Cardboard Tube Ice Castle

Construct your own shimmering ice castle model, ideal for wintry small world play or as a festive decoration. Simply repurpose old cardboard tubes and embellish them with glitter card and sparkles to fashion this winter-themed masterpiece.

Cardboard Tube Ice Castle

Skill Level

Medium/ Hard

Time to Make

1 Hour

Adult Supervision Needed

Yes

How to Make

  1. First choose 4 or 5 tubes of different sizes and stand these together to find the castle design you would like.
  2. Cut smaller tubes and make slits to create the turrets.
  3. Then wrap each tube in glitter card using super tacky glue to hold firm.
  4. Choose which towers will have merlons and cut the shapes into the top.
  5. When dry stick these tubes together in the formation you would like.
  6. To create the circular roofs, draw a circle bigger than your tube and like cutting a pizza cut out just under a quarter slice from the circle.
  7. Pull the gap together overlapping it until you haver the correct size then glue together and trim any edges.
  8. Stick these onto your tall towers and turrets.
  9. Decorate with artificial snow and glitter.
  10. Stick on some snowflakes.
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Top Tip

Use pegs to hold the tubes together while the glue dries.