How to Make Pueblo Hut Crafts

Pueblo houses are more like apartment complexes than huts.

Pueblo homes are more like apartment complexes than huts. Built by the Pueblo Indians of the Southwest, these multi-story structures were built of adobe. The adobe was either fashioned into bricks or used as cement to hold stones together. Extended families shared a structure, but each individual family had its own unit within the structure. Making a pueblo house craft can deepen understanding about the purpose and construction of pueblo houses.

Things You'll Need

• Cardboard boxes
• Scissors
• Soil
• Water
• Glue
• Brush
• Sticks
• String

Instructions

1. Cut door and window openings in the front of the cardboard boxes.

2. Stack the boxes into a structure two boxes wide and three tall. Glue the boxes together.

3. Make a stiff mix of soil and water. Form the mixture into tiny bricks and allow the bricks to dry thoroughly.

4. Brush the sides of the cardboard boxes with craft glue. Press the dried bricks against the glue. Start by arranging a layer of bricks around the bottom of one side of the house and working upward. Place the bricks tightly together.

5. Lash sticks together with string to create ladders that reach up to each doorway.

References

• PATH: ABCs of Making Adobe Bricks