![A server box](http://snell-pym.org.uk/photos2/2011-10-12%20A_server_box-medium.jpeg)
We turned this server box into a halloween play house for our child. Any large cardboard box will do.
![Alaric inside the server box tapping up the bottom flaps for extra strength](http://snell-pym.org.uk/photos2/2011-10-12%20Alaric_inside_the_server_box_tapping_up_the_bottom_flaps_for_extra_strength-medium.jpeg)
First off Al claimed inside the box and tapped up the bottom so that the house would have a floor – there where two reasons for doing this – 1) so that it would be a contained play space and 2) to give the play house more structure integrity. Also you can use tape to make a larger structure out of smaller pieces of card if you do not have a large enough box.
![Cutting the windows](http://snell-pym.org.uk/photos2/2011-10-12%20Cutting_the_windows-medium.jpeg)
Using a stanly knife we cut the door and window – scoring one side of the door so that it was still attached so it could be opened and closed – similarly the window was cut so that it would be a shutter using a pre-existing whole a thumb whole to open and close them.
![Windows complete with shutters](http://snell-pym.org.uk/photos2/2011-10-12%20Windows_complete_with_shutters-medium.jpeg)
We then put tape around the edges to reinforce and to cover up the rough edges of the corrugated cardboard.
![Door](http://snell-pym.org.uk/photos2/2011-10-12%20Door-medium.jpeg)
This was the base – we then made it tall enough for our child to stand up in using more card and the hot melt glue gun.
![Parcel tape on rough cut edges](http://snell-pym.org.uk/photos2/2011-10-12%20Parcel_tape_on_rough_cut_edges-medium.jpeg)
We then decorated the inside and out with them which will be covered in another post.
![Parcel tape on edges](http://snell-pym.org.uk/photos2/2011-10-12%20Parcel_tape_on_edges-medium.jpeg)
This play house lasted a couple of years and finally died being used in the garden as a Wendy house when I forgot to bring it in and there was a storm!