House Template
Print a house template for free. Choose a house outline in one piece in three styles (a pitched roof with a chimney, a two-storey house or a flat-roofed house), with a door and windows drawn on to colour, or the same house in pieces to cut from coloured card: walls, a roof, a door, the windows and a chimney (6, 7 or 8 pieces). Or print a 3D fold-up paper house: two wall pieces with glue tabs, bottom flaps and roof tabs, plus a roof that folds along the ridge. Set the height from 2 in to a full page (7 in on one sheet), or a big house up to 36 in tiled over several sheets; the fold-up house runs from 1 1/2 in to 4 1/2 in wide on one sheet. Fill the sheet with small houses for a class, and type names to print one on each house. Print the outline to colour, or a colour version with a red, blue or green roof. A check square shows the print is true size. Download a PDF on US Letter or A4, an SVG cut file or a PNG. No sign-up, no watermark.
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House
The size is the height, ground to roof top (or chimney).
Names or words (optional)
Pattern
Lettering
Runs in your browser with our own code; names never leave your device, and nothing is saved. The houses are our own drawings. Every piece is placed so it fits the sheet. The PDF is true size: print at 100% (Actual size) and check the square.
How to print a house template
- Choose what to make: the outline, the house in pieces or the 3D fold-up house.
- Choose the house style and the size.
- Optional: names, the colour version or “Fill the sheet”.
- Download the PDF and print at 100% (Actual size); measure the check square. There is also an SVG (true size, for Cricut, Silhouette or laser cutters) and a 300 DPI PNG, one per sheet.
- Cut out the house; for the 3D house, fold the dashed lines and glue the tabs.
What you can use it for
- Paper towns and village displays
- Map and neighbourhood lessons (one house per child, names on)
- Shape practice: rectangles, triangles and squares in the pieces
- Christmas villages and window displays (3D houses with a light behind)
- Moving cards and new-home cards
- Cutting practice with the dashed outline
House sizes
| Height | Pitched roof: width | Two-storey: width | Flat roof: width | Houses per US Letter sheet | Per A4 sheet | Letter sheets: house in pieces |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 in (7.6 cm) | 9.4 cm | 8.5 cm | 9.5 cm | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 4 in (10.2 cm) | 12.6 cm | 11.4 cm | 12.6 cm | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 in (15.2 cm) | 18.9 cm | 17.1 cm | 19 cm | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 in (17.8 cm) | 22 cm | 19.9 cm | 22.1 cm | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Worked out by the tool with 4 mm gaps and the check square on the sheet (pitched-roof house). A 12 in house is tiled over 4 US Letter or 4 A4 sheets, a 24 in house over 12 or 12.
3D fold-up house sizes
| Front width | Depth | Wall height | Height to the ridge | Wall piece (w × h) | Roof (w × h) | US Letter sheets | A4 sheets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 in (5.1 cm) | 4.1 cm | 3.8 cm | 5.9 cm | 9.8 cm × 7.5 cm | 7.4 cm × 4.9 cm | 1 | 1 |
| 3 in (7.6 cm) | 6.1 cm | 5.7 cm | 8.9 cm | 14.6 cm × 11.2 cm | 11.2 cm × 7.3 cm | 2 | 2 |
| 4 in (10.2 cm) | 8.1 cm | 7.6 cm | 11.9 cm | 19.4 cm × 14.9 cm | 14.9 cm × 9.8 cm | 2 | 3 |
| 4.5 in (11.4 cm) | 9.1 cm | 8.6 cm | 13.4 cm | 21.8 cm × 16.8 cm | 16.8 cm × 11 cm | 3 | 3 |
Measured by the tool, glue tabs and flaps included. The house is 0.8 of its width deep, and the roof overhangs the walls a little on every side.
House craft ideas
- Make a whole street in 3D, then add trees and people cut from the Shape Nets and the Cube Template.
- String small houses into a garland with the Bunting Template.
- Print a house per child with a name on it, or pair it with a label from the Name Tag Template.
- Turn a photo of your own home into a page to colour with Photo to Coloring Page.
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See all free tools →Frequently asked questions
Which house styles are there?
Three: a house with a pitched roof and a chimney, a two-storey house with four windows and a round attic window, and a house with a flat roof. Each can be an outline in one piece or a set of pieces.
What pieces are in the house craft?
The walls, the roof, the door and the windows, plus a chimney on the pitched-roof and two-storey houses: 6 pieces for the pitched-roof house, 8 for the two-storey house and 7 for the flat-roofed house.
How do I make the 3D paper house?
Choose “3D fold-up house” and print it on card. Cut out the two wall pieces and the roof, fold every dashed line, glue the end tab of each wall piece behind the other to make a box, fold the bottom flaps in, then glue the roof onto the small tabs on the pointed gables.
What sizes can I print?
House outlines from 2 in tall up to 7 in on one US Letter or A4 sheet, and up to 36 in tiled over several sheets. The 3D house is set by the width of its front wall: up to 4 1/2 in fits on US Letter or A4 sheets, and bigger ones are tiled. The tables on this page show the sizes.
How do I check the print is the right size?
Measure the check square on the first sheet: it must be exactly 1 in (or 2 cm with cm units) on each side. If it is smaller, print again at 100% or Actual size, not Fit to page.
Can I use it with a Cricut or Silhouette?
Yes. Download the SVG: it is true size in millimetres, with the cut lines and fold lines on their own layers.
Can I sell things I make with these houses?
The designs are our own drawings: you may use them and anything you make with them, including things you sell, with no credit needed.