The Nutcracker

A gift under the tree that wakes up at midnight

On a snowy Christmas Eve, our hero's new nutcracker doll comes to life at the stroke of midnight, leading an army of toy soldiers against the Mouse King and off to a shimmering Land of Sweets.

Colour palette: midnight-blue snow, toy-soldier scarlet and sugarplum silver

Sample pages

Sample illustrations of this tale. Your book is drawn with your own child as the hero, in this story's colours.

A tall wooden nutcracker standing guard under a glittering tree

A midnight battle between toy soldiers and an army of mice

Snowflakes swirling on the way to a Land of Sweets

Parts for your family

Add these people to the book and they play these parts, with their own faces. Anyone else you add joins the story as themselves, beside the hero.

The godfather with the gift — suits: Grandfather, Uncle (father's brother), Uncle (mother's brother), Father
The Nutcracker prince — suits: Brother or sister, Cousin, Friend

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