I am back with Part 2 of Episode 2 featuring my die set of the month, Build-a-House!
In part 2 I am making treat houses! They are SO cute! And easy to make!
Here you can see the card from part 1 of Episode 2, if you missed that you can find it here. And next to it the treat house, built with the Build-A-House die set and the Halloween Add On die set. It's a box that holds 2 fun size candy bars, KitKat's in this case. I found some that have glow in the dark wrappers!
I knew I wanted to make a few different color houses. I decorated them all the same, using the Tiny Halloween stamp and die set and the Costume Party Stamp and die set.
Two things I love to do to give these houses a halloween feel is to 1. add a dusting of black ink to the edges of the die cut pieces and 2. glue the die cut pieces to the house so that they are slightly crooked.
Now let's talk about the box that holds the treat.
The paper for the box measures 2-3/4" x 4".
Score the paper at 5/8" on both sides and at 1-1/2" on both ends.
Then you snip the small score lines on both sides to create flaps to glue the box together and sandwich it in between two die cut houses. This box fits two fun size KitKat bars exactly. And the house then can stand up for a cute decoration too. There is room behind these houses for a bigger box if you want to put something different in these boxes. I think fun size Hershey bars would fit too.
I did not want to put too much work in to the back of the house, but you could add to it as much as you like.
But it is the perfect place to add a sentiment and a hand written message if you like.
I used black glitter paper to accent my houses with dies from the Halloween Build-a-House add on die set. And I put the bat on the end of a strip of clear window sheet. So it looks like it is flying over the house.
For more fun I glued on the door so that it opens and stamped BOO from Tiny Halloween and put a bowl of candy from the Costume Party stamp set inside.
You can see the making of the Build-a-Treat Houses in this YouTube video.
Be sure to tune into my YouTube channel for more ideas with the Build-a-House die set. I will be bringing you a new episode every Tuesday in the month of October with this die set.
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