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November 26, 2022

Photo of a 12 piece box of Snow Village building ornaments.

I found this box of 12 ceramic Christmas Village miniature ornaments at our local thrift shop earlier this week.

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Photo of thrifted Christmas village tree ornaments.

Here are the ornaments unboxed!

Photo of Christmas Snow Village buildings.

Several years ago, I repainted several larger Christmas Village buildings in a blog post HERE.

Photo of painted Christmas Snow Village buildings.

Repainting Christmas village buildings is quite easy.

The larger buildings had the corded light removed, received a cleaning, and were spray painted with Rustoleum Painter's Touch White Satin Spray Paint.

Photo of snow cover on Thanksgiving in northern Minnesota.

But, because our northern Minnesota November weather, I was unable to spray paint the miniature village outside.

Photo of acrylic Ceramcoat Select White Paint.

I removed the gold strings from the Village ornaments, wiped them off with Dawn Dish Soap water and a rag. I then brush painted them with Ceramcoat Select Acrylic Paint in White.

I applied two coats and the little buildings looked great! However, by the next morning, any of the houses with red ceramic paint on them had red bleed through.

Photo of Dixie Belle's Boss Stain & Odor block.

I pulled out my Dixie Belle Boss.

Photo of bleed through on painted Christmas Village ornaments.

Boss is an odor and stain blocking product.

I brushed on one coat, waited two hours and applied another. Then I let Boss dry and cure overnight.

Photo of Christmas Village ornaments painted white.

I painted over the Boss with Ceramcoat Select White acrylic, and this time none of the under-colors bled through.

I squirted some Aleene's Tacky Glue onto a newspaper.

Photo of faux snowflakes for decorating.

I dipped my finger in the glue and rubbed it on the roofs of a building. I then sprinkled the rooftop with faux snowflakes. I like the Mica faux snowflakes best.