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It’s the seventh day of the 12 days of Holiday Ideas event and it’s all about DIY Christmas Ornaments! Today, I’m sharing a Sand Snowman Ornament!
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DIY Sand Snowman Beach Ornament
How to Make a Sand Snowman Ornament
How to make a Sand Snowman Ornament with styrofoam, sand, and Mod Podge
Materials
- 1 - 2" foam ball
- 2 - 3" foam balls
- sand
- Mod Podge
- Mini Santa Hats
- Brown floral wire. See notes.
- Crayola Magic Clay or other air dry clay
- Orange acrylic paint
- Mini Christmas lights or some other item the snowman can carry
- Waxed cotton rope/twine. See notes.
- Optional - glitter flakes or white snow glitter
Tools
- Hot glue gun/glue sticks
- Cutting Pliers
- Precision Razor Saw
- Optional - fine tip felt pen
- Flat nose pliers
- Yarn darning needle
Instructions
- Using the precision saw, cut a small portion off of one of the 3" foam balls. Cut a top and bottom off a second 3" foam ball. Cut a small portion off of a 2" ball.
- Hot glue together the balls to form a snowman shape. Let dry.
- In a container, mix together sand and glitter flakes (optional). Paint the foam shape with Mod Podge and sprinkle with a coat of sand. Set aside to dry.
- Paint the coated sand snowman with a 2nd coat of Mod Podge and sand. Let dry.
- While the snowman is drying, make the snowman noses. Take small pieces of clay and make into mini cones to resemble carrots. Let dry. Then, paint the carrot noses orange. Let dry. Optional - use the mini precision saw to make carrot lines on the cones. Accent the lines with black felt pen.
- Apply glue to the inside rim of the mini Santa hat. Place the hat on the snowman head. Fold the hat over and glue down.
- Snip off the button loop on the sunglasses. Glue onto the face of the snowman.
- Glue carrot nose under the sunglasses.
- For the arms, bend the floral wire to mimic tree branches. Make sure to leave enough at the ends to poke into the snowman. Attach smaller pieces of wire to mimic smaller branches. Use a flat nose pliers to squeeze the wires tight where they connect together. Hold the snowman facing you and add the branch arms to the sides. Remove the arms and add a bit of craft glue to the portion of the branch that goes into the snowman. Reinsert into the snowman sides.
- Glue on a garland of mini lights to the branch arms or another item to the arms.
- Sew on the twine loop through the back side of the Santa hat. Grab only one layer of fabric and wiggle the needle and thread trough.
- Tie a knot to make a loop and hang on the tree!
Notes
- I couldn't find brown floral wire, so I painted white floral wires with brown paint.
- Crayola magic clay does not dry hard, but will be sponge like.
- Waxed twine can be substituted with another rope/twine to hang the snowman.
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Very cute, Erlene!
OH my goodness! His snowguy is so cute!
Thank you 🙂
Isn’t he just adorable with his little sunglasses!