- Shop Windows On Main Street
- Street Scenes And Journeys Home
- Gatherings And Small Comforts
- Background Papers
- Lined Writing Pages
- Frequently Asked Questions
This christmas village junk journal kit builds a whole snowy town on paper: a bakery with gingerbread in the window, a chapel on the hill, a post office counter stacked with parcels and neighbors walking home under lamplight. Nineteen scene pages carry the story from shop to shop, four seamless backgrounds give you rooftops, lamp posts and awning stripes to build with, and four lined pages leave room to write what the season feels like this year.
Print the set on matte cardstock heavy enough to take glue without curling, choose your printer’s best photo setting so the pale pastels stay clean, and trim close to the edge of each sheet before you bind or glue it in. That’s the only printing note you need for the whole kit.
Using these images: free for personal projects such as printing, coloring, cards, journals and gifts. Handmade items that include them may be sold up to 30 pieces per design. More than that is commercial use and is not permitted, and neither is selling or sharing the images themselves or passing them off as your own. Please ask before any other use.
Shop Windows On Main Street
Snow falls past a bakery window lined with gingerbread houses and a frosted wreath hanging from the sash, the sort of page that asks for a taped-in bakery receipt or a handwritten cookie recipe tucked beside the glass.
Leave a little margin at the bottom edge if you want to glue in a small envelope: a recipe card or a list of what you baked this year fits neatly behind the window light.
Pair this page with the lamp post and snowflake background from this set, using a strip of it as a border strip glued along one edge so the lanterns in the square echo the pattern behind them.
A white chapel sits on a snowy hill with a wreath on its door and a stand of pine trees leaning against the wind, quiet enough to hold a single line about the year just gone.
Beginners can leave the sky plain pale blue; if you want more, add a soft wash of rose at the horizon the way the bell tower page further on does, so the two pages read as morning and evening of the same village.
One common mistake here is crowding every window with the same candle; stagger a few windows dark and a few lit instead, so the garlands over the doors catch the eye first and the row still reads as one street.
A rocking horse, a set of drums and a tiny train circle the floor of a toy shop window dressed for the season, with a pine garland framing the glass.
This one suits a gift journal made for a grandchild or young niece: leave the facing page blank for her to glue in a photo of the toy she loved most that year, or a wish list in her own hand.
Street Scenes And Journeys Home
Skaters cross a frozen stream under a village bridge lined with lamp posts, built for a short prompt: ask what sound you remember most from a winter afternoon outdoors, and leave two ruled lines below the scene for the answer.
Poinsettias and bunches of holly crowd a flower stall under a striped awning, snow settling on the canvas edge as a shopper pauses to choose.
Tear the right edge of this page roughly before gluing it in, then tuck a pressed sprig of real holly or a dried flower behind the torn flap for a small bit of texture the reader can touch.
Place this page beside the bridge scene in a spread, letting the sleigh’s path lead the eye toward the skaters on the facing page so the two pages feel like one journey through the village.
Wrapped parcels, loose string and a brass scale sit on a post office counter dressed for the rush before the holiday.
Five minutes is enough: trace the page, add a quick wash to the parcels and the scale, and leave the counter wood a flat tan if you are short on time, since the clutter of string and stamps carries the scene on its own.
A willow leans over a frozen pond where children skate past a wooden bench, best paired with the snowy rooftop background as a pocket page, since a strip of that paper folded into a pocket behind the willow holds a few loose winter photos neatly.
Fresh snow covers a cobbled lane where a street lamp and a red mailbox stand side by side, the kind of quiet corner easy to overlook in a busier spread.
If the page feels too empty once glued in, add footprints in soft grey along the cobbles with a fine pen; it pulls the eye down the lane without crowding the scene.
Gatherings And Small Comforts
Scones, a teapot and a window streaked with snowfall set a tea room table for one or two, well suited to gluing in a napkin scrap or a torn ticket stub from an actual tea room visit this season.
A small group of carolers gathers by a lamp post, scarves wound tight and mittened hands holding a lantern against the cold.
