Do you throw away cardboard because it takes up too much space? But it can become material for your creativity. For example, you can build a house...

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12.04.2018 00:01

Do you throw away cardboard because it takes up too much space? But it can become material for your creativity. For example, you can build a cardboard house for children or for a pet. Find ideas for such crafts below.

Little house for dolls

Do you have a little daughter? Then make a doll house for her from cardboard with your own hands. Any girl will be delighted with such a present. If you have a lot of free time, then assemble a home for Barbie, and if time is short, then make a small shelter for miniature toys. How to assemble a house? The first step is to draw a pattern. It should consist of three walls, one pediment, a floor, a roof and a partition between floors. Let's start creating. Cut out the details. There are two ways to fasten the workpieces together. One is to glue the cardboard using a hot gun, and the other is to create grooves in the pieces. You can combine two mounting methods for reliability. First connect the walls together, then attach the floor to them. After this, insert a partition between the floors, and last action- This is the attachment of the roof. You can decorate the front part of the house with cardboard, which will serve as a pediment.

Big doll house

Do you want to make a sustainable structure without spending a lot of time creating the craft? Build a large open house out of cardboard. Before starting work, you need to draw a pattern. It will consist of two side walls combined with pediments, a rectangle connecting two parts of the future building, and three partitions between floors. We transfer the pattern to cardboard and cut out the parts. In accordance with the photo attached above, cuts need to be made in the blanks. They will play the role of grooves. Thanks to this fastening, the structure will stand stably, and if necessary, it will be easy to assemble. Once the grooves are made, you can start cutting out the windows. They can be of any shape and located in any part of the building. To make your home more attractive, frame each window with a curly frame. Use multi-colored gouache mixed with PVA glue for this purpose.

New Year's house

Children love to make such crafts for New Year's holidays. A cardboard house can play the role of a candlestick or become one of decorative details rooms. How to assemble such a craft? You need to start with a sketch. Draw a picture of the house you want to design. If you don’t often do prototyping, then you need to start by making a one-story building of a simple design. The drawing is ready, now you should draw its development. Contrary to popular belief, this is done simply. If your spatial thinking is poor, first make your project out of plasticine. When the pattern is ready, transfer it to cardboard and then cut it out. Glue the pieces together using a hot gun. Paint the craft with gouache or immediately make a model from white cardboard. Complete the project with fir trees and a fence, and then dust the craft artificial snow or small foam.

Tea house

It’s always nice to make not only beautiful, but also utilitarian products. One of them is a cardboard tea house. A master class on making such a product is given above. The roof of this craft is removed and the base is filled with tea bags. Such a house can be placed on a table or used to decorate one of the shelves in the kitchen. How to make a tea house with your own hands from cardboard? Above is a pattern, you need to print it out or redraw it. First, let's assemble the base. It consists of four long rectangles and one small square. We first fasten the walls of the structure together, and then glue the floor. The cutout for the door must be made immediately. At this stage, you need to check whether the bags can be removed from the hole; if necessary, the hole can be enlarged. We cover the base with beautiful paper with a suitable print or paint the house by hand. Now you can assemble the roof. We glue two rectangles together and insert a strip between them. We make gables and make a floor near the roof. You can decorate the part with rectangles curved on both sides. Cover the roof with colored paper or paint the detail.

House for children

Do you want to please your child? Make a cardboard house for your children with your own hands. For kids best entertainment- This is to hide in a shelter. The cardboard house will become permanent place games for a child. How to give such a gift to your child? Make a pattern. You can draw it on the wallpaper that remains after the renovation. You need to design the structure with a margin so that your child can enjoy his shelter not just for one season, but for several years. Two side walls need to be combined with the gables. Long walls are rectangles. And for the stability of the structure, the roof should be made of rectangles folded into the letter “P”. These large "clips" will cling to the projections that need to be created in the gable. Cut windows in the long walls of the house, and cut out a door in one of the side parts. You can attach it using springs or an old door mechanism.

