There’s nothing pretty like taking a chilly stroll after a up to date snowfall, when your neighborhood’s streets have been reworked proper right into a winter wonderland. However when the snowflakes aren’t however falling in your locale, get your restore by making a winter village that mirrors the engaging sight. Using our winter village template, it’s simple to make a DIY residence speckled with snowflakes; counting on the dimensions you choose, you might “assemble” a miniature model or a hangable ornament. Each strategy, with some craft glue, a chipboard, and great powder glitter, you’ll create the snowy scene of your childhood wishes from the comfort (and warmth!) of your private home.
Instructions
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To create a village residence, enlarge certainly one of many templates by 140 p.c. For a house ornament, use the template at 100%. Decrease out the individual template components, and using a glue stick, flippantly affix them, with their printed traces exhibiting, to sheets of chipboard. Decrease alongside the template’s steady traces using a utility knife, guiding the blade with a straightedge. Score alongside the dotted traces. Pull the stays of the template away from the chipboard.
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Fold the chipboard gadgets so the scored traces are on the pores and skin edges of the folds. Decrease rectangles of glassine to about 1/2 inch greater than the window holes on all sides, and glue them to the inside partitions. Lay a bead of craft glue alongside each tab, and be part of the tabs to their adjoining surfaces. Assemble the steeple, vestibule, or any dormers, and apply. Depart the door panel unattached.
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Prime the house, outdoor and in, with latex primer. (The inside must be primed to forestall the cardboard from bowing.) Preserve the primer off the glassine. Let the primer dry totally. Use tempera or latex residence paint for the tip coat. Paint the house (exterior solely) and the door panel. Let dry. Join the door panel. Paint a bit snow—using white paint—alongside roof peaks. Let dry.
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Brush craft glue alongside the white-painted snowy ridges. Using a spoon, sprinkle with opaque white glitter. Let dry. Coat the remaining surfaces of the house (excluding residence home windows) with craft glue. Sprinkle with an exquisite glass glitter or great powder glitter.
Initially appeared: MARTHA STEWART LIVING, DECEMBER 2000