{"id":2364,"date":"2021-05-19T21:47:53","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T21:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/s37407.p1377.sites.pressdns.com\/resources\/diy-craft-how-to-make-a-barn\/"},"modified":"2021-05-19T21:47:53","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T21:47:53","slug":"diy-craft-how-to-make-a-barn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/diy-craft-how-to-make-a-barn\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY Craft: How to Make a Barn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A sheep goes Baa. A cow goes Moo. A horse goes Neigh. Then, at the end of the day, they all go to sleep in their&nbsp;barn. Here&rsquo;s a great way to make a&nbsp;barn from a few household items so that your little animal lover will have a place to call home for his or her farm friends. And it&rsquo;s an easy craft you can make together!&nbsp;<\/p><p>Note: Parents should handle the hot glue and sharp objects!<\/p><p><strong>Supplies<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>1 empty Quaker&reg; Oats canister<\/li><li>Construction paper (red, green, or other desired colors)<\/li><li>Pencil<\/li><li>Scissors or X-Acto knife (grown-ups only)<\/li><li>White and brown paint (or desired colors)<\/li><li>Glue<\/li><li>White paper (or large cone coffee filter)<\/li><li>Paint brush<\/li><li>Toy animals<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Directions<\/strong><\/p><p>1) Gather all of your supplies.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-caption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.kinsights.com\/content\/images\/charlottel4-201627281327401694.jpg\" alt=\"\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image, courtesy of the author<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>2) Take the green construction paper and measure 1.5-inch from a bottom edge. Cut from end-to-end in a jagged formation, creating a grass-like pattern.<\/p><p>3) Wrap and glue the empty canister in the red paper, adding the green construction paper at the bottom.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-caption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.kinsights.com\/content\/images\/charlottel4-201628281328171997.jpg\" alt=\"\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image, courtesy of the author<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-caption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.kinsights.com\/content\/images\/charlottel4-201629281329160247.jpg\" alt=\"\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image, courtesy of the author<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>4)&nbsp;Draw a barn door (about 3-inch by 3-inch) and window (about a 2-inch wide pentagram) with a pencil. (Grown-ups) use X-Acto knife or scissors to cut along the lines to create a door and window.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-caption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.kinsights.com\/content\/images\/charlottel4-201629281329112539.jpg\" alt=\"\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image, courtesy of the author<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>5)&nbsp;Paint edging details, as desired.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-caption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.kinsights.com\/content\/images\/charlottel4-201629281329267196.jpg\" alt=\"\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image, courtesy of the author<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>6)&nbsp;Take the piece of white paper and cut out a large circle (about 8-inch in diameter). Then cut a slit to the center of the circle and pull the corner around to create a cone. (You can also use a cone coffee filter.)<\/p><figure class=\"wp-caption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.kinsights.com\/content\/images\/charlottel4-201630281330919324.jpg\" alt=\"\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image, courtesy of the author<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>7) Paint and glue the roof to the top of the canister.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-caption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.kinsights.com\/content\/images\/charlottel4-201630281330617160.jpg\" alt=\"\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image, courtesy of the author<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>8) Add animals and play!<\/p><figure class=\"wp-caption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.kinsights.com\/content\/images\/charlottel4-201630281330062319.jpg\" alt=\"\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image, courtesy of the author<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>And that&rsquo;s not all you can do with Quaker&reg; Oats canisters!<\/p><p>If you&rsquo;re a big fan of DIY organization hacks &mdash; and have a few extra Quaker&reg; canisters lying around &mdash; then you&rsquo;ll definitely want to check out our &ldquo;How to&rdquo; guide on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/stories\/8092\/diy-craft-toy-storage-pyramid\/\">how to make a DIY toy storage pyramid<\/a>!<\/p><p>And if&nbsp;you&rsquo;ve got a little one with a passion for potted plants, then you&rsquo;ll also want to check out our &ldquo;How to&rdquo; guide on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/stories\/8093\/diy-craft-how-to-make-a-vase\/\">how to make a beautiful, customized vase<\/a>!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sheep goes Baa. A cow goes Moo. A horse goes Neigh. Then, at the end of the day, they all go to sleep in their&nbsp;barn. Here&#8217;s a great way to make a&nbsp;barn from a few household items so that your little animal lover will have a place to call home for his or her <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/diy-craft-how-to-make-a-barn\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":722,"featured_media":13340,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"enable_toc":false,"care_reviewed_by":0,"care_post_updated_flag":false,"care_updated_date":"","last_update":"2021-05-19","view_count":40668,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"member-type":[4],"vertical":[6],"platform":[2],"class_list":["post-2364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","member-type-all","vertical-children","platform-resources"],"acf":[],"created":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/722"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2364"},{"taxonomy":"member-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/member-type?post=2364"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=2364"},{"taxonomy":"platform","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/platform?post=2364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}