Advent Calendar Gone Wild

 

Victorian House Advent Calendar

 

The wife has always liked advent calendars of all kinds for quite sometime.  So last year I decided to make one for her. This was two years in the making on and off.  The final product turned out really well.  Each of the windows is covered by a shutter which attaches with magnets and when removed on the correct day reveals a picture from our christmas past. 

All of the snow along the pathway is made from sawdust, white paint, and wood glue mixed together then hand formed into piles to resemble snow and allowed to dry for several days. 

All of the siding is cut in individual slats from woodgrain pvc blinds and attached with adhesive. In fact there are no fasteners used in the project other than glue and magnets. 

Another view of the house. 

The roofs were really time consuming. They are made from modeling clay rolled flat, cut into individual pieces, and baked. Then they are attached with adhesive. 

       The porches are aome of my favorite features.  The are cut in individual planks and attached. It gives a great effect. 

A few little details the garland on the rail and the angels one the posts. No i did not make the angels. 

       My absolute favorite feature is the stone walkway.  Simple aquarium gravel mixed with glue then pressed into place and allowd to day. It looks awesome. 

So this waa a great project and I encourage you to build one yourself and just have a good time. If you have any questions let me know.