Tiny Wooden House on a Rock

Hi All,

In this instructables I am going to share how to make miniature wooden house. It is tiny and super fun to make. needs a patients and time.... Main items used in this instructables was found easily. I did not buy anything....

I worked on this project every night after dinner for 2 to 3 hrs ( last 1 week ).. I certainly learnt a lot

Material

• A rock or stone : I found mine on road
• Popsicle sticks : Mine were thinner than regular fund them at the coffee station
• PVA glue or fevicol
• Cutter
• Tooth picks
• Skewers
• Acrylic paints etc
• Dried bamboo twigs from my apartment garden

No power tools needed, just you imagination

• Wash the rock, bamboo twigs and let them to dry
• Glue several popsicle stick to make few thin wooden planks / sheets
• Let the glue dry before we start the next step
• Add supports as needed

• Cut the wood sheets as shown above
• Glue them together
• I used paper tape to hold them together and added a support inside to prevent it collapsing
• Let it dry for 2 hours
• Add details like doors, chimney and base etc

Tips :

• You could choose a different shape for your house
• To simplify this step, you could take a big piece of wood and shape it into a house using saw and then sticking popsicle picks for details

• The idea is that this rock is a hill or a island in water
• We have a wooden path which goes around the rock
• This path has is has moss etc
• I started at the top and slowly added each piece
• Added support where the popsicle stick was touching the rock
• After every piece, you need to wait for 2hrs to dry
• Once done paint the patch with watery green and brown

Tips :

• If you are comfortable using super glue, this step gets done faster
• I always end up gluing myself and making change later is difficult
• While one piece was drying I would work on another, like painting or tree etc

• Take 4 to 5 pieces of popsicle sticks between 3 to 4 cm
• Glue them together and leave them to dry
• Once dried, use a sandpaper and cutter to give this a boat like shape
• Leave the boa's bottom flat, so that it could stand upright without an additional support
• Add the central mast and two sails
• Glue them and let it to dry

• Using Acrylic paints ( I you may choose different colors)
  • Paint brown ( water wash ) to give the wooden finish
  • Paint green, let it dry
  • Now paint teal Blue, leaving some of the green to still be visible like moss
• For the roof, i rubbed a little black paint
• I accidentally painted the sails, so had to retouch them with whit paint

Tips

• You could try different color scheme
• While my looked amazing with a white background, on a darker shelve I will have to change the colors

• Before we start detailing, we need to glue the house and level it
• I added dummy supports for the house at the back and front
• Added tress ( bamboo twigs)
• Added few more branches by gluing more twigs

Tips :

• Using Super glue could definitely speed up the process
• Take a pause after every step... rest a bit and then continue

Once everything is dried, place the new tiny wooden house to display on the showcase or find a spot

Future Improvements

• Add led lights, why ? Because I love them and will be more visible on a darker shelf
• Add more details to Tree, fence to path and a swing

Please share your suggestion, comments and how can I improve further