Diy Paper Christmas Village Tutorial

Snag your cut files to your computer and then open them in your electronic cutting machine app. In my case, I used the Silhouette Cameo app studio.

The files include a pdf version, silhouette files, and SVG files for your convenience.

When you are ready, get your cutting settings ready to go (blade, cardstock type, etc).

On the cutting mat (sticky side up) place your cardstock (or is it card stock???) on the sticky side of the cut mat. I wanted to make the roofs black so I separated the white cardstock at the top and the back at the bottom.

Load cutting mat on your machine once your design is locked and ready.

Double-check the settings mentioned above.

Click “Send” — watch the cutting magic begin!

When you remove the paper you will reveal your designs, it’s so cool. A good cut will just lift right off.

Then carefully lift your designs off of your cutting mat.

Remove the excess paper around your designs and windows because sometimes it happens when the cuts are small.

Then start folding along the dashed lines and you’ll see exactly how the house should come together.

Start gluing your flaps and securing tricky spots.

Roof and chimney are one of those. I like to turn the house over and using a pen or the back of your hook tool to secure the flaps from the inside.

Carefully fold and glue each part of the house like garages on the side of the house and other parts.

If you want to go the extra mile you can cut pieces of vellum paper or tissue paper and cover the windows on the inside of the houses. I thought about that too late.

For the trees, fold them in half and glue side by side of the tree until they meet the first one again.

You can glue 3 or 4 pieces.

Let them dry.

The last part and in my opinion the most exciting one is putting the Christmas Village together.

I decided to make my Christmas village in my special place… My mantel!

I used fleece as my “snow” and created hills with card boxes underneath them.

Then place houses and trees along the space to create a cute vignette on my mantel.

I wanted to lighten up the houses but didn’t want to use battery candles because I thought it would be so annoying to turn each one on and off so I went for a light string. It even gives a vibe of fairy lights, so magical!

I place it along the mantel inserting some of the led bulbs through the back windows. Here if you had added the vellum or tissue paper, you can just cut them a bit exactly where you need the light to go through.