Dolls House & Miniature Scene

Throughout our Dolls House & Miniature Scene content we bring you step-by-step projects created by a team of highly talented contributors demonstrating a vast array of techniques to bring you a wide range of projects to develop your skills and make every miniature creation the best it can be. We also bring you regular interviews with key artisans, all the top news and gossip and new product launches. Not forgetting great techniques, ‘how to’s’, top trends and fantastic competitions for you to expand your miniature collection!

WELCOME to the April edition!

Instagram Identities: JULIE RILEY (@SPUDLEY29) • Moi Ali explains how a rabbit’s dental bill inspired a maker to create tiny toys…

Easter basket • This miniature Easter basket cake will put your patience to the test, but the result is truly spectacular! Prepare all the elements ahead of time and make more chocolate pencils and mini eggs than you need as you can always use the remaining ones as decoration in your miniature Easter settings.

The Quartermaster: A MINI CATCH UP • There’s so much going on in the quarter scale world, Ann Evans decided to catch up with some of your favourite artisans…

Easter tree • Create the tree and decorative eggs that will be a centre piece this Easter.

AT HOME WITH THE BROADWOODS …ALL LIT UP! • This month, professional model maker Bea Broadwood continues her ‘back to basics’ mini-series exploring the key aspects of working in quarter scale. Helped by the knowledgeable members of the PP Modelling Community, Bea takes a closer look at the intriguing subject of ‘lighting’ 1/48th scale dolls houses and shares not only her top tips, but also members’ super helpful advice and recommendations too.

We discover: DARIAN HEALY • As someone new to the world of dolls houses, we speak to Darian Healy to find out how it all began…

EXPLORE THE FASCINATING HISTORY OF THE DOLLS HOUSE WITH MOI ALI…

Ruth’s mini tips • New for 2022! Ruth Flewelling Lesbirel shares her top tips and advice for what she’s found that has worked (or not worked!) throughout her years of experience.

Six of the Best: The red music room • Moi Ali continues to show us around her property portfolio…

Let there be light! • The most realistic-looking dolls houses are the ones that pay attention to the finishing touches. The devil, as they say, is in the detail; the pair of slippers by the bedside, the magazine on a chair, the reading glasses on the desk… Add a further element of realism to your dolls house rooms with some (non-working) light switches. The ones here are quick and easy and ideal for houses from the 1920s to the 1950s – although it was not unusual to see this style of light switch as late as the 1970s in old houses that had not been rewired.

The Whole Kit & Caboodle: FLOWERS AND PLANTS • Time for some spring gardening, says Moi Ali…

Titanic in 1/12th scale • Tracey Mead shows what happens when two passions come together…

An eggs-cellent Easter • Add extra layers to your Easter celebration with this fabulous pastel cake.

Doll's house for a doll's house • This little doll's house is a perfect example of how polymer clay can be used to make components for a model, baked and then assembled when hard. It is designed as a children's doll's house for your dolls house nursery and is therefore in the scale of 1/144th when based on a real house, although only 1/12th when based on a child's toy. Try to be as accurate as you can when cutting out the house pieces so that they will fit together well when assembled. Tiny hinges are available from dolls house suppliers but you could use a small box hinge instead.

Charitable cause • Moi Ali finds out how minis are giving life chances to a family in Bangladesh.

A brief history of dolls’ houses and...