Review - Christmas Polaris Post miniature house kit from Rolife

I was sent this miniature Rolife craft kit in exchange for a review

Today I'm sharing another gorgeous miniature house kit from Rolife - the Christmas themed Polaris Post craft set. It's a glimpse inside Santa's post office, where we can see him reading letters, writing his lists, and gathering together tempting little parcels ready to send to children across the world. Polaris is the name for the bright star also known as the North Star which sits almost perfectly above the North Pole - the home of Father Christmas.

This miniature kit has a 3 star (medium) difficulty level, with an average assembly time of approximately six hours. It's a set which has some involved crafting and very few plastic components. Instead most of the pieces are carefully assembled by hand from wooden press out pieces, paper and a few stickers.

Here you can see the contents of the kit, with many wooden sheets in different coloured wood. There is a lighting kit with two lamps, and of course a fully detailed instruction booklet.

Like many Rolife kits, the first steps are to assemble the larger components which will fit inside the model. In this case you begin with a conveyor belt, shelves, and a table and chairs, along with Santa himself. 

Then the part of the kit that took me the most time - putting together a whole host of tiny parcels and envelopes! These are assembled in a variety of ways. Some of them are simple cardboard cutouts which slot together. Some have a small wooden block inside which is covered with a patterned sticker. Finally, for the larger parcels you need to build a small wooden box which is covered with a coloured sticker. These are wrapped with gold twist ties which is also used to form bows for the top.

Some of these parcels were fiddly to put together but I managed without too much trouble. The kit is designed to be completed without glue, and you are provided with small double-sided sticky tape pieces for assembly. However I did use a spot of glue here and there just to make sure that everything remained firmly stuck.

These completed parcels are used to fill the numbered boxes on the large shelving unit, and you can see how it looks when complete below. Hopefully the picture with my fingers helps give some scale as to how tiny these little pieces are!

Then comes my favourite part of any Rolife miniature kit build - putting together the main structure! I love this because you can start to see how the finished piece will look, and it's really satisfying to start getting some of these larger pieces into place. This section took quite a while as there are a number of different areas to work on. You have to be very organised when it comes to pressing out the different pieces and keeping them all together!

This is also the stage where you assemble the lighting kit. The two lamps slot into place and then the wires run out across the back and to the battery box which is hidden to the side of the main building.

The main structure is assembled one side at a time. There's a little shed to one side where some extra parcels are stored, and on the other a festive red door complete with Christmas wreath.

When the structure is complete it's time to add the final details. This doesn't take too long, because most of the components have already been put together and are waiting to be put in place. Everything can be stuck in place using the provided sticky tape, but I used some glue in places just because I want this kit to remain firmly glued for many years to come.

There are so many lovely parts to this kit. I love the large clock in the background which has a sweet little reindeer cutout, and all the gorgeous Christmas ornaments. I just want to sit at Santa's desk with a hot drink and a vintage typewriter to carry out my festive correspondence!

This is yet another gorgous kit from Rolife. It's the perfect craft to work on in the run up to Christmas, and the finished piece can be brought out year after year to admire as part of your festive decor.

I love how well the Polaris Post miniature kit fits in with the other Christmas Rolife sets that I've already built. Together they make a beautiful Christmas village display.

I've have also reviewed some of the other Rolife Christmas sets, and you can see my full reviews here:

Miniature Gingerbread House (left in the picture above)

Christmas Candy Stand (centre in the picture above)

Christmas 3D miniature frames