Monster Door Instructions
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10cm x 20cm foam insulation board
Utility knife
Meter stick
Green paint
Purple paint
Paintbrushes
Spray adhesive
Aluminum foil
Aluminum tape
White poster board
Construction paper
Scissors
Hot glue gun
Glue
Large cardboard box
Coloured duct tape
Heavy duty VELCRO ®
Directions:
1. Cut a 10cm x 20cm foam insulation
board down to the size of a door
using a utility knife and meter
stick. (For safety purposes, we
recommend wearing leather
gloves when using the utility
knife. Never leave the utility knife
where children can pick it up.)
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2. Paint the foam board green. This
will be the base of the door.
3. Cut out a piece of cardboard the
same width as the piece from
Step 2, but only 1/4 the height.
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4. Apply spray adhesive to the
cardboard’s surface and cover
with aluminum foil, folding the
excess around the edges.
5. Attach the foil panel to the
bottom of the door with hot
glue.
6. Cut out a 10cm x 30cm rectangle
from cardboard and cover with
aluminum tape.
7. Cut out a circular piece of
insulation board the size of a
doorknob. Paint it purple.
8. Once dry, attach the purple door
knob to the metallic rectangle
from Step 6 with hot glue.
9. Attach the door knob to the
right side of the door, half-way
up, with hot glue.
10. Out of the scrap insulation
board, cut out two long ovals
about 1/3 the height of the door.
11. Cover the edges of the ovals
with aluminum tape.
12. Trace and cut out two smaller
ovals from white poster board.
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15. Glue the eyes to the white
poster board ovals, making a
pair of eyes.
13. Glue the white poster board
ovals to the centers of the
larger insulation board ovals.
14. Cut out two blue circles from
construction paper. Colour in
pupils in the center of each blue
circle. Cut out two small white
circles from poster board and
glue to the blue circles.
16. Attach the eyes toward the top
of the door with hot glue.
17. Cut out four triangular teeth
from white poster board and
glue to the door, flush against
the top of the aluminum panel.
18. Cut out a tongue from pink
construction paper and glue on
top of the aluminum panel.
20. Cover the strips with coloured
duct tape. Tape the strips to
the back of the door so that 7cm
of the strip show from the front.
21. Attach the door to the wall with
heavy duty VELCRO ®.
19. Cut out long strips of
cardboard from a large
cardboard box. The strips
should be at least 10cm
wide. Tape the strips together
to make a frame for the door.
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by Scholastic Book Fairs .
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*Remember, these are only
suggestions. This project should be
fun and creative, so use supplies you
have on hand for substitutions.
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