Finished Hogwart's Express Miniature Display Harry Potter

Today is the day that it all came together! After what seems like forever, my project is now complete. The scene is from the first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,  just as Harry buys the "lot" of the trolley.  Scabbers the rat is eating  Berties Botts Everyflavour beans. What I love is the trolley is bursting with candy, a child's dream! This is the outside view, showing a small part of the train, Hogwart's Express.

View from top with cover on.

View from top with cover off.

See the gray round rat, Scabbers with his head in the candy box?

 

The hallway with the trolley, and Trevor, Neville's toad on another escape attempt !

Some of the trunks I made. They look in my opinion, very much like the movie props.

Hedwig in the cage was purchased at Coles, but the cage was originally silver which i painted brown to match the movie. Also repainted was Hedwigs face as it didn't look very realistic.

Hedwig from the back.








Hope you enjoyed. What a sense of accomplishment. This project was especially time consuming as there was not much that could be bought and had to be hand made. Enjoy this little picture video I made.

Dollhouse miniature clay apple pies

So this is my first attempt at making apple pies for my dollhouse. Bottle caps are just a little too big for pie plates, and making them out of clay wasn't the look i was going for. So i used aluminum foil from an oven liner cut into circles and painstakingly bent them into a pie plate shape. Pastry coloured clay was rolled out and lines the pan. I prebaked some lengths of apple coloured clay, and once they cooled down, sliced them and put them in the pie. At the time i didnt have liquid clay, so i used a gel medium that acts like a glue for the glaze. I sprinkled cinnamin spice on the pies.

Not really happy with the colour, but will try

again another day.

Next time i will try to get better colours with the clay and shading. All i had at the time was some dollar store make-up, that just wasn't the right shade. To save these ones, I will add a pastry top to them. Since I like making my own miniatures, I purchased a clay machine, and it really helps to get a nice even sheet of clay. Using a paint lid cap, circles are cut from the clay, and placed on the pie.

Here are all the pies, textured with a toothbrush, and brushed with chalk pastels. This is my first attempt with liquid clay and chalk pastels to make pie filling. Mine was a little too thick. Next time I will add some pastel to the liquid clay, instead of making a lot of chalk pastel and adding not enough liquid clay. After baking, a little glaze is brushed on. For a first attempt, it's ok, but I will try to make another batch.

Crochet Christmas gifts

So i couldn't post all the work i was doing for Christmas gifts before Christmas just in case someone in my family saw them. I had a lot of relaxing evenings crocheting dishcloths. But it would be nice to display them so that's when the idea for a crochet basket to hold them in. Even the little tea cups were snatched up! They were well received.

Hogwarts Express miniature part 6 Scabber's cage Harry Potter

What an overthought! Of course there must be Scabbers the rat's cage. Luckily enough, there were these little wood tiles in my wood supplies that are just the right size for the base and top of the cage. All that had to be purchased for the project was a small length of a square piece of wood. Pins were used for the cage part, glued in with E 6000 and painted grey. Putting a hinge for the door was my first idea, but then i realized that a little bit of silver duct tape would suffice. The top leather handle was a leftover from making the trunks. The beige inner liner helps keep in the pins and will look good with a straw bed. the liner is a dollar store find that is supposed to make baskets.
 

All that's left is a little straw!