Student project - Model of Kutcha House

Make Model of Kutcha House

What is Kutcha House

Kutcha houses are made up of wood, mud, straw and dry leaves. A hut is a kutcha house. These are seen in villages.
Houses made with high quality materials throughout, including the floor, roof, and exterior walls, are called pucca houses. These are seen in cities.

Items Required:

1. Small/ medium size box to make hut
2. Yellow chart paper to cover ground and hut
3. Straw, or Stem of dried long grass to make roof and door
4. Broom stick to make window
5. Thick carton box paper to make window, ground structure and roof structure

Arrangement:

Ground

• Color the yellow chart paper with brown oil pastel to get the color of soil/ mud. 
• Cover the carton box paper with this chart paper to make the ground.

Body of hut

• Color the yellow chart paper with brown oil paste to get the color of walls. 
• Window - Cut a portion of the chart paper in rectangular shape of a window. Cut the broom sticks and stick on the inner portion to make window.
• Take the small/ medium size box. Cover it with the chart paper with window on one side of the box.
• Door - Take a rectangle shaped carton box paper. Stick the pieces of straw on it as in picture. Paste the door on the hut.

Roof 

• Make the roof structure with carton box paper. 
• Arrange the straw pieces on it and fix it using glue or tapes. 
• Fix the roof structure on the body of hut.