You are are by far the PREMIER DIY'er. I love how you go over every detail and explain instead of just rushing through everything. So inspiring! Thank you for sharing your talents!
Helpful hint, you can get the cardboard rolls for the arms and legs from a carpet store for free... It's the inner roll that carpet is wrapped around... With 4" PVC being $20+ for a 10' section you can save some money on multiples very quickly...
Wonderful job. I want to make a Giant Life Size Nutcracker to stand by my Fireplace and I like how you put your's together. I may use different materials to put mine together since it's going to be on the inside of my house. TFS
You should consider getting a used vinyl cutter. You could use vinyl for many of projects to simplify the "no drawing ability.". You can pick a used one up cheap. A Cricut Air 2 is what I recommend as it has the easiest software (which you can download free ahead of time and try out). You do not need to join the monthly program they try to get you to join. As a hobbiest you can get everything you will ever want or need from Google or Facebook groups. You could have imported that face from Google and cut it out in under 5 minutes in outdoor permanent black vinyl coating you less than a $1 in materials.
Oh my goodness why did I not know about this?? This is exactly what I need. I am going to go on Amazon right now to find one. So do you have to buy the vinyl sheets separate? I’m going to research how this works because I didn’t know this existed so I’m super excited about this.
@@IsaacAlexanderDIY Btw: In charge of local Mom's and Pop's Holiday theme in preparation for the 70th parade. Sharing your video to fellow business owners for their Storefront Holiday displays. Giving you credit of course.✨ Also, In search for HUGE Poinsettia Flower's like 5-6 feet. It will be such a blessing if you can create a Diy tutorial. ☃️
You could have gone to Dollar Tree (DT) last year for one dollar and got cheap pizza trays. I said last year, because you made the video last year. $8.00 is too much, unless a specific size and DT didn't have it. Great job !!!!!
The issue was the size. You can’t use a regular 12in pizza tray, it needs to be 12-3/4in. The extra 3/4in accounts for the diameter of the form tube so a regular pizza tray from dollar tree won’t work
I used a pizza tray from Amazon. I spray painted it black. Since the form tub is 12”, I found a pizza tray that was 12 3/4 “ so it had a nice lip around the top to prevent water from getting inside. Here’s the link Maxam Baking Stainless Steel Pizza Pan, 12-3/4", Silver www.amazon.com/dp/B004OEBC9Q/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glc_fabc_J7.5FbCNSYJTM?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
This is my first attempt at trying to make this for my family this Christmas, and your 2 part video of how you made it is very helpful and great, but nowhere can I find what the measurements are for the hat and face, I’m guessing you left it up to the person making it.
My apologies, it was one of my first Christmas tutorials and I wasn’t really good at making them. Here’s the measurements. Hat area: 12in Face area: 12in Body area: 24in Arms: 24in Legs: 24in
Thank you for the reply and it’s ok I think you very talented person, I love to watch your videos to see what you make next, I myself love Christmas because my dad when I was growing up made it very special for me, so I guess you can say I’m a big Christmas geek, lol, I love the accomplishment of making stuff myself instead of store bought.
Hello Happy Holidays the out come looks great but you didnt show how you attached and put all the pieces together to acheive the final look. Are you plannng a behind the scene video or coming out with part 2
Great job my friend. I was curious… since making these - have you found anywhere that may have a stencil for the face ? I’m planning on making some - but having the faces consistent would be difficult going free hand …
I’m sorry for my late reply, I’m not getting all my notifications on time. I freehanded the face but several sellers on Etsy make face templates for nutcrackers so you might want to search there
My apologies that the video doesn’t show that. It was one of my first videos and I didn’t really know how to make a good DIY video. The body is sitting on a circular plywood piece. That wood disk is attached to the PVC legs BUT inside the PVC legs is 2”x3” wood. That wood is attached to both the plywood disk and the wood base (where the nutcracker is standing). So I build the platform base first, attached 2 pieces of 2”x3” wood (one wood piece per leg) and then put the PVC legs over that. Then I attached the circular plywood disk on top of the legs and wood and attached the body by drilling it to the wood. I can show you a video on how I did it if you message me on Facebook. Search “Isaac Alexander DIY”
I made 6 last year and made one already for someone. I see you have yours outside. What if it rains? Will that not mess the paint and decorations up on it? Or do you bring them inside if it rains? Mine are inside or placed on the porch. Wish I could post mine on here.
