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You are here: Home / Decorating / Do-it-Yourself Winter Village for the Birds (and a Moose)

Do-it-Yourself Winter Village for the Birds (and a Moose)

Last Updated January 2, 2014 By Alecia 27 Comments

Do you rip down all your winter/Christmas/holiday decorations as soon as possible? I’ll admit that this year I did, I barely got 1/2 of my decorations up at all and the clutter from the tubs plus all the laundry (babies are so tiny but require SO MUCH laundry!) was driving me nuts. After it was all down (and in the basement) I realized how sad it made me and I had my husband bring one tub back up, so I could set up my DIY Winter Village.

DIY Winter Village on a Budget - Easy to put together with craftstore finds, even for the craft-impaired

I love the (super expensive) ceramic winter villages that light up with a million houses but until I win the lottery it’s just not in the cards for me. So in true DIY fashion, I made my own. I usually keep it with the Christmas stuff but the bookshelves looked a little lonely and I wanted something on them that reflected the season.

DIY Winter Village Bookcase Display

The houses are all from the wood aisle of either Joann’s or Michael’s. They come in bare wood and lots of different styles. The trees are from Michael’s, I buy the 21 pack of bottle brush trees by Lemax. The cardinals are from the floral aisle of Joann’s.The moose was an ornament until I clipped off the hanging loop; he was also from Michael’s.

Winter Bookcase

I painted the birdhouses are white with silver accents. I brushed on white glue and dusted the houses with chunky iridescent glitter. To set up the scene I took down all the non-essential decorations (I consider my Turkey Cake Toppers essential) leaving the books, boxes and my candle box. I places the houses first, starting with the larger two and filling in space with the smaller ones. Then I added the cardinals, I wanted one in each column and one in each row, it that makes sense, to keep your eye moving.

DIY Snow Covered Birdhouses

 

This would obviously work for Christmas but I think it fills in the New Years to Valentines gap or even for the whole winter season (I’m not much for pink hearts haha).

Winter Birdhouses

 

 

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  1. Jeannie says

    January 2, 2014 at 3:53 pm

    Great display to bring back up for a little winter cheer.

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  2. brett says

    January 2, 2014 at 4:47 pm

    i love this idea. simple and beautiful.

    i’d keep turkey cake toppers out all year if i had them.

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  3. Debbie Denny says

    January 2, 2014 at 4:53 pm

    Those are adorable. Love them.

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  4. Ave says

    January 2, 2014 at 5:18 pm

    What a great idea for some winter spirit. Love those turkeys 😀

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  5. Angela says

    January 2, 2014 at 7:00 pm

    That is so cute. We started taking down the Christmas decorations today and I am missing it already. This is a nice alternative.

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  6. Heather M says

    January 2, 2014 at 7:04 pm

    I love your little DIY village!!

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  7. Amy Desrosiers says

    January 2, 2014 at 7:21 pm

    Very beautiful idea! I wish I had that lovely piece to display my animals in!

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  8. Danette Lykins says

    January 2, 2014 at 7:41 pm

    What a great Idea! thanks for sharing~

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  9. kathy balman says

    January 2, 2014 at 7:47 pm

    Love this DIY! What a fabulous idea and very frugal too!

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  10. Shauna says

    January 2, 2014 at 7:56 pm

    Oh my goodness, what a great DIY and you make it sound so simple… love it. Thank you

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  11. Jennifer B says

    January 2, 2014 at 8:03 pm

    This is adorable!! Looks like fun to make too. My Mom would love these because she loves bird houses!

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  12. Francine @ Teresa's Family Cleaning says

    January 2, 2014 at 8:49 pm

    Very cute and so different!

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  13. jenny at dapperhouse says

    January 2, 2014 at 8:57 pm

    I really love the creative way that you display your holiday houses! Really pretty in white. I just got all my decorations put away today 🙂

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  14. Tina Ashburn says

    January 2, 2014 at 9:01 pm

    This is such a great idea! I love the fact that you were able to make the holidays last just a little bit longer in such a creative manner.

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  15. Chrishelle says

    January 2, 2014 at 9:02 pm

    What a very cute and economical decorating idea. I love Micheal’s. They always have the greatest items to help with your DIY jobs. Thanks for the great tip. Your hutch looks awesome.

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  16. Mama to 5 BLessings says

    January 2, 2014 at 9:27 pm

    very pretty, I love the selection you chose. Very wintery and festive!

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  17. Shannah @ Just Us Four says

    January 2, 2014 at 9:46 pm

    So cute. I love all the trees.

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  18. Wendy @ ABCs and Garden Peas says

    January 2, 2014 at 10:39 pm

    Adorable! I often find myself too busy to decorate my home, but I really need to make an effort for the kids. They love it so much when we have fun things out and about!

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  19. Liz @ A Nut in a Nutshell says

    January 2, 2014 at 11:02 pm

    I’m sure I’d never do as nice a job as you have, but wow, I really do love this idea. Looks so wonderful!

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  20. Diane N - Philzendia says

    January 2, 2014 at 11:19 pm

    Oh wow! that looks great. I can definitely see myself doing something like this for Christmas next year.

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  21. Amanda Love ~ Growing Up Madison says

    January 3, 2014 at 12:14 am

    Wow you did a great job with this! I am so not creative at all and when I see things like this I’m so amazed at the talents of my fellow bloggers. Thanks for sharing.

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  22. Virginia @thatbaldchick says

    January 3, 2014 at 12:55 am

    What a neat display! The moose looks right at home with the birds.

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  23. Janeane Davis says

    January 3, 2014 at 1:10 am

    I like your diplays. It really is nice the way the seem to be perfectly placed where they are.

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  24. Mandi says

    January 3, 2014 at 9:34 am

    I LOVE the red shelves! Your decor looks fantastic against that red, I don’t think it would “pop” as much on a brown!

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    • Alecia says

      January 3, 2014 at 11:29 am

      Thank you! We found them at Target, our original plan was to build a set of built-in shelves but when we pulled off the baseboards we discovered the floor comes to a ^ in the center! it was way to obvious and too much trouble to work around so we went with these instead

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  25. Danielle @ We Have It All says

    January 3, 2014 at 10:41 am

    Oh that is beautiful, you did a fantastic job!

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  26. Heather Lawrence says

    January 3, 2014 at 11:50 am

    We hardly even decorated this year for Christmas but this is such a simple and cute way to decorate. My kids are still a little young for this though..all the decorations would end up on the floor as play toys!

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