Ask in the margin: which carol gets sung loudest at your table this year? Leave two lines below the question for a quick answer, since this page suits a short prompt better than a long entry.
Ribboned bonnets, stacked hat boxes and a pine garland fill a hat shop window, a good fit for a journal made as a gift for someone who loves a bit of old fashioned fuss over clothes and trimmings.
Greenery winds around an old village well, finished with a wide bow, while snowy rooftops rise behind it in the distance.
Beginners can keep the rooftops as simple pale shapes with soft grey shadow; more confident painters can pick out a few lit windows among them, the way the cottage row page does earlier in this set.
A gray pony pulls a cart loaded with Christmas trees through the snow, one of the busier pages in the set, so keep any writing you add short: a date, a place name, nothing more.
A holly wreath hangs on the church bell tower while doves circle against a pale pink sky, the quietest page in the whole kit.
That calm makes it a natural closing page for a season: glue it near the back of the journal and use the space below for a line about what you hope for in the year ahead.
Tapers, bundled beeswax candles and a sprig of mistletoe line a narrow shop shelf, small enough in detail to finish in a single sitting without losing the warmth of the scene.
Hanging wreaths, loose ribbons and a basket of pinecones crowd a wreath maker’s porch, the last scene page in the village before the patterns and lined pages begin.
For more Christmas junk journal ideas to round out a full handmade journal, this porch page pairs well as a cover insert, with a wreath traced from it repeated small on the front of the journal itself.
Background Papers
Rows of small snowy rooftops and chimneys repeat edge to edge in this background, built for lining the inside of a journal cover, backing a pocket page, or sitting behind a photo of your own village street this winter.
Tiny lamp posts and falling snowflakes scatter across this paper in an all-over pattern, good under a framed photo, as a pocket lining behind the post office page, or cut into strips as a simple page border.
Even red and cream stripes run the length of this paper like a row of shop awnings, suited to a journal cover, a pocket for tickets and receipts, or a strip trimmed to frame the flower stall page.
A toile style pattern of small steeples and pine trees repeats softly across the page, well suited to a journal cover, a pocket lining, or as the backing behind the chapel scene earlier in the set.
Lined Writing Pages
A band of snowy rooftops runs along the top of this page, leaving the ruled lines below free for a gift list, a note on what the village smelled like this week, or a short letter to read again next winter.
A single street lamp stands in one corner of this page, snow drifting lightly around its base, with the rest of the sheet left for a Christmas menu, a carol list, or a note of thanks to tuck in beside the page.
A scalloped band like a row of shop awnings trims the top of this page, which suits a wrapping list, a few lines on the best gift received, or Christmas junk journal pages you plan to copy the idea from.
A footer of cobblestones and sprigs of holly runs along the base of this page, leaving room above for a letter to next year, a recipe passed down in the family, or a line about the christmas village painting that inspired this page.
What to Do Next
Print the pages you want first, lay them out in the order the village tells its story, and glue them in a few at a time so the whole book comes together gently over a few quiet evenings.
Frequently Asked Questions
What paper works best for printing these pages?
Matte cardstock around 90 to 110 lb holds up best for printing these pages, since it takes glue and ink without curling or soaking through. Lighter paper works too, but handle it gently when gluing it into a journal.
What printer settings give the best colour?
Choose your printer’s highest quality or photo setting so the pale pastel washes stay even and the ink outlines stay crisp. A quick test print on plain paper first catches any colour shift before you use good cardstock.
What size should I print the pages at?
Standard US letter or A4 suits most junk journals and fits most home printers without scaling. Trim a little from each edge after printing if your journal pages run smaller, so the art still fills the sheet.
What do I use to colour or finish these pages?
Nothing extra is needed, since every page already comes printed in full colour and ready to use straight from the printer. Fine tip pens work well for adding your own writing or small details once a page is glued in.
What glue is safe for gluing pages into a journal?
An acid free glue stick works best, since it dries flat and will not yellow the paper over time. Liquid craft glue also works but apply it thinly near the edges to avoid warping the sheet.