Hi everyone, Nutt Kessler here with a new video tutorial and today I'm going to show you how to make a milk carton house
So this entire shape reminded me of a house with a roof
So I wanted to turn this milk carton into a house and display photo
on it. So it's also going to be a photo display. So what you're going to do to do first is cover your milk carton with jesso. This will also seal. Of course you need to wash it very thoroughly on the inside and wait until it's dry. And then put maybe one or two coats of jesso. That will seal the surface completely. Next, add a seal a seal
a layer of acrylic paint. You can choose whatever paint that you like
I used a very pale beige or off white. Next, since it's going to be a house
I want to add a brick pattern with this stencil here and some distress inks
You can do this with acrylic paints also if you want, if you don't have distress inks
And I'm not covering the entire, surface with the brick pattern just around the edges on both sides. Remember there
are going to be photos on the center of each of the sides here so they're going to
block the pattern. That's why I'm only adding it on the sides in the corners
And I've cut some frames. These are going to be the frames from the photos. You can also, if you don't have frames, you can just mat the photos with paper
Now we're going to start working on the roof. I'm using a border punch
Whatever border punch pattern that you have, I'm trying to mimic the look of the roof tiles
And I'm going after punching the paper, I'm going to align the edge with half an inch and then cut a strip
And then you'll have to make a few of those strips that are punched on one side
And then cut them to size That means they need to be the width of your milk carton And we also going to make another piece this time aligning it with two inches
or one and a half inch. Two inches would be best. And then punch it on both sides
I'm making it wider from the start because when I'm punch it, it will be narrow. This will go on the top. This will be the last strip that we add
on the top of the roof. So I'm cutting the strips to size. Again, the size, I can't tell you
what the size is because it depends on the width of your milk carton. And then I'm going to
attach the strips with foam tape. And we're going to start with the first strip. This one will go
on the bottom. It goes on the bottom on the edge of the so-called roof, the triangle shape that we have
on the milk carton. So this one goes on the edge here, like this. And then we're going to
build the layers of the tiles, one at a time, with the foam tape
and the next strip is going to slightly overlap the first strip and this is how we're going to add all our strips
Each of them will be slightly overlapping the one before it. Now the other side is a little trick here because we have the chimney, so to speak
So what you're going to need to do is cut around the circle of the chimney to allow the strips to fit
So I'm just eyeballing it and then see if it fits. If not, I'm making the circle slightly bigger with my scissors, making sure that it fits
and then I'm attaching it. The next one, I simply take a pencil and mark where I need to cut
one will need to be the piece that I cut at will need to be slightly bigger, obviously
almost half a circle. And if it doesn't fit, if the space is too small between the
two strips then simply enlarge the space that you cut out A little time consuming but definitely worth it
Okay, so now I'm happy. The third strip I'm going to cut completely into two pieces
because it's right on between the two sides of the cap. So I need to
completely remove the center and then attach the strips on both sides
So you see this on one side and then the other one on the other side
And don't forget to use your phone tape that will give the roof a more realistic look and more dimension
And then with the next step, the next step you're going to do
exactly the same thing. And you keep on adding those strips until you reach the top like this
This is one side and then this is the second side. Again you'll maybe have to cut a little bit because that chimney is in the way
If not then not. Remember that wider strip that we did, we now need to cut it to size and then fold it in half
And this will go on the top of the roof. So it's basically the same width, the same length, sorry, and then we're going to fold it in half
just going to make sure that I fold it correctly by scoring the center line instead of just folding it
Adding a little bit of distress ink and then this one will not go with foam tape
This one, this piece is only with regular glue and you attach it on the top and then it completes the two sides of the roof like this
I think the roof looks really nice. Now what we need to add is strips on the sides of the roof
And again, we're going to make them the same as we did the strips for the roof
And then we're going to measure them. Just mark with a pencil where it ends like this and then make a straight line and cut with your scissors And then use it to create the other side
because we need the angle to fit exactly. And this way we made an angle that will fit exactly on the roof. See
Isn't that cool? So we're going to do the exact same thing on the other side as well
And now the roof is ready. And all you need to do now is embellish your sides and add your photos
So I'm just adding the frames so you'll get an idea how it looks
You can add the photos instead. Again you can mat them with the frames or just
a piece of paper if you don't have this die-cott or a die-cott machine. It's good to
frame the photos because then they will have definition and they will look better on
the sides of the milk cart. I'm also adding some flowers and embellishments and this
is how it looks when it's finished. I also added just a photo or two to show
you how it looks. So you have a roof. And then these are the photo frames and all the embellishments
that I added. I added a few metal angles and I added a key because it is a house after all
I added a little banner with metal flags, some more flowers. Of course it's up to you how you want
to embellish your house and it will look great with your own family photos standing on your
mantelpiece or on a shelf. It's a really original and unique way to display photos that you like
If you want to display your Christmas photos, then you can embellish your house in a Christmas
theme or a winter theme. You can take this anywhere that you want and make your own design
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