Christmas Village Train Station

Step 1

Use your cutting machine or X-ACTO knife, along with my template, to cut out all of your Christmas Village train station pieces.Note: If you are using the SVG files that includes the score lines, don’t forget to set them as such in Cricut Design Space and attach them to their shapes before sending them through your cutting machine. I used a lime green color to mark the score lines, so hopefully that helps! If you’re having trouble with the score lines, check out this video.

Step 2

Start by layering the decorative pieces of the building together. Glue the vellum and Dura-Lar film window pieces to the inside and the rest of the decorative pieces to the outside, like so.Take your two main building pieces and fold along the score lines. Connect them together where the left side and front walls meet.

Step 3

Gather your balcony floor section and your railing piece. Fold the railing along the score lines. Attach the bottom tabs of the railing to the underside of the balcony floor. Then, slip the two tabs of the balcony floor into the slits in the center/front of the building and glue them down.Take the front, bottom part of the building and fold along the score lines. Starting on one side and working your way across, attach one of the tunnels to the tabs on the front of the building. Then, attach the hexagonal window section by gluing the tabs to the underside of the balcony. Finish by attaching the last tunnel wall.

Step 4

Fold the roof piece along the score lines. Use the tabs to attach the roof to the top of the building.Next, attach the back wall.

Step 5

To assemble the base, start by attaching the back strip to the main base piece and gluing the tabs to the side walls. Then, attach the little tabs on the opposite ends of the side walls along the curved edges on the base.Take the rectangular piece with a slit in it and attach it to the tabs on the two side walls.

Step 6

Gather your four, large Christmas tree pieces and your lollipop stick. Use hot glue to attach the lollipop stick to one of the tree pieces. Then, attach another tree piece to the other side—sandwiching the lollipop in between.Fold the remaining two tree pieces in half, lengthwise. Add some glue to the outside of the folded edge of your tree piece and attach it to the center of one of the trees already attached to the lollipop stick. Repeat on the opposite side.Take one of your white, circular pieces and attach the train tracks. Push the bottom of the lollipop stick through the hole in the center and glue the base of the tree down.

Step 7

Push the lollipop stick through the hole in the top of the base. Trim your lollipop stick down to size, and attach it to the other circular piece, underneath the base (using a generous amount of hot glue).Note: I didn’t initially include a hole in the second circular piece, but I went back and added one later on. I think that being able to slip the lollipop stick through one more piece of paper will help add a little bit more stability, and give your the added benefit of being able to use hot glue on both sides of the circular piece to keep it in place. Just make sure that the lollipop stick doesn’t poke through very much.Insert the little tabs on the bottom of the building into the slits in the base. Glue them down. You can also attach the half-circle snow piece to the top of the base at this time.Finish up the base by taking the last large, grey piece and folding along the score lines. Attach it inside of the base to act as a shelf (to balance the wheel). Only glue the sides, not the top (so that the wheel can turn freely).

Step 8

Take your four, black train pieces and fold along the score lines. They are slightly different sizes, but each one will fold into a box shape when you attach the tabs to the inside walls.The largest box will be the train engine, the two medium-sized boxes will be the passenger cars, and the small box with an open top will be a cargo car.Attach the decorative pieces to the front and back sides of the train cars, like so. Then, cut three small pieces of chain, or string, and hot glue them to the cars in order to connect them all together.Use the bottom tabs of the train car boxes to attach the whole train to the tracks.

Step 9

Layer together your 6 wreaths, 2 potted bushes, and 7 trees. For the trees, use the same folding technique used on the large tree inside of the building. 5 of the trees will only be “half-trees,” consisting of two tree pieces each, and are intended to go on the outside of the building. The other 2 trees consist of three tree pieces each and are intended to go on the inside of the cargo car of the train.Add your decorative snow pieces along the sides of the base and on the roof, and the rest of your decorative foliage all around your building. Your festive train station is complete!