Monday 15 November 2021

Mini Tumbling Block Snowmen.

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.

IMG_4381Mini Jenga Tumbling Towers Christmas Tree Decorations

……… 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 …....

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…… 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.

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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

MIni Jenga Tumbling Blocks Snowman Christmas Decorations.

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.