How to Make a 1/12 Scale Miniature Television, DIY TV Craft for Dollhouse or Diorama\r
Today were making a 1/12 scale television with interchangeable screens and you can switch from having the television on a stand to a wall mounted tv. This diy television is perfect for dollhouses, ion figure dioramas (such as Marvel Legends), or if you just want to take some fun pictures of your toys watching tv.\r
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The materials youll need to make your own #miniature 1:12 scale television are:\r
Paperboard such as from a cereal box\r
2 popsicle sticks\r
ModPodge: (Amazon affiliate link)\r
Scissors\r
Ruler or a t-square (Amazon affiliate t-square link)\r
Pencil\r
Paper\r
Black Acrylic craft paint\r
Sealant\r
Paint brush \r
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And then some optional materials Ill be using but if you dont have, you can substitute something else:\r
Puffy paint\r
Super glue\r
Magnets, which Ill be using a cheap sheet magnet, you know the kind that local business sometimes give out that has their company logo and maybe a calendar on it and some \r
5 mm disc magnets (youll need 4) I get mine from Ebay: (Ebay affiliate link)\r
Pruning shears\r
Xo knife (Amazon affiliate link)\r
Packaging tape\r
Mounting putty\r
Needle\r
Sandpaper\r
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The first step to make the television is to start measuring and cutting up the paperboard and popsicle sticks. The paperboard and sheet magnet form the television screen, while the popsicle stick makes the base. The measurements youll need are included in the video\r
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The smallest piece of popsicle stick will become the miniature tv remote. I sand down the two bottom corners of the remote so that the bottom of the remote will be slightly rounded.\r
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Next I glue the 4 back pieces of the tv together using the mod podge and glue the sheet magnet on the top. \r
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Next paint the interior edge and front of the frames before gluing them down.\r
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Then I take the two popsicle stick pieces that will form the base of my stand and cut out a piece of paper slightly smaller than them. Ill glue the two pieces of the base to this paper to help keep them together. Then I take the third piece of the stand, and insert it into the notch I cut in the base and glue it down.\r
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While the base is drying, we can go back to the tv and glue on the frame. \r
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Next, paint the tv stand black.\r
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After the frame has dried on the tv, I sand all four edges of the tv on some sandpaper to help level them out. \r
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Then you can begin to paint the remaining sides and back of the tv black. If you didnt use a magnet, paint the screen black too.\r
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For the remote control, I form the buttons out of puffy paint, but you can use regular paint.\r
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Once the tv and stand are dry, I measure the central point on the back of the tv and put two marks down about 1 cm from the bottom and 3.5 cm from the bottom. This is where Ill be attaching my disc magnets. I measure similar points on the arm of the stand. If you dont have magnets, you can always just glue the stand directly to the tv. I like magnets thought to give me more options to switch freely between the stand and a wall mount. As for sticking the tv on a wall, I just used more poster mounting putty.\r
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I use super glue to secure the magnets in their places.\r
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After the super glue is dry, the tv is done, Im going to make some interchangeable screens that I can stick on the magnetic tv screen. I use a free software called Paint.net to scale the images down to about 8.4 cm wide and 4.7 cm tall. Then I print them and to prevent the ink from smearing, I apply a layer of packaging tape on the front and back of the image and cut it out. I glue small squares of the sheet magnet to the four corners of the image using superglue. Just make sure you test your magnets first to make sure you are gluing the correct side down so that the image will stick to the tv screen. If you dont have magnets, you can use a small piece of tape to switch between screens.\r
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