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Christmas Crafts: How-to make a Traditional Terrace House Display
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Christmas Crafts: How-to make a Traditional Terrace House Display

One of the joys of Christmas is seeing all the houses illuminated with festive twinklies and wreaths on the front door. This simple craft brings some of that magic into your home and is great fun to do with the children.

What you'll need:

• an old cardboard box
• cutting blade and cutting matt
• white marker pen

Step 1.

Take your cardboard box and flatten it out. Divide the box into columns using a pencil and ruler. Leave 5-inch spaces between each vertical line.

Step 2.

Start to draw the house roof across each column. Vary the style and height of each roof to create a city scape effect.

Step 3.

Use a cutting mat, blade and ruler to begin cutting out the terraced houses. The ruler will help to make sure the houses as straight and neat as possible. We made two rows of houses so they stagger on the mantle for extra depth.

Step 4.

Score a line between each house so they can bend easily. Use a white pen to draw the detail of each house onto the cardboard.

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The details of the houses don’t have to be to scale or realistic, use your imagination to create a magical Christmassy street!

If you give this a go, we'd love to see it. You can share it on The Escape to The Chateau Fan Club Facebook page or tag us on Instagram @the_chateau_tv.