Christmas Crafts & Winter Crafts
Our Favorite SNOWMAN CRAFTS
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Are you looking for unique Christmas crafts for children? These snowman decorations are fun, easy, and inexpensive Christmas crafts for children of all ages! In fact, you'll probably have as much fun with them as the kids do. Christmas crafts for children or not, these snowmen bring out the kid in all of us. Deck the hall with these snowmen and celebrate winter in style.

Here's some inspiration to get you started on your own Clay Pot Snowman

Materials Needed for your Clay Pot Snowman: 2 inch Terra Cotta Clay Pot 1 1/2 inch Wooden Ball Head Orange Pipe Cleaner Small Buttons Twigs (or brown pipe cleaner) White Paint Black Paint (or a Sharpie Black Marker) Clear Acrylic Sealer Spray Glue (hot glue gun preferred)

Instructions:

Paint the clay pot and the wooden ball with white craft paint. It may need a few coats, but make the coats thin so it will dry faster. (A tip for painting a wooden ball is to put a blob of paint inside a paper cup. Add in the wooden ball and the twirl it around the cup until it is covered.)

While you are waiting for the paint to dry, cut a thin length of fabric to make a scarf. Fringe the edges loosely with scissors.
For the hat, cut out a rectangle of fabric (make sure that it fits all the way around the wooden ball!), fold it in half, and glue it down the cut edge to make a tube. Using a ribbon or piece of string (or even a bread bag twist tie!) tie off the top of the hat and fringe the edges. Roll up the bottom of the hat to make a rim and glue onto the wooden ball. Glue the wooden ball (hereafter known as the snowman head) to the bottom of the clay pot. OR Skip the hat and make ear muffs with cotton balls and a pipe cleaner.

Using the wooden end of the paint brush, dip into black paint and make eyes. You can use a sharpie marker instead of black paint. Paint dots for the eyes and mouth.

Glue buttons down the front of the clay pot. These can also be painted on. Glue on arms for the snowman from twigs or pipecleaner, or simply paint / draw on the arms

Tie the scarf around the neck of the snowman and voila! You are finished.

Now that you have the basic idea begin getting creative! Add anything you want to the snowman! Most of all, let your kids do this too. So what if they think Mrs. Snowman should be pink! Should Msr. Snowman wear a tutu? SURE! How about surfer snowman? Use this project as a springboard for more ideas. Sure a clay pot makes a great snowman, but wouldn't it also make a great turkey? How about carolers or angels? It's your project. Go crazy, go wild, but most of all go creative and let your kids be creative too.

Looking for more great Christmas Crafts? Other great Christmas Crafts include: Handprint angel. Clothes Pin Card Holder. Christmas Ornaments. Candy Cane Crafts.

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