My fascination with Putz Houses Started…

with a dusty old box of tiny houses I found “exploring” my grandparents’ attic one rainy afternoon. They were faded, with only a few surviving spots of glitter, but they were magical to me!

Instead of scolding me for “getting into things”,when he discovered me playing with them, my stern German grandfather offered to help me repair them!

While we patched, painted & re-glittered those little houses around the kitchen table, my serious professorish grandfather became a totally different person. He smiled and laughed as he and my grandmother told stories of Christmases past when they were young & those putz houses had been magical to them too.

Those little houses disappeared long ago, and my grandparents have passed, but memories of that wonderful time together inspired me to recreate Christmas Village houses for my daughters & share their magic with you!

I hope you’ll enjoy crafting these putz house and Christmas Village kits & make wonderful holiday memories with your family and friends! —Carol