Snowman

Well, I am the room representative for my daughter's first grade class and had to find some crafts to do. I of course went on Pinterest and found so many cute things that it was hard to choose. Also, my mom went to a craft fair and bought a cute snowman that gave me the idea.

Here is the finished product...

If you want to make one, these are the supplies you will need...

*    Glue Gun

*    White Acrylic Paint

*    White Glue

*    Foam brush

*    Glitter (Clear)

*    Orange Pipe Cleaners (1” for nose)

*    Silver Metallic Pipe Cleaners (4” for band of ear muffs)

*    Brown Pipe Cleaners (snowman’s arms)

*    Pom-poms for the ear muffs (I choose Christmas colors from Hobby Lobby because they were % off.)

*    Ribbon, fleece, or yarn (I choose to use some cute tinsel ribbon I found at Hobby Lobby.)

*    2” Styrofoam ball

*    Small flowerpot (I found this at Michael's.  I brought in the 2” ball and picked the right size.)

*    Toothpick

*    Black Tempera Paint

1.   Paint the pot with two coats of acrylic paint.  You may choose to use spray paint, I just didn’t want to freeze out in the garage.  After the paint is dry...

2.    Using the foam brush, apply a thin layer of glue and put it in a bowl and sprinkle it with glitter.  After the glue/glitter is dry...

3.   Take the 2” Styrofoam ball and cut one edge off so that it can sit flat on top of the flower pot.

4.   Use the hot glue gun (low setting) and put a bead of glue on the bottom edge of the flower pot and put the head on top.

5.   Put a bead of glue on the back where the head is sitting on the pot and attach the brown pipe cleaner.

6.   Use a silver metallic pipe cleaner (about 4”) and bend in toward the inside.  Use a toothpick and poke a hole in one side of the snowman’s head.  Then put the pipe cleaner in and do the same on the other side.

7.   Use a glue gun and attach the pom-poms where the silver metallic pipe cleaners are pushed into the Styrofoam. 

8.   Use the toothpick and poke a hole for the nose and put the orange pipe cleaner in.

9.   Add the scarf around the neck and tie it in a knot.

10.            Using black tempera paint and a toothpick to add eyes and a mouth.

11.            Fold the brown pipe cleaner up to make the snowman’s arms.