A Cigar Box Christmas Diorama
I create Christmas dioramas every year to sell at the Shaker Holiday Craft Show. Throughout the year I keep my eye out for good “junk” that I can turn into attractive scenes. I use other crafty Christmas supplies, too, like garland, bottle brush trees, and deer.
An old wooden cigar box made the perfect “container” for the one I’m going to show you today.
The photo ‘s a bit blurry, but you get the idea–old and crusty. After I cleaned it up, it sat on my work bench for quite a while. One day I set some trees inside, another day, a deer, and so on I went, until I came up with a scene that I liked.
Before adhering the vintage Santa, deer, and bottle brush trees, I gave the interior one coat of antique white craft paint, to make it look wintery. Then I hot glued a strand of red garland (Target) all the way around the edge.
I also added a knob to the top, which seemed to add a lot of character to the piece and made it easy to pick up and set down. I drilled a hole, inserted the knob shank into the hole, and bolted it in place.
On the back “wall” I added a mini wreath made with the tinsel and decorated it with a tiny bottle brush tree.
Here you see it sitting in my booth at the craft fair. It sold fairly early on for $25.00. Stay tuned, because I have a couple more dioramas to post about.
Check out other Christmas dioramas HERE.
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So cute! I always love making projects like this! Your diorama is so fun!
Super cute! For anyone looking for an old-timey Christmas vignette similar to ones they grew up with, you certainly filled the bill.
Adorable! I love everything small! And once again, I’m so envious of your photoshop/graphic design skills! Tutorial material? Or maybe just let us know where/how you learned? I’m green…
Cute cute!! I’m making some little dioramas out of vintage Christmas ornament boxes right now :o)
Tania
That is adorable & looks like an easy project!
Love how clever you are. Merry Christmas to a special lady who taught me so many things. Smiles
That is so cute. And it is very creative.
Love a quick and easy project that make an impact like yours. It is so charming.
Very cute….love the simplicity—and old boxes and ‘junque’ lol, always become ‘good things!’ Love this and looking forward to more, Sandi
How cute! And how easy! I love miniatures, so this is really a neat project!
This is adorable! Pinned! xoKathleen
SO cute, Diana! Love it. Gave it a feature this morning for Let’s Talk Vintage!