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How to Make Miniature Dollhouse Molds

A dollhouse is filled with miniature representations of regular objects, for example, chairs, tables and other things found in a home. You can make miniature representations of any object for the dollhouse with the use of a plastic mold. The supplies you will need can be acquired from a hobby shop. Items commonly found around the house will be necessary as well.

Things You'll Need

Newspaper
Plastic box, 6-by-6-by-8 inches
Non-stick cooking spray
Object
Ruler
Pencil
2 measuring cups, 16 ounces
Alginate plastic solution
Wooden stir sticks
Utility knife
Needle-nose pliers
Protective gloves
Respirator mask
Cast liquid plastic solutions, A&B

Instructions

- 1
  Place a newspaper on a table. Place the plastic box on the newspaper. Spray the inside of the box with nonstick cooking spray.
- 2
  Place the object that will be duplicated with the mold on the newspaper against a side of the box. Make a dot on the box 1 inch above the height of the object.
- 3
  Pour 5 ounces of tap water into the measuring cup. Add 4 ounces of the alginate plastic solution to the cup. Stir the mixture inside the cup with a wooden stir stick for 20 seconds.
- 4
  Pour the mixture from the cup into the plastic box. Push the object into the mixture until it is completely covered. Leave the box undisturbed for eight to nine hours.
- 5
  Score around the top of the hardened mixture where the object was inserted with a utility knife. Continue to score around the top until you can pull a section of the hardened mixture off.
- 6
  Grip the exposed end of the object with needle-nose pliers. Pull the object out of the hardened mixture.
- 7
  Put on the protective gloves and respirator mask. Pour 3 ounces of the ̶0;A̶1; liquid plastic into the measuring cup. Add 3 ounces of the ̶0;B̶1; liquid plastic into the cup. Stir the mixture inside the cup with a wooden stir stick for three seconds.
- 8
  Pour the mixed liquid plastic into the hole in the box until the level is even with the top. Let the liquid plastic set for four hours.
- 9
  Upend the plastic box and shake the alginate out onto the newspaper. Break the alginate apart to reveal a plastic copy of the object you have made for your dollhouse.

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