DIY Miniature Rocking Chair made from Cardboard (Free Pattern)
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- Опубліковано 5 чер 2020
- Here is the rocking chair pattern and tutorial to go along with the cardboard bedroom suite! I had so much fun putting it together for you guys! Be sure to tag me on Instagram if you make one for your self😉
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Patterns (thank you Paula Storm for making these for us!):
Rocking Chair JPG: drive.google.com/file/d/1DLsG...
Rocking Chair PDF: drive.google.com/file/d/1xbCb...
Rocking Chair SVG: drive.google.com/file/d/100U3...
SVG Pattern Directions: drive.google.com/file/d/1jZmb...
Materials I used (affiliate links):
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Original Bedroom Suite Video:
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No one else’s miniature tutorials compare to yours - such well constructed pieces with such clear, concise instructions. Thank you so much 🙏🏼
Wow, thank you! That means a lot💖💖
AMEN!! Ara is THE BEST teacher!!!
I don't even make miniature items, but there's something so relaxing and honestly impressive about your work. Keep it up!
I feel exactly the same way.
Thank you so much! I appreciate it💖💖
Ugh same, I fuckin love this channel, it's kinda like ASMR for artists maybe? I dunno.
The wrinkled paper looks like old leather in a way. I like it.
Not only is this beautiful, (oh I love cardboard) but the nails is very clever.
I think a couple of the things I love about watching you work; problem solving and fully accepting outcomes that you didn't plan for. It inspires me to "just keep going" when things don't turn out the way I expected. Happy mistakes - new discoveries.
My favorite term for it is "flopportunities"! lol!
You are so clever Ira! I''m a newbie to the world of miniatures, and fast becoming addicted! I love your website. It's so entertaining and informative. Thank you so much.
Yay! Thank you for this. My guess about full size rockers is that the rockers (bottom part) themselves are heavier and stick out more in the front to put more weight out front
You are probably right. If I make it again I will experiment a bit ;)
I actually love how the paper wrinkled like that. Looks so fitting
Thank you for your free pattern. Love everything 👍💗
Your rocking chair is best
I love rocking chairs, they are a great place to fall asleep in. :}
Thanks your tutorials are easy to follow.
I like how the paper looks. It's one of those things if you tried to get that look you wouldn't be able to do it.
Love it! Specifically, I love the problem solving, and the paper towel backing. It almost looks like the wicker insert you'd often find in rocking chairs ^_^
You are very talented.
I love the texture you ended up with from your paper towel.
These are so cute. The whole series for this house kinda remind me of that poem about the Crooked Man....who lives in a crooked house with his crooked cat. I had a book of poems as a child and I loved the illustrations for that one. So fun to look at! Esp his crooked house~
Haha! I remember that one!
Rocking chairs truly is an artform to make, like Rose Crooks wrote, heavier bottom that sticks out in the front, then we have the angle of the legs...
Anyways, I think you did an amazing job :) 💜
Thank you!! I definitely feel like they are an art form... I am glad I figured out a way not to dump its mini user on the floor lol!
@@BentleyHouseMinis hahaha, you really did good :) 💜 the way you figure out things in general, you are REALLY good at what you do :)
Girl. You are amazing.
Thank you so much for making these posts with templates! This rocking chair is my first attempt and it is coming along quite nicely; still needs painting. :) I set the legs more forward, right to the front curl, and it sits with a slight lean but still upright. I attached the legs straight up and down, without any angle; I will change this either on this model on the next. I'm going to do the couch next! :) UPDATE: I found after adding the filler, the chair sat upright even better! no nails this time around. :)
I am so glad you are loving the templates and thank you for the insight on how to get the chair to balance!
I absolutely love this rocking chair! Everything I see, I'm mentally shrinking it to quarter scale LOL I can't wait to begin the furniture for my little house. Thank you!
