We hire out nutcracker soldiers in pairs to make the grandest of entrances - one either side of the door, the stage or Santa's grotto. They're the traditional toy-soldier design with painted faces, gold crowns and staffs, in a range of colours, and most stand around 6ft tall.
They're weatherproof, so they're as happy on a wet high street as in a hotel lobby. We've flanked shop and office entrances with them, lined Christmas market walkways and stood them on guard at grottos. Recent Decembers have had them at Amazon warehouse family Christmas days alongside the grotto and throne chair, and GLIDE House in Attercliffe hired them for their office party.
Want the bigger version? That's the Nutcracker Trail: 8 to 12 figures placed around a town centre, shopping centre or event space, with a trail booklet for families to follow. We built a ten-stop one for Lichfield BID, with a map, spot-the-difference and a colouring competition.
We've been hiring since 1999, 95% of the kit is owned in-house at our Rotherham warehouse, and £5m public liability comes as standard on every booking. Delivery covers Sheffield, Doncaster, Barnsley, Worksop, Chesterfield and the rest of the UK.
We have a wide range of props available to hire, and the nutcrackers have stood alongside Santa's Grotto Hire, the Throne Chair Hire and the Christmas Snow Globe on the same jobs. The rest of the festive kit sits in the Christmas range.
Hit the green button to add them to your quote and we'll get back to you the same day. If you'd rather talk the display through first, the contact page has the form and our number.
The practical bits
- Price: from £120 plus VAT. Tell us how many figures you need and the dates, and we'll quote for the display
- Hire periods: short or long term, whatever the display needs
- Figures: traditional toy-soldier nutcrackers in a range of colours, most around 6ft tall, some taller
- Freestanding on weighted bases, no fixing needed
- All-weather: fine outdoors on grass, concrete, wood chip or hard standing, equally at home on indoor floors or artificial grass
Delivery
Delivery is in our own vehicles from the Rotherham warehouse, five minutes off the A1, M1 and M18. Sheffield, Rotherham, Doncaster, Barnsley, Worksop and Chesterfield are routine runs, Leeds, Manchester, London and Birmingham are regular ones, and we cover the whole UK for bigger displays. Call 0114 345 0135 and the office will talk the display through with you.
Goes well with
At grotto installs they've stood either side of Santa's Grotto Hire with the Throne Chair Hire behind them; spread across a town centre or shopping centre they become the full Nutcracker Trail. If you're feeding people too, add the Hot Chocolate Machine - it's been on the same Christmas jobs as the nutcrackers.
Suitable For
| Indoors on Artificial Grass |  |
| Indoors on Hard Surface | |
| Outdoors on Concrete | |
| Outdoors on Grass | |
| Outdoors on Grass / Hard Surface Mix | |
| Outdoors on Hard Surface | |
| Outdoors on Wood Chip | |