Update… The Minecraft house won first place – Most Creative- in her classroom’ s Valentine Mailbox contest!
Happy Valentine’s Day!
The “go-to” game around our house is Minecraft, and my daughter loves to build and play! So we figured it only appropriate that this year’s Valentine Mailbox and treat theme should match what she loves to do.
This paper house is built with over 100 paper blocks that I found the pattern for on Pixelpapercraft.com. I was able to download the images and use my electronic cutter to cut the images out after they were printed. (I use a Silhouette Cameo in case you wondered.) We spent hours cutting and glueing all the boxes together. The house is an (almost) exact replica of a house she built in her Minecraft world. We assembled the house on a cardboard base covered with a printed grass and wood graphic from PixelPaperCraft. Lots of hot glue, burnt fingers, and hours or labor and her house was complete. The roof lifts…
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