Christmas Miniatures - Miniatures Designed for Christmas Display

Gallery of vintage Christmas collectible postcards and cards

Make miniature dipped wax candles and use them to create a traditional yule log Christmas table centerpiece in dolls house scale.

Stitch this simple design of cabins in the woods for a miniature needlepoint Christmas stocking in dolls house scale on silk gauze. Varying the hole count of the gauze will change the scale of the Christmas stocking.

Make this realistic miniature Christmas tree in several scales using a basic bottle brush or bottle brush tree and preserved lycopodium (princes pine or erica moss) greenery.

Make printable miniature Christmas tree skirts in several dolls house scales and styles.

Make traditional luminaria or farolitos for Christmas villages and dollhouse displays, or add them to your wreaths or centerpieces.

Make a range of miniature trees from paper or other materials as backdrops for Christmas villages and winter scenes.

Make miniature trees for Christmas villages or winter displays, using sheets of clear acetate with flourished designs made from stickers, glitter, or flocking.

Make cut paper snowflake trees for a winter table or miniature scene or village.

Use folded paper lace doilies to make delicate trees for winter villages or Christmas villages.

How to use simple backdrops to extend a miniature village display or nativity scene.

Domed buildings are relatively easy to make using these instructions. Make them for small scale scenes for nativities, Bethlehem scenes, or middle eastern game terrain settings.

Review of Fontanini nativity or Christmas creche figures with descriptions of the sizes and ranges available, collectability, and restyling.

Make miniature palm trees in several model scales for gaming terrains, railroad scenes, dolls houses, or Christmas Nativity scenes using paper and wire, or fabric plant leaves.

Make miniature poinsettias in a range of model scales for Christmas ornaments, Christmas village displays, or to decorate a dolls house or miniature scene.

Many of our Christmas tree ornaments are miniatures in some form or another. Check out these projects and try a new one for your tree. Or share your most treasured hand crafted ornament projects.

Use a simple bow maker to tie tiny bows for Christmas packages, or to decorate miniature trees or Christmas ornaments

Instructions for making hanging ornaments with interior miniature scenes from naturally skeletonized seed husks from the Physalis or Japanese / Chinese Lantern Plant

Easy way to crack walnuts into equal halves along their seam line for use as handmade Christmas ornaments or basic shapes for dolls house miniatures.

Share your stories and instructions for making precious hand made decorations for your Christmas Tree.

Make miniature terrariums by planting glass Christmas balls with living plants.

These free printable miniature boxes can be used to make a set for an advent calendar, to wrap tiny presents, or to package miniature products at craft fairs and shows.

Cut out these stand up paper trees in your choice of colors from sheets of sewn paper. They make great free standing able decorations which can be folded and put away with your miniature scene.

How to make dolls house scale replicas of traditional glass Christmas tree birds using polymer clay.

Elegant miniature trees made easily from paper or curling ribbon for all kinds of dolls house, gaming and model village scenes.

How to make three dimensional miniature bells from polymer clay (or fondant), both freehand, and using home made silicone putty molds.

Printable miniatures of traditional dime store glitter or coconut houses (sometimes called Putz houses) for use to create your own fantasy village or tree or table decorations from the numerous parts which can be combined together.

Make glittered miniature snowflakes for scale miniature scenes and dolls houses from peel off stickers and micro glitter.

How to make miniature Victorian Christmas cornucopias in dolls house scale.

Make a printable sleigh from lightweight card or photo paper.This can be used for a dolls house scale Santa Claus, but is also suitable for other 1:12 scale scenes. It is the right size for a table decoration and is strong enough to fill with Christmas gifts or tiny parcels. Files are available to make this sleigh in 1:24 or 1:48 scale as well.

Printable miniature buildings for a toy town, a Christmas scene or for decorations. The buildings are available in fantasy styles to make miniature glitter houses, or with realistic exteriors and interiors to serve as miniature toys.

Printable miniature towers and castles for a Putz Christmas village or an N scale village railroad layout. The towers can also be used as dolls house scale toy castles.

Make three traditional glitter houses for an N scale railroad or Christmas village scene in traditional North American Putz style.

Printable miniature dime store style church and bungalows for a miniature town, railway village, Christmas village, or Christmas tree decorations

Make simple miniature wreaths using wired trims for dolls house displays, Christmas villages, or as a decoration for a package or card. The same techniques can be used to make full size wreaths.

Make miniature mistletoe Christmas balls for dolls house scale scenes.

Make these easy scale Christmas crackers (Christmas Bon Bons) to decorate your dolls house table. You can make them in different patterns for other celebrations the rest of the year.

Gallery of miniature projects with a Christmas theme. Ornaments, wreaths, Christmas villages, buildings for Christmas railroads, miniature christmas trees, and many more. These miniatures can be used on regular trees or with scale scenes.

Make this free printable miniature of an 18th Century almshouse for a Christmas tree ornament or as a building for a Christmas village suitable for an N scale train.

Make a printable 1:48 scale paper building or glue the paper exteriors and interiors onto wood to create a quarter scale dolls house, shop for a Christmas village or O scale railroad.

Make miniature trees, wreaths and garlands for 1:144 scale dollhouses, a miniature Christmas village or an N scale Christmas railroad layout.

Make an easy spiral tree from wired trim for a contemporary dollhouse scene or a stylized Christmas village display.

Print and make these 1:144 scale shops with two floors and finished interiors to add to a tiny realistic Christmas village.

Make a printable 1:144 scale shop and a house with three floors and finished interiors. These little buildings can be used for micro scale dolls house scenes, as Christmas decorations for a miniature village or ornaments or scaled slightly smaller to create 1:160 or N scale railway buildings.

Make these miniature or dollhouse scale Christmas tree ornaments from a variety of beads. Ornaments include garlands, baubles, and angels

Use Sakura glaze pens to color pierced metal beads for miniature Christmas tree ornaments.

Information about Snowbaby collectibles from About.com Antiques Guide.

Pictures of Via San Gregorio Armeno in Naples Italy showing the presepe, or nativity scenes the area is famous for. From the About.com Guide to Italy Travel

Bill Egan's International Creche School Site is down, but you can see his work on Flickr. Many of his how to's now appear to be posted as videos on You Tube listed under Creche SchoolHopefully the written instructions will return!

Howard Lamey of Little Glitter Houses has a wealth of instructions and how to's for making glitter houses, and tin type buildings for miniature villages and toy train villages. There are lots of downloadable plans and instructions here.

How to plan layouts for Chistmas trains in small spaces or around trees. Includes information on several train gauges, as well as routing the trains through Christmas villages.

A site devoted to the art of the paper creche and paper ththeatre. Many free printables.

List of variations and 'mistakes' in Dept.56 Collectible Christmas Villages.

Article describing nativity scenes from around the world, their history, how they are displayed and what they are made of in various traditions.