Dollar Tree Christmas Village Update with Paint
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Who doesn’t love easy, inexpensive Christmas decor? The easiest way to update any decor is with paint. I bought a small plastic Christmas village set at the Dollar Tree. You may like the before, but I love the painted Christmas village!
Dollar Tree Christmas Village Updated with Paint
So, what do you think? Do you like the Christmas Village’s original look or the muted painted white?
I used the Super Finish Max, the small spray shelter, and the turntable for paint spraying.
Typically I use the green nozzle (2.0 mm) for most of my furniture projects. But for this smaller project I used the small wrench to switch out for the blue nozzle (1.5 mm).
The Super Finish Max paint sprayer comes with these three nozzles (tips). More tips are available (sold separately). I used the red tip (4.0 mm) when I painted a concrete block outbuilding.
The small spray shelter comes in a handy pouch with the directions attached.
The shelter literally just pops up into place. I like to clamp the back of the shelter onto my work table, using a scrap 2×4 to hold down the front. I opened the rear vent for airflow and ventilation. Be sure to check out the video on Amazon of how to close the shelter for storage!
Because my paint has a little age on it, I strained it in my reusable mesh paint strainer.
Before painting, I used a small piece of duct tape to secure the Christmas village building to the turntable. The tape was left in place for each of the remaining village pieces.
Using the turntable really makes this job quick and easy! NOTE: I started with the flow control dialed back and increased it slightly after I saw the width of my spray pattern.
After spraying a couple of the Christmas village pieces, you can see there is a small amount of over spray on the turntable, but very little on the bottom of the spray shelter itself. That is because of the flow control I chose.
I love the way the small plastic pieces turned out using my Super Finish Max paint sprayer.
Here’s the dollar store village before and after. The power of paint is amazing! Be sure to hop over to My Repurposed Life to see how I’m using this updated Christmas Village!!
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Using Natural Elements with Christmas Village Decor
I had fun playing around with the Painted Christmas Village pieces. Can you believe they only cost $1 each? The bottle brush trees were one dollar for a large and a small one. (2 per package)
I had a large wooden slice from putting up the DIY Picket Fence. I used one a few years ago to make a rolling plant stand. This large one was hanging out in the garage. You can buy your large wooden rounds on Amazon.
Do you see the smaller limb pieces on which the bottle brush trees are resting?
Adding yard greenery and fake snow (Epsom salt) finishes the look! In this photo, you can better see the tiny “stumps” on which the bottle brush trees are resting.
As I said, I got all of these at the Dollar Tree, but you could easily paint a thrift store Christmas Village. Be sure to visit my friends at Homeright to see how easy this project is.
I painted these dollar store items to make a sweet gingerbread village!
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Robyn,
I use the creamer bottle and detergent bottles for storing my paint. I tend to hold onto paint for too long. The cans begin to rust. So I pour the paint into detergent bottles for large projects. When I need paint for smaller projects, I use the creamer bottles. This paint has been in that creamer bottle for more than a year. It’s so handy, and so easy to pour.
You can see the detergent bottle storage here: https://www.myrepurposedlife.com/how-to-deal-with-rusted-paint-cans/
gail
Robyn,
I use the creamer bottle and detergent bottles for storing my paint. I tend to hold onto paint for too long. The cans begin to rust. So I pour the paint into detergent bottles for large projects. When I need paint for smaller projects, I use the creamer bottles. This paint has been in that creamer bottle for more than a year. It’s so handy, and so easy to pour.
You can see the detergent bottle storage here: https://www.myrepurposedlife.com/how-to-deal-with-rusted-paint-cans/
gail
Robyn,
I use the creamer bottle and detergent bottles for storing my paint. I tend to hold onto paint for too long. The cans begin to rust. So I pour the paint into detergent bottles for large projects. When I need paint for smaller projects, I use the creamer bottles. This paint has been in that creamer bottle for more than a year. It’s so handy, and so easy to pour.
You can see the detergent bottle storage here: https://www.myrepurposedlife.com/how-to-deal-with-rusted-paint-cans/
gail
Robyn,
I use the creamer bottle and detergent bottles for storing my paint. I tend to hold onto paint for too long. The cans begin to rust. So I pour the paint into detergent bottles for large projects. When I need paint for smaller projects, I use the creamer bottles. This paint has been in that creamer bottle for more than a year. It’s so handy, and so easy to pour.
You can see the detergent bottle storage here: https://www.myrepurposedlife.com/how-to-deal-with-rusted-paint-cans/
gail
Robyn,
I use the creamer bottle and detergent bottles for storing my paint. I tend to hold onto paint for too long. The cans begin to rust. So I pour the paint into detergent bottles for large projects. When I need paint for smaller projects, I use the creamer bottles. This paint has been in that creamer bottle for more than a year. It’s so handy, and so easy to pour.
You can see the detergent bottle storage here: https://www.myrepurposedlife.com/how-to-deal-with-rusted-paint-cans/
gail
Robyn,
I use the creamer bottle and detergent bottles for storing my paint. I tend to hold onto paint for too long. The cans begin to rust. So I pour the paint into detergent bottles for large projects. When I need paint for smaller projects, I use the creamer bottles. This paint has been in that creamer bottle for more than a year. It’s so handy, and so easy to pour.
You can see the detergent bottle storage here: https://www.myrepurposedlife.com/how-to-deal-with-rusted-paint-cans/
gail
Robyn,
I use the creamer bottle and detergent bottles for storing my paint. I tend to hold onto paint for too long. The cans begin to rust. So I pour the paint into detergent bottles for large projects. When I need paint for smaller projects, I use the creamer bottles. This paint has been in that creamer bottle for more than a year. It’s so handy, and so easy to pour.
You can see the detergent bottle storage here: https://www.myrepurposedlife.com/how-to-deal-with-rusted-paint-cans/
gail
Robyn,
I use the creamer bottle and detergent bottles for storing my paint. I tend to hold onto paint for too long. The cans begin to rust. So I pour the paint into detergent bottles for large projects. When I need paint for smaller projects, I use the creamer bottles. This paint has been in that creamer bottle for more than a year. It’s so handy, and so easy to pour.
You can see the detergent bottle storage here: https://www.myrepurposedlife.com/how-to-deal-with-rusted-paint-cans/
gail