• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Blog
  • Reno Projects: House by House
    • Colonial Revival Cottage Reno (our current home)
    • Old House Reno (our last home)
    • Coastal Cottage in Maine
    • Aaron and Melissa’s 1970 Redo
    • Condo Renovation (a client’s home)
  • Details
    • Before & After
    • Holiday & Seasonal Decorating
    • Gardens
    • Details about House Parts
      • Interior Windows
      • Mantels
      • Details on Creating Tablescapes, Vignettes and Hanging Pictures
      • Lighting and Lamps
      • Closets and Storage
      • Furniture, Antiques & Accessories
    • Chalkboard Art and Hand Lettering Projects
    • Travel to Inspiring Places
  • DIY, Tutorials & Tips
  • My Favorite Shopping Links
  • e-Decorating Consultation
  • Blog
  • Reno Projects: House by House
    • Colonial Revival Cottage Reno (our current home)
    • Old House Reno (our last home)
    • Coastal Cottage in Maine
    • Aaron and Melissa’s 1970 Redo
    • Condo Renovation (a client’s home)
  • Details
    • Before & After
    • Holiday & Seasonal Decorating
    • Gardens
    • Details about House Parts
      • Interior Windows
      • Mantels
      • Details on Creating Tablescapes, Vignettes and Hanging Pictures
      • Lighting and Lamps
      • Closets and Storage
      • Furniture, Antiques & Accessories
    • Chalkboard Art and Hand Lettering Projects
    • Travel to Inspiring Places
  • DIY, Tutorials & Tips
  • My Favorite Shopping Links
  • e-Decorating Consultation

A Sweet Little Christmas Diorama

December 20, 2014

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.

1 HomeToCottage.com diorama glitter glue

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:

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

Thanks so much for stopping by! Please feel free to follow and share this blog with your friends, as well as on Facebook, Pinterest, Flipboard, Bloglovin, YouTube and now Instagram!  I appreciate you reading along.

Share this:

  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)
  • More
  • Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. mrsben says

    December 23, 2014 at 7:56 am

    LOVE your diorama as being a hobby sewer and one who enjoys dabbling in crafts , I appreciate the time and effort put into anything homemade and the very fact that the finished product is ‘one of a kind’ and is not MASS produced ….. ☺

    With that said, something you might like to try some time is making a diorama with a plastic globe Xmas tree ornament. As my grandson who is eight years old wanted to make something special for his teacher we basically …..

    used a dremel tool with the required attachment and first cut out a hole in the (pre-glittered & snowflake patterned) ornament and sanded the edge smooth. For the background we used a light coat of high gloss paint and added our 3-D accessory being a (chrome finished) Snowman which was the handle off a small pate knife which were secured to a piece of 6mm thick craft foam that we coated with faux shredded snow and was glued inside the ornament to create a flat resting base. The final touches were the additions of a co-ordinated glitter to the edge of the hole and a piece of satin ribbon for the hanger. -Brenda-

    Footnote: Be sure to wear ‘safety glasses’ when cutting/sanding the ornament.
    A sponge brush works well for the background. Choose a light coloured background if possible as you want your 3-D accessories to stand out. (It is pretty dark inside an ornament! ºÛº.)
    Most pate knife handles have a flat bottom and are about 2″ in height, so choose an large enough ornament to accommodate its size.
    To remove the handle from the knife, usually application of heat form a hair blow dryer and a bit of twisting will do it.
    Test your glue to ensure it will bond both to the type of base you use and your 3-D embellishment(s).

    WISHING YOU A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!

    Reply
    • HomeToCottage.com says

      December 23, 2014 at 8:00 am

      Thank you. Yes, I hope to make a few more styles for sure. Thanks for sharing. Liz

      Reply
  2. Donnamae says

    December 20, 2014 at 8:37 am

    Cute! I’ve never made a diorama before…that I remember. Things are about to get hectic around here…my son and DIL are coming in from Japan for the holidays…needless to say, I’m excited and have quite a few things to do yet. Merry Christmas! 😉

    Reply
    • HomeToCottage.com says

      December 20, 2014 at 8:51 am

      Merry Christmas to you too! Wow, from Japan… do they live there? I’m sure they must not be able to get back all that often, i hope your time together is truly blessed and memorable.

