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Making a Cardboard Tube Haunted House


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October 22, 2019

Cardboard Tube Haunted House - outside near a piece of tree stumpYou can make a cool little haunted house from the cardboard tube centers from your toilet paper and paper towel rolls. Cut out little windows and doors and paint it how you please. You can display this as is or add little LEDs to light it up.

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Total Time: 1 hour

Yield: 1 haunted house

Supplies:

  • cardboard tubes
  • scissors
  • X-Acto knife
  • acrylic paint (yellow, black, brown)
  • paintbrush
  • cardboard
  • hot glue gun with glue
  • cotton balls (optional)
Cardboard Tube Haunted House - supplies
 

Steps:

  1. Place 2 toilet paper tubes on either side of a paper towel tube. Trim down the paper towel tube a bit.
  2. Cardboard Tube Haunted House - place a TP tube on each side of a paper towel tube, trim the towel tube down a bit
     
  3. Cut out 2 triangles from the sides at the top of the long middle tube.
  4. Cardboard Tube Haunted House - cut out 2 triangle from the top of the taller tube
     
  5. Pull off the triangle cuts so you have a pyramid shaped top.
  6. Cardboard Tube Haunted House - remove the triangles to create a pyramid shaped top
     
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  7. Using the X-Acto knife, cut out little doors and windows from the cardboard tubes.
  8. Cardboard Tube Haunted House - cut out doors and windows with the knife
     
  9. You can leave the swinging doors on some of the cuts for a cool effect.
  10. Cardboard Tube Haunted House - round topped door, leave some swinging doors
     
  11. Paint the insides of the tubes yellow where there are exposed windows.
  12. Cardboard Tube Haunted House - paint the inside of the tubes yellow where there are exposed windows
     
  13. Paint the exterior of the tubes black. Paint any swinging doors brown. Let dry.
  14. Cardboard Tube Haunted House - paint the outside black and any swinging doors brown
     
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  15. To make the middle roof, cut out a rectangle of cardboard then fold in half.
  16. Cardboard Tube Haunted House - cut out a rectangle of cardboard and fold in half for the middle roof
     
  17. Cut out 2 squares for the side roofing. Paint all 3 roof pieces brown. Let dry.
  18. Cardboard Tube Haunted House - cut out 2 squares for the side roofs and then paint them all brown
     
  19. Hot glue the 3 tubes together, side by side, the tall one in the middle.
  20. Cardboard Tube Haunted House - hot glue the tubes together, with the tall one in the middle
     
  21. Add thin lines of hot glue to the tops of the tubes and press the roof pieces on.
  22. Cardboard Tube Haunted House - add glue to the tops of the tubes and glue the roofs in place
     
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  23. Hold in place for 15 seconds each.
  24. Cardboard Tube Haunted House - hold each piece for 15 seconds to help them set
     
  25. Use as decor inside with LED lights, or outdoors. Pull apart some cotton to drape over it and place inside for a spiderweb effect. I like mine out near ivy and roughage!
  26. Cardboard Tube Haunted House - drape cotton over or inside for spiderwebs, sitting in the midst of ivy
     
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