Have you ever thought of building a house out of cardboard? For some of you, it may appear a tough thing to do; however, many others may consider it a creative activity or work of art. A few years back, people were more eager to invest in plastic or wooden materials for the design and building of models at home. But, as the current generation needs some eco-friendly and toxin-free solutions, many prefer using cardboard for making a house model.

The cardboard model houses are easier to assemble as they come with numbered parts. The builder just needs to glue the numbered cardboard parts together to complete the construction. It is even possible to find many demonstration videos on websites to get a detailed idea about how to build a house using various papers and cardboards. The professionals online also provide printing and assembly guides where you can learn more about making a house using paper prints and cardboards.

Why consider making a house model using cardboard?

If you are interested in building house models using cardboard, you can find many unique designs online. The house plan are available individually, or can be purchased in groups such as, for example, three houses with garages and two bungalows. The textured brickwork on these paper houses look very impressive; it is possible to replicate a realistic street scene in miniature that resembles a residential neighbourhood with decades-old brick houses. That is just an example, but the miniature street scene that you create using paper and cardboard may look similar to the houses you have visited many times in real life.

Whether you want to build these cardboard models for your child’s school project or are interested in building model houses that perfectly relicate true life for placement alongside model trains on a railway layout, the experience and realism can be truly amazing. The brick models with attractive paint colours look compelling and appear to be so real, even though they have been scaled to miniature size such as OO scale which is 1:76th scale, or 4mm to the foot. One can also create a complete street scene by printing several duplicate copies of the plans for paper houses. It means five home plans can easily turn out to be a 15 home models with a wide street area. You can follow some clever positioning ideas to make these houses look unique and elegant. The best trick is to add miniature scenery elements like gardens, bushes, trees, plastic people, driveways and animal figures.

How to make a house  out of cardboard:

You need not invest unnecessary time and money to make up houses using cardboard. The process becomes very fast and easy with downloadable plans. All that you need to do is print your plan on a regular photocopy paper and then fix those printed plans on the cardboard with the help of a glue. You can also check video tutorials online to know more about these models and the construction process.

After downloading the OO, N scale, or ho scale houses on your computer, you can print them multiple times. After printing, they are to be mounted on the cardboard. You can make use of glue stick to fix the pieces together. There are video tutorials showing how to use other glues too. It clearly means that you can design the house models using a few minimal supplies at your home. The whole construction may take a few minutes, or an hour or two depending on the complexity of the design you select. Then you can store your model or display it in your living room, or on a railway layout.

Most of these cardboard models come with intricate colour details; there's no need to learn airbrushing skills to finish them off to a realistic life-like standard. The pre-painted model looks genuine and elegant, with a realistic touch of brickwork, or wood. These home models can even be placed in front of a background to make them look more appealing against a painted skyline of line of trees. You can find houses in different scales and gauge sizes online and build them at home by following a few simple tips and tricks. Never forget to add some greenery around to make the design look more stunning.