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Cardboard Christmas Building Projects!

Create your own heirloom-quality collectibles!

Since interest in collectible cardboard Christmas houses has resurged, many fans have tried their hands at building their own versions.  Fortunately for the Internet community, resources are available to help you through building each of the three main styles - glittered putz houses, “printies,” and “Lackies.”  The following pages will get you started.

  • Building Your Own Glittered Putz Houses - Projects from the workshop of Howard Lamey and others, including detailed, free instructions and plans for making your own glittered cardboard Christmas houses. 
  • Building Your Own “Printies” - Projects inspired by cardboard Houses that used printed patterns for roof and walls.
  • Building Your Own “Lackies” - Building cardboard structures inspired by the lithographed, tinplate buildings that populated many Christmas tree railroads a hundred years ago.
  • What You Need to Build Glitterhouses - Resources you will want to keep onhand for building any of these projects.
  • Building Glitterhouse Bases - Giving your cardboard house a firm foundation.

 


Visit our Sister Christmas Pages
Buyer's Guide Pages
Visit Family Christmas Online Click to return to the Old Christmas Tree Lights Table of Contents Page Free plans and instructions for building your own vintage-style cardboard village. Unique Christmas Gifts and Decorations Big Christmas Trains: Directory of Large Scale and O Scale trains with holiday themes Classic O Gauge Trains
Collectible Villages and Trains

Click to see collectible Christmas villages and trains.

 

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