How to Make a House with Ice Cream Sticks

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Making a house out of ice cream sticks is a fun and simple craft to have fun with. There are countless ways you can create your work, but the best way is to pre-build four squares with ice cream sticks attached to make the walls. After making the wall, you can build the roof by gluing ice cream sticks to create two triangles that look like planks. And finally the best part – decorate the house to your heart’s content!

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Building a wall

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Concentrate the materials. You will need about 100 ice cream sticks. You can buy ice cream sticks at craft stores. Glue is also a necessary material. Glue heat guns are best, but children need adult supervision when using them. You will also need paper, scissors, and a multi-purpose knife.

You can use regular craft glue if you don’t want to use hot glue.
Always be careful when using a hot glue gun to avoid burns.

Spread newspaper or brown wrapping paper on the table top. Because glue must be used, it is best to spread newspapers, old discarded tablecloths, or some other material to protect the worktop.

Hot glue can be very difficult to clean once it is on the countertop, so you need to be extra careful. Sometimes the glue also comes off the gun, so you should always place the glue gun on the covered tabletop.

Make four squares with ice cream sticks. Place two ice cream sticks parallel and at a distance equal to the length of the sticks. Place two more sticks on top of the first two to form a square. Use glue to stick the ice cream sticks together at right angles. Repeat these movements to create three more squares.

These squares will be the walls of the house.

Attach ice cream sticks to fill the wall frame. Lay the square down, glue the ice cream sticks in enough rows to fill the square. Spread a row of glue on two opposite sides of the square and place the ice cream sticks in. Repeat this step to complete all four squares.

Make sure to stick the ice cream sticks together so that there are no gaps in the wall.
You probably won’t have enough room to stick the last stick of ice cream. If so, use a multi-purpose knife to trim the ice cream sticks to fit the frame.

Making the roof

Build the initial frame. Arrange 3 ice cream sticks into a triangle, the ends overlap at 3 corners. Any stick can be stacked on top of any stick. Use a small drop of glue to stick the ice cream sticks at the 3 corners. Repeat this process to create one more triangle. ^{[1] X Research Source}

This basic roof style only uses 2 triangles, but you can make the roof stronger by adding a third triangle that attaches between the two main triangles of the roof.

Line up the ice cream sticks to form one side of the roof. Place a drop of glue on the flat surface on top of each popsicle. Attach ice cream sticks to both triangles with vertical corners. Repeat this move until the ice cream sticks fill the length of the sides of the triangle. Place the ice cream sticks together. Hold each popsicle for at least 5 seconds for the glue to adhere.

Be gentle when attaching each rod so that the previously attached sticks do not pull out of the triangle.

Lay the second side of the roof. In the same way as the front side, you need to attach the ice cream sticks to the opposite side of the roof. Be careful when handling the roof so that no ice cream sticks out.

Cover the open ends of the roof. You now have an open roof frame at both ends. If desired, you can completely cover the interior of the roof. Starting at the bottom edge of the triangle, glue an ice cream stick across the roof frame. As you add each popsicle, you’ll have to cut each stick a little bit as the triangle gets closer to the top.

A completely covered roof will make the ice cream house look more realistic, because the real house is built that way.

House assembly

Cut the window pane. If you want to make the house more lively, you can cut an empty box or two on the wall to make a window. The easiest way to do this step is to cut before attaching the walls together. Carefully use a multi-purpose knife to cut a 2.5 cm x 2.5 cm square on one or two walls. ^{[2] X Research Source}

Make the window in the center of the wall or to the side if you like.
To embellish the house, you can use the ice cream sticks you just cut out to make curtains on either side of the window or as a frame around the window.

Cut a doorway. You can make the ice cream house look even more realistic by cutting a blank in the wall for the door. The size of the door will depend on the size of the ice cream sticks. Make the door almost the height of the house and about 1/3 the width of the house. Use a multi-purpose knife to cut.

You can stick a piece of paper the size of an empty box on the edge of the door to make it look like a real door. Fold along the edge of the paper and stick it to the door so that it opens and closes.

Glue the walls together at the corners. Build two walls up so that the ice cream sticks are vertically. Spread a line of glue along the inside edge of the popsicle at the top of each wall. Gently press the glued edges together for about 30 seconds. ^{[3] X Research Sources}

Attach the remaining two walls in turn to create the basic structure for the house.

Install the roof. Secure the roof by applying a line of glue along the top edge of the frame. Place the roof on top and gently press down long enough for the adhesive to adhere. You can also choose to not have the roof taped so you can lift and place things inside the house.

Home decoration. There is almost no limit to home decor options. Use spray paint to paint the entire house in one color. Use a paintbrush to paint the walls one color and the roof another. Glue fabric or gift wrapping paper to style the walls. You can stick moss, flowers or sticks to the house to make it look like a house in the woods.

Advice

This style of ice cream stick house is mainly for decoration and can be unstable when played hard.
You can paint or decorate the house with as many styles as you like after the installation is complete.
Prepare and gather materials in advance.

Warning

Be careful when cutting the ice cream sticks lest the splinters get into your hands.
Always be careful when using a knife to avoid cutting your hand.

Things you need

Ice cream sticks or craft sticks
Hot glue gun or other glue
Multi-purpose knife
Paper (optional)
Paint or other decorative products (optional)

Steps