Diy christmas village platform

Today I made the styrofoam base for the Candyland village! Why does it have to be 90 degrees here? I started out with three 4x8 sheets of polystyrene insulation from Lowes. I used a utility knife to cut out a bunch of odd shapes, then I stacked the shapes together with wooden BBQ skewers. Next, I used a cool tool from Hot Wire Foam Factory called a sculpting tool to cut through the styrofoam. When you turn it on, the wire heats up and lets you slice right though styrofoam. I love it. You can…

Here's a fun Modern Farmhouse Christmas Village Display you can use as a Table Centerpiece, on a buffet, or even your hearth. I used cheap and pretty easy to fi…

Picture of snow cave made with expanding foam. Might be something to play with for this years village

To create a holiday village, you can use styrofoam blocks to make houses, then arrange them on a snowy base made from cardboard. Optionally, you can then paint your own Christmas village.

Since we moved into the new house earlier this year, I have been racking my brain trying to figure out where we were going to set up the Christmas tree, the Christmas village, and how we were going to do the outside Christmas lights. As the new miniature room was finished, and we were moving the miniatures from the garage, I saw the sheets of plywood that I have used under my village in previous years. I had been going back and forth between setting up the village upstairs in the new studio…

Snow Village by Department 56 display and wood platform build. #mycreativemanner

Today I made the styrofoam base for the Candyland village! Why does it have to be 90 degrees here? I started out with three 4x8 sheets of polystyrene insulation from Lowes. I used a utility knife to cut out a bunch of odd shapes, then I stacked the shapes together with wooden BBQ skewers. Next, I used a cool tool from Hot Wire Foam Factory called a sculpting tool to cut through the styrofoam. When you turn it on, the wire heats up and lets you slice right though styrofoam. I love it. You can…

My kids are pretty excited to help set up our Christmas village. I am glad my son is still at an age where he likes to climb in the attic and help haul out the boxes. My daughter was part of the assembly line too, although she was too cool to wear her Santa hat this year! I keep each of the pieces in their original boxes for a few reasons. One- It will be handy if we ever move again, Two- it keeps the buildings and the foam packing relatively clean and lastly, if I ever have to sell any…

Christmas Village Display Shelf. This DIY stand is used to display Christmas villages. I built this village Christmas tree stand out of plywood and 1x mate...