We are in the thick of ornament making around here, so I wanted to share a super easy ornament that you can make with your kiddos. Every year, we make a bunch of these snowman ornaments to include in teacher gift baskets. They are extremely easy to make, and very inexpensive…
Start by making some Glitter In Glass Ornaments…for these I use extra fine white glitter.
In addition to the glitter in glass ornaments, you will need some black paint and orange paint. I already had these glass paints, so I used them. I have made them many times with acrylic paints, so you do not have to use special paint.
Start by painting two circles (filled in) for the eyes. Now, make about 5 or 6 circles for the snowman’s mouth. They do not need to be perfect, we are trying to achieve the look of coal…remember Frosty the Snowman with his eyes made out of coal? I went a step further and painted the silver top black too so it looks like a hat.
Now paint on his carrot nose, and you are all done!
You have yourself a cute little snowman to hang on your tree. These are so fun and easy, and make great gifts for neighbors, friends, and family…they are definitely my go to gift for Christmas!
I posted this last year, but decided to redo the tutorial and start from scratch because of the hideousness of the photos.
Due to having some of my content and posts stolen by no good lazy people who don’t do their own projects, I am sorry to have to truncate (shorten) my feeds. Please don’t hold it against me, and continue reading, because I do love you and want to share my tutorials with you ;)
Love,
Jessica
Stopping in from MBS for WW! Love the ornament idea! I blogged about it on my blog, I love great craft ideas! Thanks for sharing, also picked you on your contest above! Good luck!
What a cute, easy, quick ornament idea!
Stopping by from MBS WW. :)
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What an adorable snow man. I love your blog. I’m your newest follower.
Would love to see you DIY Home Sweet home.
Jamie
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P.S. I have a linky every Monday. Would love for you to stop by and link up.
love you idea’s, I voted for you and will try to remember to vote for you every day
think using black paint for the top would look like a top hat, going to try it
Very cute! I love the idea!
Karah @ thespacebetweenblog
Question: does the glitter just “stick” to the inside of the ornament or do you have to do something first to get it to look like yours? It seems to me all the glitter would just sit at the bottom. I decorate with only Snowmen so I LOVE this idea! What a quick way to make a themed tree!
This is so darn cute! I’d love to see you link it up at the December Sharing Time Linky Party! http://heathernow.blogspot.com/2011/12/sharing-time-december-2011.html
~Heather
Cute snowman ornament. Good luck with the contest. Thanks for sharing at Sunday’s Best.
How adorable is that snowman? I mean seriously! I love snowmen and have a lot of snowmen for decorating! Would you please share this with my readers for Fun Stuff Fridays linky party? http://www.toysinthedryer.com/2011/12/fun-stuff-fridays-3.html
love this
would love it if you could share this on my link party Serenity Saturday at http://www.serenityyou.blogspot.com
Natasha xx
What a cute ornament! I just love snowmen…they make me smile! Thanks for sharing it at my link party last week!
That is really cute.
So cute!!! Love it!!!
Lovely tutorial, with nice bright picture! The second times a charm ;)
so simple. looking for things to do with my kids during the christmas season. this would be perfect.
So cute Jessica!!…My kind of project!! :)
So very cute, I love it!
Just imagine a Christmas tree that is only decorated with these cuties!!! :)
these are adorable!!!
would love it if you could share it on my link party Serenity Saturday @ http://www.serenityyou.com
I am featuring your ornament tomorrow… Su cute!