‘I spent £900 and five weeks transforming my home into a giant chocolate house’
07.03.2023 - 16:13
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
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.
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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.
The project, made from mostly recycled materials or purchases from local businesses, cost her £898.50. Carmen, owner of the Prop Factory, from Exeter, Devon, started to plan her Easter house three months ago but spent five weeks making and installing the chocolate house.
She made TikToks on her account clashcreativehome about how she carried out the Easter project with some videos reaching almost a million views.
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.
Her giant daffodils cost £212.50 in total and are made from a plastic jug, electrical wire, yellow polyester lining fabric and nylon, duct tape, reused cushion stuffing, pipe cleaner and garden wire for the leaves.
She created a picket fence around her garden using old bed slats and pallet wood for £120.
Carmen tries to use recycled materials where she can – using off-cuts from previous projects to save on the cost.
“This time round I knew technically three months in advance I was going to do it so I had more time to think about ideas. It took five solid weeks