First I sketched out a rough design for the house with some height comparisons for what I had planned for the puppet. (I am pretty sure these representations are not to scale and that I was just winging it.)
Then I took some photos of the cardstock I already had so I could see how the colors went together and plan out which paper I would use.
I cut out and glued each paper brick for each panel while eating vegan ice cream and watching Kung Fu Panda 2.