# Making a lit Christmas village house with the Christmas Village House Generator

> a laser cut village house with glowing windows, a tealight hole and an optional steeple

Each **Style** sets the size, the roof pitch, the windows and the engraving. Change any of it afterwards.

Most village houses are 60 to 120 mm across. Keep a row of houses close in height so the street reads as one place.

## What you need

- 3 mm plywood. Measure it with calipers.
- Wood glue
- A battery LED tealight
- Optional: vellum or tracing paper for the windows, and white acrylic for the snow

## 1. Choose a style and size



Pick a **Style**, then adjust the **Width** across the front gable, the **Depth** and the **Wall height** up to the eaves. The roof adds height on top.

## 2. Pick the windows and the door



- **Windows beside the door** puts one window on each side of the door, where there is room.
- **Windows per side** sets the windows in the side walls.
- **Round gable window** adds a window up in the gable, front and back.
- Cut-out windows glow when the light is on. Glue vellum or tracing paper behind them to soften the light.

## 3. Add light and snow



- **Tealight hole** cuts a hole in the base for an LED tealight pushed in from underneath. The floor has to be wide enough inside for the hole to fit.
- **Chimney** adds four small pieces you glue onto the roof.
- **Steeple** adds six pieces that sit astride the ridge, with a cross window lit from below.
- **Snow on the roof** adds two pieces with a dripping edge. Cut them from white acrylic or paint them.

## Laser cutting

### Cut and assemble



1. Download the **SVG** and cut every piece.
2. Glue the walls to the base, then add the roof.
3. Add the chimney, the steeple or the snow pieces.
4. Push a battery LED tealight up through the hole in the base. Real candles and a wooden house don't mix.

## Make it yours

- Build a whole street from different styles and sizes.
- Cut the snow from white acrylic for contrast.
- Try the **Inspirational Palette** under the preview to compare wood and colour combinations.

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