I would love to see it in quarter scale! Go for it my friend! ;)
The reason your rocking chair falls over is because the curve of the “rockers” is too much. If you had used a larger circular item to make the rocker flatter it wouldn’t fall backwards. Something with twice the diameter of the tape roll like maybe a gallon paint can would work.
Thank you! I will try that the next time I make one👍
I think the back legs weren't far back enough?
No, I'm wrong , I just looked 😂
I formed my rockers on a smaller roll of masking tape; it fell over even faster LOL! I did manage to remedy it by 1) shortening the front legs a bit, 2) adding some nails as directed and finally, 3) inserting a small piece of dowelling inside the roll of the armrests. Adding the stops at the back helped too! ;-)
Thanks for this! I am making a house project. This helped alot
I am always shocked and impressed how you don't burn yourself. Either you are editting that out or you are just that awesome. I think the latter. I am always burning myself. I think I am the queen of blisters when it comes to the hot glue gun lol.
I still burn myself occasionally but not like I used to! ;)
You rock Ara.
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Adding nails for weight would never have occurred to me! What a fabulous idea!
This is so terrific, easy materials and a great little chair. 💕
Nice chair!
Absolutely gorgeous..looks so nice made up and not even hand made ..love it 😀
Absolutely beautiful
I like the wrinkles in the paper towel. I think it gives it good texture like a real rocking chair
Adorable! Thank you for another wonderful project and tutorial!
I've been working along with you! Love my cardboard house! Thank you for sharing your creativity.
Wonderful! 💖
Adorable rocker!
Parabéns pelo lindo trabalho, que Deus te abençoe e te capacite.
Love this little rocker! Thank you for always making such wonderful tutorials! You are so generous in sharing your work!
Thanks so much 😊
Beautiful work, and great tip with the nails and the roll of tape awesome 😁😁😁👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you so much 😀
I've just discovered you though Jen and I haven't really done any miniatures only little Christmas scenes in jars but not going to the length and work you do with such simple materials! Your inspirational!
The more videos I watch the more amazed I am!
You are so talented, and so very inspiring
I love This
This is fantastic. Thank you so much xoxo
The weight distribution is based on the leg placement between the rockers. I had this issue also. Once I pushed the legs a little further back on the rockers it distributed the weight more evenly and problem was solved. Thanks for this tutorial. Haven’t tried a miniature before. I made a rocking horse not a chair.
That was so fun to watch. Thank you so much for all the free patterns you share with us.
Glad you enjoyed it!
So beautiful and so much fun. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wonderful - I've been looking forward to this video since you posted the bedroom pieces yesterday. Brilliantly executed, love the design and colour. :-)
Yay, thank you!💖
So cute!! One thing that I have used to create a woven look is the bags that onions and potatoes come in. My mom even bought some special expensive potatoes one time so I could have a metallic gold, lol. I have a variety stashed away that are used for several different things. I'll send you a picture of something I made in April that uses it. As always, your engineering is amazing and your craftsmanship is wonderful! Thank you so much for sharing all of your gifts!
Great idea!! I know exactly what material you are talking about and that's genius! Looking forward to seeing it!
Thanks for this excellent tutorial Ara. Awesome!! ❤️
Glad you liked it!
subscribed! Love the way you show and explain your darling furniture and house. Thank you ever so much. You made my day!
Thank you and welcome to the channel!!
Awesome!!
Love Love Love!
Super cute
So nice 👍
Its rather amazing how you can take cardboard and make a rocking chair... and I keep forgetting this is even smaller then the scale I’m used to. I usually see like Barbie size and I know this is like almost half the size and this is even smaller so it’s just very impressive that you get so much detail and make these amazing items at such a small scale.
Glad you like it! You could def scale it up and use skewers for the legs! ;) Thank you💖
the little fairy is happy with her rocking chair
You are so clever. I just love it.
Thank you! 😊
Love it!
I tend to do a fairly thick coat of filler/glue after sanding and then one or two coats of thinner stuff :) Also, I have to put a smooth layer of hot glue along the edges or sometimes the cardboard split because of the moisture
Super ! Merci beaucoup !
