Dollhouse from boxes and cardboard

Here is a cute dollhouse made out of recycled boxes and cardboard. It is ideal for barbies or other small dolls.

Supplies:

-Two boxes of equal size. (The height when turned sideways needs to accommodate the height of the doll)
-glue
-blue tape
-utility knife and or X-acto knife
-chip brush (cheap paint brush for spreading glue)
-water (to thin glue when needed)
-ruler
-cutting board
-scrapbook papers, tissue paper, stickers, paint, etc. (for decorating)

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Step 1: Put the boxes together

The first step is to put the two boxes together. Simply lay one of the boxes on the side of the other box and glue together. I used the blue tape to hold the boxes together while they dried.

The boxes I used had handle holes, so I added some cardboard to the sides and the inside. This covered the holes as well as added strength.

I also added a thick piece of cardboard between the two boxes and on the top for strength.

iloveanimalsful says: Sep 24, 2011. 10:14 AM

how did you make the stairs

Shazigirl927 says: Sep 15, 2011. 11:03 PM

I love your house! It reminds me of houses I use to make when I was a kid in Germany. We use to get our milk in these heavy cardboard boxes at the local PX and they would let us have them. They had hand holes on the sides so I use to use those as windows. I'd stack two or three on top of each other and out fit them with things I could find around the house. I always wanted a real house but when you are military you can't take a lot of big things with you so the cardboard houses always worked for me. I love your stairs!

I'm new here but I'm coming back to show pictures of my BARBIE houses.
You won't be disappointed. They're worth the wait!