All the places in your home where you can set up a beautiful, miniature Christmas village
Miniature Christmas villages are charming, cute decorations/dioramas that are much beloved by young and old at this time of the year. Most often set up in shops, you may think you don't have enough space to lay out your own Christmas village at home. Well, not so fast!
Actually, there's a number of creative ways you can set up a Christmas village in your home - keep reading for some great ideas:
1. At the base of the Christmas tree
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Here's an example of a decorated Christmas tree with a cute, miniature village set out around its base.
2. On a windowsill
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You don't need to have wide windowsills: even sills a few centimeters wide will allow you can set up an adorable, tiny village. Just purchase compact house models (or even do a bit of DIYing to make them yourself).
And even if you can't get anything onto a (very) narrow windowsill, you can always stick paper houses on the glass of the window (or draw them directly onto the glass using whiteboard markers, or similar).
3. On the windowsill above the kitchen sink
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Do you have some space on the windowsill above the kitchen sink, between the faucets and the window? If so, it's the perfect place for you to set up your Christmas landscape!
4. Floating houses
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No free windowsills for your miniature Christmas village? Well, how about hanging stylized houses (like the ones shown here) from the branches of some other decorative arrangement you have at home. You will also find a thousand ways of making these houses by hand online (using paper, cardboard, salt dough, wood, and more).
5. Have you thought about using the stairs?
If you have wide staircase (or one with steps that flare out in the corners), this space could be ideal for setting up your Christmas villages, as shown in the example here.
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Typically, a white wool or flannel blanket is used for the snow on which the miniature village is set up, but cotton wool also works well for this. And don't forget the fairy lights: at night, they'll give your village a magical touch!
6. Glass bell jars
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If you have a glass bell jar free, you can reuse it as a display case for your Christmas scene, as shown here. And cake stands with a glass domes will work well for this too!
7. In glass bowls and terrariums
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If you have sizeable glass bowls or terrariums, they can easily become the stage for your Christmas village setup!
8. Inside lanterns
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You can also use a decorative, glass lantern to show off your Christmas village. In addition to houses and trees, you can also have a lot of fun populating the village with miniature cars, animals, people and much, much more!
9. On wooden discs
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It doesn't take much to slice a wooden disc from a log or a small trunk. Once done, you have the ideal, rustic-looking base to build your Christmas villiage upon.
10. On top of wood logs
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Do you have any logs or wooden beam sections laying around? Stand them up vertically in a group as shown in this photo and arrange your model houses and trees on top of them!
11. Inside baskets and suitcases
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Even a wicker picnic basket, an old suitcase or a discarded drawer can contain your miniature Christmas diorama, as shown here!
How will you lay out your Christmas village this year?