Looks so good!
beautiful, as usual, Ara!!! I love your work! I think this would go really nicely in my little holiday house I made... but it's gonna have to be like 1/2 the size of yours. lol I think I got that pattern from you too! a loooooong time ago. lol. ... ok maybe a couple years. Keep 'em comin!!!
after thought... I was watching again, and realized... "she didn't put a butt indent in the seat"... that would have been really real! :D awesome!
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I have to tell you, Ara...
I was (trying to watch) someone else's tutorial video, but had to turn it off (sound) really fast! I hate when voices are so condescending like we're all little children and know nothing. This one was about making miniature frames which I really wanted to learn... she assumed that everyone always watches her videos and knows what technique she loves.... well this was the first time I had ever seen her. I had to mute the video just to watch it without hearing her rudeness.
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THANK YOU, ARA for being such an awesome teacher!!! The way YOU teach is wonderful. (((HUGS)))
Love the rocking chair. Neither of my grandmothers had one (closest was a rocking recliner 😄) but it always bring good memories of them anyway, trope of elderly grandmothers in them or no. 😋 I wonder, as I might have said I'm no craft genius but I had an idea. Just for looks I would have lenghtened the supports for the armrest and put the rockers on that, wonder how that would have looked like. Would still have the balance issue I think. 😁
thank you, this will be really useful when i make one for my game
Such a cute little rocking chair, well done Ara 👌🏻🧚🏻♀️❤️
Thank you 🤗
Can you add paint to the “mixture”? Maybe the base coat color on the second “mixture” coat.
I think that would def work! ;)
Thanks so much Ara x
So cute❤️ to prevent wrinkles you could try to dampen the paper towel. It works with thin paper and mod podge.
Amazing 👏
I believe, the issue with paper towel can be fixed by misting it with water before gluing orby using not-wet glue, like a glue stick. And the front legs should be shorter than the back ones, to help with the balance. But your fix is cool, good to know!
Awesome miniature piece!
Great tips! Thank you!
Rubber cement might also not wrinkle the paper towel
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i love your content. you should do a shrek project next
Brilliant! I love the idea of using the nails as counter-balance!
Perhaps using stick glue to attach the paper towel (PT) would have produced fewer wrinkles as it is not water-based like Tacky glue is and the PT would not have absorbed so much liquid, causing the wrinkles. Or maybe spraying it with a little hairspray may have kept it from absorbing the water in the paint. Just a thought.
Keep up the great work! As always ... Have a better day!
Great ideas to try out! Thank you Sean!
Another comprehensive tutorial, following your instructions one can’t go wrong. I was wondering if you centred the chair to the middle of the rockers, rather the to the front of the rockers whether that could work. I’m enjoying this series very much.👏👏👏👍👍
If I make it again I will experiment with putting it more in the center! Its def an art form💖 Thank you!
Still your modifications were genius, I would never have thought of nails for counter balance. Well done.👏👏👍👍
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Ms Perrywinkle is a blessed person to live in an Ara-constructed House. No reason for her to look so grumpy 😹
😄😄 Maybe a few rocks in the chair will cheer her up? lol!
Suggestion: extend the rockers at the back with straight pieces.
The straight pieces prevent the further backward motion.
I also use this papertowel. I use less glue to stick down but i also cover the top of the paper with glue. I dont get any wrinkles. For the top i put rather more glue than the bottom. Also i use pva wood glue for this.
Great tip! Thank you Barbara!
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Will the "mixture" the eventual breaking down that happens to glue gun glue in cold Clements?
Oh how did I miss This? I look to make sure every couple of weeks. Bedroom suite is pronounced sweet (sorry I heard you say it a couple of times and I only do constructive criticism if something jumps out at me so don't be annoyed please:))
No worries. We say it both ways here in Texas ;) Or at least my family does lol!
