The cabin is about 15 by 20 feet, and is built with 'logs' (Dogwood twigs with the bark peeled off), notched (using my x-acto knife), and stacked the same way a full sized log cabin would be built. I used a bit of white glue at the corners to hold it together (the prototype would have relied on gravity). On either side of the door opening I glues a strip of wood (from a wooden coffee stirrer) to hold the logs in alignment, then I cut the door opening with a hacksaw (I didn't own a razor saw at that time).

The door was made of wood salvaged from used wooden coffee stir sticks. I ripped them to width with the x-acto and a metal ruler. The chinking (the stuff that fills the gaps between the logs) is drywall mud mixed with a bit of powdered tempra paint to darken it a bit. I just used my fingers to mush it into the cracks, and wipe off the excess.

I built the roof from more of the stir sticks. Basically it's two rectangles glued together at 90 degrees. The tarpaper is masking tape cut into 4 foot wide strips, and blackened with a magic marker. I then rubbed some grey tempra paint powder into the roofing to weather the roof a bit.

After I glued the roof to the basic rectangle of the cabin, I cut shorter logs with 45 degree ends to fill in the area under the peak. There is a couple of sticks behind them to hold them in place until the glue dried.

The chimney is just bent 12 Ga wire that is inserted into a hole drilled in the wall, and blackened with the same marker I used for the roof. I poked the wire through a black hole punching to simulate flashing. I took another black hole punching, cut a notch in it, and glued it back together as a shallow cone to use as the chimney cap.

The stone foundation that it's sitting on is a collection of squarish pebbles glued to the layout, then the cabin was glued down on top of the foundation.