Rocky Hills for Your Village Platforms (Part 1: Carving)

[@TaylorTime]

This is just what I’ve been looking for!

[@VillageVignettes]

That's awesome to hear!

[@brynmarbb]

Thank you! My village has improved so much because of this!

[@50tmack]

YYEESSSSS!!!!! Thank you for showing details on how to build/ customize/ modify village terrain & pieces! I love this- I pray you keep making these videos!!! Thank you

[@hannah0331]

Thank you so much for making this video! It's really helpful! I'm working on my first Halloween display and this has helped tremendously. Hope you'll continue to make more! Thanks again!

[@VillageVignettes]

hloeffler0331 I’m so glad to hear that! I have a whole list of ideas so the only thing holding me back now is time. Thanks for watching!

[@tracyh6012]

Very helpful!!! Thank u

[@VillageVignettes]

Glad I could help!

[@bethhc]

This is amazing !!! So glad I found your channel!😀

[@Casey_R1021]

Wow awesome! Thanks

[@PossumLady8262]

Extremely helpful tutorial!

[@VillageVignettes]

I'm glad you found it helpful!!

[@PossumLady8262]

@@VillageVignettes I did! I'd like to see how you create steps next .

[@BrailleScale]

Very nice! Funny you mentioned to watch out for the sharp knife because in my mind I was thinking ...man if I ever get a hot wire foam cutter I'll probably burn a finger now and again 😬😂 cool technique for getting those stylized "cartoon" clifs.

[@monsterkid7517]

Very helpful! Thank you! Would you also be able to do a tutorial on how to do stairs? I really want to start trying to do this kind of stuff for my Halloween Village! Thank you again!

[@VillageVignettes]

Scooby 75 Stairs tutorial is coming soon!

[@emilytee8867]

Such a great tutorial! Thank you so much! I’m attempting to make my first Halloween display platform this year, and this technique has been so helpful!! I admire all of your work and hope to order something from you one day! Keep up the great work!

[@davidtirado6624]

Thanks for the video and techniques, where did you purchase the xps foam?, loving its thickness for crafting.

[@melodybabayy]

This is good video to watch. I have one question, can you also use Polyethylene packaging foam for this?besides the XPS and Pink foam?

[@bstoneification]

Do you have a tutorial for stairs??

[@natashapoteet2966]

How many inches tall of foam board did you use?

[@crstlprsn]

These videos have been great! Thanks so much! I would love if you'd do more. I also am thinking about starting to make my own platforms but I'm not having luck finding the foam. When I looked on like home depot it looks like they're only about an inch tall. Is that how tall your's is? Looks taller? Are you able to provide a link of where I can purchase?

[@VillageVignettes]

As far as I understand you can really only find the 2” thick foam in areas with cold weather. It’s original purpose is for home insulation so they don’t sell the thick stuff in warmer climates. Not sure where you live but that might be why you can’t find it.

[@crstlprsn]

@@VillageVignettes Thank you!

[@tactical505]

what type of xps foam, like R10, R 18 or what.the reason I ask is that I notice that some R rating does not cut well as others

[@VillageVignettes]

Hmm I've never thought to pay attention to that before, but the kind I use is R-10. Not sure how that compares to other ratings.

[@teresawilliams4903]

Did I understand correctly; the pink foam board is called insulation foam? If so, can it be bought at Home Depot?

[@VillageVignettes]

Teresa Williams Yes that’s exactly right! It comes in pink at Home Depot and green at Lowe’s. All the same thing.

[@Ricochet909]

I feel terrible! I just finished creating a 9’ x 9’, 6 tier Halloween display for my wife using the white ball styrofoam panels. Instead of using a hot wire to create the edging (I didn’t know about the wire tool), I used my hand grinder to achieve a similar effect. Much more messy but after days of creating this massive display, I wish I had seen this first and chose the pink foam instead. Maybe I’ll rebuild the entire display better for next year. BTW, what do you use to glue tiers together? I used Great Stuff foam gap spray to “weld” the panels together. Oh well...

[@jeffreycottingham7076]

spray foam insulation works awesome just put weights on it cause if you dont it will espand

[@lorenzoortiz9504]

I messed up and bought 1 inch foam. Dang it