Wednesday, 3 October 2018

Hobbycraft Advent House

I went a bit mad and purchased a Hobbycraft Advent House

https://www.hobbycHobbycraft Advent HOuse.raft.co.uk/wooden-pre_primed-advent-house/637476-1000
It cost me £15, so not a cheap project and to be honest I am not sure if I will even actually make a start on it this year, but you never know.
Hobbycraft Advent House
I particularly like the top section where you can make up little 3D scene. I have a couple of resin snowmen and some bog bottle brush trees that I think could look quite good there. 
Hobbycraft Advent HOuse..
I am not sure how to approach the doors of each compartment as they don’t come off, which means working with the house as a whole for a lot of the time.  The knobs don’t come off either, so I am a bit loathe to colour them just in case I slip with my Sharpie. 
However at the moment I am thinking that I will make a small 1.5ins x 1.25ins scene on a piece of card for each door which I will then glue on and then over lap the edges nearest the knob with an advent number or other embellishments like a star or snowflake to draw it all together, well, that’s the theory anyway, if I ever do get started!
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I also love Hobbycrafts LED gingerbread house, but at £25 it would be a very extravagant purchase, however I have promised myself to keep a daily eye on it once December comes just in case it gets reduced.   Although the drawers come out I think decorating the attached tree/santa panels could be a little tricky.  To be honest I would prefer to work on a completely blank canvas, but hey ho that’s me!
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3 comments:

  1. Pamela3 October 2018 at 10:08:00 BST

    Oh wow I love that gingerbread house! I’m sure your advent will look great when you’ve decorated it. Re the knobs/sharpie dilemma, could you cut a slit in a small piece of plastic/acetate to slip under the knob. Then if the sharpie slips it will go on the acetate. Good luck!

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  2. Camilla Fisher3 October 2018 at 10:11:00 BST

    If you want to colour the door knobs, I suggest doing that before you do anything else. I'd either put some masking tape on the doors or cut a card template to place around the base so the ink doesn't go where it's not wanted.

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  3. Cheryl W4 October 2018 at 01:37:00 BST

    I think you will do a spectacular job on this Advent house. Can't wait to see the result! As to those little door knobs, what if you colored them first, then added some pretty holiday paper by punching a hole where the knob is and then splitting the paper from the knob to the right side, so that you can slip it around the knob. A little ring of trim or something else around the knob could obscure the seam in the paper. Not sure if this is understandable...but, no matter. I know you'll figure it all out.

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