How To Make A Dollhouse Roof

I first began by adding the hinges to the access bay front.

How to make a dollhouse roof.

Next nail your 15 inch pieces into the 49 3 4 inch piece use a 2 inch finishing nail. Hot glue each shingle onto the roof in rows. Make sure you use short screws. Dec 2 2018 explore amy sproveri s board dollhouse diy roofing on pinterest.

How to make roof tiles for your doll house from sandpaper. If you only want to use 2 floors nail both roof poeces on. On all 4 of your 49 3 4 inch pieces measure up and mark 16 inches and 33 1 2inches. How to shingle a dollhouse roof paint the shingles with a mixture of watered down gray and black acrylic paint.

Oct 22 2019 tutorials for miniature roofs. The access bay door swings open on its hinges for easy access to the dollhouse. Always start at the bottom of the roof with a strip of 19 cm heigth. The wooden roof is horizontally marked with a pencil line again using the 13 cm ruler.

I like to make the individual trim pieces first and then glue them together while they re placed against the roof. We don t want the screws to poke up through the roof. The roof of the dollhouse. The first step is to make your ridge cap.

I used 4 small hinges to attach the roof to the beam. However there is one exeption. Overlap each row trying to vary the shingles as you go. Here is the process of adding the side access bay.

Once it was dry i attached the access bay door. Apply the first strip of cardboard at the edge of the roof and every next one on top of the one beneath. You don t have to do this. You will need 4 of your 1 x 2 s cut down to 49 3 4 inches and all 8 of your 1 x 2 s cut to 15 inches and 31 inches.

That way i can make sure that the angle of the ridge cap and the angle of the roofline are the same angle. Then i taped and glued the access bay sides to the dollhouse and let dry. See more ideas about diy dollhouse doll house miniature diy. See more ideas about doll house roof roofing.