A Dollar Store Christmas House

I've always wanted a to make a giant gingerbread house. I don't have an oven big enough to accommodate such a task, so I decided to build a giant Christmas house from foam board that I bought from the Dollar Store.

 I cut four 15 inch squares and glued them together to make the front, back and sides.

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 With the assistance of  my husband I made two 19x10 inch triangles, notched them and glued them to the sides to hold up the roof.

We cut two rectangles about 17x18 to make the front and back of the roof  and glued them to the triangles.

After the glue dried I I added water to Spackle to give it a thick paint like consistency and mixed in white paint. I painted it all over the house,glittered the roof and spackled all of the seams. To give it a whimsical appearance I added vellum to the windows and drew in crooked window panes. The lacey trim is made from  fancy cupcake holders that I cut apart. I had everything except the foam board and we ended up using four. My giant whimsical house cost me four bucks! I've included a few sneak peeks of my tree and vignette. I'll share more when everything is done. Thanks for stopping by! I'll be joining these great linkups this week,


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