      Reply
      • Donnamae says

        December 20, 2014 at 10:00 am

        Yes, they do live there and work there. We have been together since they’ve moved, but haven’t spent a family (I have 2 other sons) Christmas together in 4 years…I’m just a wee bit excited! 😉

        Reply

Share Your Thoughts Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

Our Whole House Renovation: Mid-Century into Colonial Revival Cottage Style

Tiling the 2nd bath floor
Tiling the 2nd bath floor
hall closet into library simpledecoratingtips.com
hall closet into library simpledecoratingtips.com
SimpleDecoratingTips.com Progress Report on our Whole House Renovation
SimpleDecoratingTips.com Progress Report on our Whole House Renovation
Wall Mounted Pot Rack
Wall Mounted Pot Rack
Fireplace Renovation SimpleDecoratingTips.com
Fireplace Renovation SimpleDecoratingTips.com
SimpleDecoratingTips.com Luxury Vinyl Planks
SimpleDecoratingTips.com Luxury Vinyl Planks
Simple DIY Curtain
Simple DIY Curtain
SimpleDecoratingTips.com How to Change a Door Lock
SimpleDecoratingTips.com How to Change a Door Lock
SimpleDecoratingTips.com
SimpleDecoratingTips.com
SimpleDecoratingTips.com Cedar Closet Lining
SimpleDecoratingTips.com Cedar Closet Lining
SimpleDecoratingTips.com How to tips Window Well Installation
SimpleDecoratingTips.com How to tips Window Well Installation
SimpleDecoratingTips.com Adding a Front Porch
SimpleDecoratingTips.com Adding a Front Porch
Re-Thinking the Living Room Furniture Plan
Re-Thinking the Living Room Furniture Plan
SimpleDecoratingTips.com Renovating the Basement Apartment
SimpleDecoratingTips.com Renovating the Basement Apartment
Antique Inspired Kitchen Island
Antique Inspired Kitchen Island
SimpleDecoratingTips.com we had to cut down 13 trees
SimpleDecoratingTips.com we had to cut down 13 trees
Repurposing Vintage Screen Door
Repurposing Vintage Screen Door
how to install a vintage ceiling light fixture simpledecoratingtips.com
how to install a vintage ceiling light fixture simpledecoratingtips.com
Main Floor Completion Celebration Giveaway SimpleDecoratingTips.com
Main Floor Completion Celebration Giveaway SimpleDecoratingTips.com
SimpleDecoratingTips.com Basement Apartment Progress
SimpleDecoratingTips.com Basement Apartment Progress
SimpleDecoratingTips.com Repurposing Cabinets
SimpleDecoratingTips.com Repurposing Cabinets
SimpleDecoratingTips.com From a Tub to a Shower
SimpleDecoratingTips.com From a Tub to a Shower
SimpleDecoratingTips.com Surface Mounted Suspended Ceiling
SimpleDecoratingTips.com Surface Mounted Suspended Ceiling
front porch addition mostly done SimpleDecoratingTips.com
front porch addition mostly done SimpleDecoratingTips.com
Hang a Group of Pictures with even spacing SimpleDecoratingTips.com
Hang a Group of Pictures with even spacing SimpleDecoratingTips.com
Incorporating Vintage & New Light Fixtures SimpleDecoratingTips.com
Incorporating Vintage & New Light Fixtures SimpleDecoratingTips.com
SimpleDecoratingTips.com Renovating a Whole House is a Lot
SimpleDecoratingTips.com Renovating a Whole House is a Lot
SimpleDecoratingTips.com Door & Window Decisions
SimpleDecoratingTips.com Door & Window Decisions
Creating a Built-In Faux Fireplace
Creating a Built-In Faux Fireplace
Front Entry Portiere
Front Entry Portiere
Dining Room Progress SimpleDecoratingTips.com
Dining Room Progress SimpleDecoratingTips.com
Vintage Window Awning Redo SimpleDecoratingTips.com
Vintage Window Awning Redo SimpleDecoratingTips.com
SimpleDecoratingTips.com Basement Apartment Bathroom Renovation Done
SimpleDecoratingTips.com Basement Apartment Bathroom Renovation Done
Before and After Front Entry Renovation SimpleDecoratingTips.com
Before and After Front Entry Renovation SimpleDecoratingTips.com
SimpleDecoratingTips.com How I Made Curtains without a Sewing Machine
SimpleDecoratingTips.com How I Made Curtains without a Sewing Machine
Before and After Living Room Renovation
Before and After Living Room Renovation
How to Install an Interior Storm Window SimpleDecoratingTips.com
How to Install an Interior Storm Window SimpleDecoratingTips.com
SimpleDecoratingTips.com Renovating Update Post
SimpleDecoratingTips.com Renovating Update Post

