How To Make: A Shoe Box Doll House

 

Crafts Materials Needed:

• Shoe boxes x 4
• Ruler
• Cardboard
• Pencil
• Scissors
• Glue or paste
• Paints (optional)
• Lace paper doilies (optional)
• Brush (optional…needed only if you paint)
• Fancy paper (optional…needed only if you want to wallpaper the inside of the house)

Step 1

Remove the covers from four shoe boxes of the same size, and throw them away as you will not need them. Glue one pair of shoe boxes together, end to end.

Glue the second pair of boxes the same way.

Step 2

Place the boxes with the open ends towards you, and glue the second pair over the first to make a two-story house.

Step 3

For the roof, measure a piece of cardboard two inches longer than the width of the house. ( When the roof is folded and placed over the house, the overhang will be one inch on each side. Cut out the roof. Fold the roof section exactly in half, the long way, as in illustration A.

Step 4

For the gables of the roof, cut two triangular pieces of cardboard, with a little flap on each of the three sides, as in illustration B.
Bend the flaps back.

Step 5

Glue the bottom flap to the box top, and the two other flaps to the underside of the roof section. Do the same to the gable at the other end.

Step 6 : Wallpaper or Paint (Either is Optional)

Paint the inside of each of the four rooms a different color. Allow them to dry thoroughly. If you like, you may glue fancy paper to the walls of the rooms, instead.

Step 7 : Cut Out Windows and Curtains

Cut out windows, and glue pieces of lace paper doilies inside the windows, for curtains, as in illustration C.

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Photo by Andrew Greto; ideas and craft stylings by Lynn Zimmerman. Disney FamilyFun.

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Saige & Nicki's Mini House

"It's crazy!" 

 Kit says writing her breaking news story. "It's unheard of but it's true! Witnesses have actually seen two mini Girl of the Year dolls living on Snickerdoodle Street." Kit reads out loud.

(knock knock) "Hey!" Felicity shouts and startles Kit. 

"We are going next door to take a look at the Girl of the Year house! Wanna go?" 

"Are you kidding? Wait where's my camera?" Kit digs in the dresser drawers then looks under her bed. "I need some photos for proof!"

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(DING DONG) "They don't have a front door either!" Felicity whispers to Nellie.

"Hi! We wanted to bring you a plant to welcome you to Snickerdoodle Street." Kirsten says. "Oh thank you! Come on in."

Kit shoves past everyone and begins scanning the living room. "Wow! Your house is...modern." "Exactly Kit! They're not historical dolls!" Nellie nudges Kit.

Here let me show you around. It's kind of small but we like it. "It can't be THAT small if only two of you live here!" Kit says.

Here's our kitchen. "Gee whiz! Its so bright!" Says Kit. "Yea and clean!" Adds Kirsten. "Upstairs is the bathroom and our bedroom, come on", Saige motions.

"You're so lucky! Only two of you in the entire house, all five of us have to share a bathroom." Felicity explains. "Yes but we are having a powder room added on soon." Says Samantha.

"I love your bedroom! It's so colorful." Felicity says to Nicki. 

"Thanks! Saige painted all of the furniture and just look at all of her paintings on the walls." Nicki says.

The dolls spent the rest of the afternoon with their new neighbors! They all had so much fun!

HTM Modern Mini House

photo: Suzanne Johnson

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I have done this only on a larger scale using foam board, hot glue and scrapbook paper to make a 4-room mini doll house.  

I put contact paper down for flooring then added doll house kitchen furniture I had already purchased from an online shop. 

I made the love seat (like the one in my doll house). Here is an overview photo of the modern mini house!

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