Alrighty then Blogland it is time for more crafting stuff with your favorite Crafty Witch! (no.....sigh... I meant me) Today I am going to show you how to make Snowman head decoration out of ...(wait for it....) trash! Yup, you read that right, trash. This guy will join up with my Trashy Holiday Wreath at a later date. (cue cliff hanger music) Okay for starters you need two empty ice cream containers like this.
I usually don't go this extravagant with the ice cream purchases but they were 2 for $5.00 & I just could not walk past that! I know you are feeling my meaning here people! Back to business. Two containers like this, washed out & dried. You don't want to soak these containers cause they will warp & not be any good. Wash them out fast but not with too hot of water cause you do not want to melt the thin wax coating off or once again it will be no good to use due to warping. I sprayed on a coat of Kilz Satin Finish in Brown Sugar (yup I still have some of that left) on each container. I love the Kilz cause it usually takes just one coat. I painted a Snowman face on one container (this will be your bottom piece)
I used acrylic paints & just painted my face on free hand (I know...that takes talent...right?) Then I painted
the other container black (this is your top). While that was drying I glued some cardboard pieces to the lid top of my bottom section to have a "meeting point" between the two containers.
The amount of cardboard pieces you use will vary depending on the degree of dippage in the lid & the size of the bottom lip. I cut out a piece of cardboard in the shape of a pipe, painted it black & hot glued it just at the edge of my Snowman's mouth. Added some folded paper trim to the top piece, glued them together & I got this:
So here you have it my Peeps. A Snowman's head made from trash & once again it's my favorite price.....Free!
I will be filling the bottom container with rocks since this is gonna sit outside on my table in the front of the house. That way with the rocks it will not blow away too easily & end up in the neighbor's yard & have them ticked off at me. If you make one of your own I would love to see the pics of how it turned out.
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