Budget Display Village Layout Tips

By David King


Christmas display village makes the season magical and memorable. For kids around the home, this is an awe inspiring exhibition. For the entire family, you have a center for all activities during the season. The challenge is usually the cost of creating the presentation. This is why experts have developed budget Christmas display village layout tips to save you money without reducing the flare of the season.

The base does not need to be elaborate. All that is required is a white bottom on which to place your items. The traditional practice is a Styrofoam mold that gives a snowy appearance. However, this is expensive. You will be surprised at the saving you make by improvising. Use an ordinary white canvas or your table cloth. This gives you a chance to place other items and still produced the magical Christmas effect.

Create some levels for your exhibition. Villages are not always built on flat ground. These levels or a feeling of a mountainous area will make a huge difference when it is time to decorate. It also gives you a chance to add more features that enhance the beauty of the area. Put boxes and other items in the house below the canvas, as long as you will not need them until the season is over.

A Christmas train can be expensive. Replace it by improvising using other trains already available in the market. All you need for your presentation is a moving train that is spewing smoke. Other than go for the specific Christmas one, buy other types of trains that will still serve the purpose. You can get them from the market at a throw away price.

Illuminate the entire presentation with white LED string. There is the temptation to buy the cords with a thousand colors. This will only be expensive yet you can achieve the multiple color effect using other tricks like coloring the houses, trees and other items that are displayed. Shadows are also a way of achieving the colorful effect.

There is magic when you add a water feature. Buying a real water fall will only push your budget up. Use ordinary pipes that are cut into half and laid with a white paper. Enhance their watery appearance using light. A single water feature is enough instead of create a complex set of streams that make the display crowded. Jesus was not born in a swamp.

Embrace recycling and being innovative in your decoration. There are items you decorated with last year that could still be useful. This is one of the ways of cutting down on cost while gradually improving on the quality of your display. Other than buy new items every year, you will add on to what you have already acquired. You need to be good at preservation.

A minimalist display will be elegant and more meaningful than a crowded one. Do not seek to implement all your ideas in a single year. It will create a slum effect that does not enhance the quality of your presentation. Too many objects also present a lighting nightmare. Be creative and innovative to make the place unique every year by giving it a personalized touch.




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