Footer

Shop Decor Steals

AntiqueFarmHouse

Have you noticed this site is faster?! It’s because I switched to SiteGround!!

Web Hosting

Disclosure Policy: According to FTC guidelines, I want you to be aware that some of the content of this blog may be a source of income and therefore may be used to promote products, services, or other businesses. I will only choose to promote products/services/businesses that I feel will be beneficial to my readers. While I hope to generate a small profit for my time and effort to create this blog, I hold myself to the highest standard of integrity. I appreciate my readers, and make it my goal to deliver quality, honest material on this blog through each post. Thanks for reading along, Liz

Copyright

Sharing is great! Please feel free to share this blog with your friends, as well as on Facebook and Pinterest and Flipboard and Houzz and YouTube the more the merrier! I appreciate you stopping by. But please remember that all photos, images, text and content are owned by SimpleDecoratingTips.com. So anything you share, please be sure it always links back to my original post it came from. Please do not remove watermarks, crop or edit anything without written permission from me first.

Disclosure Policy: According to the FTC guidelines, I want you to be aware that this blog is a source of income and may occasionally incorporate endorsements or testimonials and shopping links. It is important to me to disclose this to you. The content of this blog is a source of income and therefore may be used to promote products, services, or other businesses. I will only choose to promote products/services/businesses that I feel will be beneficial to my readers. Products provided to me by my advertising partners for my review are given to me free of charge with no cost to myself. This does not ensure a positive review of the product in any way. While I hope to generate a small profit for my time and effort to create this blog, I hold myself to the highest standard of integrity. I appreciate my readers, and always make it my goal to deliver quality, honest material on this blog through each post. Thanks for reading along, Liz

Graphics Fairy

Graphics Fairy

Feedspot

Feedspot


My Household Tips and Tutorials for You:

How to Remove Pet Urine Stains
How to Remove Pet Urine Stains
DIY  natural sachets
DIY natural sachets
Hang a Group of Pictures with even spacing
Hang a Group of Pictures with even spacing
Packing & Moving Tips
Packing & Moving Tips
Plate Hanger
Plate Hanger
Five Ways Hardware made a Difference
Five Ways Hardware made a Difference
how to install a vintage ceiling light fixture simpledecoratingtips.com
how to install a vintage ceiling light fixture simpledecoratingtips.com
how to naturally clean silver
how to naturally clean silver
how to install a floating shelf
how to install a floating shelf
How to Mount a Door Knocker in a Hollow Steel Door
How to Mount a Door Knocker in a Hollow Steel Door
Housekeeping Naturally
Housekeeping Naturally
How to Clean Spilled Wax
How to Clean Spilled Wax
How to Hang a Wall Mounted Lamp
How to Hang a Wall Mounted Lamp
How to hang a window box SimpleDecoratingTips.com
How to hang a window box SimpleDecoratingTips.com
7 Simple Hangers and How to Use Them
7 Simple Hangers and How to Use Them
How to Avoid a Greasy Mess when Frying on the Stove
How to Avoid a Greasy Mess when Frying on the Stove
How to Remove Carpet Depressions
How to Remove Carpet Depressions
Make your own Natural Potpourri
Make your own Natural Potpourri
First Aid Remove Sticky Residue
First Aid Remove Sticky Residue
DIY Natural Simmering Potpourri simpledecoratingtips
DIY Natural Simmering Potpourri simpledecoratingtips

