Kids toys box!!!

Kids Toys Box

Material:

A cardboard box (pick the size that will fit your plastic animals) A sheet of cardboard (for the roof) Pencil or marker Scissors or a craft knife (to cut the cardboard) Tempera or acrylic paint (red, white, and black) Scrap newspaper (to protect the table)

How to Prepare:

Mark the cardboard box so that it has the roof-line of a house. Cut the cardboard along your markings, making a house shape. Mark the house doors (they should be shaped like a rectangle with a vertical line in the center, making a double door). Cut along the top, bottom and middle lines -- the outer vertical lines will be the hinges, creating double doors. If you put house doors on both sides of the house, two children can later put animals in and out of the house at the same time. For the roof, cut a rectangle of cardboard that is about an inch or two longer than the house and wider than the two triangular tops of the house. Mark where the fold line will be and then carefully fold the rectangle in half. Place the roof on the house to make sure that it fits. Mark where you will want windows on your house. Paint the house whatever color you want. When the paint dries, paint the inside of the windows of your choice When that paint has dried, paint white trim around the windows and doors. if you wish. Paint the roof of your choice of color. Place the roof on the house. You now have a fantastic house with a removable roof. You can put your play animals in and around the house and create a home wmithout mess.