Cute DIY cardboard box fort & playhouse ideas from the 60s

Retro DIY cardboard box forts and playhouses

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What better use to make of those big, clumsy cartons that once held a new refrigerator or range? Make a fun toyland for the kids with these creative DIY cardboard box fort and playhouse ideas!

Build some enchanting thing with a cardboard carton

The ideas and inspiration for the delightful spaceship, puppet theater, taxi, lion’s cage, et cetera, come from Mrs Mary Parker Hobbs of Corona del Mar, California.

DIY cardboard box forts and playhouses

What better use to make of those big, clumsy cartons that enclose your new refrigerator or range? (Ask your appliance dealer to toss some cartons your way if you’re not presently in the market.)

All you need is the carton plus paints, brushes, some hard-working glue or rubber cement, and any odds and ends you find around. Then just let your imagination — and your children — run riot!


Cute DIY cardboard box fort & rocket ship

Cute vintage playhouses and puppet theaters


Vintage DIY cardboard box fishing pond game

Vintage DIY cardboard box fishing pond game

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Retro cardboard play house for kids from 1967

Retro cardboard play house for kids from 1967


Christmas princess castle dollhouse made from plywood &  cardboard (1964)

Christmas princess castle dollhouse from plywood and cardboard (1964)

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Even mother can squeeze into this cardboard box playhouse (1961)

From the Kansas City Star-Sun (Missouri) March 19, 1961

Mrs. Robert E. Strom constructed the life-sized playhouse from three cardboard boxes, cut out the windows and doors, and painted and papered both the outside and inside.

It’s just the right size for her children, Eric Strom, 3, and Laura Strom, 4. The “brick” is hidden by shrubbery made of green crepe paper. The little window box is planted with colorful artificial flowers.

Cardboard box building ideas from 1961

NOW SEE THIS: Vintage playhouses & forts: Old-fashioned fun for kids

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