Gardening Tips

Transplanting Stella D'Oro Daylilies
Transplanting Stella D'Oro Daylilies
Window-Boxes-inside-a-2nd-story-porch
Window-Boxes-inside-a-2nd-story-porch
Creating-an-Oasis-with-a-Water-Fountain
Creating-an-Oasis-with-a-Water-Fountain
snug-harbor-farm
snug-harbor-farm
before and after front terraced garden
before and after front terraced garden
Growing Grass in a Vintage Scale
Growing Grass in a Vintage Scale
raised bed container gardening title
raised bed container gardening title
Before and After Landscape and a DIY Pergola
Before and After Landscape and a DIY Pergola
How to Prune a Peegee Hydrangea
How to Prune a Peegee Hydrangea
The-Beauty-of-Fences1
The-Beauty-of-Fences1
we had to cut down 13 trees
we had to cut down 13 trees
Backyard Boat Pond
Backyard Boat Pond
How I re-did these Concrete Lions
How I re-did these Concrete Lions
rooftop-garden
rooftop-garden
install this arbor and fence in one day
install this arbor and fence in one day
moving-a-screened-gazebo-onto-the-property
moving-a-screened-gazebo-onto-the-property
before  after circular garden
before after circular garden
DIY Hanging Terrarium
DIY Hanging Terrarium
Creative-Planters
Creative-Planters
Humidity Tray for Orchids
Humidity Tray for Orchids
1-in the garden with water walls and cloches
1-in the garden with water walls and cloches
What-is-this?
What-is-this?
before  after front garden landscaping
before after front garden landscaping
The-Story-of-a-Blue-Jay-Title-Page
The-Story-of-a-Blue-Jay-Title-Page
Ingenious Tips to DIY this Planter
Ingenious Tips to DIY this Planter
Garden & Landscape Inspiration
Garden & Landscape Inspiration
DIY Brick Edging
DIY Brick Edging
2 pergolas  garden update
2 pergolas garden update
Tips on Forcing Bulbs Indoors
Tips on Forcing Bulbs Indoors
DIY Simple Deer Proofing
DIY Simple Deer Proofing
DIY Window Well Installation
DIY Window Well Installation
Kid's Craft DIY Miniature Fairy Garden
Kid's Craft DIY Miniature Fairy Garden
Turtles and Window Boxes
Turtles and Window Boxes
Potting Shed
Potting Shed
spring-planter-arrangement
spring-planter-arrangement
DIY Compost Bins
DIY Compost Bins

Copyright © 2021 · Genesis Sample Theme On Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in

  • Blog
  • Reno Projects: House by House
    • Colonial Revival Cottage Reno (our current home)
    • Old House Reno (our last home)
    • Coastal Cottage in Maine
    • Aaron and Melissa’s 1970 Redo
    • Condo Renovation (a client’s home)
  • Details
    • Before & After
    • Holiday & Seasonal Decorating
    • Gardens
    • Details about House Parts
      • Interior Windows
      • Mantels
      • Details on Creating Tablescapes, Vignettes and Hanging Pictures
      • Lighting and Lamps
      • Closets and Storage
      • Furniture, Antiques & Accessories
    • Chalkboard Art and Hand Lettering Projects
    • Travel to Inspiring Places
  • DIY, Tutorials & Tips
  • My Favorite Shopping Links
  • e-Decorating Consultation
↞
↠
loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.