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Milk Carton House Craft

This craft works well for a "my family", "my neighbourhood" or Little Red Ridinghood (Grandma's house) theme.  

NOTE:  In the directions, a 2 litre milk carton (Canadian) is the same as a 1/2 gallon milk carton (American)

Materials:

bullet2 L milk carton (clean)
bulletscissors
bullettape
bulletpaper (construction paper or white paper)
bulletOPTIONAL:  paint, markers, crayons, pencil crayons
bulletOPTIONAL:  stickers

Directions:

bulletCut the top off the milk carton so your house is the desired size (we made ours about square)
  
bulletCover the milk carton with paper -- tape it on.  For preschoolers, an adult can pre-do this for them.
  
bulletpaint or color the house.  
  
bulletCut a door into the front of the house.
  
bulletdraw on windows, flowers, etc or use stickers.
  
bulletOPTIONAL:  cut a square piece of paper and fold it in half.  Drape it over the top as a roof (we didn't do this).
  
bulletOPTIONAL:  Glue or tape the house to a piece of green construction paper.  The children can decorate the paper with pinecone trees, cotton balls dipped in thin green paint for bushes, and a little path
  

 

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