We have wet December’s so it’s rains several times. It did so well. Nothing was ruined and they remained sturdy. I just made sure to waterproof it good with the paint I used
Hello Dana, my apologies for this awfully late reply, I hadn’t seen the notification. The body is 2 feet, the face is 1 foot and the hat is 1 foot. Hope that helps
Yo conseguí ese tubo grande lo desecharon en una construcción y epa lo agarre y conseguí 2 tubos más delgados para los brazos y piernas solo tengo que gastar la pintura y los adornos😀😀😀
LOL ... @0:57 "But if you're keeping yours inside you don't need to do all that." I don't think anyone would want to have that GIANT Nutcracker inside ... lolololololol ! ʕ•́ᴥ•̀ʔっ⁖💙
I didn’t know that DryLoc had sand in it to begin with but maybe that’s what gives it the rough texture. It worked out perfectly fine once I painted it. I liked the texture the DryLoc gave it
This is one of the first RUclips videos I made, which clearly was just time lapse so I apologize that I missed a lot of steps, I was new lol. I attached the arms with a screw and washer from the inside of the body into the arms. The nutcracker is standing on a wood base, which has two pieces of wood (2in x 3in by however tall the legs are) attached to the base for the legs to go over. After I put the legs over the wood, I drilled a couple screws to hold them in place. Then I cut and attached a 12 inch diameter plywood circle on top of the legs and wood. This is going to be where the main body rest on. Before attaching the main body on top of this plywood circle, I put two pieces of wood attached to the plywood circle so that I would have something to drill into once the main body was on top. I cut a couple 2in x 4in pieces and attached them onto the plywood circle with enough clearance so that the main body can slide over them. Once I did that I could attach a couple screws to the wood to anchor it into place
@@IsaacAlexanderDIY I am the original designer of the Nutcrackers and I shared a step by step on my FB page I also sell the face template and instructions in my Etsy shop . I have thousands of followers .. I just made a video of how disgusted I am of people not crediting the original designer when they make something using their instructions .. My design went viral all over the world . They were on the news ..In the new papers etc.. I have helped hundreds of people with their own designs .. You are one of about 5 different people who have now taken my design and not credited me or my page .. Im not trying to take away from your work its wonderful ..All I ask is that credit is given to the original designer ..
@@sweetkahluababy Oh my goodness, I apologize for this. I got my inspiration from The Sun article that ran and showed what I now know to be your pictures. Here’s the article. It only credited the Facebook group. I messaged you on Instagram so we can talk about how I can fix this properly and give you the credit you deserve. www.google.com/amp/s/www.the-sun.com/lifestyle/1800961/diy-fan-makes-giant-christmas-nutcracker-out-of-old-bits-of-cardboard-and-people-cant-believe-how-good-it-looks/amp/
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You are are by far the PREMIER DIY'er. I love how you go over every detail and explain instead of just rushing through everything. So inspiring! Thank you for sharing your talents!
Thank you for this awesome comment! Really made my day
"I am not gifted in any way, shape, or form with artistry"-GET OUTTA HERE, look at all these wonderful creations on your channel!
Haha thanks man!
This was the most exciting work by far!
You’re the best
The size is spot on- I feel like it’s big enough to see from afar, but not so big that it will scare a small child
I just found your channel, and I am BINGE watching these videos!! i cannot wait till you post more.
Thank you so much!
