Assorted Miniature & Dollhouse Tutorial Sites

Some of these tutorials were written in languages other than English. You can use  Google to translate them. 
All links were checked and working as of  3/31/2020


Building Dollhouses 

How to etch bricks 

From a miniature railroading site: How to make a scale river, etc. 

A tiny pumpkin house, another tute about making stairs, and some fun with Paperclay

How to make paper mache out of dryer lint

How to make things look old, from Wanna's Blog 

Artisans in Miniature online magazine 

More spiral stairs from a Castle project, and more! 

Dr. Bob's Spiral Staircase Tutorial, from Small Stuff 

Let's Build a Dollhouse...& more 

How to build a dollhouse

Construction of a miniature Swiss farmhouse 

How to make a faux stone floor using drywall compound or stucco 

Hirst Arts, for smaller scale castles & fantasy projects

Modeling realistic water

Creating Munchkinland in miniature 

Free dollhouse and furniture plans ...from The Woodworker's Workshop

A parquet floor 

How to make clay roof tiles 



Tutorials for Miniature Furnishings

How to pin hinge cupboard doors -- this blog is geared towards modern miniatures 

A twig Adirondack table

Wanna's tutorial index includes how to make a cardoard box full of 1950's tiles, working with Michael's hutches, making skirted tables & more. 


Turn a plastic "pizza table" into an office chair 

An imitation wicker shelf 

Make a miniature couch out of polymer clay

A folding screen 

How to make a simple bench 

How to make a miniature stove 




Tutorials for Miniature Accessories 

How to Bend Sheet Acrylic or Plexiglass With Simple Tools

Miniature projects & tutorials from The Spruce

Another how to tie a nautical braided rug, in French, but the illustrations show how to do it using pins to keep the string in place. 

How to make house plants 

How to make a crystal chandelier based on plastic tubing - in Spanish * since this is an image of a page, translate or cut and paste to translator will not work, but the pictures are fairly self explanatory

An easy round dollhouse rug

How to bake polymer clay in a toaster oven

Make a mini book - part 1

Make a mini book - part 2

How to make a gizmo to help make miniature bows

How to make a desk set with blotter, pen & ink

Baking polymer clay 

Polyclay tutorials from NoraJean. 

Mary Eccher's miniature food projects 

How to tie a miniature bow 

Making plates....This technique uses soda cap liners and Mod Podge 

Making a miniature book 

Make a non-working miniature Venetian blind 

Make a baby bouncer 

A tip for a simple doormat 

Make a shopping bag 

Make a hanging rack for nursery or kitchen

An easy rag rug 

A faux wicker basket 

A paper lobster trap 

How to crochet a quarter scale sofa 

Mary Williams makes lovely dolls, and offers 3 nice doll dressing tutorials 

Cynthia Howe's tutorials ..dollmaking, dressing dolls, making hats,hairstyling, ribbon roses, bows, and more. 

Helpful Tips & Tutorials

How to print on fabric using an inkjet printer

Make paper mache clay 

Advanced paper mache 

How to waterproof paper mache 

How to "Glue This to That" 

Cynthia Howe's cold porcelain recipe ...a miniature rose tutorial follows 

How to age or weather new wood 

How to model realistic looking ropes, and more nautical items. 

Printables

Many printables and more...In addition to tutorials (some of which I've created links to above) there are many good printables and some clothing patterns 

Jennifer's free printables 


Sites with many projects and miniatures links

Kris's Inch by Inch Furniture Tutorials

Miniatures video blog 

Assorted tutorials from CDHM

Karin Corbin's Blog, lots of wonderful information 

Frances Armstrong's tips & projects, mostly 1/444 scale 

Mini tutes from Orr Lake

My Small Obsession - tutorials Printies and more