Stay organized with the new year and create a cute wooden perpetual calendar with a mini room box! Personalize your mini room box with cute miniatures. A fun way to keep track of the date and work with miniatures at the same time!
Cook Time 2 hourshours
Total Time 2 hourshours
Servings 1calendar
Author Suzy Myers
Cost 30
Equipment
1 Hot Glue gun and glue
1 Tacky Glue
1 Craft Knife
1 Ruler
Ingredients
1eaDesktop Wooden Perpetual Calendar
1eaHobby Bass wood 1/8" thick 4" wide by 36" long
2piecesScrapbooking PaperYour choice! I used a white brick and a corrugated silver.
1setAcrylic Paints
1setAssorted MiniaturesChoose what you love
Instructions
Paint the wooden calendar pieces (This step is optional)
Carefully use a craft knife to cut the bass wood into the following:Floor- 5.5" x 3"Side Walls- 3" x 3" (cut 2)Back Wall- cut a pentagon shape- 5.5" wide at the base, 4" tall sides, and the peak is at 5" tall.Roof- 3" x 3" (cut 2)
Cut decorative scrapbooking paper to fit one side of the side walls and the inside peaked back wall. Add a thin coating of white tacky glue to each piece and press on the paper.
Cut three pieces of balsa wood to fit the top of the calendar and glue on with hot glue.
Glue the floor into place with hot glue and then add the sides one by one with the scrapbook papered side inside.
Add more of the scrapbooking paper, cut to size to the outside of the mini room box.
Cut four balsa wood sticks to 4". These will be used for edging and to help hold up the roof.
Use hot glue to attach the four balsa wood sticks to the outside four corners of the room box. Use hot glue to attach the two roof pieces into place.
Cut a piece of corrugated scrapbooking paper to fit the roof and glue into place with tacky glue. Use acrylic paints to do any touch ups on any of the wood.
Create a tiny little place that will make you smile! My room box includes several miniature items that I found along with several that I made myself. Each item is glued into place with either hot glue or tacky glue so that they will not shift while changing out the calendar.