Easy Plants to Make for Miniature Villages and Christmas Scenes

I hope by now I've convinced you to make some simple winter trees as backdrops for your Christmas village or dollhouse scenes. Of course, for Bethlehem scenes, realistic miniature palm trees fill the bill, and you can make them in a range of sizes and styles from paper.

Other plants you might want to try for Christmas villages or dollhouse scenes include:

• Miniature Mistletoe Kissing Ball
• Realistic Miniature Pine Cones
• Miniature Poinsettias
• Miniature Christmas Cactus

Need tiny wax candles? Here's how to make your own for dollhouse scale arrangements or tiny decorations:

• Make Miniature Dipped Wax Candles

Photo © 2012 Lesley Shepherd