How to make wonderful Christmas houses or villages from pieces of wood

Extremely beautiful DIY houses or entire Christmas villages made of solid wood WoodPlywood, driftwood or worn pieces of wood – useless wood of any kind.

They can be created individually for use in Christmas table compositions – decorations, to place them at the base of the tree, etc. or in the form of a composition if you also glue them on a wooden base.

To create them in their simplest form, all you need is solid wood cut into a triangular house and acrylic paints. The easiest way to shape wood is to ask a lumber shop to cut your logs directly into the shape and size you want. In most carpentry shops you can find ready-made “unusable” such parts left over from various works.

If necessary, sand the wood with fine sandpaper so that it is perfectly smooth on all points and first paint the entire surface white or any other color you prefer. You can of course use aging techniques or give the wood surface a special look in other ways.

To create the details of each house (windows, doors, etc.) use simple acrylic paints or some additional pieces of thin plywood, wood bark, etc. that you glue with glue if you want the construction to have a 3D texture in places turn up.

Constructions of this form can get a much more impressive look if you work with solid pieces of wood to which you add roofing or other additional elements made of seawood, plywood, worn pieces of wood, etc. and glue them to a wooden base So.

In compositions of this form, Christmas elements such as decorative miniatures – figurines, small can be added ornaments, elements of clay, fabric, wire, etc., as well as lead that give them real impact. Fairytale look.

In exactly the same way, wooden houses can be made in a smaller size to even use them as hanging tree decorations, while if you find it easier to use as the basic framework for constructions of this form, you can use ready-made unpainted wooden houses that you will find in Shops for items- materials for hobby construction, wooden candies in the shape of a house, etc., although of course using raw wood in any shape gives them a much nicer look.

To create houses or compositions in a more modern style, combine the natural tone of wood with white – black and add elements of more modern design materials, such as copper pipes, with which you can turn such a wooden house into a candlestick.

See in the video a special way of painting such minimal-side constructions with the look of Christmas cookies and creating dots… of a snowy face just with paint.

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