Helpful hint, you can get the cardboard rolls for the arms and legs from a carpet store for free... It's the inner roll that carpet is wrapped around... With 4" PVC being $20+ for a 10' section you can save some money on multiples very quickly...
Thank you for this great tip, definitely going to be on the lookout for them
I may have to take this challenge now because this is absolutely amazing
Thank you! Glad you like it!
So cute! You make it look so easy!
Wonderful job. I want to make a Giant Life Size Nutcracker to stand by my Fireplace and I like how you put your's together. I may use different materials to put mine together since it's going to be on the inside of my house. TFS
Go for it! Sounds like a great idea
The whole set up is everything!
You should consider getting a used vinyl cutter. You could use vinyl for many of projects to simplify the "no drawing ability.". You can pick a used one up cheap. A Cricut Air 2 is what I recommend as it has the easiest software (which you can download free ahead of time and try out). You do not need to join the monthly program they try to get you to join. As a hobbiest you can get everything you will ever want or need from Google or Facebook groups. You could have imported that face from Google and cut it out in under 5 minutes in outdoor permanent black vinyl coating you less than a $1 in materials.
Oh my goodness why did I not know about this?? This is exactly what I need. I am going to go on Amazon right now to find one. So do you have to buy the vinyl sheets separate? I’m going to research how this works because I didn’t know this existed so I’m super excited about this.
sooo pretty. Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas! 🎄🎅🏼
I could totally do that! Thanks for the inspiration!
You are so welcome!
I think you have alot of artistic talent! That is really cool!
Thank you Kelly!
Hi! I love Halloween and Christmas. Can you make a rat king to go with the nutcracker?!
Nice job I loved it " I collect them so definitely this was my favorite video
Thank you so much Sylvia!
That looks insane!
They look great. Good tutorial.
Você faz um maravilhoso trabalho, meus parabéns !
muito obrigado! ☺️☺️
Great job! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
i love all the detail!!!
🤴🏻🧎🏻
Awesome work. Totally want to recreate it.
Thank you!
@@IsaacAlexanderDIY Btw: In charge of local Mom's and Pop's Holiday theme in preparation for the 70th parade. Sharing your video to fellow business owners for their Storefront Holiday displays. Giving you credit of course.✨
Also, In search for HUGE Poinsettia Flower's like 5-6 feet. It will be such a blessing if you can create a Diy tutorial.
☃️
#GOALS 🤩🤩
Thank you for this... You both are very talented! Question though, WHERE DO YOU STORE ALL OF THESE???
My apologies for the late reply. Thank you so much for the kind comment. I have various places but mostly just 2 sheds and offsite units
Very cool idea.
You could have gone to Dollar Tree (DT) last year for one dollar and got cheap pizza trays. I said last year, because you made the video last year. $8.00 is too much, unless a specific size and DT didn't have it.
Great job !!!!!
The issue was the size. You can’t use a regular 12in pizza tray, it needs to be 12-3/4in. The extra 3/4in accounts for the diameter of the form tube so a regular pizza tray from dollar tree won’t work
@@IsaacAlexanderDIY It looks great.
Awesome!
Thank you!
Love this!! Working on a set right now!! Did you do anything to waterproof the hair??
So cute!
Nice one!
Creative!
Awesome
Thank you!
Love it! Great job....What did you use gor te top of the hat ?
I used a pizza tray from Amazon. I spray painted it black. Since the form tub is 12”, I found a pizza tray that was 12 3/4 “ so it had a nice lip around the top to prevent water from getting inside. Here’s the link Maxam Baking Stainless Steel Pizza Pan, 12-3/4", Silver www.amazon.com/dp/B004OEBC9Q/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glc_fabc_J7.5FbCNSYJTM?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
This is my first attempt at trying to make this for my family this Christmas, and your 2 part video of how you made it is very helpful and great, but nowhere can I find what the measurements are for the hat and face, I’m guessing you left it up to the person making it.
