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This is the Finger Tips Safe House.
It's got a locking device that keeps sticky fingers off your property!
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The Safe House is made from a cardboard box.
Make sure that the box you pick opens at the front and is big enough to store all your secret things inside.
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To make the door, draw round the box onto a piece of strong card.
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Draw an extra ruler-width strip on the side of the rectangle - this will make the hinge.
Then cut the shape out.
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Next, draw round a small bottle top in the centre of the piece of card.
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Cut the circle out, so that the bottle lid fits easily through it.
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Then score and fold along the ruler line.
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Stick the door onto the side of the cardboard box.
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You could reinforce the hinge with some paper fasteners for extra security.
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To make the locking device, put the bottle lid through the hole in the door and stick it to the cardboard box behind.
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Draw a rectangle in the centre of the box around the lid.
Then cut the rectangle out.
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Trim around the rectangle...
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...then put the bottle top back through the hole.
Then add a colourful disc to make a dial.
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To stop the bottle top falling through the hole, stick a bigger lid on top of the small bottle top.
This shiny metal lid from a custard pot is great because it looks extra strong and more like a safe dial!
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When the two rectangles line up, the safe opens.
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When the rectangles aren't lined up, then the safe door stays locked.
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Line the rectangles up so that the door can open. Make a mark at the top of the card circle and a mark on the lid like this.
When the these two lines line up the door will open.
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Select your secret code number - Stephen chose the number 4 - and write that below the mark on the lid.
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Then turn the lid, and make another mark.
Write the next number.
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Continue round the dial, evenly spacing the numbers, until you complete it.
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Decorate the Safe House whichever way you want. This one is painted black with some mirror card windows and a heavily bolted door.
You could also add a card roof with card strips for tiles.
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This castle is brilliant: it comes complete with turrets and a drawbridge that opens when the correct code is on the dial!
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How about making one in Finger Tips colours, complete with pipecleaner springs and cog dials?
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Keep your secrets "safe as houses" with a Finger Tips Safe House!
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