| A secret diorama is a diorama built in an | | | | |
| unexpected place. This gives the diorama a | | | | If you want to add an extra level of |
| level of not only visual delight but of | | | | enjoyment and wonder to your diorama you |
| discovery. And the theme of the diorama can | | | | should link the location to the theme. What I |
| be closely linked to the location which makes | | | | mean is that let's say you build the kitchen |
| it really special. | | | | cabinet diorama you could make the diorama an |
| | | | actual small kitchen scene much like what |
| Many years ago I built a complete, and | | | | would be found inside a doll house. If you |
| extensive, diorama in a dresser drawer. I | | | | make a diorama inside a book you could make |
| remember this diorama very fondly because it | | | | the diorama in a theme that compliments the |
| was not just a miniature place it was also a | | | | title of the book. For example, if you use a |
| hidden place. There is an added level of | | | | book on the history of dragons you could make |
| enjoyment to a diorama that is hidden and | | | | the scene inside a scene of dragons. Inside |
| waiting to be discovered. Here are some tips | | | | your guitar you could make the diorama of a |
| and hints on where and how to make little | | | | little symphony orchestra. The only limits |
| secret dioramas. | | | | are the limits of your imagination. |
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| Places to hide your secret diorama | | | | Let's get really creative |
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| It can be hidden almost anywhere but ideally | | | | Inside the freezer is a fun place to hide a |
| you should hide it in a place where people | | | | small diorama and you can make it of an igloo |
| will discover it. Inside a dresser drawer is | | | | and penguins. This is a wonderful little |
| a nice place but this will get very little | | | | theme to make and being inside the freezer |
| discovery from others! | | | | will bring chuckles to anyone that discovers |
| | | | it. If you live in a climate that snows you |
| Think about your hobbies and this will give | | | | could actually spend some time outside making |
| you clues as to where and how to make your | | | | little snowmen, igloos or other things out of |
| diorama. Do you read a lot of books? You | | | | real snow then put them in your freezer |
| could actually strip out the pages from a | | | | diorama. |
| large book, build a diorama inside it, and | | | | |
| then place it back into the bookshelf. Do you | | | | If you are ambitious you could start to think |
| play a musical instrument like the guitar and | | | | bigger by tackling a diorama in a closet |
| have an old one that you don't use anymore? | | | | project. This is a project that has a lot of |
| Build a diorama right inside the body of the | | | | potential for creative exploration and it |
| guitar. Do you entertain guests a lot? How | | | | allows you to use either larger objects or to |
| about building a diorama right inside a | | | | use many smaller objects in a very complex |
| cookie tin then leaving it on the coffee | | | | scene. You could even make the closet a small |
| table with the lid on! When somebody asks if | | | | dollhouse like structure. |
| they could have some cookies imagine the | | | | |
| delight when they open it up and see a mini | | | | Making a secret diorama is a great project |
| diorama. If you have an extra shelf in your | | | | because it has several levels of enjoyment. |
| kitchen cabinets you could build a little | | | | You enjoy making it, you get to enjoy looking |
| diorama of a kitchen right in it. And this | | | | at it and you get the extra enjoyment of |
| brings me to the next topic of tying the | | | | watching other people discover it. And there |
| location of the diorama in with the actual | | | | are a million different ideas you could use |
| theme of the diorama. | | | | for your diorama. Just look around your house |
| | | | for little enclosed spaces and you will be |
| Make the theme similar to the location | | | | surprised at the ideas you come up with. |