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Tutorial on how to make a realistic log cabin model using paper

Tutorial on how to make a realistic log cabin model using paper

This is a small wooden house made of paper. It not only has doors and windows, but also a traditional chimney that looks like it is made of wooden sticks. You can make it very cheaply, but it is more time consuming. Are you friends a little wary of this wooden house model? Prepare ordinary paper and follow the illustrated steps below to give it a try!~

Material Tools:

-Paper

-Hot glue gun and glue stick

-Tape

-Scissors

-Ordinary pencil

-Ruler

-2 toothpicks

-Grey and brown spray paint

Tutorial on how to make a realistic log cabin model using paper

1. Use 2"x7.5" strips of paper. You can also use other sizes, such as 1.5 x 6 or 8 inches.

Tutorial on how to make a realistic log cabin model using paper

2. Pick up the prepared pencil and roll up the paper.

Tutorial on how to make a realistic log cabin model using paper

3. Apply glue to the edges to make a paper stick.

Tutorial on how to make a realistic log cabin model using paper

4. Cut two slits at the end. The first cut should be about 3/8 inch from the end. The distance between the first and second cuts should be the same as the diameter of the stick.

Tutorial on how to make a realistic log cabin model using paper

5. Press down on the part between the two cuts until it stops at the bottom. Both ends need to be notched this way.

Tutorial on how to make a realistic log cabin model using paper

6. First place two paper sticks vertically (with the notched side facing up).

Tutorial on how to make a realistic log cabin model using paper

7. Place a paper stick with the notch downward and fix it with glue. For the doorway: Cut a paper stick in half and trim 1.25 inches off both pieces to make the door 2.5 inches wide.

Tutorial on how to make a realistic log cabin model using paper

8. Make a window. The window should be 2 inches wide, so the paper sticks cut in half should have 1 inch trimmed off each.

Tutorial on how to make a realistic log cabin model using paper

9. Keep raising the height to make the doors and windows more complete.

Tutorial on how to make a realistic log cabin model using paper

10. After the height reaches 8 paper sticks, start making the roof. Make one side of the roof first, then repeat for the other side of the roof.

Tutorial on how to make a realistic log cabin model using paper

11. Cut off 2/3 of four 4-inch paper sticks (see picture). Cover the roof with these. Then take a 7.5-inch paper stick and tape it to the center of the roof to serve as the ridge.

Tutorial on how to make a realistic log cabin model using paper

12. To complete the door installation, take two 3.125inch paper stick, as shown in the picture.

Tutorial on how to make a realistic log cabin model using paper

13. To complete the window, also cut the paper stick short and paste it on both sides of the window.

Tutorial on how to make a realistic log cabin model using paper

14. Then, take two toothpicks and trim them to size to stick in the window.

Tutorial on how to make a realistic log cabin model using paper

15. To make the door, prepare 3 3.125 inch paper sticks, flatten them and glue them to a piece of paper. Trim the door until it fits, then glue the left side of the door to the flat paper inside.

Tutorial on how to make a realistic log cabin model using paper

16. Make a chimney.

Tutorial on how to make a realistic log cabin model using paper

17. Spray paint the cabin. Spray the chimney lightly with brown and then heavily with gray. Paint the rest brown. You may need to do a little tinkering in some places later.

Tutorial on how to make a realistic log cabin model using paper

18. This small wooden house model made of paper is completed~