Remember those giant wooden dominos I found from the other week, well, since I have been on quite a snowman roll this year as far as my festive crafting has been concerned the first logical idea was to see how they worked as a stand alone Christmas ornament ……….
I started by sticking two average sized craft sticks together and just colouring the bottom with a black Sharpie pen, so there were no tiny edges to paint between the hat and face ………….
……… and then glued the sticks to the domino at a jaunty angle, doing the same to the back, at the same angle.
I then applied two coats of black emulsion paint to the front and back of the hat and the same again in white to the snowman’s head.
When everything was coated evenly and dry, I gave the front and back a coat of coat of Wilko quick dry, clear, glossy varnish as a contrast to the matte finish of the head.
Then I was able to add all the fiddle fart, to the hat I put a double leaf holly confetti piece, to which I also gave a layer of Ranger Glossy Accents, followed by three, tiny red berry buttons.
The face was also simple enough with two 12mm black flat blak domes for the eyes ….. five smaller ones for the mouth, plus a nose, which I had made ahead using orange Fimo.
At this stage I wasn’t sure if the snowmen needed a scarf or not, I tried various ribbons that I already had round the bottom but none looked right so I decided to order some red 18mm gingham ribbon and if it didn’t work, I would leave them as they were.
I was dubious when it arrived, but as soon as I started playing with it I could see that it would work, adding the plastic snowflake was the icing on the cake. I was so chuffed!
I have 25 more of these extra large dominoes (£1) and have already decided that I would rather have them all used up than have them cluttering up my craft drawers waiting for another idea, so I know it’s very early, but these are going to be my Christmas card favours for 2022. I reckon they will cost me no more than 50p each, if that, to make, all I need is a pack of orange Fimo
