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FYI These are birdhouses! Remove any perches with a handsaw. After sanding down each structure, brush on a coat of white Gesso (it’s thicker than primer and very smoothing).

Church 8½" -tall wood birdhouse, $7, joann.com

candy cane castle

1. Adhere vertical strips of red washi tape all over the house and trim the ends. We used 15-millimeter washi tape for the diagonal stripes and 8-millimeter for the straight ones. To make small pieces for the doorway and windows, place a strip of 15-millimeter tape on wax paper and cut—they’ll peel off easily. Attach washi tape to white vellum, then adhere vellum to the inside of each window with double-sided tape. 2. Cut a piece of red cardstock for the door and adhere with double-sided tape on the inside of the house. Hot-glue on a white bead for the knob, then hot-glue a mini wreath to the house.

WASHI TAPE PA Essentials 8-millimeter and 15-millimeter washi tape in red, $4 for a set of 2 rolls, walmart.com MINI WREATHS Topbuti mini Christmas wreaths, $7 for 18, amazon.com

FYI We used frosted bottlebrush trees for landscaping; they’re from Amazon.

FYI Order a set of gift wrap that has different patterns in the same color palette and the matching work is done for you!

Double Roof 8¼" -tall wood birdhouse, $7, joann.com

wrapping paper cabin

1. Paint the base of the house green with crafts paint. Let dry. 2. Create a template for covering the front. Cut strips of printer paper to fit the front upper and lower sections, making sure they reach in corners and around the trim and window. Remove and use to trace the shapes you need on wrapping paper. Do the same for the back, sides, and roof. 3. Working on one section of the house at a time, brush on a thin layer of decoupage glue, such as Mod Podge, and press on the same-shape piece of wrapping paper. Smooth to remove bubbles, let dry, and trim excess with a crafts knife. Brush on another layer of decoupage glue to seal. Let dry. Do the same for the trim.

CRAFTS PAINT Holiday Green by Craft Smart WRAPPING PAPER Mid-Century Modern Christmas gift wrap, $16 for a mixed set of 12 sheets, normansprintery.etsy.com

FYI That’s colored vellum inside the windows; cutting a hole on the bottom of the house makes it easier to attach.

ArtMinds 7" -tall wood birdhouse with fence, $5.50, michaels.com

faux-gingerbread cottage

1. Paint the house and fence with brown crafts paint. Let dry. 2. Use sticky tack to temporarily adhere polymer clay candy, including the faux lollipops, to the house and fence until you like the placement; do halved pieces for trim. 3. Outline the “icing” designs with a chalk pen, erasing mistakes with a damp cotton swab. Remove the tack and secure each piece with hot glue. Go over the chalk lines with puffy fabric paint to resemble “icing” and let dry. 4. For the green wreath, stick two pieces of adhesive craft foam together to make a doubly thick piece. Trace a circle on top and cut with scallop scissors. Decorate with stick-on snowflakes and small circles of adhesive cut with a hole punch.

CRAFTS PAINT Nutmeg Brown by Apple Barrel POLYMER & RESIN CANDY Wintry Wonder faux-sprinkle mix, $4 for 15 grams, Peppermint plastic and polymer clay in hot pink, $3.50 for 15 grams, and Assorted plastic and resin sugared gum drops, $2.50 for 10, all happykawaiisupplies .etsy.com; PandaHall Flatback polymer clay lollipop candy, $22 for 140 pieces, amazon.com PUFFY PAINT Tulip Dimensional fabric paint in slick white, $7.50 for 4 ounces, amazon.com

ArtMinds Brownstone 9" x 9½" wood birdhouse, $11, michaels.com

blinged-out brownstones

1. Paint each townhouse a different color of crafts paint. Let dry. 2. Using a ¾" -hole punch, cut out circles of glitter paper for the roof “shingles. ” Starting at the bottom of each roof, brush on decoupage glue and adhere a row of circles. Repeat, overlapping “shingles” slightly until each roof is covered. 3. To glitterize different parts of the house, brush decoupage glue on one spot at a time and shake on fine glitter. Tap the house to remove excess. 4. Decorate with gems (they make cute “doorknobs”), using hot glue. 5. For the dusting of snow, mix chunky snow glitter, fine glitter, and hexagonal glitter. Working in sections, brush decoupage glue onto spots where snow would naturally pile up, and shake on the glitter mix. Pat down and repeat.

CRAFTS PAINT Misty Ocean, Tart Grapefruit, and Gentle Rain, all by Mondo Llama GEMS Flat Back Baguette acrylic gems in pink rose lite, $4.50 for 40 pieces, allstarco.com; Self-Adhesive rhinestone jewel stickers, from $6, amazon.com