A lot of my Christmas craft so far this year seems to be quite repetitive, today I bring you more tumbling block snowmen …… my apologies.
This time these are really tiny, made using a pack of tumbling blocks from Maxi Save (£1.29 for a box of 35 blocks) so much cheaper than from eBay or craft shops etc. ……….. they aren't the best quality, a bit rough and ready, but this sort of worked well in giving some texture to the snowmen.
……… which I took advantage of painting, using a white Wilko’s matchpot while staying at Marc’s recently.
When I got home all I had to do was add the scarves using 3mm red satin ribbon …....
…… which was really fiddly, using PVA glue was just too time consuming, so in the end I resorted to using tiny dabs using a glue gun for an almost instant fix.
The details were equally as tiny, cutting the noses from orange coloured card and using 2mm and 3mm black flat back gems for the face and buttons. I have recently bought a set of 5 wax picker pencil tools (£1.99 eBay) which has made placing such tiny gems more precisely and easily. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/282070730666
All that was left to do was add a small gold screw eye hook and gold hanging thread.
I am going to give the snowmen in sets of three as a fairing gift in place of a Christmas card. I may get another box of the blocks as I have a couple more ideas, perhaps not for this year, but if they work, certainly for next Christmas.
2 comments:
I like the extra texture of the blocks. It adds a bit of realism to your merry snowmen. These will be well-received!
We LOVE ours - huge thanks and hugs from Hank and Marvin! xxx
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