Key Takeaways
- DIY Snowman Ornaments are quick and easy to make.
- These can be used as Christmas decorations, as toppers and as gifts in goodie bags.
- You mainly need baby socks and foam balls to make this ornament.
Don’t you love it when you try to make something from scratch and it turns out so much better than what you expected? Well that is exactly what is about to happen with these cute DIY Snowman Ornaments. Yes, we know it’s still early for Christmas but getting a headstart never hurts.
Grab your felt tip pens, scissors and craft supplies and follow along with us to create these cute DIY snowman ornaments. And, if you stay with us till the end you also get to learn some other really quick and easy fun stuff for your Christmas decor this year!
5 Minute DIY Snowman Ornaments
The fun part about making these ornaments is how quick and efficient this is. More so, you can also make this a fun project for your kids or younger siblings at home. This makes them participate in home activities and owing to how easy it is, there won’t be much of a mess to clean up!
These Snowman’s make for a great Christmas Tree ornament but they are also great as topper or goodie bag gifts!
How To Make A DIY Snowman Ornament?
For any good craft project, we need to have all things in stock and close to hand. So, the first step to making a DIY snowman ornament is knowing what are all the supplies we need to make it.
List Of Supplies For Snowman Ornament
- White Baby Socks (for 0 to 6 months) – You can grab your baby sock from your nearest Target or Walmart and if you’re too homebound like us, order them on Amazon.
- White foam balls–You’ll need two sizes for this project – 1.5’’ in diameter and 2’’ in diameter
- String – Twine or Yarn will work as well
- Pins with colored tops
- A black sharpie
- A orange sharpie
- Felt or scrap fabric (any color or fabric is fine)
- Colored pom poms
- Glue gun
Now that we have our list of supplies with us, let’s head on to the fun part!
Steps To Making A DIY Snowman Ornament
Step 1: Open up your baby sock and carefully place your foam balls in it. Put the 2’’ diameter foam ball first, followed by the 1.5’’ diameter. In this way the smaller ball sits on top of the larger one.
You now have the body and head of your snowman.
Step 2: Now, Twist and secure the top of the sock. This ensures that the foam balls don’t spill out from the sock. Now pull down the excess fabric left on the sock, over the smaller foam ball. Your DIY Snowman now has a cute beanie on his head!
Step 3: Take some twine, yarn or string. Use this to tie around the two balls, and define the body and head from each other.
Step 4: Bring out those pins with colored heads. Take out your orange sharpie to color one of the pins. This one will be for the nose of the Snowman. Take the black sharpie and color two more pinheads. This will be the eyes of the Snowman.
Step 5: Now insert the pin for the nose and eyes to their respective places. Voila you now have your snowman ready!
Decorating Your DIY Snowman Ornament
So, the basic body of the Snowman is done. But we are forgetting the most fun and important part of this – decorating the Snowman!
Bring out the patch of cloth or felt fabric that you have. Take the piece of fabric and cut out a thin strip from it, this is going to be the snowman scarf. For this part, you can use any type of colorful fabric that you want. You can even crochet a little snowman scarf if you’re up for it!
We are going to be using the patch of an Old funky T-shirt for this one. If you’re using this DIY project as a fun preschool activity, then we suggest using felt fabric because kids find it easier to use.
Now, the piece of fabric that you cut out, trim its ends into stray ends to give it a real look of a scarf – tassels and everything! Use a glue gun or strong tacky glue to adjust and stick the scarf properly to the neck of the Snowman.
The first accessory for your Snowman is done! Moving on, take a pom pom (even better if the color matches to the scarf) and stick on to the top of the sock beanie you had made for your snowman before.
Your DIY Snowman Ornament is all dressed up! You can also give unique personalities to each of your DIY Snowman’s by putting some paper cutout sunglasses to one of them. Add a mini toy guitar to a rockstar Snowman, or even some cute buttons to the body.
Christmas Goodie Bags
It’s not necessary to make these DIY Snowman ornaments just for Christmas Decorations. You can also use it as a goody bag gift. You can hand these out to children in your class if you’re a teacher, at Christmas parties or even to your kids as a bonus gift!
Get a fun looking goodie bag and add candies, peppermint sticks, hot chocolate bombs and the DIY Snowman ornament along with a heartfelt note. Voila! Your Christmas Goodie bags are ready!
Conclusion
We know, it’s easier to buy Christmas decorations from a store and just stick them on a tree. Sometimes these decorations are really expensive and don’t last for the next festive season. Which means you can not reuse them as well. DIY projects like these are fun and easier to make, and last a long time. And even if it doesn’t, they’re quick and easy to make again.
