Whimsical 3D Houses — Set of 2 Patterns

Whimsical 3D Houses Pattern Set: Two Storybook Cottages in One Download

This whimsical 3D houses pattern set gives you both cottage patterns in one purchase: the Forest House with its mushroom roof and shingled dormer, and the Hobbit House with its round door, heart window and tall chimney. Together they come to 117 pieces of glass, both drawings print at full size, and both are built as lit three-dimensional boxes. Files arrive the moment you pay – the set costs $28.51 and nothing ships.

What Is Inside the Whimsical 3D Houses Pattern Set

Four downloads come with the order, two for each house:

• Forest House – the full-size printable PDF and a cloud folder with every build file we have, PNG included;
• Hobbit House – the full-size printable PDF with all assembly pieces and its own cloud folder;
• SVG versions of both patterns, adapted for a 12 inch (300 mm) cutting width, for a plotter, laser or a digital rework.

These are the drawings our own pieces were built from, not a redraw. Bought one by one the two patterns cost more; the pair in this set is 17% cheaper.

Sizes and Glass Count

The two differ in shape on purpose: the Forest House is tall and vertical, the Hobbit House is long and low, and side by side they read as one little village instead of two copies of the same thing. Both are copper foil builds with a flat base, so the finished houses sit on a shelf, a windowsill or a table.

Printing Both Patterns at the Right Size

Print each PDF at 100% on US Letter or A4 and switch “fit to page” off – a scaled print means the walls will not meet at the corners. Check one known dimension on the sheet before you cut. If you want the pair larger or smaller, run the page through our free tool first.

Free stained glass pattern resizer

Building the Two Houses

Both projects are three-dimensional, so both need assembly, and both come with help. The Forest House has a full step-by-step tutorial on the site; the Hobbit House has its build photographed step by step on our Facebook page under the hashtag #HobbitHouse211111, and the Forest House build under #ForestHouse211110. Neither needs a kiln or a saw: glass cutter, copper foil, solder, a soldering iron and patina.

Forest House assembly tutorial

Start with the Forest House if this is your first box – its tutorial walks through the walls, the roof and the chimney in order. The Hobbit House is the more intricate of the two: the pieces are workable, but the round turret and the chimney want patience. A warm LED candle inside is enough for both, and it is the safe choice over a real flame.

Who This Whimsical 3D Houses Pattern Set Is For

The set suits makers who already cut and foil flat pieces and now want something that stands up: fantasy and storybook decor, a display for a studio or a shop window, a gift for someone who builds glass. At a craft fair the pair sells as a small scene, and two makers can work on the houses side by side – one takes the long low house, the other the tall one.

Glass, Light and Finish

Opalescent glass in the walls keeps the structure readable in daylight, because it scatters light instead of showing the room behind it. Cathedral glass in the windows, the door and the heart does the opposite: the colour comes through and the house glows once a light is placed inside. Warm white bulbs flatter mixed greens, ambers and oranges; cool white turns them grey. In the evening the seams throw shadows on the walls around the house, which is where most of the charm of a lit box comes from.

License and Delivery

Personal and commercial use are included in both patterns of this whimsical 3D houses pattern set: build the houses, sell the finished pieces at fairs, in a shop or online, and publish photos of your work. The pattern files themselves stay with you – no reselling, no sharing, no uploading them to another shop. Download links appear on the order confirmation page and in your account right after payment, and the same links are emailed to you, so there is nothing to wait for in the post.

Or Build One House at a Time

Each pattern is also sold on its own if you only want half of the pair:

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More houses in the same style: whimsical forest house stained glass patterns. Finished builds and new designs go up on our Facebook page.

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