Supplies
Tools
- Pair of scissors
- Glue gun
- Punch (or any other pointed objet)
- Cutter
- Cutting mat
- Brush
Materials
- A box about 47cm x 28cm x 24.5cm.
- 6 plastic caps, preferably 2 different types: 2 for the dials on the oven and 4 for the hotplates.
- 1 or 2 big plastic caps (milk bottle tops) which will act as the handle for plate-warming drawer of the oven and the oven itself.
- An extra box, preferably double-grooved for the outter parts and the plate-warming drawer.
- Tissue paper and/or paint.
- Strong glue (preferably non-solvent).
- Varnish-glue (if you are using tissue paper) or standard varnish.
- Strips of masking tape.
- Split pins.
- A piece of transparent and quite strong plastic 14cm x 12 cm to make the glass on the door with.
Directions
The base of the kids' oven
- Cut out the door shape and a rectangle for the drawer on the front of your box, following exactly the diagrams in picture 1.
- Put aside the rectangle you have cut for the drawer underneath.
- Create the inside part of the oven from the second box, following the dimensions of image 2.
- Attach the transparent plastic to the inside of the door.
- Stick everything together by putting box from image 2 inside of the door.
- Use the strips of masking tape to cover up the edges, so that you can't see the grooves of the cardboard.
Make the draw for the kids' oven
- Cut out the drawer cache from the second box, following image 3.
- Cut out the different parts of the drawer, following the dimensions in image 5.
NB: For the front of the drawer, use the piece of cardboard you cut out previously and left aside.
- Assemble everything and then stick it all together.
- Add the drawer cache from image 3 on the front of the drawer.
- Stick everything together.
- Stick on the top that will act as the knob.
- Cut out from the cardboard the struts shown in image 4, following their exact dimensions.
- Stick them as shown. The struts will act to reenforce the base and create the different sections for the oven and the drawer.
Buttons of the kids' oven
- Place the caps on the box following image 6.
- Make several circles of card that are the same diameter as the caps.
- Pierce them through the center so you can pass a split pin through them.
- Attach the different parts as shown in the image, sticking everything down as you go along.
- Push the split pin through the front of the oven that you have pierced beforehand.
Hotplates of the kids' oven
- Cut out different pieces of cardboard, following the dimensions of image 7.
- Make them double-thick if necessary.
Finishing touches to the kids' oven:
- Cover the entire thing in tissue paper or paint it.
- Apply at least 2 coats of varnish.
- Print out and use these shapes below to decorate your oven with.
- borders,
- hot plates,
- flowers to decorate the sides.
Tips
- Use non-solvent flour paste to stick down the tissue paper.