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How to make a cardboard house and let your children open a pizza shop

How to make a cardboard house and let your children open a pizza shop

You don't need fancy toys to keep your kids entertained, just grab a few unwanted cardboard boxes and do some cutting and folding to turn them into a fun pizza place. If you have smaller cardboard boxes or cardboard boxes, you can also use them to make a dollhouse.

It is made of cardboard and children may want to draw or decorate on it. And when you get tired of playing with it, you can continue to recycle it.

How to make a cardboard house and let your children open a pizza shop

Materials: Two cardboard boxes...large ones, packing tape.

How to make a cardboard house and let your children open a pizza shop

Tools: Knife, pencil, ruler.

How to make a cardboard house and let your children open a pizza shop

If your carton is not particularly tall, you can stand the bottom lid up and tape it.

How to make a cardboard house and let your children open a pizza shop

The production of pitched roofs. Cut identical triangles out of the sides of all four lids at the top of the box.

How to make a cardboard house and let your children open a pizza shop

Anything from 30 degrees to 45 degrees can be used as an auxiliary prop.

How to make a cardboard house and let your children open a pizza shop

Cut the first one and use it as a template for the rest.

How to make a cardboard house and let your children open a pizza shop

Now, with the box flat, glue together the outside diagonal edges we just cut.

How to make a cardboard house and let your children open a pizza shop

After attaching the outer edges, place the box on the floor and open it.

How to make a cardboard house and let your children open a pizza shop

The roof will slope on its own and the house will soon be formed.

How to make a cardboard house and let your children open a pizza shop

Take out your pencil and start drawing doors and windows.

How to make a cardboard house and let your children open a pizza shop

Cut the door open, taking care to keep one side connected so the door can be opened and closed.

How to make a cardboard house and let your children open a pizza shop

Draw windows on other sides.

How to make a cardboard house and let your children open a pizza shop

Similarly cut it open so that it can be opened and closed.

How to make a cardboard house and let your children open a pizza shop

Then take out the second cardboard box and start making roof tiles for the house.

How to make a cardboard house and let your children open a pizza shop

I used cardboard to make the tiles as shown and then cut out the grooves.

How to make a cardboard house and let your children open a pizza shop

So by stacking them together, you get the effect of tiles.

How to make a cardboard house and let your children open a pizza shop

Adhere each row of tiles to the roof along its top edge, starting at the lowest point.

How to make a cardboard house and let your children open a pizza shop

Now that a pizzeria is complete, use the leftover cardboard to create a menu and fix a mini countertop to the window.