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How to make a garden

at the dollhouse
Cutting & Pasting, Painting, Wool Felt, Sewing and embroidery, and Woodworking
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What do you need?
A piece of chipboard
Pencil and ruler
A saw and miter box
Sandpaper or nail file
Paint, various colors
Brushes
Thin wooden slats
Wooden discs
Bison glue

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Today we're making a little garden to go with the dollhouse, also out of chipboard with a picket fence around it. We've already made a small door and a mailbox on snazzie, some time ago, and they're coming in handy now! We're laying a path to the front door and painting the grass. The monsters love the garden and the door. The fact that the door actually can't be opened doesn't bother them; they just pretend play. :)

How to make the little garden

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Saw a piece of chipboard of 15x  cm and paint it green.

Paint a border of grass along it with dark green paint.
 
 

Paint some lighter green paint in between, here and there.

Skip a bit on the short side, where the fence opening will go later.

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Allow the paint to dry comepletely.

Here you see how we made the (faux) door.

How to make a mini letterbox.

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Place the garden against the house.

Spread glue on the back of the door.

Press the door on the house.

Put on a glue clamp.

While you let the glue dry completely you make the fence around the garden

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Saw 2 times 4  slats the circumference of the lawn and sand them.

Saw many slats of 5.5cm and sand them smooth too.

Glue the fence together and let the glue dry well.

Paint the 4 parts of the fence neatly white, or in a colour of choice.

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Glue the fence neatly around the edge of the lawn and allow the glue to dry overnight.

Hang the letterbox and stick on a path to the door.

What a lovely garden!