Hi guys! Welcome to day nine of my 12 Days of Christmas crafting! Today I am so excited to share my little christmas village with you all! Vintage putz houses are one of my most swooned over Christmas items! I love them, but I have never been able to score a set that was both affordable on my budget and still in great shape. The last couple of years my mom and I have planned on making our own putz style houses, but the holidays got busy fast, and we never ended up with the time. This year I just had to give it a go. My mom found a site that had a couple of templates with a midcentury modern home style, Retro Renovation. This site is a fantastic resource for mid century style home renovations.
Here’s What You Need:
*Original tutorials and patterns from Retro Renovation
*Ranch House 1 Here
*A Frame House Here
*Ranch House 3 Here
*And they just added a new one, split level house 4 Here
*Chipboard (cereal boxes, cracker box, etc)
*Ruler
*Xacto Knife
*Self Healing Mat
*Pencil and Transfer Paper for marking
*Glue
*Paint (I like Martha Stewart Brand craft paint)
*Glitter
*Decoupage Medium for adding the glitter to the house
*Candy Sticks for extra beams
*Foil Paper for doors
*Mini Bottle brush trees
*Holiday miniatures
*Cardboard
*White Felt
*Hot Glue
You can find the full tutorials and the templates over at Retro Renovation Here. I was overjoyed to find their holiday posts for Kate’s mid century putz houses. There were three templates to choose from, and I ended up using the two ranch style houses. I changed mine up a little by changing up the window designs on some of them. You can just draw the outlines of the house and draw in your own windows on your chipboard. I also extended the roof pieces on a couple of them and added lollipop sticks for some side beams and a little car port on one. These did take quite a bit of time, but they were totally worth it, and I had such a blast! The best part is that they were really inexpensive to make, so I was able to create a whole neighborhood.
I absolutely LOVE my little neighborhood! Be sure to check out the tutorials from Retro renovation to make your own neighborhood. I hope some of you guys will give this a go this holiday season! You will just love making them! I’ll be back next week with more holiday fun! Until then…
Happy Crafting!
Fran
Ashlee – These are seriously adorable! Love the look and a village is perfect. Looks like you did a bang-up job on the houses and decor.
I’ve always wanted to do a Victorian Christmas village since we live in a Victorian neighborhood.That’ll probably never happen but I can dream!
My So Called Crafty Life
Thanks you guys! These were so much fun to make! They took a loong time, but they were a blast! And Fran, check out a website called http://www.littleglitterhouses.com when you are ready to make your village. They have a lot of templates including a victorian I believe.
Jaie Johnson
These are FANTASTIC! Only thing I love more than putz is MCM. You’ve made my day.
My So Called Crafty Life
I LOVE mid century! I have too much junk to really pull it off, but I can dream 🙂
Kathleen Vintage Eye
Wicked cute! Fabulous project!
Kathy R.
Very Cute! Of course, I need one more thing to get involved with during the holidays…maybe I will save this to work on in July!
My So Called Crafty Life
This is definitely a good project to do before the holidays get busy. They take a while, but they are sooo much fun to make!
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