PAPER HOUSES Create a 3D House or Cabin

PAPER HOUSESCreate a 3D House or Cabin

COOL EXAMPLES!

What ours will possibly look like…

STEP 1: Sketch a Floorplan

Requirements:

• Kitchen• Bathroom• Bedroom 1• Bedroom 2• Living Room• Laundry Room• Dining Room

Base: 12”x 20”

STEP 2: Get a 12”x20” firm base

STEP 3: Draw Floor Plan on Base

You might want to start with the front doorTIP: Use a pencil and ruler!

Use Architectural Symbols

Scale

• 1/2”=1’ (half an inch = one foot)

STEP 4: NEATLY Label and Measure each Room

If a room is 6” x 8” actual size, put 12’ x 16’ beneath the room name.

Don’t forget hallways! They should be at last 3’ (1-1/2”) wide

STEP 5: Walls & Windows

• Cut 4” strips of additional thick paper.• Cut each wall to the correct length for each

room, hallway, etc.• Carefully cut windows and doors out of each

wall where they need to be. Only cut three sides for each door to create a hinge! Use an Xacto knife and metal ruler. BE CAREFUL!

• Hot glue or tape each wall in place. Glue walls together for stability.

STEP 6: External Walls• Cut two 4” tall walls for the front and back of

the house.• Cut two 8” tall walls for the two shorter walls.– These shorter walls will have “gables” (triangular

shaped peaks).

STEP 7: Add a Roof

• Cut a thick piece of paper about ¼” wider and longer than the house.

• Fold it in half length-wise.• Set it in place.

STEP 8:

• Glue house to a green piece of construction paper that is 2” larger than the house on all sides.

DONE!!!