Moneybox

Make the base of your moneybox 

• Using the craft knife, cut through milk carton, at about 6cm from the top of the carton. Keep the triangular top section (to make the roof of the house).

• Make the base out of cardboard, and secure it with sticky tape.

• Close the opening at the top of the milk carton with sticky tape.

• Make an opening into which coins can be placed. Make sure the opening is big enough for all sizes of coin to fit through it.

Decorate your moneybox

• Walls of the gingerbread house:

  • Roll out a piece of caramel-coloured fimo clay to make a smooth rectangle shape (use a pasta-maker or a rolling pin.)
  • Cover the 4 sides of the milk carton with this sheet of Fimo (but not the roof.) NB: make sure the surface is nice and smooth, with no holes or tears.
  • Place this in the oven for 5-6 minutes at 130°. 

• Other decorations:

  • Make a door and windows with fimo clay.
  • Make lots of different kinds of candy with the fimo clay: candy canes, liquorice, biscuits, chocolate ...
  • Make the sticks for cotton candy (you will add the cotton wool at the end.)

Roof of the moneybox

• Mix caramel-coloured and yellow fimo clay until you have a uniform colour. (Alternatively, you could opt for white fimo, for a snow-covered roof.)
• Roll out the fimo clay to make a sheet of fimo (with the pasta-maker or a rolling pin.)
• Put it in the oven for a few minutes.
• With a little cookie cutter, cut out biscuit-shapes.
• Stick the biscuit-shapes onto the roof with liquid Fimo. 

• Warm the whole thing in the oven following the Fimo manufacturer’s instructions..

Finishing touches of the moneybox

• Make the nougat chimney with a cube of white fimo clay, sesame seeds and small bits of chocolate-coloured fimo.
• Make sugared almonds with the fimo clay for the top of the roof.

• Place the house in the oven for 15 minutes at around 130° (check Fimo manufacturer’s instructions.)

• Leave to cool.

• Apply a coat of varnish.

• Add a bit of cotton wool to the cotton candy sticks to make cotton candy trees.

Base of your moneybox

• The idea is that the money can be easily removed once the money box is full, without breaking the box.

• Cut a square opening 3x3cm in the bottom of the house, but only cutting open 3 sides of the square.

• With the white glue, stick the magnetic strips to the bottom of the house.

• With the white glue, stick green felt on both sides of the metal base.

• Ta-da! Your gingerbread house moneybox is finished.