Use Holiday Sweaters To Decorate Miniature Houses For Two Seasons!

• Repurpose sweaters and vests of course!
• Find ones with pieces on them that can be removed that are appropriately sized for your house base
• Look for buttons on the vests – fun pumpkins, stars and Christmas shapes like snowmen, gingerbread, stockings and trees are a few I saw
• Check for beads, sequins and sparkles that can be removed and used on your miniature houses

• Visit the craft section, toys, and jewelry department of your favorite thrift stores too!
• Remove the findings from fun earrings and pins to add to your houses
• Buttons, bells, and beads are a festive touch
• Small wooden holiday pieces and picks can be used too! The drum in the picture above is a a small ornament.
• A grab bag of holiday toys can be handy – in this one were erasers, a Santa whistle and a candy cane from beads and a pipe cleaner
• I also purchased a foam kit that had ghosts, bats and others spooky bits in it

Create Your Miniature Houses

I used wooden houses that are available at the Dollar Tree. I painted the spooky side with Folk Art’s metallic black paint. I chose nutmeg brown for the gingerbread size of the two sided house.

After painting I started cutting out all the pieces from my sweaters and vests. Spiders and spider webs, clouds and fences, pumpkin buttons and bats were cut out of the Halloween vests. I cut out bird houses, wreaths, trees and presents, used beads and sequins, removed a fabulous star from a zipper pull and buttons from the Christmas sweaters.

Adding Decorations To Your Two Season Miniature Houses

Honestly this part I just moved my pieces around until I was happy! I made sure if the decorations could be seen from the both sides I put a piece in that area on each side. I did this with the clouds that I removed from a Halloween sweater vest. I glued the clouds back to back at the top of the houses. On the spooky side bats were added to the clouds and on the gingerbread side a Rudolph pin was added.

The important thing is have fun. Gather the kids to make their own two sided holiday houses and make a village of Halloween cute and spooky houses and for Christmas sweet and fun gingerbread houses! Visit Twigs & Fluff to purchase flashcards to use in your village!

Watch This To See How To Use Holiday Sweaters To Decorate Miniature Houses In More Detail!

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