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Building a popsicle house is a fun and simple way to pass the time. You could build your masterpiece a million different ways, but we've looked into it and have found that the very best one is to start by building four squares with sticks glued to them for the walls. Once that's done, you can build your roof by creating two triangles with sticks glued to them, just like slats. Then comes the best part - decorate to your heart's content!

Part 1

Building the Walls

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Gather your supplies. You will need around 100 Popsicle sticks. You can buy craft sticks at a hobby store or a big-box store with a craft section. You will also need glue. A hot glue gun works best, but children should have adult supervision. Also have paper, scissors, and a utility knife.

If you don’t want to use hot glue, a regular bottle of craft glue will work.

Always practice caution when using a hot glue gun as it can burn you.

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Lay some newspaper or brown paper down. Since you will be working with glue, it’s best to cover whatever surface you are working on with newspaper, a disposable tablecloth, or something that will protect the surface.

Hot glue can be hard to remove from surfaces so take extra precaution. Hot glue will also spill out of the gun sometimes, so always set it over the covered surface.

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Make four squares with Popsicle sticks. Lay down two Popsicle sticks parallel to each other, the same distance apart as the length of one stick. Lay two more sticks on top of the first two forming a square. Glue these at the corners. Repeat this to build three more squares.

These squares will become the walls of the house.

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Glue Popsicle sticks covering the wall frame. With the square laying flat, glue enough sticks in a line to cover the entire square. Place a line of glue on two of the opposite sides of the square and lay the sticks in place. Repeat this to complete all four walls.

Be sure that you place the sticks tight together so that there are no gaps in the wall.

You may not have room for an entire stick when you get to the the end, so use the utility knife to trim a stick down to fit in the final spot.

Part 2

Crafting the Roof

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Build the initial frame. Take three Popsicle sticks and form a triangle, overlapping the sticks at the corners. It doesn’t matter which of the sticks lays on top of which. Use a small drop of glue to connect the sticks at all three corners. Repeat the same process to make another triangle.[1]

This basic roof uses just two triangles as the trusses, but you can make a more stable roof by making a third triangle, which would go between the two main ones in the roof.

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Lay Popsicle sticks to create one side of the roof. Place a dot of glue on the flat side of each end of a Popsicle stick. Attach the stick to both triangles so that it runs perpendicular. Repeat this process until you have covered the length of the triangles’ sides with sticks. Place the sticks tight together. Hold each stick in place for at least 5 seconds so the glue will hold.