These  Tiny Cardboard Gingerbread Houses light up and are a fun and easy DIY project

this holiday season!

I made these tiny, cute, little cardboard Gingerbread Houses our of recycled cardboard
boxes.
I’ll show you how I did it and it only took me a couple hours. It’s worth it, in my opinion,
because they are just so darn adorable!
Here’s how I did it:
Tiny Cardboard Gingerbread Houses Supply List
Cardboard – use an old box!
Exacta Knife
Hot Glue Gun
Metal Ruler
White Paint Pen
Tracing Paper or wax paper
Battery Operated Tea Lights
Tiny Cardboard Gingerbread Houses Instructions
1. Gather some cardboard and ruler and start drawing out your houses. I drew all the
pieces before I cut anything.
For reference, my houses were 4 inches by 3 inches. The tall one is 3 inches by 3 inches.
I drew everything but the roof pieces.  I won’t give you more exact measurements
because the fun is really in designing your own!
2. Using a metal ruler and a brand new blade in your knife cut out all the pieces. Here
are my best tips for cutting through corrugated cardboard:
 go slow, it will take a few passes to cut all the way through.
 If your edges start to look ragged or it get harder to cut, change to a new blade. I
changed my blade twice during this project.
 sometimes it helps to turn the piece of cardboard over to see where you haven’t
cut through yet. This can be helpful at corners.

3. When all of the sides are cut out of your houses, use your white paint pen to decorate
them like gingerbread houses.

4. Turn the cardboard pieces over and glue small pieces of tracing paper over the back
of the windows and doors. This will make the houses glow and stop you from seeing the
battery operated candle inside.

5. Start constructing your houses. Use glue to attach the sides to the front. Then add the
back. These houses do not have a bottom.

6. Now all you need is a roof! I waited to measure and cut the roof pieces because
sometimes, the final product can be not exactly the size you planned due to
inconsistencies in cutting or something not having perfectly right angles.
o measure for the roof pieces once the body of the house is built. You can have the
eaves hang over as much or as little as you want! After this, you’re done!
Enjoy your Tiny Cardboard Gingerbread Houses as is…
OR lift them up and put a battery operated tea light inside to make the glow! (Obviously
don’t use a real candle, please!)