Let's do it...Do It Yourself👉Craft, Creativity, Drawing, origami, DIY, Recycling and more week59
As-salamu Alaikum.
Hello Steemians! Hope you all are doing well. Today, I am participating in an amazing contest in the "Steem Kids & Parents" community, organized by @mesola Ma'am .
Here is: Contest Link .
Let’s get started!
Recycling an old paper box and Crafting of a small house |
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Designed with Canva Pro
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![]() | A Glimpse of My Craft |
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Crafting Tools
🟥 Sweet Box Paper
🟨 Pencil
🟩 Ruler
🟦 Scissors
🟪 Anti Cutter
⬛ Adhesive-Glue/Tape
I will share with you today the process of how to make a house using a discarded paper candy carton. Let’s get started.
🏡 Step I
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First, I take the discarded carton in my hand. Then I start cutting it with the help of a scissor. After cutting it with the scissor, the carton looks like this.
🏡 Step II
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Now I cut another piece of paper according to the size. I apply glue to its bottom. After applying glue, it looks like this, where one side remains open.
🏡 Step III
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Now I take measurements and cut a paper piece for the open side. Then I apply glue along the side of this piece. I place this part on the open side and set it. Now, as you can see, it looks like a box.
🏡 Step IV
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![]() | Window shape |
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Now for the top open side, I measure and cut two pieces of paper to make the roof of the house. Then, using a cutter, I cut a door on the front side of the house. When the door is kept open, it looks like this. The door is now made. For the window, I cut two small-sized pieces of paper.
🏡 Step V
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Now, to make the roof of the house, I apply glue along the sides of the cut paper pieces. Then I place them on top of the house according to the size. You can probably tell from the pictures that it really looks like a house now.
🏡 Step VI
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Now I will paint the cut window pieces. I used a red color for painting and applied it with a brush.
🏡 Step VII
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Design the window | ![]() |
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Then I used red color for the roof of the house as well. After painting the roof red, I painted the sides of the door and the upper wall with blue color. I had painted the window pieces red before. After the red paint dried, I used blue paint with a brush to design the windows.
🏡 Step VIII
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Now I glue the window pieces on both sides of the door. Then I paint the top part of the door red. After that, I use black paint on the roof to draw slanted lines for design. After designing, as you can see, the house looks very beautiful. I made a house using a discarded paper candy carton.
🏡 Step IX
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Now I take the house in my hand and capture a selfie. I gift this house to my niece Nuha. She becomes very happy to receive it. She also takes a photo with it in her hand.
Here are a few photographs of the house shared below
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Image Information |
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Device Name | infinix |
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Captured by | @arjinarahman |
Crafted by | @arjinarahman |
I invite the following users for the contest
@irene1983
@jasminemary
@chilaw
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MODs Comment/Recommendation:
This is so creative and beautiful
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