Colorful Fairytale Cardboard Castles

The castle and dragon craze continues at our house!  Last week we made some lovely paper plate dragons.  Did you check them out?  Then, we painted some castles that were built from scraps of paper and cardboard.  This was a perfect play date craft because the castles were easy to assemble and both the kids (and moms) had fun painting them!

Cardboard Roll Castles

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To create these castles, you’ll need:

•  3 Cardboard Toilet Rolls
• 1 Long Cardboard Paper Towel Roll
• Cereal Box
•  Scissors
• tempera paint
• Paint Brushes

(By the way, did you notice that glue was NOT on the list?  Yup!  These castles were assembled simply with slits and folds.  Pretty neat, right?)

To create a castle....

Step 1:

Cut out the ridges on top of your 2 toilet paper rolls.  Then, cut a slit ½ way through the bottom.  (This will attach the castle walls.)

Step 2:

Now let's create a wall.  Cut out a rectangular piece of cereal box cardboard. 

Step 3:

Fold it in half.  Then, cut out 2 slits on each side (from the top folded side) ½ way down.  Cut out a door from the bottom (open) side.

Step 4:

Attach your tower to your wall by sliding the toilet roll onto your wall.  Repeat the same with thing with the other tower.

Step 5:

Then, create the assymetric tower in the back!   Cut out ridges in your tall paper towel roll.  Cut a toilet roll in half.  Cut out ridges from that too.  Then, cut out two slits in your small paper towel roll.  Slide it onto your large paper towel roll to attach it.

Step 6:

Create 2 extra castle walls by following steps 2 and 3 again.

Step 7: 

Cut out corresponding slits in your 2 toilet rolls and large cardboard paper towel roll.   Slits should go ½ way up the roll and the placement will determine where the walls will attach.

Once you’ve made your castle, go ahead and decorate it however you’d like!  We just used tempera paint, but I’ll bet glitter or colorful washi tape  would look really pretty too.

These castles are great to make because they only require a few items.  If you have a couple of shoe boxes lying around, you could also make this beautiful  princess castles from shoeboxes!

If you liked this craft, you’ll also like:

• Paper Plate Dragons  
• Toilet Roll Airplanes
• Cardboard Space Shuttle
• Cardboard Rocket Launcher 
• Toilet Roll Mermaid and Hula Girl

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