#TASKBOARD DOLLHOUSE WINDOWS#

It’s about thinking about things as a cycle and trying to give things the longest life possible. My girls take toilet paper rolls and make them binoculars, or telescopes, and when they are done with those, we make sure to recycle them. Even packaging materials, and things like rope, or lights are donated to those who can reuse it. Constructed elements of a set, like walls, flooring, or other art props are donated to local artists, filmmakers, and theaters. All props, furniture, and clothing from their sets are donated to local partners so they can be given to those in need. With that, I’m happy to partner with Target’s EcoSet Initiative. The girls and I have done projects from this book, which we have shared about here and here, and it has helped make use more aware. This will really help us reduce the amount of waste in our house. We’ve also been knee deep in other projects, but we have plans to make our compost bin (finally!) soon. Lots of waste is created everyday, and little things like reusing a cardboard box into a dollhouse helps promote sustainability. My children have been working on making things for inside their house, and once they are all done with that, I will share it with you! We are big at recycling and reusing in our house, we have a big basket next to the trash can for recycling (and we recycle all we can), so I love saving boxes and pieces of things that I think can be used for something else. We had this large box from a light fixture we ordered (and I had been saving it for awhile), and it ended up being perfect for this eco-friendly dollhouse. Thus, I thought it would be great to create a dollhouse out of some boxes we already had. My kids love boxes, what kid doesn’t?! Sometimes a box gets played with longer than their toys. I told them we don’t need to buy that, but we could make that using things we already have. When I was asked the kids what was on their Christmas list, they told me they wanted a dollhouse for their My Little Ponies. They started scavenging around the house to find things to use to make rugs and other furniture pieces for their dollhouse.

We decided to outline all the openings with duct tape (always use a pair of non-stick scissors when dealing with duct tape). Not only is this a eco-friendly way of creating something your children will love, but it will allow them to stretch the creative muscles decorating the house however they wish. It’s inspired by the Ray-ray dollhouse from Momoll, even still, your children will be oh-ing and ah-ing about how clever you are using a box, at least mine did. Tada! It’s such an easy dollhouse to create and put together.

#TASKBOARD DOLLHOUSE WINDOWS#

Be sure the doors and windows of the exterior pieces parallel one another. Slot together the center piece with the exterior pieces. Depending the type of box you use, your slits might need to be slightly thicker or thinner. Note: When you cut out the connecting slits for the house pieces, you will want to be sure that the slit you create accounts for the thickness of the cardboard you use. You can easily create some stairs by accordion folding some scrap pieces of cardstock too! If you want to create small stairs for the interior, cut out a 3 1/2″ x 5″ piece and cut two slits on one side (about 1 1/2″ apart), and three on the other side (between the slits on the opposite side), then accordion fold them. With a box cutter, cut out each house piece: 1-center, 2-exterior, 3-house floors. The template can be used later to make wall paper and floor for the house by gluing it onto the cardboard.īreak down your cardboard box into flat pieces and trace the templates onto your cardboard.

The largest piece measures about 20″ x 20″, but if you want a smaller house to accommodate a smaller box size, I would just have the template size decreased by 25% or 50%, or whatever your need may be. Cardboard Dollhouse Template (the biggest piece is about 20″ x 20″)ĭownload the Cardboard Dollhouse Template and you will need to take it to a copy center to get it printed.

Taskboard dollhouse