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Melting Snowman Ornament Tutorial

November 21, 2020 | Heather Painchaud | 7 Comments

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melting snowman ornament tutorialThis melting snowman ornament tutorial is super easy to follow!  These snowman ornaments make an awesome craft for the kids to do during the holidays.
melting snowman ornament
I set up my very first table at a Christmas Craft Fair last weekend.  Between hosting a Crafty Christmas Open House last week and the craft fair I would say that selling my crafty goodies was a big success.  We’ve made Alphabet Block Snowmen, DIY snowmen making kits and these Cork Snowman Ornaments too.
 
 
melting snowman ornament 
Are these snowmen not just darling?!
 
Anyway, I searched Michaels for clear glass ornaments and the sales lady said that they had been sold out for quite a while.   Then last weekend (after my craft fair), I was wandering the isles of Walmart (without kids ~ one can only wander without kids in tow otherwise it looks more like a dash through the isles) and totally stumbled upon some clear plastic ornaments (not where I thought they would be).

Melting Snowman Ornament Thrilled, I nabbed a whole bunch and set out to make some Melted Snowmen Ornaments with the boys for their preschool friends and teacher.

Check out the easy melting snowman ornament tutorial:

Melting Snowman Ornament

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Supplies:

  • Clear ornaments (glass or plastic) I love that we found the plastic ones because they are safe and super durable for preshoolers.
  • Salt for snow (or clear glitter)
  • Orange polymer clay for noses (or card stock or fun foam cut into triangles)
  • Black polymer clay for eyes and mouths (or peppercorns or tiny pom poms)
  • Brown polymer clay for arms (or sticks or pipe cleaners)
  • Ribbon for scarves (or fabric)
  • Extra ribbon or jute for hanging the ornaments

Directions: 

Melting Snowman Ornament

 1. Use a pea sized piece of orange polymer clay to form each nose.

Melting Snowman Ornament

2. Use a pea sized piece of brown polymer clay to form each arm.
3. Roll many, many, small black polymer clay circles for eyes and mouths.
4. Bake as directed on the package.  Usually 30 minutes at 275°.
 

Melting Snowman Ornament

5. Fill the ornament with 2-3 Tbsp of regular table salt.  Here I had set up a filling station for the boys to create their own snowmen.
  
Tip: older children could make their own features out of polymer clay and fill the ornament with salt themselves.  I didn’t want to take my chances with twin five year old boys.  Assembly line fashion works best for them.  And even after instruction some of our snowmen had three noses and ten eyes!!

Melting Snowman Ornament

 Our noses, arms and scarves.

Melting Snowman Ornament

The boys love, love, loved creating these!!  
I am thinking that these could be a yearly tradition of child labour for craft fairs. *wink*

Melting Snowman Ornament

 All filled.
 Melting Snowman Ornament
6. Finally, tie with jute or ribbon.
melting snowman ornament

 

A melting snowman with arms.
melting snowman ornament

My crafting essentials for kid crafts:

  • We love using these Apple Barrel Acrylic Paints to add bright color to all of our projects.
  • These paint brushes are ideal for most craft surfaces and a great price!
  • This art supplies kit is our favorite because it has everything we needed to get started.
  • This rolling storage cart helps to keep our craft supplies organized.

If you love this fun melting snowman ornament tutorial, please give it a five star review and help me share it on Facebook and Pinterest!

 

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