Christmas village ideas

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…

Dept. 56 Christmas Village Ladder Display

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…

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…

See how to make a detailed snow village layout with limited space. Includes a train, waterfall, creek, car track, frozen river and detachable mountains! The foam is carved with Hot Wire Foam Factory tools.

As my Department 56 collection has grown, I've finally found a solution for building the perfect wooden base for this christmas village display.