Christmas crafts: Vintage paper houses

Materials

• Acrylic paint
• Paintbrush
• Mini cereal boxes
• Pencil
• Ruler
• X-acto knife
• White craft glue
• Fine crystal glitter
• Vellum paper
• Double-sided tape
• Glitter card stock or scrapbooking paper

Instructions
1 Paint a mini cereal box and let dry.

2 Using a pencil and a ruler, mark the roofline at the desired angle, holes for the windows and slits for the door awning on the box.

3 Carefully cut them all out using an X-acto knife, making sure not to apply too much pressure on the box.

4 Brush the entire box with craft glue and sprinkle with an even coat of fine glitter. Once dry, delicately shake off the excess glitter.

5 Cut out pieces of vellum slightly larger than the window holes using an X-acto knife and tape them to the inside of the box with double-sided tape.

6 Measure the top of the box and mark the measurements of the roof on the back of the glitter paper, ensuring that it’s ½" larger on all sides. Do the same for the window frames, allowing for a slight overlap.

7 Measure the slits of the door awning and mark the exact length and the width (about ½") on the back of the glitter paper. Do the same for the door and shutters (optional), making them proportional to the size of the box.

8 Cut out all the pieces using an X-acto knife and glue to the house.

Prep time 45 minutes.
Level of difficulty: Advanced.