As I stated before I get a lot of project dealing with snowman;
so, here is some more interesting one to do.
Snowballs
for Sale Ornament
Materials: clear glass bulb ornament
Premo! Sculpey: two
2-oz. blocks 5001 white, 2-oz. block 5033 orange, 2-oz. block 5323 green, 2-oz.
block 5382 cadmium red, 2-oz. block 5562 ultramarine blue,
2 black seed beads, straight pin, 12 white pompoms, Snowflake
Stamps, 1/2″ Kemper circle cutter, 3/8″ Kemper heart cutter, pink & blue
chalk, cotton swab, paring knife,
round toothpick, paintbrush, pasta maker or acrylic roller, black fine-tip pen,
white Pentel Milky gel roller, light blue card stock, scissors, eye pin, gold cord or ribbon,
quilt batting, baking dish or cookie sheet,
circle template (optional, to measure clay), clear Liquid Nails adhesive
from beauty supply stores
Directions:
For the snowman’s body:
Roll a 1-1/8-inch ball of white clay into a cone. Press straight pin halfway
into the top of the body to support the head.
For legs: Roll two
3/4-inch balls of white into 1-1/4-inch-long tapered logs. Use snowflake
rubberstamp to indent snowflake on end of each leg. Apply blue chalk to
snowflake indentations with a cotton swab. Attach legs to body.
For arms: Roll two
5/8-inch balls of white into 1-1/4-inch-long tapered logs. Attach arms to body.
For head: Roll a
7/8-inch ball of white clay. Press two black seed beads into head for eyes. Use
a toothpick to make two squint lines at each eye. Roll a 3/16-inch ball of
orange into an oval nose and press onto his head. For his mouth, use a circle
cutter and press half of the cutter into the head under the nose. Blush cheeks
using pink chalk and cotton swab. Set aside.
For hat: Roll a 1-inch
ball of ultramarine blue into a 3-inch-long tapered log. Use the rounded end of
a paintbrush to make a hole in the center of the hat. Gently roll the
paintbrush around the hole, making the hole larger until it fits over the head.
Bend the tail of the
hat up and down. Press onto top of head.
For the brim of his
hat: Roll a 1/4-inch-wide log of ultramarine blue. Flatten with your fingers
and then use the paintbrush to indent. Starting at the back of the hat, press
the brim around the lower edge of the hat and cut off when ends meet.
For the pompom on the
hat: Roll a 7/16-inch ball of white. Use the rounded end of the paintbrush to
make a hole in the pompom. Press onto the end of the hat.
Press the eye pin into
the top of the hat.
Sit the body on top of
the ornament and press slightly against the glass. Attach the head to the top
of the body. Lay the ornament on a piece of quilt batting.
For the holly accent:
Flatten a sheet of green through the pasta machine at a #4 setting (5/64-inch
if using an acrylic roller). Use the heart cutter to cut out three hearts. Fold
each heart gently in half and press ends together to form holly. Press onto
glass. For the berries, roll three 1/8-inch balls of cadmium red and press them
onto the center of the holly.
Bake at 265 F degrees for 30 minutes and let cool. Gently
remove clay pieces from the glass.
Remove the metal top of the ornament, put 12 white pompoms
inside and replace top.
Glue the body and holly
accent onto the bulb. Set aside.
For the sign: Cut a
1-1/4″ x 3/4″ rectangle of blue card stock. Use the black pen to dash lines
around the edge of the sign. Use white gel roller to write “Snowballs 4 Sale.”
Glue the sign into the hands of the snowman.
String with gold cord or ribbon.
Newspaper
Fabric Snowman Ornament
Materials: Inkjet Fabric Sheets, Text book
page of choice, Buttons and Jazzy Brads Flowers, May Arts Fabric Ribbon, Fairfield
Poly-fil stuffing, 6/0 pebble beads in black, 12mm flat backed rhinestones, thin
natural sticks, Scraps of orange felt, Beacon Adhesives Gem Tac, Fusible
webbing, Sewing machine and thread, hand sewing needle and thread, Computer,
scanner and printer, Scissors, Inkjet fabric sheets
Directions:
The fabric sheets are paper backed so they go through your
inkjet printer easily.
Stuffed snowman circles:
traced two different sized circles for the head and body of the stuffed
snowman ornament on the paper backing. Cut the circles out. You need two
circles of each size for the front and back of the snowman.
Orange felt nose: To make
the snowman nose, fuse some orange wool felt to fusible webbing with an iron
and cut out a tiny triangle. Peel off the paper backing and fuse the nose to
the snowman head. At this point you will want to peel the paper backing off of
the fabric sheets too so you can begin to stitch the details in place.
Blanket stitch: Blanket
Stitch the edges of the felt with the hand sewing needle and thread, or you can
machine stitches it using a straight stitch or a blanket stitch if your machine
has one.
Snowman head: Hand stitches
the pebble beads in place for eyes.
Buttons: every snowman
needs buttons. Sew on buttons. After the
details are all stitched in place, it is time to sew the circles together using
your sewing machine. Using a straight stitch, sew the circles about 1/4"
from the edge and leave a 2" opening for stuffing.
Sew snowman bottom. Stuff the pieces and sew the opening
closed. Stuff the snowman bottom. Now you can sew the head and body together
using a straight stitch. Snowmen sew
together. Another snowman must have, is
a scarf.
Tie the ribbon in a loose loop and secured it with a Jazzy
Brad.
Jazzy brads: Cut
another piece of ribbon for the hanger and sew to the top of the ribbon. Hide
your stitches by sewing on another button.
Sew on hanger. Stick arms! Collecting snowman arms: Glue the arms in place and then tuck the ends
under the ribbon.
