How to Make Your Own DIY Christmas Village

Do you love the beautiful Christmas Villages you see decorating people’s homes during the holiday season? They are so pretty but can be very expensive! Want to know how to make your own DIY Christmas Village?

Here we go, let’s start crafting!!

Gather Items For Your DIY Christmas Village

Before starting this project, gather all the supplies on the list below!

• Paper mache houses– I purchased this set from Hobby Lobby. When I bought the first set of houses, I used a 40% off coupon. Unfortunately, Hobby Lobby no longer has the 40% off coupon, and the cashier told me the paper mache products never go on sale. Even so, this village is very inexpensive to make compared to buying one!
• Chalk paint- Waverly in White
• Paintbrush
• Spray adhesive- Elmer’s Craft Bond
• Glitter- similar gold glitter
• 2 baking pans
• Aluminum foil

Paint Houses

I am going to make all my houses look the same, but you can paint yours different colors if you would like.

Choose colors that match the decor of the room you’re going to put them in!

• Paint each house, but leave the roof alone. I did paint the chimneys.
• Let dry.
• Paint a second coat.
• Let dry.

Cover the Roofs

I chose to use glitter for my roofs because I wanted them to match my china and gold chargers.

The truth is, that glitter can be very messy, so you may want to paint your roofs instead.

If you decide to use glitter, I have a great technique that helps keep the mess away and does not waste glitter!

Cover two baking pans with aluminum foil.

Make sure the largest roof will fit on one of the baking pans.

The other pan can be smaller.

Spray the roof with the adhesive.

Be careful, and don’t spray the chimney.

Lay the largest roof on the baking sheet. Sprinkle the glitter on the roof.

TIP: Do not spray the adhesive over the pan, or the glitter will stick to it and you won’t be able to reuse it!

Dump the excess glitter into the smaller pan.

Repeat the steps with the medium roof, but use the excess glitter from the small pan.

This technique saves the glitter so you can reuse it!

Repeat the steps for the smallest roof!

You might get a few pieces of glitter on the chimney.

If you don’t like that, scrape the excess glitter off before the adhesive dries.

When all your roofs have enough glitter, spray each one with a coat of adhesive so the glitter stays put!

The roofs are done; don’t they look amazing!

Embellish your DIY Christmas village

There are so many ways to embellish your houses: add mini wreaths, hang tiny lights, use miniature figures of people or animals, or use small trees and shrubs.

 I wanted to incorporate brown, so I decided to embellish them with wreaths made from pine cone pieces.

As I was breaking off pieces of a pine cone, it occurred to me that the pine cones might make cute trees.

I decided to experiment and cut the end off of the pine cone.

Call me crazy, but I saved these little squares thinking I could use them for a project someday, and guess what…that day has finally come!

I used hot glue to secure the pine cone to the square pieces and used two tiny flashlights to prop the pine cone up until the glue dried.

Wow! Look at my cute little wreaths and trees!

I think they’re a perfect way to blend the brown color and add pine cones to my village!

I’m so excited because the living room is going to look so cohesive!

TIP: If you decide to use pinecones to make trees, pick the straightest ones you can find, or you’ll end up with leaning trees that look like they’ve been through a storm lol!!

Style Your DIY Christmas Village

I put my village on the shelves in the living room and styled the houses with bottle brush trees and brown decor items.

I hope you found this tutorial helpful and that it has inspired you to make a Christmas Village that matches your home’s Christmas decor!

This is such a simple but fun project!

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Blessings, Donna and Rich

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