Decorate a cute house to display your Christmas ornaments and trinkets.
You will need:
A Chipboard display house
PVA glue
White Paint & Paintbrush
Christmas Papers (I got mine from Tesco but you can also find them in Cardmaking craft shops and places like Paperchase or Hobbycraft). You can use scrapbook backing paper, vintage wallpaper, wrapping paper, or wallpaper for dolls houses.
1. Start by priming your chipboard house, this is an undercoat of dilute PVA to stop the paint getting absorbed into the chipboard. Make a mixture of 3 parts PVA glue and one part water, and paint onto all surfaces of the house. Leave to dry overnight. You can skip this part but you may end up with chipboard showing through the paint.
2. Paint the house with white paint, it may need a couple of coats. Leave to dry.
3. Wallpaper your house! Measure the internal compartments and cut the papers to size. Glue in place.
4. Then have fun filling the compartments with Christmassy objects. You can use vintage cake decorations, acorns, pine cones, sweets, anything you like!
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