Happy Holidays my friends! As you’ve probably figured out already, I love nutcrackers, especially brightly painted ones! I found some pretty ugly huge plaster nutcrackers at our local hardware store on sale for black friday and just had to pounce on them. Of course, I couldn’t display them as-is; I had to paint them first. Check out this post for a step-by-step of the process.
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Here’s the original nutcrackers I bought. I actually bought one at first, but then I ran back to our local hardware store and picked up a 2nd one.
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They were only $19.98! Seriously. They are HEAVY and are plaster. These guys aren’t going anywhere.
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I saved all the packaging so I can re-pack them each year after Christmas for storage all year.
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And here he is! Wowza, right? Okay, he’s not terrible looking, just totally not my style at all.
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I started by priming the heck out of him.
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Once the primer dried, it was time for spray paint! I chose bright red because it’s festive and fun. I turned the big guy upside down and gave him a good coating.
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Then I flipped him around and sprayed him again. I started upside down so I could make sure to get all the nooks and crannies on the under side of him.
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And there they are! Aren’t they cute?
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They are guarding my porch from all the package thieves that keep stealing packages off people’s porches (I mean, seriously, who does that?!)
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Maybe next year I’ll step up my game and add some garland and a festive rug. Baby steps, my friends. Baby steps. Decorating is not for the faint of heart!
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Would you put these guys on your porch?
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Have a great day!
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I bought this same nutcracker – I had plans to paint it too, but before I could or got stolen off my porch!