GemVillage Christmas Diamond Art Set

Advent calendars get opened in ten seconds and jigsaws go back in the box. What is harder to find is a December project that takes several evenings and ends with something you actually put on the table.

The GemVillage Christmas Diamond Art Set is that project. You press tiny coloured gems onto a numbered acrylic panel with the supplied pen, building up a lit Christmas village — houses, a church, a ferris wheel, a carousel — piece by piece.

Finished, it stands on a clear base and lights up from within. Eighteen designs in the range, from a single house to a whole village with a fairground.

Good to Know

💎 Technique: 2D gem art — press gems onto a numbered panel
🧰 Included: panels, gems, tray, applicator pen, stand
💡 Lit: the finished piece illuminates
🎨 Designs: 18 to choose from
🧒 Age: 14 years and over

Why You'll Love It

🏘 It Finishes As A Centrepiece
Not a picture to frame — a standing, lit village for a hall table or a windowsill. That is why people do these in the first place.

💡 Light Through The Gems
Lit from behind, the coloured gems glow like stained glass. It is a completely different object in a dark room.

🧘 Hours Of Quiet
Repetitive, slow and oddly addictive. The evenings disappear, which for a lot of people is exactly what they want in December.

🔢 You Cannot Get It Wrong
The panel is numbered and the gems are sorted by colour. It takes patience, not skill, so the result always looks like the picture.

🎠 Eighteen Designs
A single cottage for a first go, or a full village with a ferris wheel and a carousel for someone who wants a fortnight of evenings.

👨‍👩‍👧 Two People Can Work On It
One sorts, one places. It is a sociable project in a way most crafts are not.

📦 Nothing Else To Buy
Tray, wax, applicator pen and stand all come in the box. There is no shopping list.

🔁 It Comes Out Every Year
Once built it stays built. It goes in a box in January with the rest of the decorations.

🎁 Give It Built Or Give It Boxed
As a kit for someone who likes making things, or finished as a present with real hours in it.

🏡 Build The Village Over Years
Several designs line up into a street. People start with one and add another the following December.

Before You Start

Work on a flat, well-lit table and tip out one colour at a time. The gems are small and a dropped tray costs twenty minutes.

Rated 14 and over because of the size of the pieces. Younger children can help with the sorting with someone sitting beside them.

A village built one gem at a time 🏘