In the series on making miniature treasures from scratch, today I will be showing some more insights on how to make miniatures from household items, trash, or everyday items. Let’s just dive straight into things!
updated 24.08.23
How to make miniature Starbucks drinks.
Cut off the top of a nose spray bottle. Paint any color of nail polish according to the drink that you want to achieve and mix it with glue.
Cover all this with ‘ice’, made from plastic see-through pieces, and add a ‘straw’ from metal wire, for example, or anything else suitable. Add a Starbucks label or any other brand of your choice (or nothing, as you wish 😉 ).
How to make miniatures from popsicle sticks?
In this DIY video of mine, I have created a miniature bench and three stuffed mini cushions from scratch, using popsicle sticks and materials that you probably already have in your household.
If you like this video of mine, please click the ‘like’ button and subscribe to my channel, thank you!
Here is where you can find my channel.
How to make miniature things from paper?
And we have a new video on paper crafting for miniatures: a lovely pair of miniature shoes!
Just follow the instructions in my video below, it is pretty easy.
In the next video, we have crafted a miniature origami dining table, so another piece of miniature furniture that you can easily create DIY and quite cheap
All you need for this project is:
- hard paper (origami paper would be best, but good solid paper should be fine)
- scissors
- a ruler
- a pencil
- crafting glue
That’s it, just follow the instructions in the video and you will manage!
How To Craft A Miniature Trolley Bag.
In my next video, I have crafted 2 of the cutest trolley bags ever, you can consider these to be on a scale of 1:6.
But of course, if you want to adjust them to scale 1:12, it is totally up to you!
What you need to make these is:
– (origami) paper
– fine scissors
– crafting glue
– coloring pens (if you like the little faces if not there’s no need to get them)
That’s it!
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How to make an old-school diving helmet.
What you need:
- card stock
- metal wire
- clear nail polish
- air compressor nozzle
- glue that can handle metal and wood
Glue the pieces together, stick it also on the card stock, paint a primer and add the metal wires as seen in the pictures. Finish it up with brown acryl paint and nail polish or varnisher.
How To Make Mini Ribbon Bows.
What do you need?
- A soap bar ( no no, this thing in the pictures is not a piece of meat lol! )
- pins
- ribbons
- a clip
A little walkthrough:
- stick 4 pins like in the pictures below into the soap bar and fold it around the pins like this:
- Make the bow and clamp it tightly
Remove it from the pins and done!
How To Create A Miniature Cooking Set
I have created another Youtube tutorial on how to craft a miniature paper cooking set. Liking and subscribing to my channel supports me and my work,thank you!
Everything you need to make these and instructions are in the description of the video 😉
How To Create A Miniature Kitchen from Scratch with everyday materials?
In this part, I will show you how I created this miniature kitchen from scraps and things I found in nature.
Which materials do you need?
- balsawood
- fake moss (from scale model stores)
- I had leftover corkboard, you could use scraps of paper with a wood design
- acorns
- little shells
- a button
- a bead
- tacky glue
- willow twigs
First, I cut out the balsawood on a scale of 1:12, that kind of fitted my treehouse (as ever, I just “do something” as I move along.
I glued that to a piece of plastic that I kept and looked like a sink. And then I added cork board.
After that, I glued some willow twigs and moss to the edges, and cut a hole in the “sink”.
Then I added the taps as described in the picture below.
For more decorations, you can add little shells, create a teapot from an acorn, add a towel rack, and more.
This shows you how to create a pot from a plastic cap and a lid from a button and bead, just paint it in any color you like!
You can follow the rest of the process in this blog post about my miniature treehouse!
How To create a DIY Miniature Table and 4 Miniature chairs by paper crafting!
And it’s ready, my new video tutorial on how to craft a miniature table and 4 chairs, just by using papercraft!
Today, we have “paper-crafted” these DIY dollhouse furniture pieces: a dollhouse miniature round table and 4 dollhouse miniature chairs.
What you need is:
– Papercraft paper, any color you like, 2 contrasting colors look nice for this project
– a pencil
– a ruler
– fine sharp scissors
– papercraft glue
That’s it! Just follow the instructions in the video and there you have your DIY miniature table and miniature chairs, just by using paper!
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Make Candles From Crayons
This is an easy one on how to make miniatures from household items!
What you need is:
- crayons
- white cotton
- paper plate or a button
- bits of greenery
- glue
An easy walkthrough:
Cut the crayons in the size you want, make a wick from cotton, and glue everything together with the greenery on the plate or on a button. Done!
