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    Home » Holidays Seasonal » Dollar Tree Christmas Village Update with Paint

    Dollar Tree Christmas Village Update with Paint

    Published by Gail | Published November 28, 2019 | Updated November 17, 2022
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    Update a plastic Christmas village from the dollar store. You can also pick up a Christmas village at a thrift store to paint. #MyRepurposedLife #Christmas #decor #easy #paint #project via @repurposedlife

    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’m loving the painted Christmas village!

    Dollar Tree Christmas Village Updated with Paint

    before and after painted Christmas village from the dollar tree MyRepurposedLife

    So, what do you think? Do you like the original look of the Christmas Village, or the muted painted white?

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    How to Paint a Dollar Store Christmas Village

    how to paint a christmas village with a super finish max paint sprayer

    Of course I used my favorite Super Finish Max paint sprayer, my small spray shelter, and the Homeright turntable for paint spraying. Get all my tips over on their site.

    change tips on homeright finish max

    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).

    Small Shelter For Paint Spraying

    homeright small spray paint shelter

    The small spray shelter comes in a handy pouch with the directions attached.

    using a small spray shelter to paint a Christmas Village white

    The shelter literally just pops up into place. I like to clamp the back of the shelter onto my work table, using a scrap 2x4 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.

    The spray shelter also works great for spray paint it you prefer to use that on your dollar tree Christmas Village.

    Tape Small Pieces to Turntable

    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.

    finish max spraying Christmas village building

    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.

    church Christmas village paint sprayer

    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.

    Christmas village church after

    I love the way the small plastic Christmas Village pieces turned out using my Super Finish Max paint sprayer.

    Using Natural Elements with Christmas Village Decor

    arranging a painted Christmas Village MyRepurposedLife

    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 when I put 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 own large wooden rounds on Amazon.

    Do you see the smaller limb pieces that the bottle brush trees are resting on?

    upcycled painted Christmas village centerpiece MyRepurposedLife

    Adding some greenery from the yard and some fake snow (epsom salt) finishes the look! In this photo you can get a better look at the small “stumps” the bottle brush trees are resting on.

    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.

    gail

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    1. BlissRanch

      December 05, 2019 at 9:07 am

      The all one color houses are so much more my taste than the ones I own. I'd paint mine except they are not the dollar store ones. I should sell them and I could purchase a whole town at Dollar Tree spraying 'em up!

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    2. Karolyn Love

      December 04, 2019 at 9:51 pm

      Love this idea!! Thanks for sharing!

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    3. Robyn Wright

      December 04, 2019 at 1:33 pm

      Thee are so cute! I'd like more information on what you do with the creamer bottle??

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      • Gail Wilson

        December 04, 2019 at 8:25 pm

        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

    4. Pat

      December 04, 2019 at 11:45 am

      Try your local thrift shop, especially this time of year they may have sets or individual pieces that have been donated.

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      • Gail Wilson

        December 04, 2019 at 8:23 pm

        Pat,

        Yep, great idea! I did search for these at a thrift store and couldn't find anything small. Everything was very large. I was so happy when I found these small village pieces.

        gail

    5. Cheri

      December 01, 2019 at 5:27 pm

      Your village turned out so pretty. Never would have thought of that! Of course, my local Dollar Tree doesn't have any village figures....it's a pitiful store! You are so talented...thanks for sharing your ideas with us:)

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      • Gail Wilson

        December 02, 2019 at 1:36 pm

        Cheri,

        I'm so sorry your Dollar Tree didn't have the village.... we have three stores within 5 miles of me and they all had them. But I do find that some of those stores sell out of stuff before the others. I guess I'm really lucky to have them so close to me.
        I appreciate your sweet comment.
        gail

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