Christmas Village Mountain Tutorial
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ก.ค. 2024
- Hello TH-cam family,
I will show you step by step how to make this mountain. If you have any questions, please let me know. The materials list is below.
styrofoam, white glue (Elmers), hot knife (styrofoam cutter), plaster strips, plaster of Paris, scissors, paint, paint brushes, grass mats.
Insulation foam board:
www.lowes.com/pd/Insulfoam-Co...
This warms my heart every time I look at it. I will keep this up all year long and feel so happy every time I look at my mountain that a very special lady that I am so happy to have met on here and become friends with. She has become family to me and I love her Christian love for everyone. God bless Miriam and everyone.
Thank you so much Michelle! Much love to you and your family. Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow and God bless you.
Wow Wow Wow I love this mountain it is beautiful. Thanks Kathryn
Thanks so much. I made that one for a subscriber.
Once again Miriam...another masterpiece. Love the little bridge too. Any time I see one of your creations I can honestly say I wouldn't change a thing. You are just so amazingly talented.
Oh wow, that is a huge compliment. Thank you so very much! 😀
It turned out a beautiful little mountain.
Thx for sharing.
Thanks so much Gary!
I love the brown mountain! The person receiving this will be blessed indeed!! It is amazing to see how simple styrofoam is transformed into such a beautiful mountain!! I can't wait to see your completed Christmas village💕
Thank you so much Susan, I am excited to hear her response once she received it in a few days.
It was definitely fun doing a brown piece, I haven’t done one in over a year. 😃
That was amazing! I wish I had learned about this before. Thank You!
You are very welcome!
Thank you for the tutorials and inspiration. I'm really excited to see your Christmas village this year.
Thank you so much and you are very welcome!
Beautiful Miriam I’m going to be doing this tomorrow it’s gorgeous xx
Thank you so much! 😃
so pretty.
Thanks Donna!
As usual, another beautiful piece...you make it look sooooo easy Miriam....great job....love it!!!!
Thanks so much!! 😀
I really admire your work. Thanks for sharing again 😘👍💕💕
Thanks so much! 😃
Beautiful Miriam! Just starting out for the first time to really CREATE my village. In the past I used a wood base, cardboard boxes for elevations and cotton batting to cover it all. I've watched all your videos and I'm ready to tackle this huge project. (I've collected items for over 30 years!) I'm so excited! Thank you and God Bless you for all your teachings, inspirations and positive vibes!
Thank you so much Paula, I really appreciate that. I hope all of your projects turn out exactly the way you want them. Please share them once you get it all done. I would love to see it. Take care and God bless you. 😃
Great job 🤩
Thank you Marina.
Have to say the brown mountain looks amazing wish you lived closer lol looking forward to seeing the next video
Thanks so much! 😀
Enchanting and what a thoughtful effort
Thanks so much! 😀
@@MiriamsManner Could you do me a favor would you share the name of the blue paint that is in your dining room. My wife and I absolutely love it and we’re redoing one of our rooms and we would love to use that same exact color if you wouldn’t mind sharing it?
Meravigliosa 😍
Thank you!
This is so amazing I love it and you. You are such a loving friend and God bless you you have made me smile at a time in my life that I really needed this. My cancer is back but not growing and it is stable now with chemo and treatments.
I’m so glad you love it. I couldn’t decide whether to do brown or gray so I opted for brown. I’m sorry to hear your cancer is back, I will be praying for your recovery. Send me an email with your address and I will get this shipped tomorrow. God bless you! 😀
Hola miriam soy de sud América bolivia y gracias a tus vídeos estoy haciendo mi villa navideña muchas gracias tu villa esta hermosa segui subiendo videos un abrazo y bendiciones.
Muchas gracias Karen y de nada! 😀
I was wondering how to do paint a brown build! I love it! I want to create something so bad but maybe after Christmas when I can see the village out and really take my time
Oh good, I’m glad I did a brown one for you to see. Yes, taking your time is the best way to end up with something you’ll love forever.
Hi Miriam,
Another winner for sure. I've always just used risers, boxes, buckets ect to give height to my villages, but your mountains are just so awesome. With my art course and current work drama, I just didn't have time to create a mountain like I had hoped to. I'm definitely going to have to start saving my styrofoam and see what I can come up with for next year. Can you believe I already have an idea for a theme for next year? Yeah, that's how my squirrel brain works. I wrote it down so I wouldn't forget and will probably start playing around with the idea in the first of the year. My current art project is now complete so I can focus 100% back on my village. I think I've been spending too much time on one section that just isn't coming together completely. My plan now is to leave it be and focus on a different area. I think once my attention is away from said section, the creative juices will begin to flow and I can bring it all together into one cohesive piece. Fingers crossed. As always, wishing all the best to you and yours.