Trimming The Christmas Tree Can Get You Some Ideas!
Not much explanation seems needed for this one?
How To Make Miniature Chicken Noodle Soup.
What you need:
- Transparent glue, like tacky glue. Or resin.
- bottle caps
- colored strings and cut Qtips in different colors for the ‘noodles’
=> Just fill the bottle caps with resin or clear glue and mix the different threads in them. Let it dry, and done!
You could add a drop of colored pastel or liquid food coloring to have a more “brothy” color.
Make miniature board games
Just paste photos of the game board, box, and cards into Words and shrunk them to the size you want. Paste these onto card stock.
Make a miniature sofa
All the materials that you need to make a miniature sofa are described in my Youtube video. It is quite easy to do!
Craft An Easy Miniature DIY Stool with everyday materials
In another video on my Youtube channel, you can find out how to craft a miniature stool easily!
How To Create A Miniature Chair With A Button!
Today we have created just a little, but cute video (I would think haha) on creating a small miniature chair, with the help of a button!
Don’t we all have plenty of buttons around the house, that we kept for ages but never used?
Now is your chance to repurpose it and make this easy DIY piece of miniature furniture!
If you don’t want that it is able to see that it is a button, you could just as well place a miniature plant or so on it 😉 . The scale is 1:12.
All you need is:
– a button
– sandpaper
– wooden skewer sticks
– crafting glue
– a cutter That’s all folks!
As usual, just follow the instructions in the video!
How To Create A Picknick Miniature Bench
Another DIY miniature furniture piece again from matchsticks.
This pretty little bench for your garden with 2 seats, is often used as a picnic table.
What you need is:
– matches
– crafting glue
– a cutter
– a crafting knife
That is all folks! Just follow the instructions of the video and with some patience, you will manage! If you like this video, please give it a “thumbs” up and subscribe to my channel, thank you!
How to Craft a miniature doghouse with Matchsticks?
Let’s set the place on fire again, with this DIY miniature doghouse made from matchsticks! ( no, these don’t ignite spontaneously haha, the discussions on social media about these mini projects with matchsticks! 🙂 ).
Anyway, if you don’t trust it (I don’t see an issue), please refrain from trying.. Thanks!
So, what do you need to create this miniature doghouse?:
- thick paper
- matches
- a ruler
- a pencil
- some painters tape
- scissors
- crafting glue ( I tried to use a glue gun once more, but I think you can see it in the result 🙁 )
- That’s it, just follow the instructions in the video and you will get there again! If you like this video, please subscribe to my channel and “like” the video, thank you!
Related article: 40 different household items that you can use to create miniatures, ingenious ideas!
My Final Conclusion
I hope that you enjoyed my third series on how to make miniatures from household items. This will continue to expand in time, so you might want to check back regularly 😉
Do you have any questions on this topic or would you just like to chat or share your (miniature) story? Then please feel free to leave a message below, subscribe to my social media channels, or join my Facebook group.
I wish you happy crafting!
Kind regards,
Lizzy
Related articles:
- How To Create Miniature Crafts From Recycled Materials – Let’s Upcycle!
- Make miniatures from trash, part 1.
- Make miniatures from scratch, part 2.
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
Sir, I just absolutely loved your article, I’m going to try and read you’re other articals.
I my self have toyed with miniatures, I have maid popsicle stick furniture not to long ago.
You can make the coolest chairs and tables with the Pop-cycle stick, and they make miniature pop-cycle sticks.
They sell at Walmarts, in the craft area, although a bit tougher to handle they are cute as they can be.
Thank You,
Bill Wright
Hi Bill,
That sounds like a very good idea,thanks so much for that!
best regards,
Lizzy
Very nice Post I love the colours scheme you have used on your Post-it is very eye-catching.
I love all the things you are making from Household Items it takes me back to my Childhood.
My Mother was also very resourceful to reuse Household Items. Nowadays we are in a throw away buy new society.
The Mini Ribbon Bows are a great idea you can use them to put on almost anything Eg. presents, greeting cards etc.
I especially love the Making Christmas Cactus idea especially now that Christmas is around the corner. It will be a must for every home.
I got so much inspiration from your homemade things it took me back to when I was a little girl and got me thinking of my Mother. (She passed away in 2008)
Elke
Hi Elke,
Thank you so much for your positive comments and I’m sorry for your loss!
Have fun with crafting the mini ribbon bows!
kind regards,
Lizzy