The first thing to do is paint your houses and your wood plank. My plank came with a piece of rope attached to hang it. I removed the rope and then painted the plank we used white paint.

When painting the houses, remember Christmas villages typically have defined doors and windows.

We went with bright colors because... well, we are Made with HAPPY and we love color.

One characteristics of a Christmas Village Display is the fake snow.

There are a few different options for this. If you are like us, and going to use this as an actual birdhouse, I recommend doing as we did and have the kids pain on a thin layer of white along the roof edges. If you are going to use it traditionally as a Christmas village display in your house, then you could add a layer of chunky white glitter or fake snow.

Next, for those that are creating the full DIY Birdhouse Christmas Village for the birds, you have to make sure it can hang. Cut two pieces of your rope or twine, each two and a half feet long.

Staple each piece of rope to the bottom of the piece of wood on the short edges of the wood. Add a few staples across rope to hold the rope down and then one the length of the rope to secure it from slipping.

Once you have the ropes secured, its time to glue the Christmas village to your piece of wood. You can use a wood glue or industrial strength glue like I did to place the birdhouses onto the platform.

Once they are dry, then it is time to fill it with birdseed and hang your DIY Birdhouse Christmas Village.