DIY miniature Washboard, Scrub Brush & "Metal" Tub for
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
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Traditional broom video
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This video shows how I used jute string/rope to make the bristles of a broom. You could use the same technique to make brush bristles.
Alternative materials for bristles:
Paint brush bristles: This is the most common substitute. Just avoid shiny, synthetic bristles. They don't take to the glue well.
Makeup brush bristles
Dimensions of the matchsticks to make a 1:12 scale washboard:
(2) 1 7/8" long side pieces
(2) 3/4" middle pieces (cut one in half lengthwise so you end up with 3 pieces)
(1) 3/4" wide popsicle stick for the brand name
The cardboard corrugation piece is 3/4" wide x 1" long
The gap above the brand name is the thickness of a matchstick, 1/8"
I have lots of projects planned ranging from abandoned miniatures, furniture makeovers, dioramas, accessories, kits and Dollhouse Miniatures in multiple scales. I also have a large Harry Potter build planned for 1" scale.
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When you said you made everything from scratch in the beginning, I thought "well everything except the basin. No way she makes that from scratch"....and then you blow my mind! You might be the most talented miniaturist I've come across!!!
Awwww thank you! That's so sweet.
I love this comment. 😄
IKR! 🙂🙃😉
That looks so real! I’m 70 years old and used to use a scrub board for laundry! Great job!
That sounds like a lot of work!
YEA, I'm 72 and had to do all the dish towels with them at school!
I never imagined I would say this about a washboard, tub and scrub brush, but, *beautiful!!* 😊
Thank you ☺️
Not only is this an awesome tutorial, but your voice and the music are so calming! I can feel my blood pressure lowering!
Excellent 👌 I know most of my viewers don't make miniatures so I try to make my videos entertaining and relaxing.
You amazing me, and that voice of yours sets the comforting tone of this whole process. I think I can learn a lot from you! Thank you ever so much. Huge hugs.
My pleasure! Thank you 😊
*I can't with these cute pieces 🙈 . . . the cutest minis ever! You make this look so easy! ♥ Jenny*
Thank you! 😊 These actually are pretty easy to make. The little brush is my fave.
That wee brush just delights my heart!! Can’t wait to see it’s fancy incarnation! ❤
Same here! Making the little boutique will be a lot of fun.
You really are excellent at this
I've found my calling 🖌️
Wonderful I so look forward to tutorials and can now proudly say I have finished 3 of my own projects. You still makes me very calm.
That's fantastic to hear! I'm so glad you're enjoying crafting and find my videos relaxing. I know most of my viewers don't make miniatures so I make the videos entertaining and informative.
The use of the elastic is GENIUS. I love that little brush too. FABULOUS miniatures!!
Thanks so much! Simple, small details make a big difference in miniature items.
Such a wonderful tutorial! I really like how you make such realistic looking miniatures out of paper. So nice to know how to use paper, glue and paint to do so! Thank you, Shyra. I always get so happy when I see you've posted! 🥰
Thanks so much 😊 I appreciate all your kind comments and feedback.
The ultimate scrub brush! Absolutely ingeniously thought out ! Everything is just perfect and sheer joy to watch !
This Was GREAT Very well Done! You Are so Neat! I Loved it! Thanks for the Shout out💖
You are so welcome. I loved your Bags Boxes & Luggage series! I love how simple each step is but the outcome is amazing.
Thank you again. Love all your ideas, so fun to watch. I love that I am not the only one who is impatient
Impatience can be a strength! It forces ingenuity.
I love how the miniature brush came out, and the use of corrugated cardboard to create the wash board, I’m a big fan of using materials that are easy to get, as they are often everyday items. I’m intrigued on where this will end up.
I love making miniatures from everyday things. You're a pro at it. I still can't believe all the detail you added to the apothecary walls with paper strips.
Beautiful!!! I was gasping and smiling watching your work AND then you created a wash basin. I did love the scrub wash. Good work!!!
Thank you so much!
You should teach young kids because this definitely would teach patience ❤🙏. Not to mention the gift you have would inspire young artists ❤
I would need someone to teach me patience before I could teach kids 😆
@@queencityminis 😂😂. Creating all the intricate creative things you do takes so much more patience and a steady hand I’ve never had either lol 😊. I went to a museum as a kid and there was a whole tiny town carved from wood it was an exhibit set in the mid 1800 I was hooked . I still today wish I had a dollhouse but a tiny one lol
Like Queen City, I worked on minis since the early '70's, and I can admit that I'm VERY impatient! Yup!! 😊❤
I wish I had even a small fraction of your talent! Amazing!
Wow, thank you!
Girrrrrrrrl! I only stumbled across your channel very recently but holy cow, you are making me want to up my miniatures skills big time! Keep the content coming, it's so very inspiring
Welcome to my channel! My inspiration to start a channel came from Bentley House Minis. I'm sure you're already subbed but just in case...
Yes I'm already familiar with Ara's work, I loved her beetlejuice waiting room diorama
Omgosh they turned out so good, fantastic job on them. I saved it for future reference.