House for a cat

Do you have pets? Make a cat house out of cardboard. This design will be very primitive, but your pet will be able to appreciate the work. What should an animal's house look like? Take 8 old ones cardboard boxes. The first row of the structure will consist of four boxes. Connect them together using tape or glue. Cut through holes in a chaotic manner. But don't touch the floor of the house. The second row will consist of three boxes. Arrange them in the form of a corner on the first tier. Make slits in each wall, and also be sure to make several holes that will lead to the lower tier. Glue the remaining box with a third layer. Cut passages in it. The house is ready. You can decorate it in any way so that it looks good in your interior.

Packaging house

The holidays are coming soon and you decide to give your friends sweet gifts? Then make a house out of cardboard. Such packaging can be filled with purchased sweets or homemade sweets. How to make a house? Attached above is a template. You need to print the pattern and then cut out the stencil. Take colored cardboard and transfer the drawing onto it. Now cut out the blank and glue it. All that remains is to decorate the craft. You can paint your creation or make an applique from colored paper. If you fill the box with homemade sweets, be sure to wrap them in foil or cellophane. This is necessary so that the product does not become saturated with oil and does not lose its presentable appearance. appearance.

You always want tea drinking to bring not only taste pleasure, but also aesthetic pleasure. A box of tea bags does not look very nice, especially on festive table. To somehow decorate the serving of tea, tea houses were invented. You can buy them ready-made, or you can make them yourself. You can use plywood or more for the base of the house available material– cardboard. Let's consider making tea house made of thick cardboard.
To make a house you will need materials:
1. Cardboard.
2. Pencil and ruler.
3. Scissors.
4. PVA glue.
5. Acrylic paints.
6. File.
7. Napkins for decoupage.
8. Eggshells.
9. Sponge, brushes.
10. Twine.
11. Varnish.

The process of making a tea house.
1.To make a house, you need to make a sketch and think over the dimensions. We will make the base of the house according to scheme No. 1.

2.According to the calculations performed, we outline the foundation of the house. Then we cut out the parts.

3.To assemble the house body, you need to prepare 3 short strips. Glue the strips to the bases of 3 sides of the house.

4.Then cut out 4 long strips. Using these strips we will fasten the side walls of the house. First, we fasten the 2 sides of the house together.

5. We strengthen one more side of the house. For strong fastening, we use stable elements with which we support the walls during gluing.

6. Carefully place the front wall with the cutout on top of the prepared fasteners and press lightly.

7.To ensure the strength and stability of the structure, additional parts must be cut.

8. We fix the walls of the house from above and below using prepared parts.

9.The walls are fixed to each other, we glue the base of the house.

10. We glue the external joints masking tape so that in the future the structure does not have cracks or bends.

11. Let's start making the roof. To do this, we use scheme No. 2.

12. We draw out the cardboard according to diagram No. 2. We cut out the elements of the diagram.

13.In order for the roof slopes to be secured to each other, it is necessary to glue the strip in the form of a three-dimensional triangle.

14. We close the voids with small triangles.

15.Fix the roof slopes.

16. We glue the gables on both sides.

17.The body of the house is assembled. Let's start priming. To do this, use white acrylic paint to paint the inside of the base of the house and the roof.

18.Then we prime the outer part of the walls of the house.

19.On the roof we prime only the gables.

20.Next you need to start decorating. Let's start with the foundation of the house. For this we will use napkins for decoupage. Cut out a drawing of a suitable size from a napkin and place it with the colored side on the file.

21.Then carefully pour water onto the napkin.

22.Attach the file with the drawing to the front wall of the house.

23.Press the drawing to the wall.

24.Remove the file from the drawing.

25. Cover the drawing with glue.

26.Glue another pattern to the side walls.

27. Decorate the free space around the drawing with eggshells.

28.Prime the shell.

29. Paint the shell pink.

30.Using a sponge, make impressions with dark paint on the shell.

