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November 30, 2021

Rainbow Holiday Village with Paper (Free Templates!)

Rainbow Holiday Village with Paper + Free Templates for Cricut or Silhouette! // Decorate for Christmas with these paper houses made with vibrant Astrobrights cardstock! Turn the holiday village into a rainbow surrounded by fake snow, bottlebrush trees, and LED lights for a festive holiday display! #christmas #christmasdecor #diychristmas #holidayseason #holidaydecor #rainbow #papercrafts #freetemplate #freeprintable

*This post was originally published on December 5, 2019*

The following post is sponsored by ASTROBRIGHTS® Paper

We’re deep into the holiday season, and in case you need more inspiration to deck the halls, this vibrant rainbow holiday village is the perfect table centerpiece or shelf decor! Thanks to the bright array of ASTROBRIGHTS Papers colors, you can create a vibrant rainbow of houses to make this paper holiday village. With THREE styles of houses in my free holiday village template, you can make different colors and sizes of houses to customize your village for the season. Add some fake snow, mini bottle brush trees or even LED tea lights inside each house to make your display extra magical.

Rainbow Holiday Village with Paper + Free Templates for Cricut or Silhouette! // Decorate for Christmas with these paper houses made with vibrant Astrobrights cardstock! Turn the holiday village into a rainbow surrounded by fake snow, bottlebrush trees, and LED lights for a festive holiday display! #christmas #christmasdecor #diychristmas #holidayseason #holidaydecor #rainbow #papercrafts #freetemplate #freeprintable
Rainbow Holiday Village with Paper + Free Templates for Cricut or Silhouette! // Decorate for Christmas with these paper houses made with vibrant Astrobrights cardstock! Turn the holiday village into a rainbow surrounded by fake snow, bottlebrush trees, and LED lights for a festive holiday display! #christmas #christmasdecor #diychristmas #holidayseason #holidaydecor #rainbow #papercrafts #freetemplate #freeprintable

You can make your own rainbow holiday village very easily with a cutting machine OR with a little more elbow grease using a craft knife. Don’t worry if you don’t have any special tools! The vibrant colors will be the real stars of the show.

Using the ASTROBRIGHTS Papers cardstock Spectrum pack, I selected these colors for my rainbow holiday village:

  • Solar Yellow™
  • Galaxy Gold™
  • Orbit Orange™
  • Rocket Red™
  • Plasma Pink™
  • Fireball Fushsia ™
  • Planetary Purple™
  • Venus Violet™
  • Celestial Blue®
  • Terrestrial Teal™
  • Gamma Green™
  • Terra Green™

Watch the video below to see the how-to in action! 👇🏼

Supplies:

  • ASTROBRIGHTS Papers Cardstock, Spectrum pack
  • Free holiday village templates (SVG / PDF)
  • Craft knife OR cutting machine with grip mats
  • Scissors
  • Scoring board
  • Glue stick
Rainbow Holiday Village with Paper + Free Templates for Cricut or Silhouette! // Decorate for Christmas with these paper houses made with vibrant Astrobrights cardstock! Turn the holiday village into a rainbow surrounded by fake snow, bottlebrush trees, and LED lights for a festive holiday display! #christmas #christmasdecor #diychristmas #holidayseason #holidaydecor #rainbow #papercrafts #freetemplate #freeprintable

How to Make a Rainbow Paper Village without a Machine

Step 1: Print out the PDF version of the holiday village template. There are three variations. Use scissors and/or a craft knife to cut out the template, including the small windows.

Step 2: Use the template to cut out the same shapes from each piece of ASTROBRIGHTS Papers cardstock. You can cut two houses and roofs one from piece of paper. Repeat in each on your desired colors with the various house styles to begin creating your rainbow holiday village.

Step 3: To make the folds more easily, use a scoring board and tool to draw fold lines at each section of the houses. You will fold along each flap and roof lines to make the 3D houses. Then fold down the center of the square roof pieces.

Step 4: Lastly, use a glue stick to apply glue on the “flaps” of the houses. Glue together the house base and roof to the flaps. Set aside to dry and repeat.

Rainbow Holiday Village with Paper + Free Templates for Cricut or Silhouette! // Decorate for Christmas with these paper houses made with vibrant Astrobrights cardstock! Turn the holiday village into a rainbow surrounded by fake snow, bottlebrush trees, and LED lights for a festive holiday display! #christmas #christmasdecor #diychristmas #holidayseason #holidaydecor #rainbow #papercrafts #freetemplate #freeprintable

How to Make a Paper Village with a Cutting Machine

Step 1: Upload the above SVG file for the rainbow holiday village to a cutting machine design software. Assign each a color if desired to cut on separate mats. Select each house shape, and choose “Attach.”

Step 2: Load your ASTROBRIGHTS Papers cardstock on a grip mat into your cutting machine. Choose the cardstock option. Press “Cut.”

Optional: In the design software, you can add scoring lines if desired.

Step 3: Unload the mat and remove the house shape and roof. Use a scoring board and tool to draw fold lines at each section of the houses. You will fold along each flap and roof lines to make the 3D houses. Then fold down the center of the square roof pieces.

Step 4: Lastly, use a glue stick to apply glue on the “flaps” of the houses. Glue together the house base and roof to the flaps. Set aside to dry and repeat.

Rainbow Holiday Village with Paper + Free Templates for Cricut or Silhouette! // Decorate for Christmas with these paper houses made with vibrant Astrobrights cardstock! Turn the holiday village into a rainbow surrounded by fake snow, bottlebrush trees, and LED lights for a festive holiday display! #christmas #christmasdecor #diychristmas #holidayseason #holidaydecor #rainbow #papercrafts #freetemplate #freeprintable
Rainbow Holiday Village with Paper + Free Templates for Cricut or Silhouette! // Decorate for Christmas with these paper houses made with vibrant Astrobrights cardstock! Turn the holiday village into a rainbow surrounded by fake snow, bottlebrush trees, and LED lights for a festive holiday display! #christmas #christmasdecor #diychristmas #holidayseason #holidaydecor #rainbow #papercrafts #freetemplate #freeprintable

Arrange your rainbow holiday village on a table, shelf or even your mantel! I loved seeing how the colors pop on this all-white table with a little fake snow. How else would you decorate for the season with ASTROBRIGHTS Papers?

PS, did you see the greenery garland I created using ASTROBRIGHTS Gamma Green cardstock!? Add red pom poms to make it look festive for the holidays!

Thank you to ASTROBRIGHTS for generously sponsoring this post. All opinions are my own. Thanks for supporting the brands that keep Club Crafted making!

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2 Comments
  • Lee
    June 18, 2021

    What cutting machine do you use? Thanks!

    Reply
    • Holly Wade
      Lee
      June 23, 2021

      Hi Lee! I use a Cricut Explore Air 2, but these templates should work with most machines.

      Reply

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