Sunday, December 23, 2012

Snowman Ornament from Paint Stick

I know this craft has been done a million times.  It's a really easy craft that is definitely doable under $1.00.  I had all of the supplies on hand, except for the paint stick, which was free from Home Depot.  Great classroom project.  You can paint the paint stick (yea, funny) and let the kids assemble the rest in class.

Supplies needed
Paint stick
white paint
black felt or black foam
googly eyes (is it google eyes or googly eyes?)
orange foam for nose
black buttons (or, my favorite, the black Sharpie)
felt for a scarf
ribbon (to hang ornament)
glue
hot glue (or strong glue to attach ribbon to back of ornament)

Paint your paint stick with the white paint.  (I used paint three times in that last sentence)  Yes, you should paint both sides.  You might have to give it a couple of coats of paint if yours has writing on it.  I  had to cover up orange writing because it was from the orange store = Home Depot. 
Hot glue a ribbon loop onto the back of your paint stick.  Make it long enough so you can hang it from the tree.  I used the thinner side of the paint stick as the top (figuring his head is thinner than his body).
Cut out a hat from your felt or foam (We used black foam to make it sturdier). 
Cut a carrot nose out of your orange foam.
Glue your hat onto your stick.  Add the googly eyes, carrot nose and draw a mouth. 
Cut out a strip from your felt for a scarf and tie it on.  You can glue it to make sure it doesn't fall off or get taken off my some little elf helper.
You can use black beads for his buttons, decorate with some snowflake sequins.

And, you're done!
We did this project with our Daisy troop at their Christmas party
lots of snowman ornaments!
Good job, Bella!

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