To add winter night windows, I drew on little squares in random spaces, with attention to make them off center and slanted. After they were drawn in place, I took a small brush and painted them in with our Prairie Paints Old Crow. I let them dry.
Every home needs a roof and we made these roofs with the ends of the wood shims that we cut for the doors. I glued them onto the pointed tops of the wood blocks with off set points again to give the homes a little character and whimsy.
To make the darling chimneys, we used a small hammer to pound in sawtooth nails that you can find at most large home supply centers. A few medium strength taps and they were in place.
Again we made the placement of each chimney different on each house. One went in straight and the other two were pounded in at an angle to give it the look of an old little cottage.
Aren't those houses so cute! I want to live in them all winter long. You can see that each one is unique and very simple in style. With this project simple is best.
Using our Prairie Paints Homestead White and a small round sponge brush that I found at a local craft supply store I doted the snowballs onto the trees. You could paint in random patterns, but I wanted mine to slope in a faint line to look like each snow ball had landed on the sweeping limbs of the pine trees.
This was one of the most fun parts of this Winter Village. Making those trees come to life was easy and sweet.
If you are wanting to purchase a set already made we have them ready for you to purchase all ready frosted and ready to display on your mantle or side table. They will stay with you though out the long frosty winter. You can also catch us today on KUTV Fresh Living talking about these darling sets. Tune in at 1:00.
