I stumbled upon a blog a while ago called Ambrosia Girl. She gives a tutorial for a playhouse made out of a cardboard box. Adorable! She will give detailed instructions on how you fold the boxes. You will need two boxes. I ended up stacking them to make it tall enough to stand in. You could also just use a really BIG box!
Of course I couldn't just leave it as a plain old brown house. Isn't it adorable!
I decided to add a door using parts of the extra box.
I sectioned off the door with painters tape and used white craft paint I had on hand.
I wanted it to look like an old fence so I roughly spread the paint so the brown would show through.
Peal off the tape, cut the edges and voila!
A beautiful picket fence door!
You might notice that you end up with a hole on the back of the house. You can leave it as is or trace and cut more cardboard to close it up. OR ...make curtains! (it's a good thing I dont have any girls, or I would be going over board like this ALL the time)
I used a bit of twine and scrap fabric to make the curtains. Just poke a hole on either side of the cardboard and cut little holes through the fabric. Weave the twine through each piece and then tie on each end.
I also decided to add a little detailing to the roof of the house.
White printer paper and kid scissors... it works right?!
And of course I had to make one for the little guy too! They LOVED them!
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