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Snowballs For Sale
This cute little entrepreneurial snowman
makes a great addition to the fireplace mantel or the front entryway. A fun
wintertime craft that recycles too! The instructions for this craft list
out the materials that we used, but don't let that stop you! Be creative,
use up old Christmas craft supplies, adapt to what you have on hand.
You will need
3 1-1/4" diameter wooden balls
empty black film canister
holiday silk floral
2 juice can lids
18" length of craft wire fence
2 miniature terra cotta pots
woodsie door hanger with hanger section cut off
woodsie gingerbread man
small gold bell
scrap of material for scarf
small white pom poms
gold ribbon
2 small buttons (1 red, 1 green)
Fiberfil cotton batting
Acrylic paint in white, black, flesh, red, green, and orange
red glitter glue
black marker
hot glue gun
wire cutters
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What you do
Prep & Paint
Begin by cutting off the hanger portion of a woodsie door hanger, or use
a rectangular piece of wood or plywood for your base. Paint it white and
let it dry. Meanwhile, paint the 3 wood balls completely with white acrylic
paint. Set aside to dry. Paint 2 juice can lids, one red, and one green,
let dry.
Base
Once base has dried, begin gluing fence around the outer perimeter of the
woodsie door hanger. Bend as you go and cut off any excess with wire cutters.
Bend so that the gate is standing open. Be sure to allow room in the front
of the gate, approximately 3/4-1".
Snowman
Glue the 3 white balls together, stacked one on top of the other. Glue film
canister upside down on top of the head. Once glue is dry, glue 2 small buttons
onto second ball and wrap a small scrap of material around the neck in between
the top and second ball to make a scarf. Tie or glue in place. With black
acrylic paint, dot on two eyes. use orange paint to make a nose. Use the
black marker to draw on a mouth and flash colored acrylic paint to make rosey
cheeks. Glue snowman to the base inside the fence, off to the left.
Sleds & Snowballs
When juice can lids are dry, glue small loops of gold ribbon to the back
in two places for sled handles. Glue the sleds to the base, leaning them
up against the fence, off to the back right. Put some glue in the bottom
of one of the terra cotta pots and immediately add two pom poms so that the
glue doesn't dry. Add a little more glue to the pom poms in place and attach
more pom poms to create a bucket of snowballs. Repeat with other terra cotta
pot. Glue both to the base, one next to and in front of the snowman, the
other just outside the fence.
Finishing Touches
Glue a sprig of holiday silk flowers or berries to the back left corner of
the fence, behind the snowman. Add a small gold bell to the gate of the fence,
secure with glue. Make the For Sale sign by using the black marker to write
"FOR SALE SNOWBALLS AND SLEDS", use the picture as a guide. Decorate the
sign with light brushes of white paint around the edges and a line and dots
of red glitter glue (see picture). Tie a small bow from gold ribbon and glue
to the top of the gingerbread's head. Glue the sign in the front of the fence,
left side. Surround the perimeter of the fence with clumps of Fiberfil, not
too much, you don't want to hide your embellishments!
Display!
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Recommended craft book:
175 Easy-To-Do Christmas Crafts
Amanda Formaro is the entrepreneurial
mother of four children. She and her husband live in southeastern Wisconsin.
She is also the owner of FamilyCorner.com Magazine. Subscribe to her free
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