Craft a Brick Dog House for Winter Weather

See another version of this same craft here too.

        

        This craft belongs to a set of dog houses we made for a few of our doll's larger pet dogs. Larger meaning approximately 5x6 inches. This black labradoodle loves his warm, cozy brick home. He stays dry and safe there while protecting all of his human children from intruders! 

       You will need the following craft supplies to make this dog house: scrap cardboard, white school glue, masking tape, red sandpaper, green paper, and cotton balls.

 

Step-by-Step Directions:

1. Cut 6"x12" cardboard piece for the walls and floor of your doll house craft. 
2. Score twice after two measured intervals of four inches. 
3. Fold the walls at the scored places. 
4. Now cut a 6"x 6" cardboard piece for the roof of the dog's house.
5. Score at the midpoint of the roof. Each half of the roof should measure 3" wide by 6" in length.
6. Cut two pieces of cardboard 1"x 6" and glue these at either side of the roof 1" from the overhang. A length of cardboard must span the roof underneath to prevent the walls from collapsing inside the roof. Use masking tape to hold these glued pieces in position white they dry if you need to.
7. Now squeeze a generous bead of glue along the edge of the walls before fitting the roof over these. Let the glue dry over night to ensure a strong contact.
8. Reinforce seams with glue and tape.
9. Tape raw edges with masking tape.
10. Paint the interior of the dog house any color you like.
11. Cut two identical, rectangle windows for both sides of the dog house. Paste these in position.
12. Cut long narrow strips of cardboard to frame the windows and paste these around the outside of the windows to frame them.
13. Tape onto the rooftop a smaller box, cutting it to fit, to act as a pretend chimney. 
14. Cut many rectangular shapes from the red sandpaper for pretend bricks and paste these onto all surfaces excluding the roof. 
15. Cover the roof with green paper and paste. 
16. Now unravel a few cotton balls to layer on the roof, on the top of the chimney and onto the window frames with white school glue. This will be the snow that has settled on the dog house during the winter!
    

Left, "A length of cardboard must span the roof underneath to prevent the walls from
collapsing inside the roof. Glue and tape the cardboard pieces in place, then glue
the roof to the outside walls leaving a decorative overhang." Center "Overhang on
the dog house roofs" Right, edges and corners reinforced with masking tape.

Left and Right, pasting on the red sandpaper bricks...