Greetings to all…
It’s a new year…(and hopefully a much better one than 2020)...and it’s time for new projects…so here goes…
House Number One…The Santa Bell House…I have actually started and stopped this project multiple times over the years…my original sketch was done back in 2008 or earlier…
There really isn’t a pattern as such for this project…just these notes…it’s more of an assembly of parts based on the size of the bell, Santa figurine, tree and the actual fence you use…
The bell I used is a solid foam one I bought from here…
https://theornamentgirl.com/market/product/soft-foam-bells/NOTE…I have no affiliation with this or any other vendor…
Two layers of 3/16” foam board were added to the base of the bell to make it taller…then I wrapped the edges with a strip of cereal box cardboard and a strip of single face corrugated cardboard…single face cardboard steps were also added with cardboard fillers on each side…
I “borrowed” window designs from ones forum member, Lucy, has used on several of her house projects…mine are hand cut card stock, painted blue with panes of red foil…there is no light hole for illumination since it’s solid foam…I looked for a hollow paper mache bell but was not successful…
The Santa is a vintage one found at a thrift store…the 1-inch high fence is from the craft store…the base measures approximately 5” x 6 ¼” x ¾” thick…I used craft store glitter on the bell, base and fence…
Here is my original concept sketch, photo of major parts and a picture of the completed house…
My very best regards…
Howard…