I'm glad it was helpful :)
That is the sweetest scrub brush I have ever seen!
Thank you 😊 It is so adorable and I love how tight the bristles are.
You and Little Gretchen and your aversion to measuring have made all these items easier for me to try in 1 18th scale. Its like Christmas lol!
Yay! Happy to help :)
Damn this is crazy! You made it look so easy. I just started painting plastic miniatures and wanted to make a diorama backdrop for them, this is super inspiring!
Thank you so much :) Have fun creating!
Wow. Your brain must run overtime! This is insanely creative!!
Thank you! 😊 Most of my ideas come to me as I'm working.
@@queencityminis Spent the whole evening watching your forced perspective kitchen. It's just stunning!! I predict your channel is really going to grow! I've shared it with all my crafty friends on Facebook and Discord. I know you'll get a few new subs!
love the brush the most .I do not like painting but watch your tutorials many inspire me to prefer painting small details more than the past .Thanks for this tutorials .
This type of painting is really simple. You could always use a brush instead of painting. It gives a good effect.
I love the little brush! It's so cute.
So cute😍 I just love the work u do...
Thank you so much 😀
Another fabulous project!
Thank you! 😊
Now I see the magic in everything we through away!
Absolutely!
I'm never buying miniatures ever again 😆❣️
That's right! You can make almost anything from scratch.
Just lovely! Charming and nostalgic. Love the detail of the label on the washboard...reminds me of my mother's. And the scrub brush is a delight. Can see any sort of floor brushes, etc. made essentially the same. Can't wait to see the hairbrush. Thank you for sharing so many techniques with us!
I love the idea of making a brook. Maybe I'll make a push broom. Thank you
These are positively wonderful! I can't even express how much I love the tiny little brush! ❤Ingenious ideas and techniques. Thanks for showing us how!😍
Thank you so much! I'm impatient but I think it's a strength when it comes to crafting bc I come up with shortcuts and more efficient ways to do things.
This is so cute. Your so talented.
Thank you so much :)
All three pieces are great, but omigosh, that brush is so cute!
It really is! I'm excited to make a fancy silver brush.
I dont know what piece I like best. The scrub brush is adorable. One would never guess that the wash tub is made out of paper. I have a vintage washboard like the one you made hanging in my laundry room.😊❤
That's super cool! I love antique items.
Wow 😳. Wow 😮 boah 😍
That is amazingly beautiful
I just inherited a doll house. I will be following you around 😂 and try as much as possible. I am old enough to have actually used, washboard, tub and bristly brush in reality - I will make the dollhouse one for my childhood memories. You will see me again.
That is so utterly beautiful ❤️
Yay! I'm so glad you have a Dollhouse of your own. Watch Little Gretchen's Workshop and TinyKeyHoleMinis as well.
@@queencityminis oh I will ! Thanks for the hint. I have a dollhouse with furniture from the 60s. And the inherited one, with real expensive cherry wood furniture and chintzy chairs. And I built a barbie dollhouse for my grandchild, and I made so much fruit and vegetables and stuff, that I had to build a grocery store into it. I love all of that!
I had a laugh when you were making the brush and mentioned Gretchen's luggage tutorial... I just watched it too and bought the nail studs to use as well. The tiny ones can be used as buttons too.
I love the little studs I got! I want more.
You have a very steady hand with that xacto.
Most of the time 🏥
Those look great. Have a wonderful day
Thank you! You too!
Always blows me away at how amazing your mini designs come out.
You have awesome-sauce talent/gifts.
Please tell me your hubs/partner play tabletop mini games........bc your props would be beyond Gameworks grade.
Ty for sharing with us! 😊
Thank you so much! No, he doesn't. I think I'd enjoy making terrain.
Maybe hold the bristles in a tiny rubber band while the glue dries? Love watching you work.
Thanks for the suggestion! I appreciate it 😊
Awesome...realistic..I appreciate your art..
Thank you 😊
This is so cute…want to make it also…thanks for sharing
Go for it!
Thank you for suggesting an interesting idea for creating a miniature ❤
My pleasure 😊
Absolute perfection. You have really inspired me to have a go at my dolls house. Thank you so much
That's great to hear 🤗 Have fun crafting!
The scrub brush is so cute! All of them turned out amazing! Adorable!
Thank you!! 😊 I'm super excited to make the fancy silver brush.
@@queencityminis me too!
Really cool tutorial.
Thank you! Cool name 😎
Genius !!! Love love love ❤
Thank you 😊
Match sticks! Brilliant!
Thank you 😊
These are so cute! I love that you are "all from scratch" I hope I can do as well as you did Thank you for sharing them all I can't wait to learn and make more 🙂
I love the tech available to help miniaturists create but I'm not great with tech and I'm really impatient with it. Plus, I think it's really fun to figure out how to make random junk and recyclables look like something else.
Wow! These are absolutely gorgeous! New subscriber. ❤
Welcome 😊 Thank you!
Everything came out so realistic ❤
Thank you :)
Amazing Crafter
Thank you 😊
These are really great
Thank you :) I love making miniatures from recyclables and random stuff. It's my favorite thing.
