Looking for a good cold-day craft?
These little snowmen are so easy to make, and, it's a craft the whole family can help with. The supplies are really inexpensive and the end product is adorable.
| How to Build your own Set of Snowmen: |
What you'll need:
- Wooden blocks. (We used generic tumbling tower/jumbling tower blocks from the local big box store. These typically come 48 to a box for about $5.)
- White acrylic paint
- Paintbrush
- 1 large nail and a hammer
- 3/4 inch screw eyes - one per snowman
- Permanent markers - black and orange
- 6-inch-by-1/2-inch piece of scrap fabric or ribbon for each snowman's scarf
- 6-inch piece of twine or sisal string - one per snowman
- Glue gun, glue dots, or tacky glue to secure scarf
- Wax paper to cover your work surface (wet blocks will stick to newspaper)
- Small piece of sandpaper to finish edges
Instructions:
- Paint the wooden block on all sides with white acrylic paint.
- If there are any messy edges, use a small piece of fine sandpaper to fix the edges. You can also use the sandpaper to make the snowmen look a bit distressed if you like that look!
- Insert a screw into the top of each block. We first made a starter hole with a hammer and a large nail and then screwed in the screw eye.
- Using the permanent markers, draw on your snowman's face and dots down his front.
- Tie a scarf around the block just below the face. We used thin strips of fabric that were easier to work with than stiff ribbons. It's a great way to use up extra crafting supplies if you have leftovers lying around.
- Add a dot of hot glue under the fabric so the scarf stays in place. (A glue dot or tacky glue would work as well.)
- Tie a piece of string through the screw eye on top, and your snowman is ready for display!
The finished snowmen make great present toppers or ornaments. You could even take it a step further and personalize them for holiday meal place cards. Add them to a gift card for your child's teacher for a personal touch. My daughter's Girl Scout troop just had a table at a craft fair to raise money and her snowmen were a popular item at the fair!
The possibilities are endless for these little guys and I hope you have as much fun making them as we did.
Happy snowman making!
Joan Scovic is the publisher of Macaroni Kid Palatine-Barring10ton, Ill.
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