I decided that my January decor was really lacking, so I whipped up this little snowman.
It was super easy to make, took about 30 minutes, and cost nothing because I had the materials on hand (even if you don’t have the materials, you can make this for less than $5!).
I don’t have pictures of each step, but it’s pretty self-explanatory . . . I will just explain what I did and you can email me if you have questions. 🙂
*I used a 4×4″ wood scrap that we had and cut it into 3 pieces: 4″ long, 6″ long, and 8″ inches long (you could purchase a 4×4″ piece of wood at a store like Lowe’s or Home Depot and have them cut it to those measurements for you. If you are nice, sometimes they will give you their scrap wood for free).
*Paint all 3 pieces white. (You don’t have to sand down your edges, but I did just to give it some dimension.)
*You will need a triangle for the nose- once again I just used scrap wood and cut a simple triangle out. *You don’t even need a fancy saw- you could totally use a hand saw to cut out a triangle. If you didn’t want to cut it out, a lot of craft stores sell pre-cut wood shapes and that would work great.
*Paint your nose orange and sand down the edges (if you want to do that).
*Glue the nose to the middle of the smallest wood block and add eyes right above it. I used the end of an unsharpened pencil dipped in black paint for my eyes.
*Glue on three buttons down the front of your blocks and stack them up . . .
your snowman is now complete!
Quick, easy, cheap, and cute . . .
my kind of craft! 🙂
That is so cute!! Great idea 🙂
really cute!
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So cute! That is one snowman I wouldn’t mind keeping out all winter.
So very cute!!! I’m visiting you from Skip to My Lou. I’d love to invite you to link up with us for Fun Stuff Fridays.
This is great! Very cute and easy to make. Thanks for sharing.
Absolutely LOVE this!! So, so cute 🙂
I also wanted to let you know that I featured you girls on my blog today!
I LOVE this idea and am totally making one for my sister, who collects snowmen. Thanks!
Sorry but a bit confused.
How do ya get blocks out of this?
Is the top block 4 4inch pieces, middle 4 6 inch pieces and bottom 4 8 inch pieces?
Both home depot and Lowes did not understand the instructions and also said they don’t cut wood for women crafts.
The board is 4 x 4 inch board that is a few feet long. Cut the 3 pieces off of the board. One being 4 inches long, one being 6 inches long, and one being 8 inches long.