Ice-Cream Stick House

A miniature house is something that both the children and the elders enjoy equally. I remember picking up and saving the ice-lolly sticks to make some crafty things like a pencil holder or a pixie house back in my school days. Let's try to make a minion's house today! With it's bright colours, this mini home looks exceptionally tempting :)

Simple requirements are:

1. Ice-cream sticks (painted)
2. Glue / hot glue gun
3. Pencil
4. Ruler
5. A pair of scissors
6. A cardboard box/ piece of cardboard
7. A craft paper to cover the box (optional)

So let's begin by sticking together some ice-lolly sticks. To make a house we need 4 walls. One with a window and one with a main door. I have used 9 pink coloured sticks to make the back wall. To make it look really bright I have used neon shades of pink, orange, green and yellow.

Put the sticks in a line one beside the other and glue one stick horizontally so that they stay together. 

Make the walls, ceiling and the roof like this,

Paste the craft paper on the box for a neat look. Measure the width of the walls and mark it on the box with the help of the ruler and pencil. We need these lines to make sure that the walls are symmetrical.

Glue the walls vertically on the box and let it dry.

Cut a small rectangular piece of ice-cream stick and fix it on the window to make a ledge. The whole structure should look like this now,

Affix the ceiling on top. For making the roof we need to join the two yellow plates we made earlier. Glue two sticks together and attach the plates on its side to form a triangular shape.Then take a row of 5 sticks and make them firm by affixing one ice-cream stick in the middle. Use the roof to mark the triangle and cut. Check the picture for details.

Fix this triangular piece on top of the ceiling. Then join the roof.

The final look.

Our cute little miniature house is ready. We can add a little ladder near the door for some more drama and adventure. Just keep two sticks half an inch apart and join together with small pieces to make the steps.

 A peep inside :)

 Kevin's grumpy but Stuart and Bob surely do look happy!

Enjoy your day and do post your comments.