How To Build A Popsicle Stick Roof

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How to build a popsicle stick roof.

Lay out four popsicle sticks in a square with the horizontal sticks on the bottom and the vertical sticks laying on top. Using the measurements from step 5 it s time to build your roof. Using one popsicle stick as a measuring device make sure each stick is one popsicle stick width from the edge. How to form pour and stamp a concrete patio slab duration.

To build an easy popsicle house make 4 squares out of popsicle sticks. Step 5 repeat steps three and four to construct the opposite side of the roof. Arrange the sticks from small to big. Building the two roof pieces is very similar to building the walls just on a larger scale.

Glue a series of vertical popsicle sticks to the roof with the top of the stick secured to the top horizontal piece and the bottom secured to the lower horizontal piece. Cover the squares with a row of popsicle sticks to make the walls and make 2 triangles out of popsicle sticks for the frame of the roof. Step 3 to fill in the empty triangular shapes in the front and back of the house hold craft sticks up to the roof one at a time and trace the angle you need to cut off with a pencil. Carefully flip over the roof and the wall and place them next to each other.

Make the large roof peak for the larger one you ll want to line 5 popsicle sticks up vertically and attach to each other with a small piece of a popsicle glued across the center horizontally. 24 popsicle sticks lined up vertically and attached with 2 horizontal popsicle sticks glued on top 2 on bottom and two across the middle. Use the piece on top followed by the then the and finally two full sized sticks. To hold them together glue the remaining piece to the back.

This will contrast with the horizontal placement of the wall popsicle sticks. Glue two sticks at the sides of the roof to attach it to the wall.