Create a home-in-a-dome that will become a talking point for all your guests. This adorable centrepiece by Corinne Bradd is a doddle to whip up and it’s sure to receive plenty of ‘oooh!’ and ‘ahhh’ noises from your friends – but you will know that it only took nine steps to make!
You Will Need:
Template
Cardstock
Kraft card
Patterned paper
Vellum
Scoring tool
Knitting needle
Glue
Battery tealight candle
Glass dome
• Download the templates here and print onto card. Cut out, score and fold to create a 3D house
• Cut out the windows and add thin strips of card behind the apertures to create frames. Back with vellum. Repeat for the dormer window
• Cut the roof from patterned card, then score and fold along the line. Glue the house to the underside the roof section and add the dormer to the front
• Fold up the chimney and stick on top, then roll small pieces of paper around a knitting needle and glue to make chimney pots
• Cut, fold and glue the cardboard platform base. Push a battery tealight candle through the top
• Lightly glue the platform stand to the wooden base to secure
• Clip a fringe along one long edge of three 3cm-wide strips of green card. Wrap around the lamp base, glue and trim excess
• Sketch thin trees onto kraft card and cut out with a craft knife. Glue the bases to the reverse of the concentric grass rings
• Trim edges into two final layers of card and wrap around the base. Encase the house inside a glass dome to finish
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