Sweet!!!! I'm going to try the washboard. My real washboard has glass not metal, so I'll use the ribbed shelf liner I have. Thanks for the tutorials.
You're so welcome! Have fun
So darn cute.
Thank you :)
Love those items 👍🏻
Thank you! The brush is my favorite.
They're all beautifully made and look fantastically real. I'm wondering if it would be easier to make a brush if you had the bristles in an elastic band and the adhered the brush template on top?
I was thinking the same thing but I tried this technique first. It's already so easy, I didn't experiment further.
That little brush is adorable. I love the techniques you are using. I am furnishing a victorian doll house and I am currently working on the scullery maid in the kitchen. This project is just perfect timing for me.
That's great! Make sure you check out Little Gretchen's Workshop. She's working on a Victorian rooming house.
@@queencityminis Yes, I am subscribed to her channel as well. I love Her sweet manner too.
Great :) She's on of my favorites.
subscribing right now👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Yay! Welcome 🤗
Amazing work, love it!
Glad you enjoy it!
Beautiful! Thank you.
Glad you like it!
I love "Little Gretchen "
You and me both 😊
Thank you for another enjoyable mini tutorial! I also just bought some nail studs after watching little Gretchen! Really love your channel ❤
My pleasure! Thank you so much. This was my first use of the nail studs since I just bought them. I was using caviar beads (also nail decor) before. They're too small and round for certain things so the studs are great.
So cute! I love it!
Thank you! 😊
AHHHHHHH MAZING!!!!!! 👏🏾
Thanks!
You are amazing 👏
Thank you so much 😀
This is diffidently going to make these big so they can work for my mini self doll, she'll need those for her laundry and as for the brush that's going in the stables. See you next time.
I was thinking the scrub brush looks like a horse brush. I used to care for horses in high school. Have fun!
Amazing detail thanku so much..
Most welcome 😊
FANTASTIC!
Thank you 😊
love the details! i need to build a mini kitchen hand pump- ideas?
Here's an excellent tutorial to make one from scratch. teensyweensybaby.com/2017/08/28/miniature-water-pump-and-half-barrel-tutorial/
many thanks!@@queencityminis
You sound just like the lady from Texas who saves the bees!😂
She sounds awesome 😆
Brilliant!
Thank you 😊
So clever
Thank you 😊
Rhooo! Trop choupinet!
Thank you 😊
WOW!! 🤩
Thank you 😊
Wow just wow
Thank you 😊
my favorite thing about making miniatures is thinking about 'normal' ppl observing the 'oh wow this is amazing' while we stare at the most mundane item like a piece of corrugated cardboard.
Yes! 😆 it's the best thing. We have that vision.
Genius!
Thank you 😊
Ugh so gooood! It’s funny cuz I watch other miniature channels but when there’s no grunge I just… loose interest lol. So weird. Anyway, thank you for my fix.
Hahaha I hear you. I love the grunge too.
i still love it
This was a fun one
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What is the name of the table you’re using and what’s the name of the tool you’re using to slice the wood when you’re putting the brand on the board ?? Love your content !
Thank you so much! The tool I just is called miter shears.
There's a link in the description.
@@queencityminis thanks! But I’m talking about the one you used at 0:20. I found the rest of the ones you have but I can’t find that one
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Супер!!!
Thank you ☺️
Could copper paint with a little brown work to mimic rust?
I bet that would look great, especially with some cinnamon added
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Thank you for watching:)
What else can be used for bristles if you don't have that grass?
She wrote that in the details
ua-cam.com/video/GHAT_f73KFA/v-deo.html In this video, I used some jute rope to make bristles for a broom. You can also use bristles from a paint brush. I left more info in the description.
@Vicky timmerman oh sorry I must've missed that when I went looking for it. Hence the comment.
To share dimensions with us, do you have to measure your peices after making them?
Yes 😆 I don't usually measure while I'm crafting. I just eyeball it.
Bravo! 👏 soap bar? 🤔?? ?😅
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Oh! Why didn't I think of that? I've made soap from polymer clay. So quick and easy
👍ok I don' t speak english but understand something that you say. Saludos i felicitaciones desde Barcelona 💪congratulations!
@@nuriaarandes1258 I'm working on adding captions to my videos, including Spanish.
@@queencityminis ok 👍thanks 👏👏👏💪💪💪😘
What product you use to make silver "metal' and the rust? Where i can buy it
I used a product called Rust Effects from Goblins Hut. It cost $28 for a little bottle.
What kind of weight is that with all the holes? What book do you use as a weight?
It's a 123 block (1 inch by 2 inch by 3 inch). It weighs 1 lb. The book is a reference guide to Miniature makers marks and signatures.
What happened to the teapot?
This is my latest videos which will be premiering today at 11 am.
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@@queencityminis oh I saw that.
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MUITO DESPERDÍCIO DE MATETIAL DA ESCOVA???
I'll try to use less next time. Thank you!
It wouldn't be unusual for burpee to put their logo on something like a washboard. That's advertising.
Oh, interesting! That's true.