How to Make Your Own Cozy Winter Village

I found the idea for this craft in a crafts book. A little Winter village out of florist foam and plaster strips.

As a first step I cut the foam in the right shape with a cutting knife. I sometimes even glued some pieces together because I didn’t want to waste so much of the florist foam.

Then I had to cover the florist foam with the plaster strips. I usually did one or two layers at max. After the houses were dry I painted the roofs black. Then I used a sponge and white paint and created a soft white layer on top of the black so it would seem like snow on the roof. I also painted the pine cones with white paint.

So then it was time for the doors and windows to be made. In the book they used really thin wood for that. I decided to take brown paper and drew on it with a brown pencil. I used a wett brush to create the wooden look. I used some of my Washi-tape to decorate the houses.

For the background, I made a garland with stars. When I light the candles they cast garland shadow on the wall. As the last thing I only had to set it all up. I fixed the pine cones with tack and then only the candles had to be light. Here we go - the winter village is ready.