Do you all remember the Halloween village I made in September? Well…. surprise, I reimagined it as a Christmas village. I hinted at the end of that post that this would be a great idea and it sure is! This DIY Christmas village is easy to make and adds a seasonal touch to any mantel or mantel.
It is made from wooden houses, bristle trees and a few additional supplies listed below. You can use any color trees you find to match your home’s seasonal color palette. I chose cheerful pink, turquoise and green trees for my little village.
The Halloween Village post lists all the supplies, but I’ll list them again here with the holiday decorations needed to recreate these little villages that you can use to style your home for years to come.
Necessary supplies for the Christmas village: a set of wooden houses, either white or natural wood, of large dimensions; Trees with small bristles; mini wreaths (these or these), several sets of wooden chopsticks; hot glue and glue gun; drill bits and drill bits (optional); LED tea lights (optional), white spray paint.
Here are the repeated assembly steps:
First step: buy (or cut) ½” x 3” wood for a base that will fit your mantel or shelves, anywhere from 3 to 6 feet. Create a visual layout of the houses on top leaving room for trees in between. Paint the base white to match the white wooden houses.
Second step: Break chopsticks into small pieces to support the back of the wooden houses. Use hot glue to attach the stick to the base of the board, then more glue to attach the house to the base so it stands upright. If you want to light them at night, be sure to leave room for the LED tea lights to fit behind each house on the wooden base.
Step Three: If you want to nest trees inside a wooden base, unscrew them from their circular base. Drill a ¼ inch hole for each tree, apply hot glue to the holes so the trees stand straight. Alternatively, you can simply glue the trees with their circles attached to the wooden base, I did both. Attach a mini wreath to every other wooden house.
I used a set of natural wood houses and a birch base and then painted them white, but you can also keep the set natural:
The neighbors came by yesterday and saw these and wanted them for their rooms so I will probably give them away as they make a very cute addition to any holiday bookshelf.