Turn those dollar-store nutcrackers into a beautiful colorful display with these rainbow nutcrackers. Colorful Christmas Decorations!
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Adding color to your Christmas decorations with these rainbow nutcrackers is giving us all the feels.
Anyone that knows us at Made with Happy, knows that rainbows are our absolute favorite. If you love them like us, then you will not want to miss our other popular rainbow crafts and DIY projects including Rainbow Holly Wreath, Rainbow DIY Wall Hang, Rainbow Painted Rocks, and Rainbow Lazy Susan.
Dollar Store Nutcrackers
This year's decorating trend... paint all things. You all know that I'm mildly obsessed with rainbows... okay, more than mildly, but wanted to challenge myself to see how I could incorporate rainbows and the holiday season and these little rainbow nutcracker gentlemen were the perfect addition.
The best part about this project is that these are dollar-store nutcrackers. Making it a little easier to stomach the painting job, although I love them so much more than any of the creepy nutcrackers, I know some can be quite expensive.
Here is how you turn your dollar-store nutcrackers into these rainbow beauties!
We highlighted this Christmas craft along with some other fun kid's crafts in our December Crafts for Kids along with our 101+ Easy Craft Ideas for kids.
Supplies For Painted Nutcrackers
- Start with your dollar-store 12 inch nutcracker soldier. My store had 3 or 4 varieties (hats, crowns, swords, etc.) and so I purchased a dozen.
- Spray paint - colors of your choice
- X-acto knife (optional)
How to Make Rainbow Nutcrackers
The first thing you will want to do is to remove the hair from the nutcrackers. Whether it's the beard or hair on their head.
The hair is typically hot glued on, so if you can not just pull it off, you will want to use an X-acto knife.
The key is to make sure all hair is removed.
From there, you pick your favorite spray paint colors.
Spray each of the nutcrackers one side at a time.
They each may take a few coats. Between the crowns and the handles, there are parts that are important to cover.
Spray each of the nutcrackers in all the spray paint
If you do not have spray paint, you can certainly use acrylic paint and paint each of the nutcrackers.
The key is to make sure that your nutcracker is completely painted head to toe.
What I love about these dollar-store nutcrackers is that they are just that. They cost one dollar. In the case that
I like the idea of displaying the rainbow nutcrackers altogether. You can certainly add a string to the top and make them into ornaments or another holiday decor.
Added Flare To Your Painted Nutcracker
Over the years, I've been asked why I didn't add any flare to my rainbow nutcrackers. For me, it is a preference thing. I say, if you want to add some flare to your nutcrackers do it. Red rhinestone buttons, go for it! Want to add gold accents like gold tassels, absolutely!
While we love color, we tend to be more minimalist with our decor. Its simply a preference thing!
We hope you enjoy these rainbow nutcrackers as much as we do.
We love seeing our DIY projects in the wild. If you end up spray painting your nutcracker, we would love to see pictures. Celebrating crafting fun with you makes our hearts happy.
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Rainbow Painted Nutcrackers
Equipment
- X-acto knife (optional)
Ingredients
- Dollar Store Nutcracker
- Spray paint
Instructions
- First thing you will want to do, is to remove the hair from the nutcrackers. Whether its the beard or hair on their head.
- The hair is typically hot glued on, so if you can not just pull it off, you will want to use an X-acto knife. The key is to make sure all hair is removed.
- From there, you pick your favorite spray paint colors.
- Spray each of the nutcrackers one side at a time.
- They each may take a few coats each. Between the crowns and the handles, there are parts that are important to cover.
- Spray each of the nutcrackers in all the spray paint
- If you do not have spray paint, you can certainly use acrylic paint and paint each of the nutcrackers.
- The key is to make sure that your nutcracker is completely painted head to toe.
- I like the idea of displaying the rainbow nutcrackers all together. You can certainly add a string to the top and make them into ornaments or other holiday decor.
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