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1. The image shows you the pieces you will need for each house. You will need: 1 house, 1 roof, 2 gables, 4 window panes and 4 vellum window liners each measuring 4 x 5 cm (if the house gets printed out at the recommended size). If your house is a different size, simply cut the 4 vellum pieces the same size as the window pane template.
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2. Fold the roof in half and use the bone folder to make a good crease in it.
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3. Crease the flaps on each of the gable pieces and fold up.
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4. So that they look like this.
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5. Measure 1 centimeter on each underside of the long sides of the roof. This will help indicate where the gable flaps get glued on.
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6. Place stick glue on the flaps. The triangle gable is then placed on the line and the flaps will be glued towards the inside of the roof. The top point is exactly at the top point of the roof, 1 centimeter from the outer edge.
From the outside, the roof looks like this image.
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7. Cut out the windows of the house and then place glue all around each window on the backside (inside) of the house.
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8. Adhere a piece of vellum to the glue and press to secure.
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9. Then glue the window panes to the front side (outside of the house).
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10. Use the bone folder or a stylus and then crease a line across the bottom of the house where the flaps are. This line is approximately 1.5 centimeters from the bottom edge. It is indicated by the dotted line of the template..
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11. Between each wall, a line also will be creased down the house. These lines are also indicated on the template.
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12. Here the last line is being creased on the side flap. It is the outer wall that will close off the house once glued.
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13. Fold up all the creased lines.
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14. Place a line of glue on each of the two bottom floor sides.
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15. Then fold the two sides of the house over and press the flaps onto the glue. Make sure the walls are lined up even with the floor. Use paper clips or clothes pins to hold the walls in place until the glue has dried.
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16. Once the glue has dried, apply glue on the open side wall (the side that does not have the flap)...
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17. ...and on the floor where the arrows are pointing.
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18. Then fold the house closed and use a clothes pin to hold in place until the glue has dried.
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19. Now you can place the roof onto the house.
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20. The house is now finished.
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21. For the Advent calendar, stickers with the numbers 1-24 were used.
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22. Punched out stars were used to give them more stability. Each sticker was then adhered to a star.
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23. Each star was then adhered to a house using a 3-D pad to make it stand out some.
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