In the interior of any apartment you can find original and interesting toy house IR, made from a variety of materials.

A popular option for such a decorative element is ceramics, polymer clay and... cardboard.

Yes, despite the apparent simplicity and even junkiness of the material, products made from it can be both elegant and original.

How to make a decorative New Year's house

Preparations for the New Year and Christmas holidays begin, perhaps, from the beginning of December. appear on the shelves Christmas decorations, artificial Christmas trees and other attributes of winter celebrations. You can decorate your interior with toy houses.

To work you will need:

• Cardboard.
• Glue Moment “Crystal” or “Gel”, glue pencil.
• Non-writing pen.
• Pencil, ruler, eraser, stationery knife, office clips.
• Curly scissors “fine wave”.
• Plain paper.
• Scheme, tracing paper.
• Decorative paper (for scrapbooking or with an original pattern, packaging).
• Decorative elements: cotton wool, sparkles, ribbons, stars, etc.

First stage. Transfer the diagram onto cardboard using tracing paper, drawing lines with a non-writing pen. Remove the paper with the diagram and fill in the spaces. Draw all places for future folds along a ruler.

Second stage. From beautiful paper cut out pieces corresponding to the size and shape of the walls and paste them over future house. It is better not to use PVA glue with thin stationery cardboard, as the cardboard may get wet and the product will fail. And it will no longer be possible to correct such a defect. A glue stick can also “lead” cardboard, so it’s best to use Moment glue.

Third stage. Bend along the lines and glue along the additional “wings” of the fasteners with Moment glue. For convenience, the internal parts can be additionally secured with office clips during the gluing period.

Fourth stage. Roof. Cut out a corresponding rectangle from cardboard and bend it in half, first drawing a fold line with the tip of a non-writing pen.

Fifth stage. Since the house is small, the most elegant part of it is just the top. From brown decorative paper cut strips 1-1.5 cm wide, trim the edges with curly scissors. If you have a figured edge hole punch at your disposal, then you can do the same thing with it, but then the strips of paper should be wider - it all depends on the depth to which the hole punch cuts the pattern.

Glue these strips on both sides of the fold of the roof, forming tiles. Glue cotton wool to the very bottom edge and sprinkle it with glitter. Next they go decorative elements- snowflakes, etc. The house is ready.

DIY cardboard diagrams

There are a lot of templates for toy houses, but sometimes you want to make something of your own, unique, meeting only your requirements. Making your own house diagram is not so difficult - the general principle is described in small master class. To do this you will need:

• A sheet of paper in a square.
• Pencil, ruler, scissors.

First step. Fold a sheet of paper in half. At the bottom of the sheet from the fold point, A, move 5 cm to the left (point B) - then the width of the lower part of this wall will be 10 cm. From the bottom point, A, move up 14 cm along the fold - Point B. From this point, move 8 cm to the left (point G). Draw lines (along ABC points) - you get a trapezoid figure. From point B up on the fold, place point D at a distance of 6 cm. Connect point D and point D - this is the silhouette of the future roof.

Second step. Unfold the sheet of paper and symmetrically transfer the drawing to the second part. Add “wings” to the drawn lines on each side - they will be needed when assembling the house.

Draw a rectangle 1 cm wide along the entire length of each line. You will need 2 such parts.

Third step. The side walls will be 14.5 cm in height, and bottom part the width can be arbitrary. The roof is 24 cm long (divided in half by the fold), the width depends on the depth of the house. You will also need 2 such walls.

The scheme is ready. At the same time, it is not necessary to observe the strictness of the figure; you can cut it out right away without measurements; the walls and roof can be figured. However, in this case it is better to use thin, flexible cardboard to make it easier to fit the roof and the second part of the walls to the curves.

