Popsicle Stick House
DIY Tiny Stilt House – Fit in the palm of your hand
In this post, FOBIRD will introduce a more compact and less detailed version of our previous achitecture models. It can even fit in the palm of your hand! This miniature stilt house design can be a charming highlight for your space, requiring only a small amount of time to complete. Here’s the full instruction to build this model.
Materials
– Popsicle sticks (2 x 15 cm)
– Popsicle sticks (1 x 11.5 cm)
– Wooden sticks with a diameter of 2.5mm
– Wood board (10 x 10 x 2 cm)
– Paperwood (Wood Veneer)
– Printed layout or sketch of the house
– Superglue
– Pruning shears
– Scissors
– Craft knife
– Tweezers
– Miniature plants, greensward
🧰 Bonus: You can download the free printable PDF plan at the end of this guide to follow along easily. Learn more about our models here!
- Cut both rounded ends of the popsicle stick, then divide into small rectangular pieces
- Draw a quick sketch to outline the doors and windows
- Cut along the marked wood section
To cut tiny details, you can use a craft knife instead of pruning shears. Firstly, Use the tip of the knife to gently score the wood, then carefully separate each small pieces one by one.
Although this method is a bit tricky for beginners, it allows you to adjust these tiny details more precisely.
- Repeat the process with other pieces
- Assemble these wooden pieces together to form a house
- Use knife to thin down the wooden stick
*Tips: When using knife, rememer always cutting away from yourself. Hold your materials firmly and never let your fingers in the path of the blade. Keep blades sharp because a dull blade requires more force and is more likely to slip.
- Gently bend the thin wooden sticks at a right angle into windows and door frames
- Carefully attach them to the house
- Stick 2 triangular wooden pieces to both sides of the house
- Glue the wooden sticks in place to create the structure of the roof frame
- Cut the paperwood into thin stripes
- Cut these stripes into tiny pieces to simulate tiled roofs
- Attach these tiled roofs in each rows until cover all of the roof frame
- Add fences to the house
- Attach small wooden piles to the bottom to form a stilt house
- Use tweezers to stick tiny pieces into a stair
- Tile the woodboard (10 x 10 x 2 cm) with popsicle sticks (1 x 11.5 cm)
- Place the stilt house on the woodboard
- Add fences around the house
- Repeat the process of making the stilt house, but this time you need to assemble a smaller one
- Place it next to the stilt house
- Use tiny sticks to make a miniature trellis
- Decorate the entire model with artificial trees and greensward
- Make a gate from thin wooden sticks
- Attach the gate to the model
- Add some final touches to the house and finish!
Congratulations! You’ve crafted a charming miniature countryside house that fits in the palm of your hand. Though it is small in size, the model is still perfect for adding beauty and character to any space. You can also follow other models on FOBIRD!