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Cereal Box to Foldable Doll’s House DIY (perfect take along house)

June 7, 2021

I have been challenged by Betta Living Kitchens to come up with a fun box related craft…… and I think I came up with something that you guys will LOVE – a Cereal Box Pop Up Dolls… yes… a dolls house made from cereal boxes, that you can collapse, fold away and take along with you… be it on holiday, to the park or the coffee shop! I think this dolls house is super cute – colourful and yet simple.. the best bit? I created some dolls house furniture printables for you – to make things even easier for you to make.  โ€˜Of course, you can create your own designs and allow the kids to get as creative as they want. Betta Livingโ€™s post โ€œFive Children’s Cardboard Box Creationsโ€ is great if you need more inspiration. Your choice!โ€™

Take a peak of the video demo to see how cute and versatile this house is!! (and DO SUBSCRIBE!)

And check out my reader’s TRAIN SET VERSION here.

First shared in March 2015

Isn’t it cute the way you can fold it all down and up again?

Pop Up Dolls House – Materials:

  • two cereal boxes
  • duct tape (duct tape is best, as it is very strong and durable)
  • coloured paper (or you can use acrylic paints instead)
  • scissors & ruler
  • a glue stick (better than white glue, as it doesn’t make paper wrinkle)
  • white paper/ printer/ pens
free dolls house printable - visit Red Ted Art to download. #takealong #dollshouse #cerealbox #printable #box

Click to Download your Furniture Printable

Pop Up Dolls House – How To:

Cereal box pop up dolls house. #takealong #dollshouse #cerealbox #printable #box

1) You will need two large cereal boxes.

2) Unfold your cereal boxes.

3) Cut out the main panels.

4). This should leave you with four panels.

Cereal box foldable dolls house. #takealong #dollshouse #cerealbox #printable #box

5) Fold your panels in half.

6) Now you want each half “panel” to be a perfect square”. You could get a ruler out and measure everything out, but I was lazy and I used one of the other panels to measure a square and draw a line…… measuring is better, but I am a messy crafter!!! (top right hand corner).

7) Once you have your lines, cut off the excess sides. This should leave you with a piece made up of two squares.

8) Repeat with the other 3 pieces. They now all fit together as per the bottom right hand corner. Arranging them can be a little muddling… but if you follow the next steps, it all falls into place…..

Cereal box take along dolls house. #takealong #dollshouse #cerealbox #printable #box

9) Place one panel cereal side up and one cereal side down. As per the top left picture. Tape the top HALF of your two pieces together. As mentioned before, use duct tape, as this is nice and strong and will allow for lots of folding and unfolding without tearing. Other tape works too, but just add more layers.

10) Now taped, you can flip the right hand side over…. and lay the next 3rd panel, face down next two the first two. Tape this in place again.. flip over (as per top right hand picture).. and add the forth panel. Tape in place. Now flip the 4th panel over and unfold the first panel. Connect the 1st and 4th panel.

11) When you unfold it all you can will get a 3d room layout (bottom left).

12) When you fold it all up again, you get one neat little package (bottom right or watch the video below).

diy pop up dolls house craft

13) Now it is time to cut some doors into your house. We went for two doors only – on opposite sides. This leaves more space for “adding furniture later”. But you can 4 doors if you wish. Unfold your house but lay flat. Measure the door size, based on the toys you will play with. Cut the door into the TOP HALF of one panel using a stanly knife.

14) Repeat on opposite side.

DIY Dolls House Craft

Time to decorate!!! We decide to leave the floors plain… and to decorate the falls only.

15) Being a lazy crafter (as per usual), I didn’t measure out exact shapes…. It was much easier to simply apply glue stick glue to one square panel. Then press the coloured paper down onto it.

16) I flipped it over… and using scissors, cut around the edges of the square.

17) If necessary cut out a door and stick that down too.

18) One panel finished. All neat and tidy, with no precise measuring needed!

19) Repeat for all the sides… and cut out doors where necessary!

DIY Foldable Doll House made from Cereal Boxes. #takealong #dollshouse #cerealbox #printable #box

20) Now you can start adding some furniture! You can either design your own.. or use the templates I have provided above…. you can leave them black and white or colour them in.. your call! I have left plenty of space to let you add more furniture items… So.. print/ draw and cut out.

21) Using a glue stick, stick your dolls house furniture into place.

22) You are finished with your cereal box doll house and ready to play!!!!!!!!!

And once you are done, pack your dolls house up, pop it in your back.. and off you go.

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Filed Under: Dolls House, How To's, Kids Craft, Recycling 38 Comments

Comments

  1. Imogene Joyce says

    March 9, 2015 at 8:50 pm

    Great DIY doll’s house. Thank you for the awesome tutorial.
    .

    Reply
  2. Soraya says

    March 10, 2015 at 2:50 pm

    In love!!!!!! ????????????????????????

    Reply
  3. Soraya says

    March 10, 2015 at 2:52 pm

    Oh, sorry!

    Just “in love”.

    Without “????” I was trying an emoticon!

    Reply
  4. Pam says

    March 11, 2015 at 10:58 am

    It would have been nice to have your instructions in printer format. When I printed the pictures, I wasted a LOT of black ink and could not edit the pictures at all.

