This isn't for your actual house! These are tiny good looking shingles for cardboard projects, castles and dollhouses.

I made these shingles for the World's Greatest Cardboard Castle.

The roof shingles are an interesting little technique that I came up with. I am attempting to keep the whole project as pure as possible. And this means the shingles are cardboard too but....

But, I discovered a neat little technique for making these shingles.

I wet one side of corrugated cardboard.

Then peel that top layer of paper right off.

I flatten out that top layer of paper, draw the shingles on it then cut them out in strips. You can let it air dry, letting it sit between paper towels and two books to keep it flat. Or you can use a hair dryer, fan or heat gun to hurry the process.

I created a template out of cardstock for durability. And use this as a pattern to draw out the shingles on the cardboard paper. Using a template insures I can do this process repeatedly and all the shingles will be consistent in size and shape.

Next I can cut out that strip of shingles. Nice! I have to make lots of these strips!

Glue them in strips to the roofs of the castle buildings. They look great!