Minimalist Christmas Village Tutorial
Minimalist Christmas Village Tutorial.
Today we’re continuing our tiny town DIY.
Three more buildings to add to the Schoolhouse
and Grandma Murphy’s Cottage.
We started this project last week, in this post:
How To Make Our White Scandinavian Christmas Village
Let’s finish our 5 building village today.
Just in time for Christmas… only 2 days away!
Minimalist Christmas Village DIY
Supplies:
- an adult with a cutting machine*, or permission to use it by yourself
- our SVG files for the Christmas Village
- 110# or 65# cover cardstock*. Ours is all white, to go with our minimalist Christmas theme.
- tacky glue*
- remote tea light led candles*
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General Instructions:
- Download our SVG files here. Fill in the form and ask for your free “Christmas Village School House Files.” The other five buildings may be purchased here in our printables shop.
- Load them onto your cutting machine’s design space.
- Cut as directed by your machine for thick cardstock.
- Fold building walls, roofs, and gluing flaps. Glue together as directed for each individual building.
- Place a tea light inside
The Doctor’s House
The Village Doctor used to see patients in one of the front rooms, but finally he was able to open a little clinic on Main Street. Complete with a stern-looking nurse in a white cap. Now his wife doesn’t have to interrupt her day to drive out in the country with him to deliver babies or mix tinctures in her kitchen for little Billy’s whooping cough. And she sent away for parlor furniture with plum-colored upholstery. It should arrive in time for Christmas!
Courthouse
Important things happen at this big, stately-looking building. But at Christmas! At Christmas the big porch’s columns are strung with pine garlands, and between each column big flower pots hold perfect cone-shaped trees. The school children made strings and strings of popcorn to wrap them, so the village birds have something to eat on these freezing cold winter days.
Church
The Village people are walking to Church for the Christmas service. Snow drifts gently from the sky, but the sun looks like it could pop through the clouds soon. The snow beside the sidewalks sparkles like the diamonds on Grandma Murphy’s Sunday brooch clasped on her soft merino scarf. Parson Edward’s tall hat scrapes a low branch, and snow swooshes down on his family. Little Merry squeals, “Ooh! Papa! That’s cold!” while her big brother tries to grab a handful in his wool mittens. Parson’s wife laughs as she blinks the snow off her eyelashes. All the families call out “Merry Christmas!” to each other as they stamp snow off their boots on the front porch. Then they sweep through the double doors into the Church as the bell in the tower rings out merrily.
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