Tools

Miniature Houses: What You Need to Build Your Glitter Village

This is a complete list of the tools you need to have and other tools that would be nice to have. If you are planning to build a tiny village of more than one or two miniature houses, I recommend using all the tools available to you.

Another tip for building miniature houses: stop throwing away used, clean cardboard. Save cereal boxes, the backs of writing tablets, food package cardboard – basically anything flat, firm and clean, that you can re-use.

 

These are the main tools that you should keep on hand:

• X-acto knife
• Metal ruler
• Scissors
• Tweezers
• School glue
• Glue stick
• Scotch tape
• Small brush
• Cutting mat
• 1/4-inch hole punch
• Bone folder

“Nice to Have” Tools:

These are tools that you should consider adding to your tool box if you are going to build more than one or two miniature houses.

• Resealable tape
• Right triangle or square
• Straight-edge paper cutter
• Speciality scissors
  • Decorative scrapbook type
  • Small detail cutter
• Larger round hole punches
• Laser printer

 

 

• Cereal box or food package cardboard
• Chipboard or writing tablet backs
• Corrugated cardstock
• Scrapbook cardstock
• Cardboard
• Printer paper
• Vellum, tissue paper or coffee filter paper for window and door openings

 

 

• Assorted paint brushes
• White primer paint
• Acrylic paints
• Snow Tex
• Assorted glitter