Thanks so much! What!! Next years plan already??!! That is awesome! 😀. Make sure to put your plan in with the village stuff you unpack first so you won’t loose it.
I thinks that is a great idea. Step away from it if you have a mental block and move on. I do that myself quite a bit when I am stuck.
I feel like the pressure is on more because Christmas is only 2 1/2 months away. I have so much to do! 😂
Wow this just so beautiful, I'd love to build something like this but I'm new to villages
You can do it, start with something simple. I have several simple bases in my Christmas village playlist that anyone can do. Try it out, you might surprise yourself. 😀
@@MiriamsManner thank you I take look
This is absolutely beautiful!! Miriam, you are so gifted! Oh, and by the way…my first name is Miriam and I love it!
Thank you very much! 😃
Wow, nice to meet you Miriam. It is not a very common name.
the 2 top houses
The one on the right is Christmas at Swanbrook by Thomas Kinkade. The one on the left is dept 56 “prettywell sisters lace makers”
Woww Miriam, beautiful weather, it always seems so easy with you! Made my 1st real Christmas village last year ohh my god what a stress 🥴
But this is so beautyfull that I wil tray to make some 🙈
Sending love from Belgium from Eveline
Thank you so very much. Please let me know how you do if you create a piece. I would love to see it.
@@MiriamsManner is it possible to do this without plaster 🤔Nederland work with it! It will be a different look of course ...
Yes, you can carve directly into the styrofoam to create a rock finish as well. I have done this in several other projects on my page.
I wish I could give you 100 thumbs up for this video. It is soooooo awesome. Just fantastic, no kidding. I love it. I wonder if you might consider doing a video on this issue that I bet many have, but get stuck. Okay, let's say I am building a village that is 10 feet from left to right. Problem is, it will end up being 6 foot wide. My arms just cannot reach that deep into the table. How in the world can I figure a way to have a 10' X 6' table, and get it where I can work on any area of the table I want to, without needing a crane to reach over my table to assemble everything? I hope you understand what on earth I am trying to ask you. I think you could get rich just selling mountain pieces to villagers just like the one you created here. Again, just awesome.
Aw, thanks so much!! I know exactly what you are talking about. I actually am going to do the next live stream on village set up and I will address this issue with a few solutions. I usually do one table at a time and start in the back. I have to get creative with building my village this year because I will run into that issue.
Hi Meriam! Watching from oregon
Thanks so much! 😃
i wanna make one😊 i love it! Thanks for sharing how to make it!💞
Hi Miriam! Thanks so much for everything I am learning from watching your videos. I’ve been watching throughout the last year and am preparing for my first village set up this season!! Just finished my first mountain/waterfall.
I have a question about foam. You have mentioned using foam insulation sheets from Lowe’s/Home Depot. The sheets I’m finding have a facing on them. Do you use unfaced sheets or are you able to peel off the facing? I’m mostly concerned about how the facing would cut with a hot knife.
Thanks again, you are a true delight and even my 3 year old daughter knows your videos! And she is so excited for our village ( I ordered her a plastic village set through Dollar Tree so she can play with it and not Mommy’s, LOL)
Thanks so much Carrie,
I am so glad to know my videos have helped. I think that’s so precious your ordered your daughter a village. Pretty soon, she will be like my children and want a real village like mommies. 😂🤣
I do peel of both sides of the protective layer before I use the foam. It cuts better that way and also the pieces stick together better when it is foam against foam.
Let me know if you have any other questions. 😃
Miriam, You are one SUPER lady! Building a mountain for a client...did the client provide info for the build or just let be your creative self? Beautiful job. Love that little bridge!
Hello,
Thanks so much! She originally described in an email what she would like and I drew a sketch and went from there with my imagination.
I learn something new in every video - thanks! One question for you: wouldn’t it be possible to create the rock detail by carving with the HWFF tools rather than attaching foam scraps and plastering them?
Trying to avoid the mess I’d be sure to make with plaster and water, lol.
Absolutely! I have made several pieces just by carving. The finished result looks great.
Hello Miriam, I have recently discovered your channel and am hooked lol. I can't count how many video's I have binge watched in the last couple weeks trying to get ideas and help on how to do my first village. Your video's are absolutely amazing and very instructive. I actually tried making your plaster trees on the weekend and was very happy with how they turned out for my first try. I am going to attempt a small mountain this year and was thinking of painting it in arctic colors, more white and blues but I have no idea where to start with the paints. Would you be able tell me how to go about painting a mountain this way? Or maybe adding this to one of your video's one day :)
Thank you for all the work you put into your video's, it is greatly appreciated.
