Nutcracker Along 2026

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Nutcracker Season will be here before we know it and have a reason to get one underway for an early October birthday, so I gotta get on it!

This thread is for all kinds of nutcrackers! ANY medium, ANY theme, ANY size, ANY number. We’ll run this through the middle of January 2027 - just in case a nutcracker or two don’t get quite finished before their traditional season has passed. :wink:

Here is a Pin Board I started for the 2020 Nutcracker Along and have been adding to since. If you message me your Pinterest name, I can add you so you can add Pins there, too! There is A LOT of variety that could give a kernel of an idea for your own unique nutcracker.

Please join and LET’S GET CRACKIN’!

Addendum: Let’s keep the excitement going: post your progress shots, talk about this-or-that choices, ask questions/seek advice, share nutcrackers spotted in the wild or online!

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I’ve just started on a Nutcracker that will be a 50th birthday gift for an early October birthday, but it is a Christmas/winter nutcracker - a snowman! I’ve gathered a bunch of materials, made a few lists, and even asked the recipient an odd question.

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OMG that pin board is really inspiring!

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Ah, thanks! I hope you’ll join the along!

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I definitely have ideas now…

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I haven’t added to my nutcracker collection in years. I might have to join in!

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Yes, please!

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I need to pull fabrics out and check, but I THINK I have enough red velvet and black tulle to make a Nutcracker inspired Christmas outfit for myself… Sounds totally over the top, but why not?

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Oh, that sounds fabulous!

Somewhere, I have a bag of wooden ornaments (lots are nutcrackers) that I’ve been intending to turn into a wreath, similar to the one in the Pinterest link. Maybe I’ll play, too!

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I have never gone down the rabbit hole of nutcrackers, despite always loving them. That pin board has so many great ideas! I’d never considered a nutcracker not being winter themed. Wow.

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This sounds fun! I’ve been wanting to join a craft along but I always put it on the back burner.

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Oh, I’m so excited that people are interested!

@MamaRhi Anything worth doing is worth overdoing! This is especially true Oct-Dec.

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@endymion That wreath idea sounds soooo gooood!

@Manders Join us. There’s no time like now!

@Shadowseann i hope something in the rabbit hole gets you interested in joining us!

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I may end up removing the snowman from the base and reattaching, because he leans a bit. Unlike the arms and nose, he is stuck well to the base.

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I have some other things to do before moving forward with my nutcracker, but I did decide to paint a couple of red faceted plastic self-adhesive embellishments black to look a bit like coal for eyes.

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Has anyone found some inspiration? Or remembered an idea from the past that they’re considering making? Let’s hear what you’ve ruminated! It doesn’t have to come to fruition.

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I found my bag of wooden ornaments. There are quite a few nutcrackers. All were purchased at yard sales, usually for 25 cents or less.

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I’m a bit stuck. Trying to decide whether a styrofoam wreath will be strong enough, or if I need to make something out of wood.

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That’s an amazing stash of wee nutcrackers! I wonder if that really dense green foam would be strong enough? Esp if you wired them to it?

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Maybe… hmmm…