#winter craft

Started knitting some mittens as a quick stash-busting project. Really happy with how the first one turned out, excited to keep working on the second.

In case you want to make a melting snowman table centerpiece for the winter. (Dumb fact- I worked for a factory that made poly fill and on days when it was fluffing in this huge popcorn popper-like thing, they locked the doors, b/c the office staff was not allowed to see the secret process.)

I’m just so exhausted from this season 😂

Here are the handmade ornaments I made for our guests at our Happy Everything party last weekend I never posted.

Record album with the hair of our friends as the artwork for their favorite group.

Hamsa with the Arabic word for love and friendship (there’s like 4 words for love so I made an executive decision) with jasmine as the flower of Pakistan and a rose for the flower of New York.

A calavera with male and female sides for the other couple as they’re very in touch with their Latinx Pride.

Candid picture of my partner and I losing our shit for no reason.

I harvested some datura roots during the last full moon for...things ;)

Also process has begun for the winter solstice ointment with the added full moon.

It’s just...so much going on but figured I’d post an update for y’all.

Materials Needed:

White Printer Paper

Staples and a stapler

Optional:

Ribbon or yarn

Suggested Age Range:

6-10 years old

Detailed Instructions:

Materials Needed:

Plain blue construction paper (can be any shade)

Plain white printer paper

Glue stick

Crayons (especially white and black crayons)

Optional:

Pom poms

Beads

Yarn or string

Suggested Age Range:

5-10 Years

Detailed Instructions:

Start with the plain sheet of blue construction paper, this will be the base of your project. Have participants trace the general shape of their snowman with a white crayon as a guideline to begin with. Snowmen come in all shapes and form, encourage them to stack their snowmen as high as they would like to and experiment with the size of each segment.

After they are done drawing out the shape, they can begin to rip up the white paper that will be used in the next part of the craft. One sheet of paper should be enough to create the snowman. The pieces that they rip up can be as big or as small as they would like them to be, but please note that the smaller the pieces are the better the "papier-mache" effect will be.

Once the paper has been ripped up, begin gluing the pieces following the guidelines they had traced for their snowman.

After all the pieces have been glued down and the snowman base has been completely covered with white paper, participants can begin to decorate using available materials. I decorated the sample using pom poms and crayons, but if string or beads are available they could make a good stand in for a scarf and the classic snowman buttons.

Once they have decorated their snowmen they can begin to add details to the background. I added some snowflakes and a basic snowy ground for my snowman to stand on.

This is how my snowman turned out, but again the more creative freedom the better. The result does not need to look the same.

Suggestions for this Craft:

You can make the snowman look more in its environment by drawing snowflakes on top of it's arms/snow gear.

I suggest printer paper for the craft because it isn't as heavy as construction paper or card stock, but both of those items can also be used in a pinch.

“Blocky Snowmen”

This isn’t my usual kind of craft but it was fun nonetheless.  One of my mom’s friends invited us over for a holiday craft this past weekend.  Her husband had prepared these blocks of wood into the shape of snowmen for a painting craft. She had already made a bunch to give away to family and friends.  Since there were so many, my mom and I got to create our own snowman.

I painted mine pink just to keep it different.  Once it was dry we dotted on the eyes and buttons.  We added the nose next, securing it with wood glue before painting them orange.  Each snowman had pre-drilled holes for these to go into.  For the earmuffs we used little wooden knobs.  The wire then got inserted into corresponding holes on either side of the head.

Here's some pictures from yesterday's event. The kids made their own gingerbread houses. They came out to be pretty neat! I was super-impressed. (Jealous.)

(Pictured Above: Mad skills.)