Thursday, December 16, 2010

Meet the Frosts - a tutorial



The Frosts

I immensely enjoyed making this lovely family of Frosts with my kids and they are proudly displayed in our living room. Not the kids - the snowman's family ;)

I documented the process as we went along, so here is an easy way to make yourself some decoration in an hour!

What you need:
- Styrofoam craft balls (we used 6 for the heads and bodies)
- tooth picks (3-4)
- fabric scraps
- a marker
- modeling clay
- and glue



First stick the head and the body on the toothpick to make the snowman.



Next, with the marker, draw the eyes, mouth and body buttons.



With the scraps make Mr.Frost a scarf, mittens and a top hat.



With modeling clay make him a nose and stick it.
Tie the scarf and glue the mittens.

Mr. Frost is a very health-conscious snowman.
He knows smoking is bad and that is why he
doesn't have a pipe. He's got a toothpick in his mouth.



Mrs. Frost.
She is one very fashionable lady.
We made her a hat out of modeling clay and decorated it with a jewel (ahem..bead).
She wears a ruffled scarf and elegant red mittens. Her body buttons are bling.


Baby Frost.
His hat is a cut-off thumb from old mittens.
His scarf is the ribbed part of an old sock.


We hope you like them!

Greetings from our family to yours!
***Happy holidays!***

4 comments:

Papgena Made It said...

They're adorable!!!
:D

Mery Christmas tou you and your family!!!

KJ@letsgoflyakite said...

Maya, this is the perfect activity and craft. Kids love snowman all winter long. Adorable snowman family!

GreenGardenMom said...

Cute. It must have a lot of fun to make with kids.

Rachel@oneprettything.com said...

These are darling! I love that you made a family! Thanks so much for adding them to the One Pretty Thing Flickr pool, I'll be linking in the next Kids' Craft Roundup.