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A Sweet Little Christmas Diorama

I have been pinning some inspiring Christmas Dioramas this season, and believe or not, when I emptied a box of mushrooms I was inspired a little more to try my hand at making one.

2 HomeToCottage.com diorama mushroom box

My husband doesn’t ‘do’ Pinterest (ha ha, no surprise there! I’m just picturing him pinning cute pictures of crafts he’d like to do. Anyone that knows him and is reading this right now, is giggling, I’m sure. Let’s just say, he does not have the persona of the crafty type of guy) so he just doesn’t get the idea of making a diorama, unless it’s a 6th grade assignment. Oh well, being completely non-flustered by the elementary school ribbing, I proceeded to take my empty mushroom box upstairs to the attic craft area to start my diorama vision I was dreaming up.

4 HomeToCottage.com diorama cardstock wedge glued on bottom

After covering the outside of the box with some leftover upholstery webbing, I made a simple folded wedge for the outside bottom, here seen on the top of the box as I’m gluing it down. This cardstock wedge will keep the box standing upright on what was once the side of the mushroom container.

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I printed off some vintage card designs I’ve been pinning as well. I have an inkjet printer barely hobbling along, the thing’s so old, everytime I go to print something out of it, I wonder if this will be it’s last time to work.

Using Dollar Tree glitter glue, I embellished the printed images I cut out and layered onto a piece of cardstock for the back of the inside of the box.

6 HomeToCottage.com diorama before trim added

Here’s a quick picture of the progress. The white sides are cardstock too, cut to the right sizes and hot glued into place. I then covered all the inside seams with mini silver garland trim.

5 HomeToCottage.com diorama snowflakes

These metal snowflakes came from JoAnn Fabrics, along with the tree I put in the diorama.

7 HomeToCottage.com diorama support box and trim on

I think the dioramas that have interesting things to see in a layered effect are so visually appealing, and add to the imaginative thoughts of the tiny world inside them upon viewing. Mine doesn’t have a ton of layers, but I added another small layer by printing another vintage card in miniature and embellishing it with some glitter glue too. It will be glued to stay in place with that white cardstock block you see glued inside on the bottom right of the diorama.

1 HomeToCottage.com outside trim

The outside seams and face edge needed a little trim to cover all the raw edges, I love how this skinny trim compliments the vintage look, and coordinates so well with the outside strapping covering too.

1 HomeToCottage.com diorama top detail

The front outside edge got embellished with a few more snowflakes and little bow. (I also glued a few snowflakes inside on the back)

1 HomeToCottage.com diorama glitter

For the inside bottom to have a snow effect, after the deer, tree and cardstock support were securely glued down, I spread a very thick covering of some more glitter glue and immediately sprinkled a liberal coating of this Martha Stewart Crystal Coarse Glitter, (it looks like flat clear flakes) to stick to the glitter glue.

1 HomeToCottage.com diorama mini card layer

This picture is super zoomed in so you can see the details of the miniature card, but in reality, it’s only a couple inches high. It was the last thing to get glued in place. (I had to print the miniature card out on plain computer paper and then stiffened it by gluing a layer of cardstock to the back. My old printer won’t take cardstock through it anymore.)

1 HomeToCottage.com diorama

Finished and in place on the black shelf in our dining room. The Christmas diorama is a sweet addition to our Christmas decorations and it was fun to make. I think I’ll try my had at a few more diorama ideas.

Here are more Christmas ideas:

Christmas Table Re-Do
Vintage WWII Christmas Ornaments
Vintage Christmas on Display
Vintage Christmas Tree Reflectors sdtips.com
vintage candolier diorama
Kitchen Cabinet Door Wreaths
DIY Barnwood Porch Banner SimpleDecoratingTips.com
Vintage Clock Diorama
Christmas Collection 2019
Rustic Creche
Christmas 2018 nativity with house
Unique Christmas Tree Stand
DIY Swags... sort of
Deer Themed Christmas Decorating Ideas
How to Create Let it Snow Artwork
Quick and Easy DIY Alpine Garland
DIY Christmas Stockings
Make your own Natural Potpourri (1)
DIY a vintage basket lid Felt Nativity
DIY Hanging Lanterns Greenery
DIY Winter Porch Arrangement
Deer Themed Winter Wonderland
DIY Antler Candleholders
Displaying an Outdoor Nativity
Rustic Deer Themed Christmas Tree
Christmas Nativity Collection
Deer Antlers for Christmas
Christmas diarama
Christmas chalkboard 2014
Yikes Where do you put all those bins full of decorations after Christmas
How to Make a Florist Bow for a Merry Christmas Welcome Wreath
Hanging Christmas Lanterns
using pallet wood for outdoor nativity
Step-by-Step to build this centerpiece
Christmas-Cones-for-Chairs
christmas felt applique pillows
DIY Guilded Twig Ornament Tree

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