Snow People

Hello again!  More ornaments comin' at ya!

This one is great if you're short on time but still want to get creative with the kids.  If you don't exchange ornaments in your family, these would also be adorable attached to Christmas packages. You could even do these just for fun decorations.  My daughter would LOVE to set a little family of these cute snowmen on her window or her desk.

Please, don't forget that these projects are not only for moms!  Grandparents, Aunts and Uncles, sitters, teachers, etc. can all get involved with the "littles" in their lives!

This project includes the use of a glue gun.  Do not let that discourage you from involving young children.  My Chunky Monkey is 1 1/2 and he still had a blast.  Think of different ways you can encourage their involvement.  As you'll see, this project uses pompoms.  I had the kids roll them in their hands and"fluff" them.  Obviously they don't need to be fluffed... but they didn't know that. From their perspective it was a VERY IMPORTANT task and they laughed and giggled while they set out to "work".

I bought these large pompoms, 15 for $2.49 (I bought 2).  The small black pompom I used to mimic a hat came 25 to a package for $0.99, as did the tiny ones we used as eyes.  The ribbon came 3 colors to a spool for $2.50 and the carrot nose is a pipe cleaner.  There were maybe 25 or so to a package for $0.99.  Considering I will be using half the ribbon for another project, These came out to $0.63 per ornament!  We used hooks and poked them through but you could just as easily use a needle and embroidery floss or thread.  I'm actually thinking about doing it that way next time.  If you want these to stand on their own, try gluing them to a base.  I would suggest wooden rounds (they even sell these with the tree bark still on, which would be ADORABLE) or craft foam.

Have fun together!

Cheers,
Alyssa