Comments on: Kids’ Playhouse from Plastic Milk Jugs

By: Domestik Goddess

Domestik Goddess — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:46:14 +0000

Brilliant idea, Russ – at least, it seems like a brilliant idea. And finally, a use for those foam packing peanuts. I don’t know if I’d want to live in a milk jug house, but you make me think this might be a great solution for the back wall of the ol’ greenhouse, which is barely standing up at present and likely won’t last more than another year or two. I’d love to hear if anyone’s tried a milk-jug construction project!

By: Russ

Russ — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:55:19 +0000

I actually was thinking about this as a possible way to insulate a wall in a ‘real’ building.. has anyone experimented with injecting expanding foam, packing peanuts, etc. into the milk carton bricks? It could increase the insulating ability of such structures quite a bit, but then again expanding foam costs $$ too.

By: Nikki Howard

Nikki Howard — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:18:38 +0000

Wow! I am SO totally impressed with this! This is utterly amazing! I hope you don’t mind if we make one too! I have put out an email to all our friends to help collect jugs for us, and we hope to make one at least as big as yours. Thank you for this incredible idea–we can’t afford to buy a premade playhouse, so this is FANTASTIC! Keeps the jugs out of the landfill, too! I am thinking of filling the bottom ones with sand to anchor them (we live in a sandy area, so this will be free, too) and putting it at the end of our driveway so the kids can use it while waiting for the bus to pick them up. Again, thank you, and beautiful job!

By: Andrea & Scott McNeill

Andrea & Scott McNeill — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 12:54:29 +0000

Hi There,
Just reading through the article again, and preparing for yet another winter storm (and we’ve had more than our fair share of snow/ice storms this winter…), and I thought I’d let you know that here we are in 2008 and the ‘Milk Castle’ is still standing, and providing lot’s of play time for Karina and her little friends in the warmer months!
Take Care

By: Scott McNeill

Scott McNeill — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 16:19:31 +0000

Hi
My name is Scott McNeill, I am the person that built my daughter Karin’s Milk Jug Castle. I happened to find this article you wrote on the internet.In the article you mention that you would like to have pictures of the castle. If you email me at [link] I will email some to you.
Thanks Scott