My little house of treasures

Still feeling creative? You could make a model house from an old cardboard box – a shoe box is perfect.

  • Draw or paint doors, windows and a roof on the outside of the box.
  • You could stick colourful wrapping paper or pictures from a magazine on the inside of the box.
  • Maybe put a few flower petals inside so it smells nice.
  • Then keep all your special things inside your little house of treasures.

Look at this amazing model house made by Nimisha.

It started as a plain cardboard box:

An empty cardboard box, opened at the top.

And this is the result:

A completed model of the outside of the tall house made of cardboard. The roof is covered with brown paper and the walls decorated with designs to look like stained glass windows. A red letterbox is placed towards the bottom of the door.

Look inside:

Inside of the two storeys of the model house. A lift in the corner is made from a plastic milk bottle, there are “kitchen units” and the upstairs features a bed, wardrobe, bath and toilet. The whole has been made using cardboard, foil, plastic lids and sweet papers.

Everything is made from recycled materials.

Home sweet home!

Back to menu Go to next page