Instructor: Melissa Darnell

Printable Miniature Chair and Wardrobe

Materials/Tools Needed:

• white cardstock paper (available at any office supply store and most department stores) 

• computer and color printer 

• scissors 

• white/school glue 

• wood veneer in various types of wood (optional) and wood glue

Trash to Treasure Bentwood Chair

Materials/Tools Needed:

• plastic film canister top 

• drill 

• electrical mains wire 

• tacky/craft glue 

• wire cutters 

• brown enamel and paintbrush

Harry Potter Style Gothic Chair 

Materials/Tools Needed:

• 2  4 1/2 inch lengths of 1/4 inch square section timber 

• 2 5/16 inch lengths of 1/4 inch square section timber 

• 2 2 inch lengths of 1/4 inch square section timber 

• barbecue skewer cut into 4 1 9/16 inch lengths 

• chair seat cut from 1/8 inch MDF (template included with lesson) 

• cardboard 

• scissors 

• jigsaw or bandsaw to cut MDF seat with 

• sharp craft knife 

• silk fabric to cover seat with 

• mauve acrylic paint 

• fast drying Epoxy type glue 

• two star-shaped beads 

• two round gold beads 

• gold embroidery cord trim (not thread) 

• gluing jig, rubber bands, or Lego's plastic building blocks to hold chair together while drying

Easy 1/12th Scale Wooden Pedestal Tables

Materials/Tools Needed:

•  short lengths of cornice moulding (scraps can be used) 

• miniature scale turned baluster or banister spindle 

• wooden badge mounts (look for these sold in packages filled with mixed sizes and shapes, sold in craft sections of department stores and in craft stores)

• paint or wood stain 

• fast setting Epoxy type of glue 

• small drill 

• saw 

• fine sandpaper

Marble Chess Table

Materials/Tools Needed:

• decorative egg stand 

• brass bangle bracelet 

• grid paper, finely squared 

• polymer clays in black, transparent, and white 

• Epoxy resin 

• Grip wax (like Blu-tack but less noticeable and doesn't stain; available from most dolls' house suppliers)

Paper Mache Chair

Materials/Tools Needed:

• pliable wire, 1 yard (1 m) 

• paper mache 

• primer in gray 

• black gloss spray paint 

• acrylic paints in your choice of colors (for final decoration of chair) 

• thin tip gold marker pen 

• clear spray lacquer or acrylic seal

Lesson #4: Leather Wingback Chair

Materials/Tools Needed:

• 1/16 inch (1 mm) scrap wood sheet 

• soft leather, 12" (305 mm) square 

• 3/8 inch wooden dowel scrap 

• wood strip, 3/4 inch (6 mm) square 

• Epoxy resin 

• coarse sandpaper 

• thin packing foam 

• thick packing foam 

• clear shoe polish 

• tacky glue 

• French polish 

• wood stain