Snowmen
Decoration
Materials: Polymer clay (white, black, orange, and other
colors for embellishments, thumb, String, twine, or ribbon
Optional: jewelry wire and Glaze
Directions:
Start by rolling three even balls of white clay. use plain
white but a shimmery white would also be beautiful.
Stack the three balls closely together. Now help your kids
press their thumbs evenly into each of the three balls. Polymer clay is a
little dense to work with. Wash hands right away after touching the clay.
Add decorations. To make the scarf, roll out a long piece of
clay. Then slightly flattened it and wrapped it around the snowman's neck.
Optional: Use jewelry
wire to make a loop. Stick this into the top of your snowman before you bake
it. If you're not familiar with jewelry making tools at all, you can just glue
ribbon to the back of the ornament after it is baked.
Bake the ornaments. Follow the instructions on the brand of
polymer clay you used. The size and color of the ornament will not change after
you bake it.
Optional: Let the
ornament fully cool. Paint a thin coat of Glaze over the ornament for a
finished look. (You can add a dab of glue around the jewelry wire to make sure
it was fully secure.)
You could also have fun and add hats, arms, a mouth, earmuffs,
and other fun accessories.
Snowman
Wobbler
Materials:
STYROFOAM
Brand Foam: 12" x 4" cone, one
4" ball, one
Other
Materials: Clear glass marbles, 5"
straw broom, Felt, 9" x 12" sheets: white, three; dark green; black,
one each, Polyester fiberfill, Chenille stems: dark green, two; white; orange,
one each, 1/4" black pom poms, two, 3/4" dark green flat buttons,
three, Fine-gauge spool wire, and Paints:
black dimensional fabric; pink acrylic
Tools: Scissors, Ruler, Pencil, Fine-line black
permanent marker, Compass, Metal tablespoon, Extra-long straight pins, Large-eye
sewing needle, Serrated knife, Candle
stub or paraffin, Wire cutters, Needle
nose pliers, Awl or ice pick, Medium
flat paintbrush, Disposable palette, Paper towels, Thick, white craft glue, and
Low-temp glue gun and glue sticks
Directions:
Press opposite sides of foam ball on a hard surface to flatten
slightly. Wax serrated knife with candle stub or paraffin and cut ball in half.
Refer to diagram to cut top 4" from foam cone. Mark a
line around cone 5" from base. Indent cone on line by pressing foam onto
square edge of a counter or table. Note: This will become snowman's neck.
Refer to diagram to hollow out lower 5" of cone and one
half ballby scooping out foam with a tablespoon. Leave approx.
1/4"-1/2"outer shell intact, working carefully to avoid cracking
foam.
Cut white chenille stem in half. Using pattern cut two mittens
from dark green felt. Glue mittens to matching felt, sandwiching white chenille
stem between layers. Let dry. Cut mittens from doubled felt, cutting around
original shapes.
Cut out remaining snowman patterns as indicated. Also cut one
12" x 4" strip from white felt for head and one 8" x
3/4"strip from dark green felt for neck portion of scarf.
Wrap orange chenille stem around tip of needle nose pliers to
form cone nose. Mark placement of nose on center of 12" x4" white
felt head; do not glue. Paint pink round cheeks on either side of nose mark.
Draw a curved smile with black dimensional paint between cheeks. Allow to dry.
Fringe ends of scarf tails as indicated on pattern. Glue a green
chenille stem lengthwise to back of each scarf tail just above fringe and then
trim the excess stem. Cut 1/4" wide strips from excess white felt. Glue
strips approximately 1/2"apart to both scarf tails and the 8" x
3/4" neck strip, trimming them flush with edges of dark green felt.
Overlap one side of felt robes 1/4" and glue to form one long
piece. Glue buttons to robe where overlaps felt.
Following patterns overlap corresponding edges of robe, hat
crown, and sleeves 1/4" and glue to form tubes. Repeat for head with
facial features to inside. Turn.
10. Insert a chenille stem arm into each sleeve with wide end overlapping
mitten slightly. Gather each sleeve 1/2" from bottom. To gather fabric
throughout, use a large-eye needle with fine-gauge wire and hand sew gathering
stitches where indicated. Gather fabric on wire and then twist wires together to
secure. Trim excess wire. Spot glue bottom of sleeves to mittens, if necessary.
Repeat to gather sleeves around chenille stem arms 1/4" from top.
Place robe on cone with top of felt 1/4" above indented neck.
Gather robe around neck. Place head on cone with bottom f felt overlapping top
of robe and face centered above buttons. Gather head around neck. Stuff head
with fiberfill between foam and felt to give it a round appearance. Gather head
1/4" from top around cone.
Glue cone nose to face with two black pom pom eyes centered
above. Glue 8" x 3/4" striped neck strip around neck, overlapping
ends at one side. Glue one end of each scarf tail to neck strip, concealing
side seam. Shape soft ripples in.
Gather hat crown tube 1/4" from top edge. Turn and shape as
desired. Place hat brim over top of head, enlarging center circle if necessary.
Place hat crown on top, gluing bottom edges to brim. Glue hatband around base
of crown with ends at center back.
Use an awl or ice pick to form tiny holes in robe and foam body
at shoulders to attach arms. Glue arms into holes with sleeve seams concealed
at bottom. Glue broom tucked behind a mitten.
Turn cone body on end and weight hollow area with glass marbles.
Align hollow half ball on bottom of cone with flat sides together and pin in
place temporarily. Test snowman's rocking motion, adding or subtracting marbles
as necessary. When satisfied, remove
pins and glue ball to cone permanently.
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