Carmen tries to use recycled materials where she can – using off-cuts from previous projects to save on the cost
A woman has transformed her home into a giant chocolate house for Easter. Carmen Croxall decorated her house with ‘chocolate bricks’, 12 huge daffodils, a picket fence and an Easter bunny.The 35-year-old spent £900 and five weeks transforming her rented home, and it isn’t the first time she’s done it. The mum-of-two is known for transforming her property for special occasions. Last Christmas, she turned her home into a gingerbread house and for Valentine’s Day created a love heart display.
She printed 200 chocolate squares, Easter eggs and the 5ft chocolate bunny on MDF costing £320 and bought £5 scrap foil packaging to decorate the roof of her house. “Sewing the roof took five hours and making the daffodils took over a week. I repurpose as much of it again as possible. “The community as a whole is totally amazing. I often post in a community forum with updates, and everyone comments the most amazing things. It makes me so happy.
"He loves helping me and is starting to pick up on things like the names of things I use like ‘cable ties’ and ‘pompoms'. He is very hands on and sits on my lap while I’m sewing, helping me guide the fabric and also loves painting.”
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