cardboard boxes
1 meter thick green felt, 3 mm
brown wool felt or sturdy fabric
matching thread & needle colors
filling
small piece of hot pink felt, 3 mm
buttons and a small wooden bead
wooden discs
Bison contact glue
small piece of wood & string
How to make a tree house
Fold open the cardboard in which online books are send.
Cut off a rectangle of cardboard en fold it into strips.
There are lengthwise folds already, we just make more.
Now you can easily fold the cardboard in a circle.
Cover the cardboard in felt or fabric
Cut off a rectangle of fabric which covers the cardboard on both sides when you fold it in half, with a margin of 7 cm. That marging will become the roots of the tree later on.
Place the cardboard between the fabric and pin the top and both sides.
Sew the length of the fabric and one of the sides closed.
Cut the extra margin into 4 or 5 - almost - triangles.
Cut a door and sew the fabric closed on both sides.
Slide the closed side into the open and fild the edges in.
Sew the seams on the in- and the outside closed.
This is how your tree should look at this stage.
How to make the base
Cut 2 large circles from green felt.
Trace one of the circles on cardboard.
Cut out the cardboard circle.
Pin the felt together, cardboard in between.
Sew the circle closed all around.
Make a smaller one in the same way.
Pin the tree on the big circle.
Sew the tree on.
Fill the roots and sew them closed.
Cut and pin a stump branch.
Fill the branch and close it.
Sew the branch and the terrace to the tree, hang the swing.
Sew from felt some grass and flowers in the garden.
Now the tree is finished, tomoorow we make the furniture.