{"id":789,"date":"2024-03-01T21:12:10","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T21:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/?p=789"},"modified":"2024-03-01T21:12:11","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T21:12:11","slug":"diy-cardboard-and-paper-mache-treehouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ahouseofplay.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/01\/diy-cardboard-and-paper-mache-treehouse\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY Cardboard and Paper M\u00e2ch\u00e9 Treehouse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Last year, I found a large cardboard tube in our recycling materials that I thought would make a great treehouse for the kids to play with. I cut a door in it and placed it in a small world scene. My daughter became so enamoured with the idea of it that she and my husband built some cardboard stairs inside leading to an upstairs bedroom with a shelf. I saved the cardboard tube and this year I wanted to give it some extra love to make it look more like a treehouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hot glued two toilet paper rolls onto the sides of the tube for “branches” and then paper m\u00e2ch\u00e9d the tree with scrap paper packaging. I used a 2:1 water and Elmer’s glue mixture to adhere the paper strips around the tube. I left lots of bunches in the paper m\u00e2ch\u00e9 to give the effect of tree bark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then I painted the tree – starting with black in the crevices and working to a lighter colour brown on the tops of the ridges. A little green sponge painting around the base and where the branches meet the tree trunk gave the feel of some moss. Next year I may put a little actual moss on it. I am no artist, but it looked enough like a tree for my kids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once the tree was dry, we put it into our Peter Rabbit Sensory Play Tray. My daughter wanted to move some furniture in, so we put a lamp, small fireplace and couch downstairs and added a tv, pillow and blanket upstairs. Now it’s all ready for our wooden bunny friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Last year, I found a large cardboard tube in our recycling materials that I thought would make a great treehouse for the kids to play with. I cut a door in it and placed it in a small world scene. My daughter became so enamoured with the idea of it that she and my husband … <\/p>\n

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