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Easy to make cardboard playhouse

Turn a cardboard box into hours of entertainment for your little ones with this DIY collapsible playhouse.

Cardboard boxes are a hot commodity in our home -- even my 8-month-old appreciates a good drum fest with empty cereal boxes. Pretty much the perfect toy, boxes are free, plentiful (if you eat the way my boys do, that is) and provide the creative possibilities that can be a great exercise for a child's imagination.

My kids especially love making forts out of boxes, and it seems that for them, the smaller and cozier the better. While intended for my youngest, this easy-to-construct cardboard playhouse continues to entertain my older boys. And I made this house especially with small spaces in mind, because when the kids tire of it, the playhouse collapses down flat for easy storage.

Start with an empty cardboard box

Position cardboard box

Turn box on side so the opening is perpedicular to the floor.

Cut the top of cardboard box

Cut off the top entirely and save the piece. This will later form half of the roof. cut off top of cardboard box

Add tape

Add a pop of color and some extra support to the bottom flaps, or the floor of the playhouse. tape flaps of the cardboard box

Cut the pieces for the roof

Retrieve the piece you saved for the roof of the cardboard playhouse. Cut off 1/4 or so to create the steepness of the roof. If you would like a steeper roof, you can cut off more.

From another cardboard box, cut out another roof piece that is the same size as the first. create the roof of the cardboard playhouse

Tape the roof together

Tape the two pieces you just cut together to form the roof. tape roof together

Build the house

Tape the roof and the cardboard playhouse together. Tape the roof and cardboard playhouse together

Make it collapsible

Place the playhouse facedown. Cut down the center of the back and bottom. Make sure it's the exact center so the cardboard box will fold down properly. Next, cut along the fold where the back and bottom meet. cutting the playhouse down to make it collapsible

Add tape to the new cuts

With the cuts, the box will easily collapse flat. Make sure the back and bottom flaps fold outward. With the cardboard box flat, tape the edges of the cut flaps together. Then, open the playhouse back up and reinforce with tape along the side seams.