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To assemble:1. Using the box cutter, cut adoorway 6 inches by 6 inches inone of the long sides of the bintowards the corner. To preventflooding, cut the opening so thatthe bottom of the doorway isseveral inches above the ground.Don’t try to slice all the waythrough the plastic at once, butkeep re-tracing the outline of thedoorway with the blade, cutting alittle deeper each time around.2. Line the floor of the bin with a piece of Styrofoam, using the yardstick andbox cutter to cut out the piece. You don’t need an exact fit, but as closeas you can.3. In similar fashion, line each of the four interior walls of the bin with apiece of the Styrofoam. Again, perfect cuts are not necessary. Leave a gapof three inches between the top of these “wall pieces” and the upper lip ofthe storage bin. There needs to be room for placing an interior Styrofoamroof.4. Cut out a doorway in the Styrofoam interior wall in line with theplacement of the doorway already cut out in the storage bin.5. Stuff the bottom of the bin with straw, shredded newspaper or otherinsulating material to hold the Styrofoam wall pieces in place. You canalso use scrap pieces of the Styrofoam to wedge between the walls of thebin and the inner Styrofoam walls to create a tighter fit.6. Cut out a Styrofoam “roof” to rest on top of the Styrofoam wall pieces.7. Cover the bin with its lid. Again, you can put scrap pieces of theStyrofoam on top of the inner Styrofoam roof to push the roof down whenthe lid is attached and create a tighter fit.This shelter is easy to clean by taking off the lid and the Styrofoam roof. It’s alsolightweight and may need to be weighed down when placed on site. A flap of thickplastic over the doorway, attached with duct tape, is optional.47