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Give Away Week: DIY Tea Light Houses (for you!)

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With Christmas well on its way all of this week we’ll be sharing our Christmas gifts to you! To kick-start this week of freebies, we’re sharing the newest little addition to our Christmas decorations with you – our Dutch house inspired tea light houses.

DIY Tea Light Houses - Little House On The Corner

Admittedly they weren’t the quickest of things we’ve ever made, but they do look really cute on our mantel and could probably even be out on display when it isn’t Christmas. If you’d like to make your own, you can download the template at the end of this post.

What you will need to make your own Tea Light Houses:

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Tea Light Houses

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  • Polymer Clay – We used Fimo
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This is how we made them:

Start by printing the templates (each house will fit on an A4 sheet of paper) and cutting them out with a craft knife. The neater you are now, the easier it will be later on.

Then roll out your clay. We wanted ours to be really thin so that the light would slightly shine through the walls as well as the windows. To get the clay as even as possible, we used two strips of plastic as a guide on either side of the rolling pin.

Tea Light Houses

Then, using the paper template as a guide, cut out the polymer shapes and bake them according to the instructions. You will need to cut out two of each shape – 2x front/back, 2x sides & 2x roof (if using them).

Tip: It’s almost impossible to lift the unbaked polymer house parts after cutting them as they are so fragile. Place your rolled out clay onto some aluminium foil before cutting out the shape. That way you won’t have to move it until it’s baked and hardened. 

When you’ve made all of the parts, all that’s left to do is glue the parts together.

Tea Light Houses

Our little houses are made of Fimo polymer clay, so shouldn’t really be flammable, but to be on the safe side, it’s always a good idea to use little LED candles instead of real ones. While making the houses, we actually decided against using the roofs, but the templates include them just in case you want to.

Tea Light Houses

You can download the template that we used here: DIY Tea Light Houses.

Have you made any of your Christmas decorations this year? Do you have a little tea light village?

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  1. Gemma says

    09/07/2021 at 09:58

    Hello, how or where can I download the template for these cute houses?

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    • Christine says

      09/07/2021 at 10:32

      So glad to hear you like these houses, Gemma! There’s a link in the post where it says “You can download the template that we used here: DIY Tea Light Houses.” Just click on the link and the template will open in a new window.
      Cx

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  2. Noreen Chambers says

    09/12/2013 at 14:01

    Brilliant !

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    • Christine says

      09/12/2013 at 14:05

      Thanks Noreen!
      Cx

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