Make a Pattern

• 1). Gather a ruler, pencil and paper. (Cardboard from a cereal box works well, too.)
  
  
• 2). Make a pattern for the castle walls: draw and cut out a rectangle - 14 inches long by 12 inches high.
  
  
• 3). Make the crenellations for the wall (you're essentially creating little one-inch tabs along the top here): with the rectangle facing you horizontally, draw a horizontal line across the paper 1 inch below the top edge. Then draw 1-inch vertical marks at 1-inch intervals from the top edge of the paper to that line. Cut off every other tab, starting at the left edge of your paper.
  
  
• 4). Mark windows by measuring 1 1/2 and 2 1/2 inches in from each side of the "wall" and 4 inches and 6 inches up from the bottom edge; cut them out.
  
  
• 5). Make a pattern for the castle towers: draw another rectangle - 4 inches wide by 12 inches high.
  
  
• 6). Make the crenellations for the tower (to achieve the same effect as above): with the rectangle facing you vertically, draw a horizontal line across the paper 1 inch below the top edge. Then draw 1-inch vertical marks at 1-inch intervals from the top edge of the paper to that line. Cut off every other tab, starting at the left edge of your paper.
  
  
• 7). Make a pattern for the tower floor: draw and cut out a square - 4 inches on all sides.