Cardboard version for children

Everyone in childhood built huts at home, lowered the tablecloth from the table to the floor, enclosing their children's world games from adults, entire “halabudas” were built on the street. You can also make a children's playhouse out of cardboard. A refrigerator box is best for this - at least. Using a sharp stationery knife, cut out windows and hatches in it according to the template. To the windows with inside curtains can be attached. The larger the box, the more players it will fit in and the more interesting the games will be!

Doll's house: master class

Large doll houses made of cardboard, they are somewhat reminiscent of the models that everyone made at school. Such an attribute for girly games easy to do if you have thick thick cardboard, such as a TV box or microwave oven. A refrigerator box is unlikely to be suitable - large-sized equipment is packaged in thick cardboard and is considerably deformed. If suitable material not in the house, you can get them at the nearest store by simply asking for a box of alcoholic drinks.

To work you will need:

• Cardboard;
• Long ruler, pencil;
• Stationery knife;
• High-quality tape, glue Moment “Crystal”;
• Finishing paper - real wallpaper, sheets from glossy magazines, etc., pieces of fabric, glue.

First step. Determine the number of floors of the house and the height of the future inhabitants of the house. The average width of the block is 30 cm, the height is about 20 cm - so that the dolls themselves, their furniture and other small things can fit. The depth of the block is 15 cm, this distance is enough for a child’s hand.

Second step. Cut out the corresponding parts from cardboard. They will be required: 4 parts measuring 30*15 - this is the floor/ceiling; 6 parts 20*15 - side walls; 3 parts (for a three-story house) measuring 20*30 are the rear walls. In addition, you will need partitions for the rooms, their size is 19.5 * 15 cm, their location is arbitrary, as well as the number, but on average one per floor.

Third step. Roof. It will require 2 parts 15 by 21 cm and an additional part that will fix the roof arch. This could be a 15 x 4 rectangle of plain cardboard, folded along the long side. In addition, similar parts will be required to fix the roof and floor - 20 * 4, in the amount of 2 pieces, and the back of the roof - a triangle with sides 30−21−21 cm.

Fourth step. Immediately wallpaper the walls from the inside, the ceiling can be covered with white paper, and pieces of fabric imitating carpet can be glued to the floor.

Fifth step. Assembly. All parts of the blocks are glued together with Moment glue. The work is painstaking and cannot be rushed. The next stage of assembly should not be started before the glue in the previous block has dried.

Sixth step. A side porch can be attached to such a cottage. For the porch you will need a piece of cardboard 8*9 cm, and two straws for a cocktail. The porch canopy is glued to the wall of the house at an angle, it is supported by posts - straws.

Seventh step. A garage for a car - after all, the residents of such a luxurious cottage, almost a castle, cannot but have their own car. The garage is a box measuring 20*10 cm - but here the dimensions may vary depending on the size of the car.

Cardboard dollhouse: photo

Teremok with a mill

If the dolls require not a city cottage, but country house, then it’s better to limit yourself to two floors and add just a few details. For example, the house must have a stove or fireplace, and there must be a chimney on the roof. The fireplace is made from matchbox, pasted over with paper with a corresponding pattern. The chimney pipe is made from a sleeve from toilet paper or a piece of cardboard rolled into a tube. The main thing is to cut the pipe at the desired angle.

In addition, a village house will require additional surroundings - for example, a mill and benches near the house, a small shed for horses. A shed for horses is made according to the same principle as a porch, just the hitching post should be longer. The bench can be made from popsicle sticks by gluing them to the base sides.

The mill is a narrow high house, to one of the sides of which blades are attached. They can be drawn on cardboard and cut out, or made from skewers and jute.

Cat's house

No member of the cat family can resist a simple cardboard box, and this also applies to representatives of large cats. Even lions, tigers and lynxes are happy to climb into the boxes, rub, chew the edges and roll around in them. What can we say about domestic cats - as soon as you bring home a box of shoes and take out a new thing, the container is not already owned by the tailed pet, and it can be difficult to take it away.

If your cat has a weakness for all the boxes in the house, you should consider a permanent, on-duty pet box. However, so that its appearance does not stand out too much and is not striking, the box needs to be refined.

