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Christmas DIY
Easy and Cute Winter Decoration: Charming DIY Sock Snowmen
Christmastime is fast approaching; sadly, that also means that our funds are dwindling thanks to the endless holiday expenses. Since you know you’ll be spending a lot on gifts and food, why not spend a few minutes to make your own home decorations? We found these adorable DIY snowmen that are very easy to make. If you’re a crafter then you’re likely to have all the necessary tools and components at home already: white socks you’re willing to part with, rice, rubber bands, buttons, pins, and a small piece of fabric.
Detailed instructions and project credit: http://www.darkroomanddearly.com/2011/12/10th-day-of-christmas-sock-snowmen.htmlSince these jolly little snowmen really don’t take long to make, you could really have some fun and fashion one for each member of the family to rest above your mantelpiece or on windowsills. That’s what’s great about this project: there’s room for customization and personal touches.
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If you don’t have any of those map pins for the eyes or nose, you could simply draw them on with a marker, or glue little beads on instead.
If you’re planning on keeping these little guys for more Christmases to come, use thread, string or pipe cleaners instead of the rubber bands – over time the rubber bands will degrade, become brittle and eventually break.
If you’re worried about attracting unwanted mice with the rice stuffing, you could also try sand or (unused!) kitty litter; just make sure whatever you choose is weighty enough so that your snowmen don’t fall over or blow away.
Christmastime is fast approaching; sadly, that also means that our funds are dwindling thanks to the endless holiday expenses. Since you know you’ll be spending a lot on gifts and food, why not spend a few minutes to make your own home decorations? We found these adorable DIY snowmen that are very easy to make. If you’re a crafter then you’re likely to have all the necessary tools and components at home already: white socks you’re willing to part with, rice, rubber bands, buttons, pins, and a small piece of fabric.
Detailed instructions and project credit: http://www.darkroomanddearly.com/2011/12/10th-day-of-christmas-sock-snowmen.html
Top Tips:
If you don’t have any of those map pins for the eyes or nose, you could simply draw them on with a marker, or glue little beads on instead.
If you’re planning on keeping these little guys for more Christmases to come, use thread, string or pipe cleaners instead of the rubber bands – over time the rubber bands will degrade, become brittle and eventually break.
If you’re worried about attracting unwanted mice with the rice stuffing, you could also try sand or (unused!) kitty litter; just make sure whatever you choose is weighty enough so that your snowmen don’t fall over or blow away.
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Suuuuper! I really have to do this!
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absolutely amazing~!!!!
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Pistachio (pista) Shells flower (diy)
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What you need:
Tools:
- Cuting craft knife
Supplies / ingredients:
- Pistachios shells
- Random sticks
- Plasticine
- Bow
- Moss-(optional)
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WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just amazing what you can do! It's beautiful
Just amazing what you can do! It's beautiful
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I chose different shades of blue so you could see how they each look. These could also be done in Christmas colors, red and green or even gold and silver. They would also be fun with pastels or primary colors!
Note: some links below are affiliate links. That means if you happen to buy something, a small percentage of that sale goes back into this site, which enables me to continue to bring you free tutorials such as this one. So, thanks!
As always, a full printable supply list and instructions are at the end of this post.
For this project you will need the following supplies:
TO MAKE ONE SNOWMAN:
- 4-inch clay pot
- Plastic spoon
- Blue craft paint (I used Americana acrylics in Indian Turquoise, Whispering Turquoise, Ocean Blueand True Blue)
- Orange, white and black craft paint
- Blue felt
- Matte finish sealer (I used Americana DuraClear Satin Varnish)
- Floral foam
- White tissue paper
- White pom poms
- Ribbon
- scissors, toothpicks, hot glue gun, Micron pen (03)
IMPORTANT NOTE: Turns out that the Micron pen never quite dries on plastic. So if you think that people might touch the snowman’s face and smear the ink, you can use black paint dots (using a toothpick) to add the snowman’s mouth instead. If you prefer the pen, note that if it does smear you can easily wipe the smile off the spoon and reapply it.
Paint the clay pot blue and paint the rim white. When dry, use a toothpick and white paint to decorate the pot with snowflakes. When completely dry, give the pots a coat of sealer.
Use a long liner brush to paint an orange nose onto the spoon. Use a toothpick dipped in black paint to add the eyes. Use the black pen to add the smile and eyebrows. Please be sure and read the important note above about the pen.
Cut a 1/2-inch wide strip of felt and fringe the ends. Add a dab of hot glue about 3-inches from the right end. Place the snowman onto the glue then wrap the scarf around several times, securing with more hot glue.
Cut a small square of floral foam so that it fits snugly inside the clay pot. Insert the snowman spoon into the floral foam. Tear or cut a sheet of tissue paper in half and roll it up. Use the tissue paper to fill the inside of the clay pot, covering up the floral foam.
MAKE THE HATS
I’ve made 4 different hats and will show you how to make each one below.But first the basics. Cut a piece of felt, about 3” x 4”. Hot glue the corner of the felt to the back of the spoon. Wrap the felt around the front of the spoon and glue in place. Wrap the felt around to the back (trimming if needed) and glue it in place. This is how each of the hats below are started.
FRINGED POM HAT
Follow the basic hat instructions and tie a piece of ribbon tight around the felt near the top of the snowman’s head. Trim the top of the hat to about 1-inch above the ribbon. Use scissors to fringe the top of the hat and trim down until you like how it looks.BEANIE WITH POM POM
Follow the basic instructions for your hat then trim off the top, leaving about 2-inches of hat. Fold the top of the felt down to the back of the snowman’s head and glue in place. Glue a pom pom to the top.STOCKING CAP
Follow the basic hat instructions but don’t trim anything off the top. Fold the top of the felt down behind the snowman’s head. Use hot glue to hold it in place behind the head and fold the end of the felt together, securing with glue. Glue a pom pom to the end.
