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Tutorial: Christmas decorations - Holy Family in a gilded nutshell

Hello to you all in the pre-Christmas bloggers country

last year I was on a Some flea markets, and I also captured some craft treasures. From this I have Christmas decorations made themselves: the Holy Family gilded in a nutshell. I am writing this post a little tutorial on this tiny Christmas nativity scene.

Tutorial: tiny nativity scene in nutshell

If you want to rework it, here is the material list:

material for the nativity scene in a nutshell

The hissing gold - a "phony" gold leaf - I have original old goods bought at a flea market. Even the cover picture alone on the envelope is enchanting. There are also modern phony gold leaf. For the initial shooting you need a soft, dry brush

The fake gold leaf in the envelope Nahaufaufnahme

a Craft glue liquid (I used white glue) for applying an old brush
the Holy Family with Mary, Joseph, gave the baby Jesus in a manger and a very tiny star with comet-tail it to another flea market. The figures are made of light plastic and beautifully marked. Each figurine has a kind of spike for mounting. Practically, a pair of tweezers to place the figures

The figures for the crib in detail

fresh walnuts - as large as possible and a nutcracker
about half Teaspoon of gypsum and a sip of water and a small mixing container and a Kunststoffeislöffel or similar
water colors, water and fine brush
a good magnifying glass
Bouillon wire as desired

instructions for the tiny Christmas tree ornaments with the nativity scene

First, a large walnut cracked clean. Both halves of the walnut must remain intact. Then you need to make the meal tasty walnuts to eat. If you have strengthened you can go on.

The outer sides of two halves are coated with white glue and then the gold leaf with a large soft brush made out of the packaging placed on the nutshell, and be removed carefully. After initial shooting - that's called this process - should the gilded walnut halves to rest and dry. If ye have time for coffee or tea ...


A nut is already half finished gold

After drying, the nut halves turned. The inside is now visible. The figures are tentatively held in the halves - to see how much space is needed for them. The upper part of the inside pages and the edges are gilded as the outsides. Again leave to dry.

After the plaster is mixed according to instructions (only fill the water in a small bowl, then sprinkle the plaster quickly we finally mix thoroughly). The stirred plaster must be processed quickly because otherwise it will be and then not finish for our purposes can be. About the lower quarter of each half nut shell is filled to the brim with the plaster nutshell. The surface must be removed while not smooth - it looks prettier when the surface is somewhat irregular.


bonding with plaster filled nut shell halves

The plaster must now - so dry. Just before this is completed, the figures with the tweezers into the still soft plaster are pressed. If the plaster is still soft, then the figures to sink deep into the plaster. The figures placed around the way on the photo:

The Holy Family is already collected in the shells

The comet tail stars are fixed at this stage already. The baby Jesus is in the gypsum bed down at the front in the middle been.

The all must now dry for very long and very thorough. After drying, please check whether the figures keep it. After that is painted: the plaster surface of nut brown with a watery, the Holy Family with the typical colors: