9436 Miniscene Ornament Set – Some Ideas for Themed Scenes Using Miniature Accessories

#9436 MiniScene Ornament Set – some ideas for themed scenes using miniature accessories

Mini House (two versions) #17036 Mini Log Cabin Kit #11173 1/144 Scale Traditional Living Room Set #11175 1/144 Scale Old Fashioned Kitchen Set For a toy scene, add #26109 Off-White Mini Bear #6090 Night Before Christmas Book For a landscaped/snowy scene, add #9731 5-Pc. 1/2" H Squeeze Me Bushes #9735 5-Pc. 1" H Squeeze Me Trees #10254 Scenic Snow Kit (or # 10253 Scenic Snowflakes or #99 Snow-Tex) For the Gardener #10547 5-Pc. Gardening Reference Set #40350 Pair of Pineapple Bookends #24531 Gnome with Wheelbarrow #8107 African Violet in Terra-Cotta Pot Spaghetti Dinner #52123 Garden Hand Trowel OR #54035 3-Pc. Red Wine Set #110331 7-Pc. Gardening Tool Set OR #79224 Two Flatware Place Settings #1791 Three Garden Hand Tools #88223 Spaghetti and Meatballs #67220 Square Plate 1/48 Scale Room Scene #82032 Split Loaf of Italian Bread #9437 4 Green Mini Trees* #34733 Black Faux Marble Flooring #24676 1/48 Scale 5-Pc. Living Room Set OR Sheet with Border #5261481 1/48 Scale Furniture (use grandfather clock, table, chair . . . ) #9411 1/48 Scale Campbell Mantelpiece * Decorate the tree with metallic thread, glitter, seed beads, no- hole beads, sequins . . . For the Writer Harry Potter/Hogwarts #40540 Corona Special No. 3 Typewriter (or #40550, Under- wood No. 5 Typewriter) #42381 Bernie/Designer Eyewear #40601 Row of Old Books #10560 Harry Potter Book Set (or #10548 Hogwarts School #40330 Pair of Scroll Bookends Books Set) #66928 Oil Lamp with Hurricane Shade #66928 Oil Lamp with Hurricane Shade #87310 Cup of Coffee with Saucer #78519 Hourglass #71019 Reading Glasses Cookies for Santa Old World Travel #38016 Christmas Cut Out Cookies #80317 Frigate Ship (or #80319 Merchant Ship) #77258 4 Filled Milk Glasses #78026 Tabletop Globe Letter to Santa (from Ernie’s Free Printies) #54035 3-Pc. Red Wine Set

Tips and thoughts for MiniScene ornaments

You do not have to use the Styrofoam ball. It is the best way to Or, just paint the inside of the ornament where the Styrofoam get a flat surface for a scene, but if you don’t need it, don’t use it. will be. If it isn’t quite even, glue some fine trim around the A disc of cardboard or foam core will also work. outside to finish.

You can use less than half of the Styrofoam ball to provide more If you design an ornament to be viewed from one side only, you height for your scene. Half is just an arbitrary amount. Or, use a can paint a background in the inside of up to half of the ball. slice of the ball and add something tiny underneath. The flat surface of the Styrofoam is part of your scene; you can Cut Styrofoam with a serrated knife and a sawing motion. likely find a printed (or printable) image that is suitable to cover it. It will be messy. One property of Styrofoam is that you can hold things in place Although ideal as Christmas ornaments, they don’t have to be with pins, either permanently or just while glue dries. The fin- holiday scenes. They can represent someone’s hobbies or inter- ished ornament needs to be fairly stable to withstand handling, ests, such as cooking, sewing, beachcombing – whatever. Many so glue each layer securely. HBS/miniatures.com items will fit in the ball and show well. Plan especially well if you are thinking of using loose glitter or A soft, knit material is good for covering the rounded side of sand and your ornament is intended to be moved or shaken. the partial ball, but you can also “decoupage” a collage of small (Glitter may stick to the inside if the clear ball due to static pieces of paper – plain or printed – to cover the foam. Thin pa- electricity.) per, such as tissue paper, works best. Think about a bright mix of confetti colored scraps, glued to the surface. Or just one color; if you decoupage in white, you can paint it any color when it dries.