the tutorials or the fact that she uses them in elaborate photo stories...

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    1. Uh oh...better hope they didn't see then! ;D

      The stories are as neat as the sets, but I just love how real the sets and props look when photographed!

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