Hey Stephanie,
Thanks so much, I’m so glad you are enjoying my videos. I love that you are jumping right in and trying things. The more you try, the better you get faster and faster.
For your arctic mountain, I would start first with your different shades of blue starting from darkest to lightest and the finally the white. If it were me, I would paint the entire top white and then add fine snow to the wet white paint for a realistic snow look. You could also add super fine iridescent glitter once the snow is applied.
I might be able to do a video next month once I get to my back mountains for my village. We’re you planning on doing your mountains before then?
@@MiriamsManner I love the idea of adding the snow and glitter to the white paint, it will definitely make it look more like my Canadian winters lol (I am in Toronto)
I am just starting to work on my layout and then I will have to start building my bases and the mountain so I am sure I will not get to painting for at least a few weeks as this is my first attempt at anything like this.
Thank you for your advice and I look forward to seeing how you will create this. I know it will be as amazing as the rest of your village pieces.
Oh nice! Yes, it will definitely make it look more like your region. 😃
Your work is truly inspiring!! I love to watch your videos and look forward to new ones that come out. In this video, you used a grass mat.. is this something you made? If so, what is the mat made from, and what is the sticky mat it is on?
Hello Vicki,
Thanks so much! I actually purchased that moss mat at Walmart. It has an adhesive back and it can be cut to size. I will send the link.
www.walmart.com/ip/Instant-Green-Sticky-Moss-Mat-18-X16/974671503
so beautiful! Can you please tell me what are the names of the two houses on your mountain?
Thanks John, the one on the top right is a Thomas Kinkade piece. I’m not sure about the one on the left. I bought it used and I don’t have that piece out right now. If I come across it, I will check and let you know.
Have made
My own version of this and I just wanted to say thank you to Miriam you are amazing. I only have one question it I could ask? Having trouble locating nutmeg brown in Australia that doesn’t take 20 day’s delivery is there another brown you could recommend?
Hello Sally, thanks so much. My advice would be to go to your local craft store and look at 3 different browns that are in the same color family in different shades. One dark, one medium, and one lighter. Use those to do your paint job. 😁
Thank you Miriam. I have really enjoyed watching your video’s and your tips are really useful. Thanks for making a difference!
Hi, Mirium, I was wondering how you store your landscape displays to keep them from being damaged, and to keep track of how they link up together . Thank you Theresa
Hey Theresa, I have attached a video link for you to show how I store my village pieces. I really don’t worry about how they fit together the following year because I always design a new layout. But if I didn’t, I would just take a good video log of the completed village.
Tips for Storing Christmas Village Landscapes
th-cam.com/video/VOUZfbvqsks/w-d-xo.html
Amazing work. Do you sell these?
Thank you. Yes, I have some completed right now on Etsy. I attached my link below. I also take custom orders.
www.etsy.com/shop/MiriamsManner?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=1122109031
Miriam great tutorial. Where do you get the plaster sheets? I have used "Plaster of Paris" but not the sheets. They look like you would use them for a cast for an injury.🙂
Hello Rolie,
I buy my plaster from Michaels and Amazon. I have attached a link below for Amazon.
www.amazon.com/4-Pack-Plaster-Crafts-Projects-Inches/dp/B07PM3XL4C/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=plaster+strips&qid=1634425808&sr=8-1
Thanks!
Hi Miriam, will you tell me where you bought that hot wire tool and plaster of Paris you use to build your platform? Thank you! ❤️
Yes, my hot knife is from Hot Wire Foam Factory. You can order directly from my rep. Her name is Pat and her number is (443) 454-6554
The plaster of Paris is from Lowes.
Ciao Miriam...ti scrivo dall'Italia....prima di tutto volevo farti i complimenti... Sei davvero bravissima...vorrei provare anch'io... Spero di riuscirci...🙏🙏🙏 Una domanda... Cosa metti sopra il polistirolo?? Sono delle garze???
Grazie! 😀
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Hi Miriam. The small brown mountain looked different from your gray ones, but it was still cool! Do you happen to have a tutorial for someone that only has regular styrofoam and no hot carving tools to work with? I can't afford the carving tools this year. Should I just cut the styrofoam into the sizes I need and just cover them with the snow blanket? And what is the best way to cut regular styrofoam?