• Before you start doing anything with the box, make sure your pet likes the box. Animals are primarily guided by the smell if you brought containers from washing powder or other household chemicals, be prepared that the cat will not like it.
• Do not use materials with a strong chemical odor for finishing - for example, Moment glue is absolutely not suitable; it should be replaced with hot-melt adhesive from a glue gun or masking tape.
• The inner bedding for an animal should not be tightly fixed, because periodically it needs to be removed and washed, especially if we are talking about a house for kittens.
• It is best to take cardboard of such density and thickness that it can support the weight of the animal when it is on top.

How to make a cat house with your own hands

To work you will need:

• A cardboard box of the right size and density, tested and approved by your pet.
• Upholstery fabric like jacquard or tapestry; carpet remnants are ideal.
• Glue gun and glue sticks for it.
• Ruler, pencil, sharp utility knife, scissors.
• The shape for cutting out the entrance is a round plate or rectangle.
• Internal litter.

First stage. Decide on the size of the entrance. To do this, you need to measure the width of the cat's chest and add 3-4 cm. Draw a circle on one of the sides and carefully cut it out with a sharp utility knife.

Second stage. Make a pattern on the fabric that matches the future cat house and cut it out. On the side of the box where the entrance will be, duplicate the entrance pattern from the inside out. If this is a circle, then two circles should be drawn on the wrong side - with a diameter like the one cut out in a box, and inside it a circle with a smaller diameter of 1.5-2 cm. The smaller circle is cut out, and the remaining gap is cut with fringe.

Third stage. Wrap the box in cloth and make sure everything is done correctly. Glue glue gun fabric to all sides except the one where the entrance is.

Fourth stage. Glue the side of the box with the entrance, wrapping the fringe inside the box and gluing it inside. The cat house is ready, all that remains is to put the bedding in it, and you can let the tenant in!

Attention, TODAY only!

Do it yourself - in the material you will find templates and simple step-by-step instructions with photos.

Even super-cool store-bought toys never outshine those made by mother’s caring hands. In addition, you can also involve children in the work - then it will be even more fun and creative! Make a dollhouse with your own hands from cardboard, and to keep it from being empty, place it in it.

In order to make a toy house out of cardboard with your own hands you will need:

• cardboard
• cotton fabric
• glue/glue gun

How to make a toy house out of cardboard for children with your own hands. Step-by-step instructions with photos

To get started, print or draw and cut out the parts according to the template. Two walls with a projection for the roof, two walls without, two parts for the roof and one door.

Then trace the details onto the fabric. Leaving an allowance of 1-1.5 centimeters. Cut out the pieces. Cut the corners as shown in the photo.

Fold the fabric around the perimeter and glue it to the cardboard parts.

To make windows in a cardboard house, cut the fabric with the letter X where the windows are located on cardboard parts, wrap the resulting shreds inside and glue them.

When all the parts of the cardboard house are completely ready, glue them together, as shown in the photo.

All children dream of toy houses, which they clumsily try to build from what they have at hand. And sometimes parents don’t even realize that there is material in the house from which they can make a wonderful house for children’s games - this ordinary cardboard. Without special effort waste material can make a beautiful and comfortable home - favorite place for children's games.

By decorating the house, children will develop their imagination. The toy house can become a spaceship or a princess' castle for them, taking them on an amazing adventure. By tidying up their toy home, children will learn how to clean up the house. Secluded in a house, they can organize a secret society or tell each other horror stories.

Making a cardboard house with your own hands is not difficult. Children must be involved in the construction process. It's very interesting and exciting! By helping in construction, children will gain their first architectural knowledge and skills.

Materials and tools

A do-it-yourself cardboard house will not require large financial investments. Materials and tools for construction can be found in the household of any family:

• Cardboard boxes different sizes, glue gun.
• Scissors, sharp knife, pencils, felt-tip pens, markers, tape.
• Acrylic or watercolor paints, gouache, glitter and various decorations.

