When you own or craft a dollhouse and miniatures, at first you might make all these common mistakes while crafting them. I know because I have been there! One of the biggest mistakes is using a glue gun for making a dollhouse and miniatures and why this is a mistake, I will explain below!
Today I am going to try and help you out by going through all of these possible faults. Especially if you are just starting out, this blog post might help you, I know that I have been there! 😉
Updated 04/12/23
Let's dive right into the topic.
Dollhouse making mistake number 1: Buying A Dollhouse That Is Way To Big To Start With.
I really think that this sounds obvious, no? I don't mean to sound judgmental or mean, but if you don't know what you are doing yet in the miniature world, then "testing the waters" with a smaller size dollhouse would make more sense, sorry.
It probably would be less frustrating to learn everything step by step with the help of a room box, or two, for example 🙂
Because there is so much to learn, from attaching the wallpaper to installing the electricity, and so much more!
Dollhouse making mistake number 2: Please do NOT use a glue gun!
There are several reasons why NOT to use a glue gun for your dollhouse or miniatures:
- Hot glue begins to cool immediately, thus making joins impossible to assemble and having seams completely flush.
- Going further with the latter, hot glue makes it impossible to control the amount that comes out of the gun.
- It can be a total mess to use, with strings everywhere.
- Eventually, two pieces of wood will fall apart again.
- miniatures are far too small to be glued together with a glue gun, even pieces of fabric.
I know that I have advised a glue gun before in a former blog post, but I sure changed my mind, and I learned it the hard way! Tacky glue or Elmer's glue is so much better!
Save yourself a ton of work and don't use a glue gun 😉
ONE EXCEPTION though, and that is creating miniature icicles with a glue gun for a winter wonderland diorama. 🙂
Dollhouse making mistake Number 3: Miniatures And Dollhouses Will Not Take Too Much Space, Right?
Having a dollhouse is like making a puzzle: if you don't have the space for it, it will be on the dining table forever and ever. How are you going to have the family over for Christmas then? 😉
Lots of crafters reserve a separate room just to make or renovate a dollhouse or miniatures, that might be a thought?
If you decide to stick with smaller sizes of miniatures (like the 1:24 miniature kits from Robotime, for example), you could save some space. As I did with mine, I just put them on my bookshelf.
Dollhouse making Mistake Number 4: Thinking That A Dollhouse And Miniatures Don't Cost As Much As The Real Thing?
Quite a few people assume that buying or crafting miniatures (kits) or dollhouses (kits) is not so expensive.
Sadly, buying those last ones isn't just all that you need, you also need to have your power tools and crafting materials ready for use.
I have made a video before of my crafting place and all the things I needed to purchase, even before doing anything.
Furthermore, you could choose to fill your dollhouse with a bunch of cheap miniatures, so that it's "not empty". But in my opinion, I think it would be better to save your money and get the pieces that you really w