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| Barn Cubby |
| You can transform a plain cardboard cubbyhouse into a colourful "barn" cubby. |
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To begin your barn transformation, decorate the roof with cardboard shingles. The shingles are made out of the cardboard box that comes with the cubby. Paint the cardboard red/brown and then cut the shingles out (about 15cm x 15cm each). To make the vertical rows of shingles, position the loose cardboard squares out on a table or other flat surface so that they overlap each other by about 2cm. Tape them together with masking tape along the back of the squares to form long strips.
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Once the vertical rows are finished, attach them to the roof with paper fasteners. Make holes along the top of the roof so that the shingle rows can be attached. The last row of shingles should hang slightly over the edges of the roof.
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Mark halfway up both sides of the front door, then use a ruler and pencil to draw a line between these two points. Using a Stanley knife and steel ruler, cut along this line so that the front door looks more like a stable door.
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Apply one coat of white gesso to the outside of the four cubby walls.
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Transfer the design (see diagram) onto the cubby with pencil and use acrylic colours to fill it in. Outline the animal faces with a black marker. We painted the barn walls in blue acrylic and the window frames in a contrasting red. Choose suitable colours for the door, sheep, pig and goat.
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Create a row of flowers for the outside of the barn. Use two cardboard boxes, turned upside down, to form flower boxes. For a neater finish you could glue a piece of cardboard over what is now the top. Prime the outside of the boxes with white gesso, apply grey paint and allow to dry.
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To attach the boxes to each other and the cubby, make holes in the cardboard and thread raffia through the holes in a criss-cross pattern.
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Make the flowers out of plastic ice-cream lids. Collect a combination of different coloured plastic lids. Using a pen, mark a flower design on the ice-cream lid and cut it out with scissors. Cut a circle for the centre of the flower out of a contrasting coloured plastic and staple to the centre of the flower. Repeat these steps to make as many flowers as you think will be needed. To create the stem, attach a wooden skewer to each flower with masking tape.
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To plant your flowers, simply push the flowers though a hole in the top of the cardboard. To hold the stem in place, masking tape can be attached from under the box.
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Attach cellophane paper to fill each square in the windows. We used yellow, red, green and blue cellophane. Tape it to the inside of the cubby.
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No barn can be complete without a rooster weather vane (see diagram). Create one by cutting out the pattern from scrap cardboard. Prime with white gesso and then colour with suitable acrylics. Fix the weather vane to the roof of the barn with a piece of dowel. Attach the N/S/E/W pieces with masking tape, then bind over it with raffia for a neat finish.
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Materials
1 Creative Cardboard Cubby
2 small cardboard boxes
Ice-cream containers (different colours)
1 bunch of brown raffia
Darning needle
Hole punch/metal skewer (to make holes in cardboard)
Stanley knife
Steel ruler
PVA glue
Jo Sonja white gesso
Acrylic paints and brushes
Dowel
Wooden skewers
Scissors
Pencil
Masking tape
Cellophane
Paper fasteners
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More Info
The Creative Cardboard Cubby is $48.50 plus postage in NSW.
Prices may vary in other states.
NSW: The Creative Cardboard Co, Baulkham Hills, ph: (02) 9639 9382.
VIC: Window Educational Supplies, Mont Albert, ph: (03) 9830 4336.
TAS: Windmill Educational Supplies, Kings Meadow, ph: (003) 43 3700.
SA: Creative Cardboard Co, Beaumont, ph: (08) 8379 4875 or (mobile) 0412 679 930, fax: (08) 8364 1114.
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