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Hello,
here is my DIY Snowmen
here is my DIY Snowmen
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OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THEY ARE SOOOOOOOOOO CUTE!!! I love them! They are so adorable! Well done, Luisa! Well done!
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Luisa, you motivated me to do some Christmas decorations as well So yesterday I did this one:
I had in the house some foam balls I bought a few weeks ago. They look like this:
I had some shinny paper so I cut out flowers with a flower punch like this one:
So the result is this:
I had in the house some foam balls I bought a few weeks ago. They look like this:
I had some shinny paper so I cut out flowers with a flower punch like this one:
So the result is this:
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Hey! Alina, they look great!
They are so beautiful
They are so beautiful
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It is amazing
Me too...me too...me too want to make this!!!
Me too...me too...me too want to make this!!!
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It's so wonderful and easy!!!
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TUTORIAL FOR CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT SPHERES
I'm really proud of myself that I'm getting this out to you well before Thanksgiving, even! I think this is the furthest in advance I've ever posted a tutorial for a holiday. Doing the tree for the DC temple Visitor's Center has helped me get all my ducks in a row, although it feels pretty weird to be full-tilt into Christmas stuff before even planning our Thanksgiving feast. I don't even have all my Halloween stuff put away yet!
These are the Baby Cousins to the Big Daddy-O ornaments that I made for the other tree, pictured below. I figured that most of us without 15-foot ceilings and 12-foot trees would appreciate this smaller scale for our 6 or 7 foot trees, but if you want to go big, go for it!
To make ornaments 6" wide like these, you'll need to buy 6" styrofoam or, even better, Smoothfoam balls. These can be quite pricey ($5 to $7 each). I found some great Smoothfoam balls online at Plasteelcorp.com for $3 each. Since I made 15, it made a big difference in the price, plus I got free shipping.
You'll also need to use 2 wordstrips instead of 1 per ornament.
About the text...I used white wording for the large balls, which was not very legible once the glitter was applied. For the small balls, I printed the wording in black, but I should have made the lettering thinner. I went back and fixed that after my ornaments were completed, so yours will look better. Everything's a learning process...
Okay, enough chatting: here's how to make these glittery musical spheres!
MATERIALS NEEDED:
3" or 3.5" styrofoam balls
Bamboo skewers
Music note napkins (I bought mine at PianoSupplies.com), cut into small squares. The squares you see pictured here are too large for this size of ball. After this picture was taken I cut them in half again once I started working. Squares that are 1.5" would be ideal.
Modpodge (mat finish) and a chip brush or equivalent, plus a little container for the Modpodge.
The wordstrips which you can click on and print out here:
"Forever and Ever....Hallelujah..." wordstrip
"Peace, Good Will Toward Men" wordstrip
"For Unto Us a Child is Born..." wordstrip
Cut them into the strips, taking care to preserve the black line which outlines the red. A paper cutter or ruler+rotary cutter are recommended to keep the lines straight.
NOTE: many home printers have ink that smears when wet. For best results, go to a commercial printer or make sure your printer ink doesn't smear. If it does, just let ink dry at least 2 days before attempting this project.
Clear glitter and a tray/large sheet of paper to catch excess glitter
Ribbon: skinny 1/8" for the hanger (9" length per ornament) and 1/4" for the bow (about 12" length per ornament).
Glue gun or craft glue
1) Insert 1 or 2 bamboo skewers into ball. Brush a generous coat of Modpodge over ball and lay the pieces of napkin down one at a time, brushing a thin layer of Modpodge over top of napkin piece after each one is put down. A little overlapping is necessary to ensure that none of the styrofoam is peeking through.
When ball is entirely coated, place bamboo skewer+ball into a heavy vase or jar so it can dry without touching anything.
2) When ball has completely dried, brush a thick coat of Modpodge around the midsection of ball. Wrap word strip all the way around --UPSIDE DOWN--, trimming ends if necessary so that only about 1/4" is overlapping. Take care to center the strip around the "equator" of sphere in relation to where the skewers are so that the ball won't hang crooked like some of mine did.
3) Carefully brush Modpodge over the strip, using the metal part of the brush to help press down any edges that don't want to conform to the curve of the ball. If you have used a printer with smudgy ink, wipe away any pink-tinted Modpodge on the music part of the ball before it dries. Otherwise you will have a pink ball. Let dry.
4) When ball has dried, coat entire ball again with Modpodge and sprinkle clear glitter over entire sphere. Don't worry about how cloudy it looks here - it will become clear and legible when it dries.
5) When completely dry, remove bamboo skewer(s) and use the tip of skewer to push the raw ends of skinny ribbon into hole. Squirt glue into hole to secure skinny ribbon.
Tie a little bow with the 1/4" ribbon. Using another dap of glue, attach bow to ball right at the base of the skinny ribbon.
ps. I am NOT moulting, nor is the skin on my fingers peeling off. It is merely the stubborn remnants of dried Modpodge which had not been scrubbed off yet. Lovely, I know.
And there you have it! Your very first music sphere ornament (insert Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus" here). Enjoy!
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Wow
Are suuuuper!!!
I really like them!!!
Are suuuuper!!!
I really like them!!!
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Thanks for all these wonderful ideas buddy. For this Christmas, I am planning for something rocking and that is why I am looking for good and spacious banquet halls in Chicago where I can plan for a memorable party.
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