Snowman Ornament

I forgot to post this before Christmas!

We made a Snowman Ornament with our Brownie Troop.  I found the idea here and thought it would be a fun gift the girls can make for their parents.   The girls got to practice their painting skills (they had just earned their painting badge for Brownies) and got to be really creative.

Supplies needed:
block of wood (we purchased pine at Michael's)
paint (we used a light blue for the background)
white paint (to make your snowmen)
Sharpies in different colors

Each girl got a block of wood and wrote their name and the year on the back.  Then they started to paint their block of wood.  Like I said, we used the light blue paint.  It looks like a nice sunny day with blue skies (minus the sun).  It didn't take long for the wood to dry.

I set up a station and went to painting the girl's hand with white paint (to make the snowmen).  Most of the girls wanted to have the same number of snowmen on their ornament as their are in their family.  This can be difficult since it's easier to just paint the four fingers.  We had them paint a pinkie a second time for a fifth or sixth person.  This seemed to work out well.  When painting their hand, make sure to paint the entire finger (palm side only) an paint a little on the palm right underneath the finger (that makes it look like snow under the snowman).

Once finished making their snowmen, the girls washed their hands.

A second station was set up with a hair dryer (to make sure that they dried in time).  We only have an hour for our meeting so we have to use our time wisely.

Once the plaques are dry, the girls were able to use the sharpie markers to personalize their snowmen.   Adding eyes, nose, mouth, hat, buttons and a scarf.  Some even drew little stars/snowflakes in the sky around the snowmen.  We hot glued ribbon onto the back so the ornament can be hung.

The girls then made cards (with paper and crayons).  This was a Christmas gift for their parents.  We brought some red and green tissue paper and tape and the girls wrapped up their plaques and taped the card onto the gift.

I would have pictures of the girl's lovely pictures, but they wrapped their gifts so you are left with my sample pictures.  :)