Chasing the White Rabbit Half Scale Theatre

I love little things. I also love Alice in Wonderland. But what I really love is little Alice things! 

The Half Scale Theatre Cabinet w Facade - Deep from Alpha Stamps is a perfect size for miniature things whether they are Alice or not. The theatre is approximately 3-1/2" tall x 4-1/4" wide and 2-1/2" deep when the doors are closed. That's pretty small! I could see a Halloween scene inside - tiny tombstones and creepy trees or maybe a pumpkin patch with a scarecrow? 

Halloween will have to wait a bit longer because this deep theatre is all about Alice.

I started by painting the theatre edges black, then papering the entire thing using the Alice 8x8 Paper Pad. One of the sheets in the set has a collection of frames that happened to fit nicely inside the doors of the theatre. The rest of the paper is perfectly wonderful.

On the left is Alice herself with a key in her hand, curious as to where the White Rabbit could be going! Something else that worked out with this project was the size of the doors from The Garden Of Books Chipboard Set of Doors. After painting it with diluted ink, I added paper hinges to the back of the door and stuck it right in the center. The checkerboard flooring from the Tiny Alice Wallpaper Prints collage sheet was glued in at an upward angle to cover the gap between the door bottom and theatre floor. The same thing was done on the other side.

The center portion of the theatre was devoted to the White Rabbit's cottage mostly because it is one of my favorite parts of the book. I chopped up a Creepy Tree - 5 Inch to fit inside and used bits of Variegated Green Vines for leaves and bushes. The cottage is a Little Bird House chipboard kit with collage sheet windows and door, raffia roof, and wooden step. The "hill" used to be a foam pumpkin, but it was an easy transformation. 

To make the hill, cut your foam pumpkin in half. Measure and cut part of the pumpkin off so it fits inside the center of the theatre. Remove the stem.

Paint the hill and slather it in glue, then sprinkle on Green Turf Grass. Tamp the grass and add more if needed. It helps to use lots of glue! Once dry, glue the cottage on top. 

I also like to make things as simple as possible, so oftentimes I choose to wrap 3D chipboard kits with paper vs gluing and cutting each side individually. For the cottage, I cut a length of paper the height of the chipboard and glued one side down. Cut off any overhanging paper (the peak of the roof in this case). Roll the chipboard to the left and crease the paper along the fold. Add glue to the side and adhere it to the paper. Cut off excess. Repeat. 

Okay, story time. The outside of my theatre is basic and maybe a bit dull, however, there were plans to decorate it, too:

Those plans were thwarted by the disastrous effects of old, cheap paper glaze and my Alice collage image. Sigh. See the blue? Yeah, it's not supposed to be blue. In the end, I told myself the theatre doors would be open all the time anyway, so it wasn't that big of a disappointment.

And, lastly, I nearly always forget to take a photo for scale. Luckily, Chief Operating Officer Minicus Moo takes her job seriously.

Hope you enjoyed the miniature theatre, now go glue stuff to stuff!

Don't forget you can go HERE where you'll see the supplies used in the Chasing the White Rabbit Theatre (cat not included).