If you have been around the blog the last couple of weeks, you might have noticed I have kind of been on a wood kick. It is amazing what you can do with a branch!! When my neighbors first cut down their black walnut tree it broke my heart. But now? I am so thankful for the branches that were left behind!
So far I have made Log Candlesticks, which turned out so rustic and beautiful. I then went crazy making Painted Wood Slice Ornaments. Those ornaments turned out too cute, and were so fun to personalize for folks. I painted a Mickey Mouse for my youngest and a Boston Terrier for my father. I am not an artist and you don’t have to be either to make any of these projects!
Even after all the crafting I had done, I still found myself with a box that contained a considerable amount of wood slices. I had made a dent, but there were still just so many left. I couldn’t just put them in my craft stash and walk away. Oh no, I had to do at least one more project this year. So I gathered up those wood slices and decided to make another ornament.
After everyone was in bed, by the glow of my crafting lamp, I got to work. I paired up a smaller slice to a larger slice to create the snowman body and simply hot glued them together!
Once my snowmen were ready, I grabbed a bit of felt from my craft stash and gave them each a scarf. I cut strips of the felt and used the scissors to fray the ends like a scarf would be.
The scarf was easily attached with the glue gun as well. These were so easy to make, I wanted to make an army of them! Alas, there are just four of us in our family, so I stopped at four. I sat there looking at them and decided as rustic and cute as they were, I wanted to add some painted details. I used acrylic paint to give them faces and little tummy buttons.
The camera totally washed out their cute orange carrot noses, but I think you get a good idea of the finished project. I think our family looks great as a set of snowmen. Though I am still not sure which I like better, sold mouths or dot mouths…… What do you think?
These are adorable!! Since you asked….the solid mouth looks like a man and the dotted looks like a girl to me! They are all as sweet as can be! Dona
LOL I can see the dotted and line difference!
these are so lovely – what a clever idea.
And believe it or not, I STILL have more wood slices LOL But I'll save those for next year. 🙂
Simply adorable! Thank you for sharing! Pinning.
Thanks 🙂
So easy!! Wish I had seen these sooner – looking for a gift for my staff! thanks for sharing on the Pleasures of the NW's DIY party!
The are so quick to make and there is always net year!
I just love these!
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I like them a lot too!
What a cute idea! And now, wood pieces are so trendy you can find them all over. Thanks for sharing with us at Family Joy Blog link party 🙂
You can buy them at craft stores or like me, make your own for free!
Very clever. You did a super job on something most would throw away. Great ideas.Eiter mouth is fine, but tend to like the dots.Merry Christmas.
I just couldn't let all that wonderful wood go to waste
Snowmen are my favorite! I probably could decorate an entire tree in snowmen for Christmas, in fact a lot of my winter/January decorations are snowmen! This would make a cute addition. Thanks for sharing on the Waste Less Wednesday Hop!
So glad you liked them 🙂
Wonderful idea and so cute too!
Thank you!
Your snowman ornaments are just too cute!!! Such a lovely Christmas craft! Thanks for sharing at the Holiday Link Party!
Thanks, we have so much fun making our own items for our tree
Mindie these are really adorable. Just a perfect project with the kids. I am featuring it on our Holiday Link Party. Merry Christmas and congrats.
Thank you so much! Merry Christmas to you as well!!