Craft Project: Snowman Door Wreath(s)

Do you Pinterest? If so, you might have recently seen a snowman like this. There was no doubt that I needed to make one for my own front door. It wasn't a project I was able to do before Christmas, but around here, we don't see much snow or snowmen until January and February. So I think it's okay that Christmas is over, and this guy will still be on my door through January. In addition to the big one on my door, both of my girls wanted to each make a small one, so we did.

If you can catch a craft store with a sale, you can get some
grapevine wreaths at a discount. Be sure to get three different
sizes, keeping in mind how big your snowman will
be with all three wreaths laid in a row. It's okay to lay
them out on the floor at the craft store.

These are the smaller wreaths we picked out for
the girls' snowmen.

I painted our wreaths white using a white gloss spray paint. However, I've seen others who have made similar snowmen using the natural wreath.

In addition to the wreaths, you will need a half a hat and a scarf, as
well as something to attach the pieces together. I used white pipe cleaner
to camouflage.

For my large snowman, I found a foam hat in the craft section at Hobby Lobby. For the smaller snowmen, I found a smaller felt-like hat, also in the craft section at Hobby Lobby. I crocheted all three scarves for our snowmen. If you don't want to worry about crocheting or knitting a scarf, you might already have an old scarf that would get the job done for a large snowman. If you're making smaller snowmen, you might find some scrap fabric that you could use for a scarf.

Use the pipe cleaner, or wire, or whatever you have on hand to attach the three wreaths together, but try to hide it inside the wreath so it isn't visible on the front. Cut the hat in half, and glue it to the top wreath. I used a small bit of black wire to attach the hat to the large snowman as I was afraid the glue wouldn't hold up. My older daughter wanted to made sure her hat was crooked, and my younger daughter made sure her hat sat straight on top of his head. Add your scarf and any other decoration.

I added some jingle bells to the big snowman.
They hang from some cord attached just under the scarf.

I also added some ribbon around the hat, along with a fabric flower.

These are the girls' snowmen. Given the smaller size, we
didn't add any extra decoration. I only needed one hat
for these two snowmen. One snowman has half of the hat
and one snowman has the other half.

I put my older daughter's on the wall
in the dining room.

My younger daughter's on the wall
in the living room.

Yes, it's after New Year's and I haven't taken down my Christmas decorations yet. I've been having too much fun playing. But the girls go back to school tomorrow, so I won't have any more excuses.

The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. Hebrews 1:3