Toothpick House With Working Door!

1)toothpicks
2)wood glue
3) wooden skewers
4) hot glue
5) Dremel or exact-o-knife
6) green and brown paint
7) cellophane
8) mini wire lights

Start by lining up the skewers unevenly and wood glue together.
Then once dry, paint with a watered down brown for a lightly tinted brown base.

Line up the toothpick evenly as shown in the pictures with one toothpick across the back so they don't fold over. Wood glue them together. Make several of these to use along the process.

Attach all of the wooden toothpick rectangles from previous step into a giant rectangular box as shown above. *you do not attach it to the base yet, that is just shown for looks*

Lay a few toothpick vertically or horizontally like the picture above with the backing shown (use exact-o-knife). Wood glue them together.

Roll up cork ribbon and wood glue it shut. Once dry cut into two small pieces that should be in a cylindrical shape.

Glue cork ribbon to wooden base of house. Thread thread through the cork ribbon and glue to the door. Add tip of toothpick to the outside as a doorknob.

Form the toothpick rectangles in a box on top of the first story. Glue with wood glue. Then make a small square out of toothpicks and hold next to second story to cut out part of the hole (for the window)

Just like the first and second story, make a rectangular box. This time cutting out holes from bottom where the tops of the windows will be. *house is still not attached to base*

Use the cellophane to cover the windows and then place toothpicks like a cross over the cellophane.

Like you made the toothpick rectangles for the 3 stories, make a longer one (the length of your house) and glue together. Then use the knife or Dremel to form it into a triangle. Attach this to the roof.

Like the base, use the wooden skewers and line them up, this time a few sticks longer than the width of the house and glue together. Then Dremel the ends so it slightly sticks over the edge and glue together. (Hot glue works well but wood glue would be fine)

Get a few skewers and make about 3 the width of the roof, and set the other 4 aside. Hot glue or wood glue like shown above in the first picture. Then with the other 4 line up with the symmetrical sides of triangle and Dremel to that length. Glue them in the ensures to cover the glue from the roof.

For the trunk, grab a handful of toothpicks and rubber band them together. Glue them in a not neat way for texture. Then paint brown.

For the top, glue toothpicks randomly to form a not neat sphere shape. Then paint green and attach to base.

Set house on base for sizing and glue trees to base. Then cover the clue with brown paint for nice finish.

Use the wire lights and glue throughout the inside of the house. Make sure the control box leads outside the back of the box so you can still change the batteries:)

Glue house to base and you're done with a beautiful toothpick house that lights up and has a working door!