Hello Janita,
Thanks so much! Yes, I do have a video that shows how to make a platform without any carving tools. I will send you the link shortly.
th-cam.com/video/8p1Ul-cHc8w/w-d-xo.html
@@MiriamsManner Thank you!
You are welcome.
wonder if you ever done all white mountain?
I have before when I did a custom order a few years ago but I didn't have my channel then. If I get another order for one, I will do a video on it.
Where do I get the printable foot paths
Christmas Village Cobblestone Road
It's very beautiful 😍❤️ but where can I buy that plaster? I'm from the Philippines
Hello Maida,
Thank you very much. You can buy plaster strips on Amazon. I have attached a link below.
www.amazon.com/4-Pack-Plaster-Crafts-Projects-Inches/dp/B07PM3XL4C/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=plaster+strips&qid=1634425808&sr=8-1
@@MiriamsManner thank you and God bless
I found your channel about a week ago , I need to know how to order platforms? I love your work , I’m so inspired.
Hello Christina, thank you so very much. I am just beginning to sell my platforms through my Etsy page. I have put the link to my page below. On my page, click “contact seller” and let me know what you would like. We can work out the details and I can send you a quote from there.
www.etsy.com/listing/1090523270/christmas-village-platform?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=MiriamsManner&ref=sr_gallery-1-1&tr_rank=1&organic_search_click=1&frs=1&cns=1
@@MiriamsManner you are the bomb , going to check out your page now !
Thank you so much! I only have 1 village platform available at the moment, the other just sold. I will be posting more in about a week. I you favorite my shop, you will be notified when I post things.
@@MiriamsManner I’ll most likely wait til you restock more . I’m on a fixed income so I have to wait til I get paid again 😂 I already favorited your shop 💞
Great! I am working on two different styles right now. One should be posted by tomorrow and the other will take 2 more days because it will have a water feature.
Where do you store ALL these styrofoam sculptures??
Most of the time I sell them after the season or in my storage closet.
Como se llama la tela que pones, muchad gracias desde Guatemala me gustan tus videos doy fanática de las villas
Muchas gracias Ana,
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Parece que son vendas de yeso las que ocupan los médicos cuando te fracturas algún hueso y te enyesan.
De seguro la encontras en farmacias..
Hi Miriam. I love this design. I wish you had a book. I am going to try several of your designs 😱 and hopefully it will go well. I have heard you mention an email address. Would it be possible to get that from you ? Also, when is your next “live” class? Of course, if you do have a book, magazine, or anything like that please tell me where i can buy it. I love your designs..which is why as a first timer, newbie I am starting a 5 segment extensive project. 🙄 so we will see how it goes. LOL
Hello Again! 😃. I don’t have a book but you can ask me any questions you like. I would be glad to help as much as I can. If I don’t know the answer, I usually can provide a good resource for you.
My email address is miriamsmanner@gmail.com
I am thinking of doing the next live stream Sunday 11/21 at 9:00am MST.
@@MiriamsManner I am so appreciative of you willingness to help me. I’m very excited about how these changes will make my village look. I’m cleaning out the area and arranging the tables this weekend. I have plastic 6 x 2.5 tables and no wood at this time. In an effort to save at least $100 I’m thinking about making my lowest layer by gluing the styrofoam to cardboard boxes…. So I can “bury” the electric. So, thank you again SO much. Where do I find and join your “live” class. I will be looking for you 11/21 around noon EST. Nettie
You are very welcome! 😀
That box sounds like a great idea. Subscribe to my channel and make sure to click the bell icon. Once you do that, as soon as I post the link for the upcoming live stream, it will notify you.
@@MiriamsManner Cool. I am subscribed….. I have to check on the bell thing.
Yes! 😃
Beautiful but… snow all over the houses and around the house but no snow anywhere else and green grass? Attention to detail.
Hello Sally, I did. It make this piece for myself. This was a custom piece made to order the the client was putting in their own snow. The buildings were simply put there to stage what it could look like.
Where can I buy that styrofoam
I buy insulation foam from Lowe’s and peel the protective layers off of them. The link is below.
www.lowes.com/pd/Insulfoam-Common-2-in-x-4-ft-x-8-ft-Actual-2-in-x-4-ft-x-8-ft-1-R-7-7-Faced-Polystyrene-Garage-Door-Foam-Board-Insulation/3014190
Thanks I told my husband we are going there today!!
😂🤣. That’s awesome!
Why the plaster??
I use plaster in this case to shape the rock how I like. You don’t have to use plaster. You can also cut straight into the styrofoam. It just depends on what look you are going for. I do have other tutorials that show other methods. 😁