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Oh Deer! Little House Making Craft Party Prep

November 19, 2018 by Lucy 4 Comments

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The Decorative Deer are here!

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Now the Deer are here! I am hosting a Little House Making Party where we make lots of little Putz houses for Christmas. One of the funnest things about making these little houses is decorating them. So I scour the internet each year for great objects to add to the houses. And these little Tim Holtz Decorative Deer rank as one of my favorite decorations. But they need to be stained. And what do we use for coloring these little deer? Alcohol ink. It works great on the non-porous surface of the deer.

Decorative deer ready for alcohol ink staining

Tim Holtz Decorative deer for decorating little Putz houses at the Little House Making Craft Party

You might wonder about the number of deer in the jar. What happens is that I order a few whenever they are available (only around Christmas time) and I had some left over from last year. I always overdo things and over-order because I hate to run out of supplies. And I can use them next year.

Little deer ready for alcohol ink staining

The little deer stand ready to be stained with alcohol ink to decorate little Putz houses.

In 2019, Tim Holtz changed the decorative deer to include a stag and the little deer. So when you purchase the deer, be sure you get the set you want. Right now both are available.

Tim Holtz decorative deer stag and little deer

The 2019 Tim Holtz decorative deer set includes 6 stags and 6 little deer. The earlier versions include 6 larger deer and 6 smaller deer.

Lots of Little Houses For the Little House Making Party

Here are the little Putz houses in progress. I use painter's tape to help hold the roof on while the glue dries. These are from the Village Dwelling dies from Sizzix.

Making little Putz houses for craft party

Gluing roofs on all the little house for the Little House Making Craft party

And here are the little Putz houses lined up for the party. I made 110 houses for my guests.

Putz houses all lined up fro Christmas craft party

Pre-made houses for the Little House Making Craft Party. Lots of Village Dwellings on the top row because they are the most popular.

Paint Station at the Little House Making Craft Party

And here's a view of one of the paint stations to paint the little houses. I had several tables set-up for painting.

Paint set up for little house making craft party

Paint station to paint the little Putz houses at the craft party

And Now you can See a few of the Miniature Christmas houses made the first night of the party

Finally here are a few houses made the first night of the party. I'll post more after tonight's party.

Putz house in progress for Little House Making Craft Party

Village Dwelling house in progress during the party

Below you see another house made with the same die - the Tim Holtz Village Dwelling by Sizzix. It is a great shape for a little Putz house.

Little Putz house from Craft party

Another Village Dwelling made during the Little House Making Craft Party

Here is one of the Village Brownstone houses made into a church using the Village Bell Tower die to make the steeple and tower. I love how she cut out some stone paper to make the pathway and how she skewed the house on the base to give an interesting perspective. Note: sadly, the Village Brownstone is no longer being sold.

Christmas Church Putz house made on first night Christmas craft party

Village Brownstone made into a church. Isn't the setting great?

Now here is the only house made with the Village Manor die. I just love the colors she used - the bright, bright red, the green roof with gold trim and the gold paper on top of the Manor.

Village Manor Christmas Putz house for little house making craft party

Village Manor made for the first night of the Little House Making Craft Party

And that is the state of the Little House Making Party today. More tomorrow after the second night of the party.

Let me know what you think. You can email me at [email protected]

Lucy

P.S. I am going to host another challenge making 12 Christmas houses for a wreath starting November 26th. These will be designed like the  traditional old timey Putz houses. More details later.

 

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  1. Gerry

    November 21, 2018 at 8:50 pm

    Wow!
    What else can I say!

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  2. Gerry

    November 21, 2018 at 8:51 pm

    Wow!
    What else can I say! What ambition!

    Reply
  3. Catherine

    November 22, 2018 at 8:46 pm

    where ca I find the witch hat house/ have looked all over your web site

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    • Lucy

      November 23, 2018 at 1:27 am

      Catherine, I wrote about making the witch hat on one of the 13 Days of Halloween posts - the tree stump paper house. But if you are referring to Black Hat Inn - I wrote 2-3 posts about how I made that one when I first started blogging. You can find it here - https://paperglitterglue.com/the-making-of-black-hat-inn-cardboard-halloween-house/

      Is one of those what you are looking for? Let me know if that's not it. Lucy

      P.S. You can email me at [email protected] if that is easier.

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