While many might associate stained glass with grand churches or historic homes, its scaled-down version can be just as captivating in the world of miniature. Whether you’re sprucing up a cozy cottage, a Victorian manor, or a Gothic castle, adding miniature stained glass can offer a level of (colorful) detail.
In this article, you’re going to learn how this miniature stained glass effect is achieved, either by doing it yourself or buying gorgeous stained glass film for a dollhouse!
How to Craft Your Own Miniature stained glass film and windows?
In the video below, Mini Miracle Maker will teach you how to create miniature stained glass using a cutting machine (probably a Cricut machine) and glass paint.
The creator traced a picture from Google using Silhouette software, cut it using a cutting machine, and then used vinyl sticky foil to represent the lead lines of the stained glass.
The foil was placed on acetate using transfer tape to prevent it from deforming.
Glass paint was then applied to add color to the stained glass, with darker colors applied to smaller pieces and lighter colors to larger pieces to maximize the light passing through.
After the paint dried, any excess paint was removed, and the stained glass windows were assembled.
Where to Shop for Pre-made Miniature Stained Glass
If you want to enhance your dollhouse but don’t have the time to craft stained glass film yourself with the method above, or actual stained miniature glass, don’t worry. There’s a variety of ready-made options that you can easily access. I’m going to highlight some of the top places online where you can find just what you need.
Just ensure the dimensions are suitable for your dollhouse when making a purchase.
Store1: PoppetsDollyBits
Poppets Dolly Bits specializes in everything for the miniature and dollhouse world, offering a wide range of accessories for Blythe dolls, including complete, one-of-a-kind handmade outfits.
Their products cater to all scales, from the 12th scale to the 144th scale, and they also take custom orders.
Explore their collection, which includes miniature stained glass window effects in various heights, decor, food items, kits, and hundreds of accessories. Don’t forget to visit their full website at www.poppetsdollybits.com for even more options.
Here’s a few examples of the stained glass options:
Store 2. XavianMiniatures
XavianMiniatures also sells a bunch of dollhouse miniatures like miniature Animals, Apothecary & Science, mini Books & furniture, DIY and unpainted boxes, but also our exquisite medieval stained glass miniatures.
Whether you’re looking for stained glass church windows, gothic designs, skeleton effects, and more, this store has a large choice in products.
Store 3: Leaf Red
This store called Leaf Red sells as well completed stain glass windows as miniature stained glass stickers which you need to apply to vinyl or glass.
Let’s take a look at some pictures!
Store 4: Made3DMaker
And last, but not least, is this store called MAde3DMaker, which sells miniature stained glass in all kinds of forms, or custom sizes. With or without a window frame and in the sizes of your wishes, he can create all customs for you!
So no need to look further, if you can’t find anything that fits your dollhouse in the previous stores, just ask for something particular here!
There’s that, now if you want to keep your stained miniature glass clean, only do a very gentle wipe with a soft cloth, dampened with water.
Avoid using harsh chemicals or abrasive cleaners that might damage the film or the colors!
And if you want to learn how to actually create a dollhouse window, learn it from my related article.
My Final Conclusion
I really hope that you enjoy the process of creating and showing off your dollhouse’s stained glass features.
If you have any more questions about this topic, please leave them down below in the comment section or join me on my social media channels, especially my YouTube channels for great dollhouse tutorials!
I wish you happy crafting!
Kind regards,
Lizzy
Hi everyone!
My name is Lizzy, and I am an amateur miniaturist obsessed with everything in the dollhouse and miniature world, ever since I was a teenager.
So far, I have created 2 dollhouse projects, a backyard shed and a miniature treehouse, tons of DIY dollhouse kits, and “hacked” some.
I also created a fairy garden, and lots of small and simple miniature projects on my YouTube channel. (mostly made from trash or everyday items).
I love to write as well about all things happening in the miniature world, hence the reason why I created this blog!
I wish you happy reading and crafting!
Lizzy
