Materials:
- tin can
- white paint
- paint brush
- newspaper
- something to hold paint
- glitter (optional)
- buttons (for eyes and mouth)
- pipe cleaner
- scissors
- 2 large pom poms
- broken bit of orange crayon (or pom pom or button)
- hot glue gun (or tacky glue)
- felt (optional for adding a scarf)
- If you are planning to use a hot glue gun, plug it in to warm it up.
- Cover work surface with newspaper. Pour some white paint onto a Styrofoam tray (or a plate) and paint the outside of a clean, dry aluminum can. If you want your snowman to be sparkly, sprinkle glitter onto the paint while it is still wet. Set can aside so paint can dry.
- Cut a pipe cleaner in half. Take one half and bend it slightly to form a "u" shape.
- Decide which part of your can will have the snowman's face. I recommend avoiding seams for this. Once paint on can is dry, apply hot glue to the inside of each end of the pipe cleaner and press down each end to make an arc across the top of the can. Apply hot glue to two large pom poms and then affix the pom poms on the ends of the pipe cleaners to finish the ear muffs.
- Lastly, make your snowman's face. Use hot glue (or tacky glue) to adhere buttons for eyes and mouth. Hot glue works best if you are using an orange crayon stub for the nose. If you don't want to use crayon for the nose, tacky glue will work to hold a button or pop pom nose. Tip: If using a crayon, rub it down so that one end is relatively flat. This is the part you will attach to the tin can. For the other end, you can color with or use a sharpener to shape it as desired.
- We didn't do this, but you could also cut a strip of colorful felt and tie or glue it around the base of your tin can to add a festive scarf for you snowman.
- Allow all glue to dry before moving or filling your snowman treat cup.
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