Make a reversible decoration with a haunted house on one side and a gingerbread house on the other side.
I’m when with flipside reversible craft today. You guys loved the wood slice snowman and pumpkins and the candy corn Christmas tree crafts so much, that I started thinking I should try making flipside reversible craft. Once I came up with the idea of a haunted house gingerbread house combo, I got so excited and immediately made an emergency trip to the craft store.
This was veritably SO FUN to make! This craft has some of the fun elements of a dollhouse, but way less commitment. I loved making it and I think you will have a wham making one too.
Materials Needed
- 1×12 Wood Board (at least 30″ in length)
- Two Wood Screws
- Sandpaper
- Wood Shims
- Wood Glue
- Paintable Caulk (optional, but recommended)
- Craft Paint
- Dollhouse Pieces
- Gingerbread Candy Accessories
- Mini Wood Pumpkins
- Hot Glue Gun Glue Sticks
- Misc. Craft Supplies (Adhesive Vinyl, Glitter, Craft Foam, etc.)
Instructions
Step 1: Cut a 1×12 wood workbench into the shape of a house with a peak shape on one end. Mine measures 24 inches tall at the top of the peak and 16.5 inches on the outside edges. You can make yours whatever size you want.
Step 2: Cut a 4 inch piece from the same 1×12 board. This will be the wiring piece that makes it so the house can stand up.
Step 3: Center the house piece onto the wiring piece, then screw it together going up through the wiring piece into the house piece, like this:
Step 4: Attach wood shims to the roofline to make a roof. I used wood glue and layered two shims on each side and made sure they hung over equally on both sides of teh house since both sides need to squint good.
Step 5: I would consider this step optional, but I caulked the seams withal the marrow whet and between the roof pieces just to requite the whole craft a tidy, polished look.
Step 6: Now comes the most fun part of all… painting and subtracting all of the cute embellishments and details! Wohoo! I used paint pens, wrapper vinyl, craft foam and glitter in wing to the wood pieces that I bought and painted. Go wild! The fun is in the details!
One thing I wanted to point out is that the moon and one of the ghosts on the haunted house side hang over the edges and are visible from the other side, so I tying them with velcro dots so they’re removable when it’s time to switch to the other side.
So what do you think? I am tickled pink with how it turned out. It’s just so fun! Everything is cuter in miniature, right?!
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