Make a snowman out of improvised materials with your own hands - simple and clear master-classes with photo examples

Materials for making beautiful snowmen

It is quite easy to make a snowman with your own hands, but it is important to choose the right idea and prepare the materials. The simple shape and the possibility to use improvised means will help to quickly and easily organize the creative process, in which you can apply different techniques.

Depending on the age of the child and the intended use of crafts can complicate the design and use different materials. Plain paper and paper tissues, absorbent cotton and cotton disks, plasticine and cardboard, paint and glitter, buttons and beads, ribbons and toothpicks, whatever you can find on hand.

What ideas can be used to create a craft

The approaching new year is a time of miracles and not melting snowmen, will be a great decoration of your own home. In the process of making them you can use different techniques, focusing on the complexity of the chosen idea, which will help children if they are involved in the implementation of simple processes.

Applications for the little ones

The presented photos will help with the choice of the most beautiful idea for making a handicraft, for which you can use different materials. White office paper and colored paper are used most often, to increase the uniqueness of the created product, you can use other materials for volumetric applications:

• balls of tissues or crumpled paper are glued on a pre-prepared cardboard base, the creation of such a craft helps to develop fine motor skills in the baby;
• cotton disks, soft and easy-to-handle materials are easy to use for the youngest children, and there is no need to cut out complex shapes, the disks already have a circle shape;
• yarn pom-poms can be prepared by yourself, involving the child only in the formation of the finished snowman (gluing the pom-poms to the cardboard base).

For little masters, it is better to choose simple options, and the paper can be processed in different ways (gluing and cutting, folding and stitching). The technique of applique is often used to create beautiful handmade greeting cards or original greeting cards for decorating gifts.

A snowman craft for school

The basis of any craft is an idea and for the decoration of the school classroom or hallway, participation in the exhibition of works can be used more complex crafts:

• Plastic cups stapled together with the help of a stationery stapler are used as the basis for the snowman figure craft;
• papier-mâché technique, for making it is better to use unnecessary newspapers and balloons, such snowmen can be different sizes and configurations;
• snowman from foam plastic or foam blanks, you can buy them in advance in a store, or make them yourself using foam plastic and a box cutter.

The creation of complex products takes more time than the applique, but the result will please not only the children and parents, but also teachers.

For home decorations

Creating a cozy and festive atmosphere in the house can not do without decorative decorations, and you can use different ideas for creating snowmen:

• Sock toy, colored or white woolen socks are used to create cute figures, it is better to use rice or cotton to fill them;
• cardboard snowmen from boxes, interesting crafts will decorate the recreation area, and in such boxes you can place gifts for friends or family in advance;
• candlestick in the form of a snowman, to make a candlestick you can use tin and glass jars or independently mold it from polymer clay.

Self-made items of different sizes and shapes in the Christmas theme is limited only by the flight of fancy home masters.

Toys for the Christmas tree

Refusing to decorate the forest beauty or artificial Christmas tree with purchased toys, it is easy to use bright and non-standard ideas for decoration:

• molding from clay or salt dough, this technique will be mastered by any child or adult and will be happy to take the time to create exclusive Christmas tree toys;
• Old disks, round bases are great for making snowmen figures, and you can make not only toys for the Christmas tree, but whole garlands of such figures;
• Old light bulbs painted with white paint are an excellent basis for snowmen, they can be painted and decorated with hats, mittens, and scarves.

Handmade decorations carry a piece of warmth, and such an unusual decoration will help to create a good family tradition of making toys for the Christmas tree.

Making a snowman out of woolen threads with our own hands

Preparing for a bright and magical New Year's Eve, you should carefully think about interior design and decoration of the apartment.

Using a simple master class and step by step instructions, you can make a beautiful and unusual snowman from woolen thread, PVA glue and balloons and additional decor:

1. round balloons (2 pieces) are inflated in advance, one should be larger, the second smaller, it will be the torso and head of the snowman;
2. It is better to fasten the balloons to each other with thin strips of Scotch tape; it is possible to fix the handicraft on a small container;
3. starting from the top ball, wrap the whole surface of the handicraft tightly, but without pressure, with wool or synthetic thread;
4. The first layer of thread is carefully covered with a thin layer of PVA glue, it is important to thoroughly distribute the glue over the entire surface;
5. Once the first layer of glue has dried completely, you can repeat the procedure, which will help to further fix the thread layer;
6. When the glue dries, you need to carefully pierce the balls and pull them out of the wool balls, trying not to disturb the geometry of the figures.

The finished figurine of the snowman can be painted with spray paint, and paint his face, using acrylic paints.

Bright buttons or beads can be glued on the body, children's hat with a pompom and a scarf will increase the decorative effect of the handicraft, and give the snowman a unique look, you can put festoons inside the balls.

The snowman is traditionally associated with the onset of winter holidays, and while there is no snow, you can make it from hand-made materials. Beautiful and original crafts are great for decorating the house and children's room, decorate the recreation area or the windowsill, will be a great decoration for the Christmas tree.

Photo ideas of homemade snowmen crafts