On your 1”x6” piece of lumber, use a ruler to mark your house. Start with a 5”x 3.5” inch wide rectangle.

On the short side make a mark halfway (1.75” inches from the edge). This will tell you where to put the peak of your roof. An inch below this mark, make another. You will use this to mark each side of your house before cutting.

On each of the long edges, make a mark that is parallel to your second pencil mark and connect the dots to the peak roof mark from the sides up.

Use a small hack saw to carefully cut your piece of wood into a house.

Use a black permanent marker to color all of the edges of the wood house. This will make the edges darker when you sand the paint down in a future step.

Paint the entire wooden house with white acrylic paint. Make sure you completely cover the black edging.

Let the paint dry completely between coats and after your final desired coat.

Once the paint has dried, sand the edges of the house. You should see the black paint start to peek through. Don’t over sand! You want to see the black lines just a bit. Too much sanding will rub it all away.

To make the tiny wreath, use a white pipe cleaner.

Fold it in half and twist it around itself until you have a 1- 1 ½” circle.

Wrap a piece of jute twine around it and trim off any excess. You can use a hot glue gun to secure the edges.

Using your hot glue gun, place your wreath where a door might be on your mini house.

For an extra touch, add a small twine bow at the bottom of your wreath with a small amount of hot glue.