Paint Stick Snowmen

I think this was one of my favourite crafts. My youngest son's nursery school teacher gave me the idea. She showed me one that her daughter did at school years ago. The kids loved doing them. A special thanks to our local Home Depot, who donated the paint sticks.

If you had more time to complete the craft, the kids could do this mostly on their own, but since we only have 15 minutes for craft time at our Beaver Scout meeting, I did the painting before hand, and was able to do a couple coats and allowed them to dry completely.

Hardware:
Scissors
Tacky Glue
Glue Gun

Materials:
White Paint
Black Paint
Felt (red or green)
Orange felt or craft foam
Craft sticks (popcycle sticks)
Twine
Buttons
Marker
Paint Stir sticks (available at hardware or paint supply stores)
Googly eyes


Adult Prep:
· Paint both sides of paint stir stick white. This may take more than one coat, depending on the paint. Dry.
· Paint top “handle” part of the paint stir stick black. Dry.
· Paint craft sticks black. Dry.
· Cut out felt for scarf, approximately 1” x 8”
· Cut twine approximately 12” in length and using glue gun, glue both ends to the back of the paint stir stick. (approx 3” down the back). This will allow the snowman to be hung on the tree.

Method:
· Write name on the back of the snowman
· Glue craft stick across the stir stick where it changes from black to white. This makes the brim of the hat.
· Glue eyes
· Cut small triangle out of orange felt (or foam) and glue on for the nose.
· Using a marker, draw dots make a mouth
· Wrap scarf around the snowman, gluing on the front and back. Cut small slits on the ends to make a fringe
· Glue buttons down the front.