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 the scolding I expected for “getting into things”, when my stern German grandfather found me playing with them, he kindly offered to help repair them!

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

Those little houses disappeared long ago, and my grandparents have passed, but the special memories of that 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