3 Ways to Decorate with Paper Houses & Winter Village Scene
3 Ways to Decorate with Paper Houses & Winter Village Scene
When collecting projects to feature in our new book, Cutting Machine Crafts, we wanted to include our readers’ favorite crafts. These Scandinavian paper houses and the coordinating winter paper village were both at the top of the list! We made our projects using simple white paper. But you can add your own creative touch by using different colors and by adding details to the design. One great thing about these paper house crafts is how easy they are to make. And they can be used in many different ways!
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Here are my three favorite ways for how to use these paper house crafts as holiday decorations and throughout winter.
- Christmas ornaments for the holiday tree — The open bottom of the little houses allows you to tuck a bulb from a string light inside the houses to light them from the inside. You could also add a base to the houses and use them for your advent calendar or as a way to share a handwritten note for someone to discover.
- Winter hurricane lantern décor — To make this lantern, just attach your paper house to the outside of the glass hurricane candle holder or cut and apply a white vinyl. I used battery-operated candles inside our glass. This allowed me to insert a pretty polka-dot vellum to create the look of snow. You can make a cluster of hurricanes or resize the image to fit any glass cylinder and add that perfect Scandinavian touch to your holiday house décor.
- Mantel Christmas decorations — I love to combine these tiny paper houses with our layered paper village to create a winter scene. You can thread mini string lights through the village and add an electronic tea light inside each tiny house. Then surround the scene with fragrant winter greens.
You can find the PDF patterns, SVG cut files, and full instructions for each of these projects in our Cutting Machine Crafts book or a similar version of each project by following the links above.
We can’t wait to see what you create for the holidays—or how you use these paper house crafts! Remember to use the hashtag #MadeWithLia on Instagram so we can spot your pictures. Or you can post them on our Facebook page.
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Back to the TopHi Lia
I bought the Cutting Machine Crafts book and I want to download the SVGs, but I wasn’t sent the password (or I missed it somehow!) Please can you help me? Thanks
Ali
Hi! There is a code on Page 12 under “Project Templates” to the website where the templates are hosted.
Lia, when I try to upload this svg file to the Cricut Design Space, it tells me it’s an unsupported file. How do I fix that? Sorry, I just received my Cricut Maker and I’m a desperate newbie!
Hi Penny,
It sounds like you may need to unzip your file! You’ll need to extract the SVG file from the zipped folder before you can upload it to Design Space. To do that on a Mac, double-click the .zip folder. If you’re using a PC, right-click the .zip folder, and select “Extract All”. You can then upload the SVG file to Design Space. Please also check out this helpful link: https://liagriffith.com/how-to-use-svg-files-for-cricut/
Wow, Lia, the link you sent me to above for how to use svg files was extremely helpful. Thank you so much! I love these little Scandinavian houses so much, they are what prompted me to purchase the Cricut! When I do this project, though, my score lines are about a half-inch higher than they should be. Do you know what I might be doing wrong?
Never mind! I figured it out. I was grouping the score lines with the house, but have learned that you have to attach them together. Lots to learn with the Cricut Maker! Just made the house and it turned out perfectly. Now, I just need about 99 more. LOL!
Hi Penny,
So happy we could help you figure it out!
Link to Advent Tree Ornaments doesn’t work
Thank you for letting us know, the link has been updated!