My
father in law collects nutcrackers. He
has hundreds of them that come out each year at the holidays. So this year, I made a nutcracker of
him!
I had the hardest time finding an unfinished nutcracker. And by hardest time, I mean I couldn't find one anywhere. I ended up buying a finished nutcracker at JoAnns.
Can you believe that is the before?!? I hardly can and I'm the one who worked on it! I then pulled off all the fabric, which was glued down really well! I put a few coats of paint on, then started to work on the clothes. The pants were the hardest part. I didn't think about the fact that I couldn't just sew pants and then slip them on until I was about to do it. I ended up having to hand stitch the pants on to the nutcracker. Not an easy task. I ordered the props from an online dollhouse company and glued them into the metal basket.
Voila! The finished project! Does it look like him?
I had the hardest time finding an unfinished nutcracker. And by hardest time, I mean I couldn't find one anywhere. I ended up buying a finished nutcracker at JoAnns.
Can you believe that is the before?!? I hardly can and I'm the one who worked on it! I then pulled off all the fabric, which was glued down really well! I put a few coats of paint on, then started to work on the clothes. The pants were the hardest part. I didn't think about the fact that I couldn't just sew pants and then slip them on until I was about to do it. I ended up having to hand stitch the pants on to the nutcracker. Not an easy task. I ordered the props from an online dollhouse company and glued them into the metal basket.
Voila! The finished project! Does it look like him?
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