DIY Popsicle Stick Victorian-Style House – Step by Step

Materials That You’ll Need:
– Popsicle sticks (1 x 11.5 cm)
– Printed layout or sketch of the house
– Hot glue
– Miniature bushes
– Pruning shears (to cut sticks)
– A rotary tool (for cutting and sanding)
– Acrylic paints (yellow, white, black, brown)

1. Prepare some wooden popsicle sticks (1 x 11.5 cm)

   *Tips: You might need to sort the sticks carefully before crafting to ensure the whole quality of your models. High-quality sticks need to be straight and free from decay. You still can use low-conditioned sticks for later project that requiring less details.
   

2. Arrange the craft sticks side by side to form a flat panel.

   

3. Glue several sticks across to hold them together.

   *Tips: You can glue each sticks directly, but it always gives a bad appearance for your model as soon as the hot glue dries, also the joints can’t keep firmly for a long time. So it’s best to follow this method.
   

4. Cut both rounded ends of these sticks, following the marked straight line

   

5. Use a rotary tool with a grinding bit to smooth the cut

   

6. Replace the grinding bit with a mini circular saw, then cut along the marked lines to make doors and windows

   

7. Carefully pull off the sticks, also smooth the cut. You can save these excess pieces for later.

   

8. Attach each parts to the flat wooden panel

   

9. Use a rotary tool to grind and carve wooden sticks (1cm in diameter) into house columns

   

10. They will look like this. Your model will need 6 columns

    

11. Attach each stick on the floor panel. Make sure to keep them straight and aligned

    

12. You can cut popsicle sticks in half to create smaller pieces for the hand-rail

    

13. Apply the second floor panel

    

14. Glue every part of the second floor

    

15. Place the popsicle sticks (1 x 4 cm) next to each other in a staggered pattern, then mark a triangular shape.

    

16. Cut the panel following the marked line.

    

17. Use a rotary tool with a grinding bit to smooth the cut

    

18. Drill a circular hole to create a window.

    

19. Attach the gable wall to the house

    

20. Reuse the leftover rounded ends of the popsicle sticks to make wooden roof panels

    

21. You can also decorate with a roof dormer

    

22. Place then onto the house. Ensure with hot glue or super glue.

    

23. Attach the wooden sticks in a cylindrical shape.

    

24. Form each cylindrical shape into a tower. You can create some windows following Step 6+7

    

25. Glue 3 popsicle sticks together and cut out a triangle as in the picture

    

26. Assemble the pieces together to form a pointed roof.

    

27. Attach the pointed roof to the tower

    

28. Add a wooden staircase to the model

    

29. Add the window frames

    

30. For the chimney, you can use small wooden pieces and wrap them with aluminum foil

    

31. Add lively appearance to the house with acrylic paints

    

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33. Finish!