What to do with dollhouse: Our Barbie scale dollhouse that our daughter did not want is now at our local elementary school. It has been there for several years and many, many children have had a chance to enjoy it. This was worked out with one of the teachers who had room in her classroom for it. Donna |
Tile sealer: You might try using Deft Semi-Gloss spray on your tiles to seal them. Cut the tiles to fit your room then spray them before you glue them in. The more coats, the shinier they will be. I use two coats on the tile floors in my Southwest room boxes. Spray evenly and not too heavy. Several thin coats are better than 1 heavy coat. Let dry completely between coats. Sealing before grouting prevents the grout and water from penetrating the tiles and it also eases clean up of the grout. When the grout is completely dry, usually about 24 hours, you can spray one more time to bring the shine back to the tiles. Spencer |
Adding music to a scene. This is something I've been thinking about for a long time myself, as I want to do a scene of Billy Joel's "Piano Man" with all the characters in it. It seems there are only a few options, depending on how much music, and how high quality you want it to be. There are picture frames, and even greeting cards that come with a programmable microchip to tape messages, or yourself singing "Happy Birthday" or whatever. I do not know their quality, and I suspect that there is not much time on them. The other option is to buy a tiny tape recorder, and conceal it somewhere, perhaps in a base of the project. If you aren't particular about the music, there is a very large selections of music boxes you could use! Alice Zinn- Pt. St. Lucie FL |
Adding music to a scene. There are a LOT of different ways you can add music to your scene! The considerations are; how many different songs do you want it to play, what sound quality do you want, and where do you want the sound to come from. Depending on the answers to these questions, you can either use a small tape recorder hidden under the bandstand, or you can get speakers and build them in the bandstand and have the recorder somewhere else, or you can go wild and have everything run You can get a digital recording device and hack it apart, and set it up to run at a certain time....or, you can get several of these devices (relatively cheaply on the internet or parts from electronics stores) and have a program to play them. We have an entire skit with music built in to our puppet theater. We used small computers and digital recording devices. The sound was recorded on a full-size computer, then dumped to the digital (then timed to fit the action, but if you don't need that it gets a whole lot easier!). The speaker is built into the top of the theater, and a fabric grille is behind what looks like carved wood (but is actually paperclay). Please feel free to write me for help with this, as I said, there are a lot of ways to do it! Tori |
Adding music to a scene. There are a LOT of different ways you can add music to your scene! The considerations are; how many different songs do you want it to play, what sound quality do you want, and where do you want the sound to come from. Depending on the answers to these questions, you can either use a small tape recorder hidden under the bandstand, or you can get speakers and build them in the bandstand and have the recorder somewhere else, or you can go wild and have everything run You can get a digital recording device and hack it apart, and set it up to run at a certain time....or, you can get several of these devices (relatively cheaply on the internet or parts from electronics stores) and have a program to play them. We have an entire skit with music built in to our puppet theater. We used small computers and digital recording devices. The sound was recorded on a full-size computer, then dumped to the digital (then timed to fit the action, but if you don't need that it gets a whole lot easier!). The speaker is built into the top of the theater, and a fabric grille is behind what looks like carved wood (but is actually paperclay). Please feel free to write me for help with this, as I said, there are a lot of ways to do it! Tori |
Music in dollshouses: In one of the Dutch museums/art galleries (Harlem, Rotterdam?), there is a modern piece, which is in a darkened room. The piece itself is subtly lit. It represents American inner urban tenement housing. I am unclear of the scale - the buildings are about 18 inches tall. It is night. Some of the apartments have lights on, curtains drawn. The buildings themselves are fairly well made, but it is the wonderful soundtrack that plays which leads the mind to make up all sorts of stories.. a dog barks, a police siren wails, a couple argue, a baby cries - someone plays jazz music, a car draws up to the curb, people talk, laugh, a shot rings out, more cars are heard, a woman calls her kids to the table for dinner.... One stands in the dark, or slowly walks around this piece, lost in a world of mystery and banality, and it is true magic. I have always wanted to wire my scenes for sound ever since seeing it. Maybe one day I will. Helen from York, England |
Printies free: we have printies here FREE for those who would like them also free mini bear pattern 1/12 of course. Jane in UK list mum at mini teddy Jane |
Stable: For your stable you will need water buckets, baled hay and feed sacks, though my neighbor keeps her feed in metal garbage cans to defeat mice. Two types of tack box. A large one that usually looks like a plain wooden trunk with a lid that lifts. These often are parked outside a stall. Some people keep all the tack inside them, but some will hang a saddle on a wooden rack on the wall of a separate room. Bridles will be hung on wall hooks. A saddle blanket lying on the tack box could add some nice color. There is also a small tack box like an open tool box with a handle across the top. This will contain a hoof pick, brushes, liniment, a pulling comb for tails and manes. You might want to set up cross ties, which are simply two lead ropes that attach opposite each other on the walls of the open 'hall' between stalls. This is used to restrain a horse for saddling or a visit from the blacksmith. No stable is complete without a barn cat or two. You could have barn boots, too, but be sure they're NOT clean :). You could include a long whip used for lunging- which is just holding a rope and using the whip to encourage the horse to trot in a circle around you for exercise. Well, hope this helps. Linda in Leroy, OH |
Paper models of Furniture: This is another site with different printable models Lynn in Cahokia |
Stable: For the person who wanted information on equipment for horses for her stable, have a look at this great web site: http://www.riorondo.com/products.html. They make all sorts of tack such as saddles, bridles, halters etc. Being a former horse person myself, I bookmarked this site as I liked their products very much. Cheryl from Brampton, ON |
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