![](http://teigland.smugmug.com/Other/Other/DSC1017/1103590363_U8AuB-XL.jpg)
and we still haven't done a single turkey, tree or pie craft.
Or packed for our trip to the inlaws' either.
But Kate wanted to paint today.
And I'd just seen a whole Christmas village of similar miniature houses on someone's blog which I can't remember, but that I'd wanted to make.
So we made some action-figure-sized cylindrical houses on circular bases:
![](http://teigland.smugmug.com/Other/Other/DSC1000/1103589670_TRXnZ-XL.jpg)
![](http://teigland.smugmug.com/Other/Other/DSC1003/1103589814_9e6L6-XL.jpg)
White corrugated cardboard is hard to come by,
so we save ours for painting projects.
![](http://teigland.smugmug.com/Other/Other/DSC1007/1103589918_D2FDv-XL.jpg)
When the roofs and houses were dry, we hot-glued them together.
![](http://teigland.smugmug.com/Other/Other/DSC1012/1103590173_5c3YA-XL.jpg)
along with stacks of buttons for door knobs.
![](http://teigland.smugmug.com/Other/Other/DSC1016/1103590269_6EZKz-XL.jpg)
Here's mine - boring and traditional, and looking suspiciously like another toadstool house,
![](http://teigland.smugmug.com/Other/Other/DSC1027/1103590779_kiAXt-XL.jpg)
except with a garden.
![](http://teigland.smugmug.com/Other/Other/DSC1032/1103590861_ULx6R-XL.jpg)
Jenna's - with snow-splattered siding
![](http://teigland.smugmug.com/Other/Other/DSC1022/1103590479_4QKUs-XL.jpg)
Emily's - minimalist rainbow
![](http://teigland.smugmug.com/Other/Other/DSC1025/1103590669_jMfmt-XL.jpg)
Kate's - batik.
![](http://teigland.smugmug.com/Other/Other/DSC1023/1103590565_p6Q8A-XL.jpg)
Tonight, when the paint is dry, we're going to install lighting (leftover glow-bracelets from Halloween) and let the Prettyrellas -Kate's small beloved plastic Disney princesses - move in. And then maybe I'll finally get some packing done.
![](http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/284/078C790CDD05F2CFCABF36AB19F5750E.png)
P.S. Of course there's no pattern- it's the day before Thanksgiving!!!!!!
The walls are a rectangle about 19" x 6".
The base is a circle about 7" wide.
The roof is a circle about 9-10" wide with a segment cut out.
so cute, but there is one thing in those photos making me shake...SNOW. as a nj resident i am not ready for that yet. happy thanksgiving to you.
ReplyDeleteLove these. What a great idea for the little people to make over the holidays. I have shared on my blog whimsical parasol.
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They are so pretty!
ReplyDeleteThey are so cute!
ReplyDeletejust adorable
ReplyDeleteHow fun! Enjoy your holiday :))
ReplyDeleteKate is really getting some mad paint skills--I'm impressed. :)
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