Create a charming miniature castle dollhouse using simple materials like cardboard or card stock, paint, and glue! This easy and fun DIY project is perfect for kids, sparking their imagination as they build and decorate their own mini fairy-tale fortress. Gather your supplies and get ready for a creative crafting adventure.
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Materials to Make the Castle Dollhouse
- Cricut Maker or Cricut Explore Air or Cricut Joy Xtra or other cutting machine. You can cut it out by hand as well. Design No. 167
- Standard Grip Mat
- Cricut Scoring Wheel or Scoring Stylus (I prefer the scoring stylus)
- 110# Card stock for the structure of the house
- 22 pt cardboard (optional)
- Scrapbook paper (optional)
- Glue - I use Bearly Art Glue for the cardstock option
- Aleene's Quick Dry Tacky Glue - if using cardboard
- Acrylic Paint if painting cardboard
- Painter's Tape
- Scissors
Directions to Make the Castle Dollhouse
Upload the Castle pattern and cut out the design
1. Upload the Castle Dollhouse template (free pattern!) to your cutting machine software - Design No. 167
2. Ungroup the design and select the score lines and attach to the appropriate piece
3. Cut out the design in cardstock or cardboard
Stencil the Stone pattern if desired. Paint if using cardboard.
4. Stencil stone to the surface if you like.
5. Optional - Prime and paint the house if using cardboard for house structure
Assemble the Castle structure
6. Fold along score lines.
7. Glue on the castle windows before assembling the structural pieces.
8. Assemble the 3 layers of the drawbridge together.
9. Next, assemble the 3 main castle structure structures - 2 towers and the center drawbridge piece by inserting the back piece within the front piece and glue together.
10. Insert the floor piece at the bottom of each of the 3 pieces.
11. Insert the top floor to each of the 3 main pieces.
12. Glue the 3 pieces together with the shorter center drawbridge section in the middle.
Assemble the Working Drawbridge, if desired
13. To assemble the drawbridge, glue the 3 layers together with the tab section in the middle.
14. Adhere the drawbridge to the castle, by gluing the bottom tab of the drawbridge door to the bottom on the center section of the castle. Line it up with the opening on the center section.
15. If you want to make a working drawbridge, thread a string or chain through outside circular cutout of the drawbridge. Then thread it through the circular cutout on the center pieces and back to the drawbridge.
16. Measure your string or chain to see how much you need to allow the drawbridge to fully open.
17. Cut the string or chain to length. Sometimes it helps to leave a little extra that you can trim later.
18. Secure the string or chain with jump rings or knots or glue.
19. I added a small brad to hold the chain when the drawbridge is closed.
Share your delightful creation.
Here's my YouTube video showing how to make the Castle Dollhouse.
Questions?
If you have any questions, I am always happy to help. Please email me - [email protected].
I hope your day is happy and creative.
Lucy
Ann Joplin
Lucy, I have used a laminated pouch for my stencils. It seem to work fine in my Silhouette Cameo. I run the pouch through the laminator first with nothing inside the pouch so that the whole pouch sticks together.