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Family-friendly forums for discussing traditional cardboard Christmas houses, including their history, collection, restoration, recreation, and display.

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Sun Apr 25, 2021 8:17 am

maria

Updated membership requirements.

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Tue Jan 26, 2021 8:52 am

paulrace

This forum is a place for our readers to pass on things they've figured out that will help other readers. Several folks who are experienced in building, collecting, and displaying putz houses stop by frequently, so check back for new ideas, and add some yourself. Any suggestions you have, things you've learned that you'd like to pass on, weird problems you need help with, all are welcome here. - Paul

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Tue May 11, 2021 7:16 am

maria

If you have an unusual piece that you have questions about, this is the place to post them. Photos are VERY welcome, though it helps if you reduce them to 800 wide before you upload them. If you can't reduce them yourself, post them anyway and I'll try to reduce them when I have time.

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Mon Mar 15, 2021 6:09 pm

Pete R.Oehmen

In honor of "Papa Ted," we're starting a new "House of the Month" forum for each member who wants to participate to post his or her own house of the month.

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Sat Nov 07, 2020 1:40 pm

Lynn

Here's a place to post patterns you want to share, link to patterns you find elsewhere on the internet, and request particular kinds of patterns you're looking for. I've moved a few existing messages here to get the forum started.

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Sun May 09, 2021 9:19 am

maria

Please use this forum for photos of your putz villages - some of you don't make your own houses, but you still display a lot of artistry when you combine and arrange them. And the rest of us would love to see your work. Again, it works best if you resize your photos to 800px wide or less before you upload them - Paul

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Fri Feb 19, 2021 6:30 am

maria

Please post links to sites with lots of putz and putz house photos.

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Thu Dec 03, 2020 3:37 pm

maria

If you would like to let the rest of us know a bit about you, especially if you have any special skills or knowledge that the rest of the group might be able to draw on, that would be good. Also, if you have a blog or other web resource that's related to what we do here. . .

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Tue Apr 27, 2021 11:59 am

paulrace

What kind of figures have been used with cardboard Christmas houses and villages, where do you get appropriate figures today, how do you make, prepair, repair or otherwise maintain figures?

Subforum: Making Putz and Candbox Figures

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Thu Mar 04, 2021 7:53 am

maria

When you're talking about Cardboard Christmas (putz) houses, a photo is worth TWO thousand words. Here are some notes about posting photos on this forum.

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Thu May 17, 2018 12:13 am

Lucy

Where do you get the materials and tools you use to build or restore putz houses, lufa trees, etc.?

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Sun Feb 28, 2021 4:30 am

maria

Houses and accessories for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc.

Subforums: Halloween, Easter, Thanksgiving, Patriotic Holidays, St. Patrick's Day, St. Valentines Day

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Mon Apr 12, 2021 4:23 pm

maria

This is a place for sharing photos, stories, questions, answers, and cheer, especially for those who have been readers, contributors, and friends of Papa Ted's Place all these years.

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Sat Aug 08, 2015 12:04 pm

les

A place for discussing "coconut" finishes on prewar putz houses, including experiments on "rolling your own."

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Thu Aug 01, 2019 11:04 pm

Pete R.Oehmen

What trains do you use with your putzes? Do you try to match period? Color? Scale? Any other discussions regarding trains and putzes.

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Sat Dec 12, 2020 9:45 am

maria

Please share how you organize your workspace, tools, and other resources for your putz-building and related projects.

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Wed Jan 10, 2018 5:15 pm

paulrace

Please, no blue humor, when I say tastless I mean that whoever designed this stuff was without measurable artistic sensibilities. Okay, starting this forum is probably a bad idea, but there's some pretty silly stuff out there.

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Mon Dec 24, 2018 11:53 am

maria

We haven't had time to help Pete set up forums on his CardboardPutzHouses.com site, but this will be a place for questions about Pete's products and research.

Subforums: Pete's Collections, Coconut, Windowframes, Cellophane Windows, Stick-on Doors & Windows, Printed Doors and Windows

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Wed Aug 09, 2017 8:17 am

JCass

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