3D Model Sustainable Home

First, you need to gather your supplies. I decided to use recyclable items such as:

• Cardboard (what I did is just broke pieces off of or cut cardboard boxes)
• Thin plastic food containers. (ones lunch might come in from take out)
• Thermal packing wrap
• Packing peanuts

I also used other basic items like:

• Hot glue gun
• Scissors
• Pencil
• Razor
• Ruler
• Paint

What you want to do before you start building, is to measure the size of the walls, doors, and floor along with planning out the overall final look so you have a plan beforehand. Once you drew out where you want to cut out your walls, cut them out and hot glue them onto the floor. You must be cautious with hot glue and make sure that the walls are even. Otherwise, it can cause problems like overlapping, or gaps between the walls.

This step can be done either towards the beginning, or middle of the project, whichever you choose. Take the thin plastic food container, and using a sharpie and ruler, outline how big you want your window so you know where to cut. Once you cut it out, trace the outline of it onto a cardboard wall that has not yet been hot glued to the floor of your home. It can be done if you have already glued the desired cardboard wall, but it is difficult to cut with it being glued. Once you cut the hole in the cardboard wall in order for the window to fit in, you can hot glue it in and continue on with other windows if you would like to do more. (It can be a pain sometimes or annoying if its loud when you're trying to cut the plastic but trust me it will make it look so much cooler and realistic)

Now that all or most of the walls are up, it's time to get some more creative with it. You can paint the walls with any color of your choosing, along with the exterior. You could keep the floor the same color, but sometimes paint from the walls get on it, or some excess hot glue, so feel free to paint that whatever color as well.

For the final touches, you can create furniture, decor, or something else you think will make the house look more appealing or suitable to be lived in. I created furniture out of leftover cardboard and plastic, which I cut into different shapes and glued together to make furniture, and appliances. This part can be amusing so have fun with it and be as creative as you want!

The finished product will look somewhat similar to an average house, but of course, with whatever special touches you wanted to add. Since this is a biome home, you can make the surroundings or "environment" of the home look like whatever biome you choose. For my biome, it was a semiarid desert, so I painted the little "yard" the color of sand and added some tumbleweeds and shrubs.