Styrofoam christmas village

A detailed tutorial on how to make a custom foam base for your village display, sculpted with Hot Wire Foam Factory tools.

Today I made the styrofoam base for the Candyland village! Why does it have to be 90 degrees here? I started out with three 4x8 sheets of polystyrene insulation from Lowes. I used a utility knife to cut out a bunch of odd shapes, then I stacked the shapes together with wooden BBQ skewers. Next, I used a cool tool from Hot Wire Foam Factory called a sculpting tool to cut through the styrofoam. When you turn it on, the wire heats up and lets you slice right though styrofoam. I love it. You can…

To create a holiday village, you can use styrofoam blocks to make houses, then arrange them on a snowy base made from cardboard. Optionally, you can then paint your own Christmas village.

Christmas Village- North Pole. I carved the mountains with a hotwire foam factory tool out of styrofoam. I mounted extra village lights between the sheets to add dimension and a light effect. 2015 North Pole.

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