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| Two views of the same ornament. His snowy parts are made from fake fur. |
In order to sew these funny little fabric snowmen, all you need are a few fabric remnants and a couple of matchless socks.
I traced around a small dish to make circular stencils for both of my snowman heads. I then selected some left over artificial, white fur scraps to use for their faces.
Use a few matchless socks to dress the furry little guys with caps and mufflers. I didn't bother to measure for the winter wear; I just stitched onto their heads the scraps of fabric that I had on hand.
The snowman with a jester cap and a ruffled collar was made in the same way. I recommend that you sew these bulky scraps together with either a very strong thread or with dental floss using invisible stitches. Then you may add a bit of fancy blanket stitching to the finished seams. This will prevent the unraveling of the knit stockings/socks as you are cutting them up and attaching them to the snowman's head.
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| This snowman head is a dressed like a court jester. |
I mixed together a bit of baker's clay to shape a couple of orange carrot noses. This kind of clay is easy to mix together but if I were to make these fabric snowmen again I would purchase a small package of low fire clay at a hobby shop to sculpt their facial features instead. Each of these snowmen have tiny pom-pom smiles and old white button eyes sewn to the furry heads.
I love the old-fashioned charm of ornaments like these. They always seem to turn out a bit quirky.
It is also nice to have a selection of stuffed, plush ornaments to hang around the lower sections of a Christmas tree because they can not be broken by curious little hands and an occasional sniff from the family dog. I suppose you could say it is one of the many odd little habits of our family.
More Snowman Crafts for Christmas:
More Snowman Crafts for Christmas:
- Stuffed Snowman Ornament by Mel Designs
- Stuffed Snowmen from Cotton Candy
- Primitive Snowman Head EPattern
- Primitive Snowman Ornament from Anna Wight
- Pointillism Snowman Art Project
- Placeholder Snowmen made from clay (video)
- Sock snowmen ornaments using foam balls (video)
- A nice collection of different snowman crafts from christmasdecorationcrafts.com
- Dress the snowman activity sheet for kids
- Easy sock snowman tutorial using rice (video)
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