Operating procedure

The sequence of building a cardboard house with your own hands can be different, depending on what architectural structure you want to create. But the general algorithm can be outlined as follows:

• Find a sketch or diagram on the Internet, print it out and start acting. If you experienced master, you can draw a sketch of the house yourself.
• According to the diagram, cut out the parts and glue them in the required sequence with tape.
• Together you can have fun decorating your building.

Useful tips

• It will be great if your boxes contain corrugated cardboard.
• Cardboard cutting should only be carried out by adults.
• For the stability of the house, it is advisable to find cardboard tubes. You can ask for them in a store that sells the product in rolls. If you can't find it, make pipes out of cardboard. To do this, simply roll it up.
• Try to make the door of the house open outward so that the children have more space to play.
• Don't throw away small cardboard boxes. You can use them to make a wonderful doll castle for a princess or a garage for cars.

Options cardboard houses There are many made with your own hands. You yourself can come up with something interesting. We offer several master classes and original ideas for making houses that you can easily build with your children.

DIY folding cardboard house - master class

We will need: a large cardboard box, scissors, a sharp knife, tape.

Step one: cut off top part big box, as shown in the diagram. We put the cut parts aside. Tape the side seams of the box with tape.

Step two: turn the box over and connect its parts in the places indicated by the yellow arrow in the diagram. We make a roof from the cut parts, connecting the parts with tape in the places indicated by the arrows. Attach the roof to the side parts.

Step three: cut the cardboard in the place indicated by the yellow dotted lines in the diagram. We connect the parts indicated by the yellow arrows.

A comfortable and functional house is ready. You can take it apart, play with it, and put it back together at any time.

Cardboard house with a door - master class

We will need: a large cardboard box, a sharp knife, tape, acrylic paints or gouache.

Operating procedure:

• We cut out the roof and side parts of the house from cardboard according to the diagram.
• We assemble the house and tape the joints of the side seams with tape.
• Glue the roof and cut out the door on three sides, as shown in the picture.
• The window can be cut out or drawn.

DIY cardboard mill - master class

We will need: a large cardboard box, a knife, tape, wooden stick, screw, rope, acrylic paints.

Operating procedure:

• Fold the box as shown in the diagram. We cut out triangular gables on the sides, and make holes for the window and pipe on the roof.
• Using the pattern we make a cardboard tube.
• We screw a screw into the tip of a wooden stick and attach it to the roof with a rope.
• According to the diagram, we make a screw and attach it to the stick together with the screw so that it rotates.
• We cut out two triangular windows at the end and attach the pipe.
• We paint the mill with bright colors.

DIY Barbie house - master class

We will need: two small cardboard boxes, a knife, tape, glue, acrylic paints, colored paper.

Operating procedure:

• We take two boxes, cut out two windows on the side and glue them together, as shown in the first picture.
• We glue the shelves, the back wall and the roof made from two pieces of cardboard.
• Cut it out beautiful windows, then paint the resulting house with paints or paste it with colored paper.

Cardboard house for a cat - master class

You can make a wonderful one out of cardboard with your own hands. cat house for your pet.

We will need: two not very large boxes, a knife, tape, glue.

Operating procedure:

• We make two small houses according to the size of the cat according to the diagram given in the second lesson. Only one of the houses should be without a roof; there is no need to make doors.
• We cut out the windows as shown in the diagram and glue one house to the other. We hope your kitty enjoys her new home.

Interesting ideas for DIY cardboard houses

• Cottage with starry sky can be made from cardboard boxes with skillful hands.
• Amazingly beautiful doll houses are made from cardboard if they are covered with bright fabric.
• The extraordinary architectural cardboard structures are simply amazing.
• A transformable dollhouse can be made from cardboard according to the attached diagram.

We hope that our lessons, ideas and tips will help you create wonderful toy houses. You will certainly receive a joyful mood and indescribable emotions as a result of your creativity.