Create a mantel village - update
This is a quick update to let you know how our mantel village is coming along. Here is our first cardboard house - a work in progress - as it still needs stuff stuck all over it (glitter, stars, origami paper scraps etc) to bring it to it’s full potential. I just want to warn you that ruling up and cutting out the houses from cardboard takes a bit of time, so this might be best done in advance, not while you have a small child champing at your side saying “How much longer? COME ON MUM!”.
Also, Tobey kindly pointed out yesterday in the comments that you can find a full set of instructions for a cardboard village on HGTV’s site.
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We used to make houses out of mild cartons. You could use the half-pint and pint size for one and two story houses, and use quarts and half gallons for apartment buildings.
I think we used to apint them with poster paint? Can’t remember– and not sure what kind of paint would stick on the waxy coating.
Malika November 16th, 2006 01:49
that would be milK cartons….
Malika November 16th, 2006 01:50
Hello,
I made a pattern for my site which can be printed on a standard sheet of paper. It works perfectly using light cardoard (we call it bristol in France) which is not expensive and easy to find.
Here it is
http://www.kutchuk.com/noel/bricolages/aventvillage.html
There are three different houses.
Maybe it could be useful to someone.
marie-hélène November 28th, 2006 08:55