This is a real masterpiece! I'm very excited and I'm really looking forward to more videos from you. How's Heather doing? I miss her. Did you hear anything new? ❤👍 Hugs vom Tinchen
Thank you💖 Yes I have been checking in with her on and off. She is feeling better!
I used to make my own baby wipes with paper towels. Bounty brand was the only one that would work because they don't fall apart when wet. Not sure what brand you used for "texture" but maybe Bounty might work better? Not sure with glue though.
I used to have a Bentwood rocker, maybe the rocker parts need to be longer in the back of the chair to prevent it from falling over
I am not sure what brand it was but probably pretty cheap lol! I will have to look up that brand of rocker and study the legs ;) Thank you!
Hi from the UK!!! I have been binge watching your videos and wow I love it!! You're incredibly talented, so I wondered if you would be able to do a tutorial on how to make a Wisteria Tree for climbing up the side and front of a Doll's House? As I'd love to learn that one and I am asking you because I like how you come across and you are great at giving details and explanations etc, I am not sure if you will see this comment or not as new to youtube, I look forward to hearing from you. Wendy xxxx
I have never tried to make one before! If I have a reason for creating one for a project I will definitely do that ;) Thank you!
Bentley House Minis fab 🤞 you do!! Thank you for getting back to me. I enjoy watching your videos so thanks for all that you do 😊 have a super day x
Love this, thx for clear instructions, but I dont like nlack colors in furnitures
What in the actual fuck? This is so pretty 💖
I think the legs are made with more wood or thicker wood for the front of the curved rocker compared to the back? Just a thought I really don't know
Could be! It's an art form for sure to get them to rock correctly!
I can never get my cardboard cut so neatly.
The trick is a super sharp new blade ;) But be careful of your fingers!
That's cool you used nails to balance it. I'm not sure I would have thought of that. It reminded me of the beginning of the movie The Patroit when Mel Gibson cant seem to make a rocking chair that'll sit upright lol. I wonder if the super glue method that Heather Tracy uses would work to harden this as well??
I will have to look up that scene! Lol! I am glad to know its not just me....😄 I haven't tried super glue on it but she used it on chipboard so it probably would work ;)
@@BentleyHouseMinis Look up The Patriot Rocking Chair scene on UA-cam. It is soooooo funny! Anyways thanks for commenting back and I'm looking forward to this weeks video! Love your sense of humor btw.
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i think it's off balance because the front leg pegs are too far forward on the curved pieces. I'm still working on the living room furniture for my daughter's doll house, so when I get to this one, i'll see if that's the reason.
Oh yes I would love to hear if that fixes it! Thank you!
May I ask how would I sink this gorgeous rocking chair down to 1:24 scale (I think it may be referred to 1/2") I'm a struggling newbie finding references/patterns for the 'diddy' stuff 😂 not experienced enough to design my own yet......🤦♀️
All you need to do is print the pattern at 50% and then make sure to use materials that are half the thickness of the ones I used. Many people forget to use thinner materials and then the items looks too chunky when finished. I hope that helps!
Can you tell me ! what is the name of that white meterial please🤔
I think the rockers are set too far back and that's why the chair wouldn't stand up. The chair probably needs to be much closer to centered on the length of the rocker to balance.
So what this rocking chair really needs is a crocheted blanket (afghan); and just for fun I made a miniature one! Ara, I would love to send it to you, do you have a PO Box or similar?
That's so sweet! Yes I do have one. You can find it in the "About" section on the main page of my channel! You are so sweet to think of me!
@@BentleyHouseMinis - I put a photo on your facebook page. Hope you like them! Package is in the post today, have fun!
I really want an easy cutter
They are so helpful!
Can you please do a grandpa clock with patterns
I will think about it for sure!
Make it wooden with the help of the Woodglut instructions.
Maybe spray the paper towel with some cheep hair spray first
Very nice and clear. Well demonstrated but why on earth do you have someone strumming a guitar while you’re talking?