My apologies, it was one of my first Christmas tutorials and I wasn’t really good at making them. Here’s the measurements.
Hat area: 12in
Face area: 12in
Body area: 24in
Arms: 24in
Legs: 24in
Thank you for the reply and it’s ok I think you very talented person, I love to watch your videos to see what you make next, I myself love Christmas because my dad when I was growing up made it very special for me, so I guess you can say I’m a big Christmas geek, lol, I love the accomplishment of making stuff myself instead of store bought.
Hello Happy Holidays the out come looks great but you didnt show how you attached and put all the pieces together to acheive the final look. Are you plannng a behind the scene video or coming out with part 2
In the bio of the video I link part 2
Very nice.
Thank you!
Can u plz make a video on the big diy candy canes and more Christmas Decore that is cost effective and outdoor rated
Indeed! Those will be posted in a few weeks 😊😊
@@IsaacAlexanderDIY thank youuuuuu
Love it
Great job my friend. I was curious… since making these - have you found anywhere that may have a stencil for the face ? I’m planning on making some - but having the faces consistent would be difficult going free hand …
I’m sorry for my late reply, I’m not getting all my notifications on time. I freehanded the face but several sellers on Etsy make face templates for nutcrackers so you might want to search there
I was wondering how you got the body to attach to the arms and legs and base to be sturdy enough?
My apologies that the video doesn’t show that. It was one of my first videos and I didn’t really know how to make a good DIY video. The body is sitting on a circular plywood piece. That wood disk is attached to the PVC legs BUT inside the PVC legs is 2”x3” wood. That wood is attached to both the plywood disk and the wood base (where the nutcracker is standing). So I build the platform base first, attached 2 pieces of 2”x3” wood (one wood piece per leg) and then put the PVC legs over that. Then I attached the circular plywood disk on top of the legs and wood and attached the body by drilling it to the wood. I can show you a video on how I did it if you message me on Facebook. Search “Isaac Alexander DIY”
Here, I explain it better in the new video I made ruclips.net/video/F0PRTdKnAyg/видео.html
Love It! ❤️
Thank you!!
Wauw love it
Love it!!! where did you get the face template?
I drew it haha I didn’t use any template
Love Love ❤ IT
I am OBSESSED. About how much did it cost to make?
Thank you! It was about $50
@@IsaacAlexanderDIY awesome! I'm thinking about trying!
How well did it hold up? I'm planning on putting it outside. I live in the north so yea....🤣
They look just as good as when I built them last year
Great video! Where did you buy your paint? Just thinking of where to go price wise.
Thank you Tera! I buy all my paint at Lowes. I buy the paint by the quart. And it’s always exterior latex paint
Will it resist rain possibly because of the paint or better indoor?
I kept mine outside through rain and snow and it was perfectly fine.
I made 6 last year and made one already for someone. I see you have yours outside. What if it rains? Will that not mess the paint and decorations up on it? Or do you bring them inside if it rains? Mine are inside or placed on the porch. Wish I could post mine on here.
We have wet December’s so it’s rains several times. It did so well. Nothing was ruined and they remained sturdy. I just made sure to waterproof it good with the paint I used
Did you split it up evenly for the body, face ,hat?2ft 1ft 1ft
Yes indeed! 2ft for body, 1ft for hat, 1ft for face
Followup, where did you get those large cardboard cylinder?
There from lowes. They’re called concrete form tubes. All supplies are listed in Part 1
Hermoso ❤️
Muchas gracias
Whats the distance to put the painters tape between the hat, face and abs?
Hello Dana, my apologies for this awfully late reply, I hadn’t seen the notification. The body is 2 feet, the face is 1 foot and the hat is 1 foot. Hope that helps
What colors did you use?
I seen a giant lollipop by ginger bread house. How did you do that?
It’s several pool noodles that have been glued together at the ends, then I wrap colored duct tape and roll it
I also made one inspiredred by Julianna.