    Reply
  5. Lili Thomson says

    March 11, 2015 at 11:36 am

    What an excellent idea! I’ve been teaching house vocabulary for the children right now. They are going to love making this house. Thanks so much. ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  6. Rorybore says

    March 19, 2015 at 6:13 pm

    This is adorable!!! My girls are so excited to make one of these for their little Calico Critters.

    Reply
    • Red Ted Art says

      March 19, 2015 at 7:41 pm

      So pleased to hear that!! ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  7. Brisa says

    March 23, 2015 at 2:08 am

    We loved making these today. See my blog post for the pictures of the finished product. DD loved it!

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  8. Brisa says

    March 23, 2015 at 2:09 am

    We had so much fun making these today. Check out the pics of the finished product on my blog post. DD loves it!

    Reply
    • Red Ted Art says

      March 23, 2015 at 9:57 am

      Oh I couldn’t get onto your site? Would love to see the pictures!

      Reply
  9. Erin says

    March 31, 2015 at 9:11 am

    I am in love with this project!!! Made it as a surprise for my daughter and planning to share it with her on an upcoming flight. Just brilliant!!!

    I wrote a blogpost about it and linked to your site as well as the project. I hope that’s okay! Your site is so amazing!! Thank you so much for the wonderful ideas.

    http://piesandgents.blogspot.ie/2015/03/foldable-cardboard-dollhouse-travel-fun.html?m=1

    Reply
    • Red Ted Art says

      March 31, 2015 at 9:33 am

      Oh my, yours turned out sooo lovely!! Am so pleased! Thank you for sharing your photos!

      Reply
  10. Kali @ For the Love of Spanish says

    April 10, 2015 at 7:08 pm

    I just made this with my 3- and 5-year-old boys and they are enjoying it as we speak! So cute and simple, and I love that it’s constructed with readily-available recycled products!

    Reply
    • Red Ted Art says

      April 10, 2015 at 7:37 pm

      Oh that is so lovely to hear!!

      Reply
  11. Bre Anne says

    May 13, 2015 at 7:45 pm

    We just finished ours using old maps, recycled book pages, and a construction paper city we built! We added ribbon to two pieces as a way to keep it closed when folded and string to the sides and bottom to be tied when open. We also used adhesive craft ribbon around the edges for a nice finishing touch. Thank you for this… my son LOVES it!

    Reply
  12. Vanessa says

    July 7, 2015 at 6:08 pm

    Wonderful….collecting our supplies right now! Showed the video to my daughter… She said that’s Red Ted…Wow! We have just used Red Ted printouts in our Frozen class this morning! Thank you xxxx

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    • Red Ted Art says

      July 8, 2015 at 9:49 am

      Awww so pleased to hear!

      Reply
  13. JL says

    August 3, 2015 at 10:47 pm

    I just made this dollhouse with my 3 and half year old while the baby napped. She LOVES it! We made the doors tall enough for a magic clip disney princess to fit through. She has been playing with it nonstop for the last hour. Thank you for a wonderful mommy/daughter craft and fun doll house to play with!

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    • Red Ted Art says

      August 4, 2015 at 8:53 am

      Oh I am so pleased!!!! ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  14. Linda says

    August 21, 2015 at 4:14 am

    I just made my first foldable dollhouse. It was fun and easy. I plan to give it away tomorrow.

    Now I would like to do the train set foldable. Do you have printouts for the train (i.e. tracks, tunnel, etc.)? I would love to try to make of those too!

    Linda

    Reply
    • Red Ted Art says

      August 24, 2015 at 12:38 pm

      Sorry, no, a reader sent me those photos, so I didn’t create a printable! :-/

      Reply
  15. Leyla Tardif says

    December 7, 2015 at 2:22 am

    Where did you get your miniature doll? i will love to get the same for my daughter. ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
    • Red Ted Art says

      December 7, 2015 at 9:27 am

      In the photos they are “Sylvannian Family” characters. I think somewhere I showed a “Sunny Angel” Doll too? Is that the one you mean?

      Reply
  16. Cucicucicoo: Eco Sewing and Crafting says

    January 3, 2016 at 9:02 pm

    Oh my gosh, could this possibly be any cuter? I love this idea, especially that it all folds up for easy storage and transportation! Thanks! ๐Ÿ™‚ Lisa

    Reply
    • Red Ted Art says

      January 4, 2016 at 4:11 pm

      Awww glad you like it!

      Reply
  17. Kuandkyu says

    October 13, 2018 at 1:17 am

    What are panels????

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    • Red Ted Art says

      October 13, 2018 at 9:15 am

      side bits?

      Reply
  18. Monica Castresana says

    October 4, 2016 at 8:49 pm

    Thank you so much! I’m from Argentina and I love all these cute ideas.

    Reply
  19. Monica Castresana says

    October 4, 2016 at 9:04 pm

    Thank you so much! I love these cute ideas for my kids.

    Reply
  20. Red Ted Art says

    October 5, 2016 at 9:21 am

    My pleasure!

    Reply
  21. Red Ted Art says

    October 5, 2016 at 9:08 am

    My pleasure!

    Reply

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