Dog House from a Box

If you’ve been to my house recently, you’ve probably heard a lot of barking! My boys are both in crazy doggie obsession phases and love either pretending that they are dogs or playing with their stuffed animal doggies. And now, we have a real, live puppy, so the barking level has only increased :).

So, why not make those stuffed animals their very own doghouse?!
To make our doghouse, I cut the inside flaps off the bottom of the box (the outside flaps are still taped together).

I taped the cut flaps to the flaps on the top of the box. Then I taped them together on top to make a tapered roof.
The other flaps on top were cut to the shape of the tapered roof, and the pieces I cut off were taped to the triangle shaped flaps to close off the top.
We then cut out an entrance and had some quality control testing…
Add some small pieces of cut up cardboard in bowls for the dogs’ food and water and you are all set for hours of play and accompanied barking :)
I’ll be linking up to Works For Me Wednesday, Kids Get Crafty, Look What We Did, Mom’s Library, What are little boys made of? Clever Chicks Blog Hop, Share it Saturday, Fine Craft Guild, Share Wednesdays,