Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Make Your Own Melted Snowman Ornament

Here's a fun and easy Christmas craft you can do with your students as a gift for parents... a craft in the classroom... or just something fun to make with your own children. It's a melted snowman ornament made out of glue and small trinkets. I saw the idea on Pinterest and decided to try one myself. I think it worked pretty well. Here's what I did:

1. Squirt a large puddle of Elmer's glue on a piece of wax paper. Make sure it is sitting on a surface where you can leave it for a while since it will take a couple of days to dry.

2. Add in eyes, "carrot" nose, and mouth. I used small black buttons for the eyes and mouth and a piece of orange pipecleaner for the nose. You could also use beads, pom poms, or anything else small.

3. If you choose, you can loop a piece of string, yarn, or ribbon and anchor the ends into the glue puddle. I did not do this step and simple "drilled" a hole with a pair of scissors after the glue was dried.

4. Be patient and wait for the glue to dry. Depending on how large a glue puddle you made, it could take up to 2 days for it to be dry.

5. When it's dry, peel the wax paper off the back and hang on your tree.

3 comments:

  1. Awesome new idea! Very cute, thanks for sharing! :-)

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  2. Thanks so much for linking up to my birthday hop!!!! This idea turned out really cute and I'm sure others will enjoy having fun -- making a cute keepsake.

    Thanks again,
    Debbie Clement
    RainbowsWithinReach

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  3. Great idea! I recently used clear liquid glue and had to leave some of it in a plate due to a fire drill. I didn't get to clean up the plate until later and what was left was what looked like a solid melted ice cube. I like your white snowman and I bet you could do this with the clear glue too. It would look cool up against Christmas lights. I think my kinders would love this project...thanks for the post!
    seabears kindergarten

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