Julianna definitely was my inspiration. She’s the best
Yo conseguí ese tubo grande lo desecharon en una construcción y epa lo agarre y conseguí 2 tubos más delgados para los brazos y piernas solo tengo que gastar la pintura y los adornos😀😀😀
Que bueno! Ya lo termino? Aquí está parte 2
ruclips.net/video/F0PRTdKnAyg/видео.html
❤it!
Thank you!
Vernis laag😂😊
What color red is that???
LOL ... @0:57 "But if you're keeping yours inside you don't need to do all that." I don't think anyone would want to have that GIANT Nutcracker inside ... lolololololol ! ʕ•́ᴥ•̀ʔっ⁖💙
Haha you’d be surprised haha
Did your Drylock have sand in it?
How did that work out when painting?
I didn’t know that DryLoc had sand in it to begin with but maybe that’s what gives it the rough texture. It worked out perfectly fine once I painted it. I liked the texture the DryLoc gave it
@@IsaacAlexanderDIY No sanding was done?
@@brentbordelon3669 nope. No sanding
Where would I find the tubes?
Alan, All the materials I used are linked in the bio of the video including the links to where you can purchase them
What is the distance from hat and face
Measurements are in description
WHAT DID YOU MAKE THE GOLD SHOULDER PART OUT OF?
They’re made out of 4” PVC caps. I linked the ones I used in the video description. Then I spray painted it gold.
How did you attach the arms and legs
This is one of the first RUclips videos I made, which clearly was just time lapse so I apologize that I missed a lot of steps, I was new lol.
I attached the arms with a screw and washer from the inside of the body into the arms. The nutcracker is standing on a wood base, which has two pieces of wood (2in x 3in by however tall the legs are) attached to the base for the legs to go over. After I put the legs over the wood, I drilled a couple screws to hold them in place. Then I cut and attached a 12 inch diameter plywood circle on top of the legs and wood. This is going to be where the main body rest on. Before attaching the main body on top of this plywood circle, I put two pieces of wood attached to the plywood circle so that I would have something to drill into once the main body was on top. I cut a couple 2in x 4in pieces and attached them onto the plywood circle with enough clearance so that the main body can slide over them. Once I did that I could attach a couple screws to the wood to anchor it into place
Issac how did you attach his arms?
I used several screws. I drilled them in through the form tube (main body) since it’s wide enough it was easy to drill through it
I made a part 2 video where I explain it better. Here it is ruclips.net/video/F0PRTdKnAyg/видео.html
No download for face
How did you put the pieces together?
I made a part 2 where I explain it.
Here it is. ruclips.net/video/F0PRTdKnAyg/видео.html
Like 🇧🇷
muito obrigado!
It’s to fast.
Did you get this info from my viral post ?
Hey Juliana, I’m not sure who you are but I looked at your page and I don’t see any nutcracker videos so that’ll be a no.
@@IsaacAlexanderDIY I am the original designer of the Nutcrackers and I shared a step by step on my FB page I also sell the face template and instructions in my Etsy shop . I have thousands of followers .. I just made a video of how disgusted I am of people not crediting the original designer when they make something using their instructions .. My design went viral all over the world . They were on the news ..In the new papers etc.. I have helped hundreds of people with their own designs .. You are one of about 5 different people who have now taken my design and not credited me or my page .. Im not trying to take away from your work its wonderful ..All I ask is that credit is given to the original designer ..
@@sweetkahluababy Oh my goodness, I apologize for this. I got my inspiration from The Sun article that ran and showed what I now know to be your pictures. Here’s the article. It only credited the Facebook group.
I messaged you on Instagram so we can talk about how I can fix this properly and give you the credit you deserve.
www.google.com/amp/s/www.the-sun.com/lifestyle/1800961/diy-fan-makes-giant-christmas-nutcracker-out-of-old-bits-of-cardboard-and-people-cant-believe-how-good-it-looks/amp/
@@IsaacAlexanderDIY Thank You Issac ..