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How to make a snowman from plastic cups with your own hands: step-by-step instructions. Ideas for funny snowmen, or a holiday in good company. What can you use to make a beautiful snowman?

There is very little time left until the New Year. We continue to prepare for the New Year by making New Year's crafts with our own hands. In this article we will tell you how to make a snowman with your own hands.

You will learn how to make a snowman out of paper, how to make a snowman out of thread, how to make a snowman out of a sock and much more. A homemade snowman is a wonderful craft for the New Year. You can put it under the Christmas tree with Father Frost and Snow Maiden or give it to your loved ones as a New Year's souvenir.

1. DIY New Year's crafts. How to make a paper snowman

Option 1.

Paper snowman from Krokotak.com. Even a small child with the help of an adult can make this New Year's paper craft.

Print the template, color and cut out the snowman, then glue the craft together. The Country of Masters website offers four different options for how to make a paper snowman.

Option 2.

Snowman cap

For instructions on how to make this craft for the New Year, see the link >>>> Another paper snowman from this site.


Option 3.


Snowman artist Here is another example of how you can make a snowman with your own hands from a cardboard toilet paper roll. To make such funny snowmen with your children, you will need: cardboard rolls, felt, chenille (fluffy) wire (or, in other words, chenille sticks), white and brown paper, bamboo skewers, glue. For a detailed master class on making this winter craft with your own hands, see the photo.

Variant 4.


Inflatable snowmen This whole family of snowmen is made using the origami technique. For a detailed master class on making paper snowmen using the origami technique, see

Option 5.

Fluffy snowman

The adorable snowman in the photo above is made of plasticine and corrugated paper. This New Year's craft was made using the cutting technique on plasticine. For a detailed master class on how to make a snowman with your own hands, see the link >>>>

Option 6.

We present to you paper snowmen from Canon's Creative Park website.

Using ready-made templates (see pdf documents below) you can easily make such a cute paper snowman.

For this New Year's craft, you will need high-density paper.

2. Crafts for the New Year. How to make a snowman from threads


The most original, in our opinion, snowman is made from threads. To make this craft for the New Year, you will need threads (preferably cotton or viscose), balloons, PVA glue (for 1 snowman - 120-150 g) and a large needle. For a detailed master class on making a snowman from threads, see the link >>>> We also advise you to read the comments to this article, among them you can find useful information regarding making crafts.

3. New crafts for the New Year. How to make a snowman from a sock



Making a snowman from a sock is not at all difficult, and such a finished craft for the New Year looks very impressive, almost like a purchased toy. A sock snowman can be placed under the Christmas tree or given to someone as a New Year's gift.


Snowman made from a sock. How to make a snowman from a sock with your own hands

To make a snowman from a sock with your own hands as in the photo above, you will need:
One white terry sock
- rice
- 2-3 small buttons
- tailor's pins (for the nose and eyes)
- a piece of fabric for a scarf

- glue

Please note that the sock should have a long upper part, because it is from this that you will make the snowman himself. The bottom of the sock will make a snowman hat.

How to make a snowman with your own hands:

1. Cut the sock into two parts as shown in the photo.

2. Take the upper part and tie it with thread or sew it on the side where you cut the sock.

3. Now turn this part of the sock over to the other side.

4. Fill the resulting bag with rice. Don't skimp on the rice; It's beautiful when the snowman is chubby.

5. Tie the top of the sock with thread.

6. Form a head and tie the sock again with thread in the place where the snowman has a neck.

7. Make eyes, a nose, and a scarf for the snowman. Decorate it with buttons.

8. From the second part of the sock, make a hat for the snowman.


Here are more examples of DIY sock snowmen.

You can make a snowman with your own hands from a regular white pillow.

4. How to make a snowman. Crafts for the New Year

Here are some more interesting ideas on how you can make a snowman with your own hands:

Pompom snowman



Snowman postcard

Making such a paper snowman is very simple. Even a preschooler can cope with the task. You need to cut out three circles of different sizes from thick white paper. It is advisable to shade the edges of the circles so that they stand out better against each other. This can be done using crushed pencil lead or eye shadow. Also cut out a scarf, pens, a carrot nose, eyes and buttons from colored paper. Glue all the parts of the snowman sequentially onto the blank of your New Year's card. To give the snowman volume, it is better to fasten the circles together using double-sided tape.

With kids 2-3 years old, you can make a “Snowman” applique card from cotton pads.

Snowman painted with snow paint

Recipe for volumetric snow paint. If you mix equal amounts of PVA glue and shaving foam, you will get wonderful airy snow paint. She can draw snowflakes, snowmen, polar bears and winter landscapes.

Making a snowman out of cups couldn't be easier. This snowman craft will never melt and will delight your children for years to come. To make a snowman from plastic cups you will need many, many plastic cups and a stapler. One ball takes about a hundred cups.

For one snowman you will need to make two balls: a larger one (for the body) and a smaller one (for the head). Each ball will consist of two hemispheres. To make one hemisphere, you need to lay out cups on the floor in the shape of a circle of the diameter you need. Fasten the cups together. Next, add new rows of cups on top, not forgetting to fasten them with a stapler. As more and more cups are added, they themselves will naturally take the shape of a hemisphere. When one hemisphere is ready, make another one exactly the same. We only advise you to leave the upper parts of the hemispheres unfinished, so that the snowman stands steadily on the floor, and to make it easier to attach the head later. Now all you have to do is connect the two parts of the ball together and fasten them. The body is ready. You need to make the head in exactly the same way.

Refrigerator snowman


Sweatshirt (T-shirt) - snowman

Snowman postman

Do you write letters to Santa Claus with your children? If yes, then the Snowman-Postman is in a hurry to help you deliver your correspondence to the good wizard.

Children can put letters with requests to Santa Claus in the snowman's mail bag, and the next day they will find an answer from grandfather in it.

Making such a paper snowman with your own hands is not at all difficult.

You will need a large piece of whatman paper or old wallpaper, colored paper, and buttons.


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  • Necessary materials:

  • socks (one of them must be white);

  • scissors;

  • threads, thin elastic or rope;

  • cereal;

  • buttons of different colors and sizes;

black beads for eyes;


orange felt-tip pen;




pieces of fabric of different colors and textures, ribbons, buttons and other decorative ornaments.


Manufacturing:


First you need to make a base for the snowman from a white long sock. Take a sock and cut it in half at the heel. We turn the upper half of the sock inside out and tighten the cut area with an elastic band or thread, after which we turn the sock back to the right side.


As a result, we got a kind of bag that needs to be filled with cereal to the very top. Any cereal can serve as a filler, but rice or semolina are best suited for these purposes - they will not stand out through the sock. If desired, you can add an aromatic mixture inside the New Year's craft. We also tie the top of the sock tightly with thread, twine or a thin elastic band.


Now all that remains is to decorate the finished snowman. To do this, we make a scarf from scraps of multi-colored fabric and sew on buttons. You can decorate the New Year's decoration using any available materials: figures cut out of fabric or shiny paper (hearts, stars, flowers, etc.), sequins, beads or sparkles.


A snowman made can be placed on a shelf or used to decorate a Christmas tree. Alternatively, such a snowman can be presented as a New Year’s souvenir or to relatives.

Snowman made from plastic cups


You will need a large piece of whatman paper or old wallpaper, colored paper, and buttons.


  • disposable plastic cups 3 packs of 100 pcs.;

  • glue;

  • stapler;

  • bright scarf;

  • a cap;

  • orange paper;

  • dark fabric for creating eyes and buttons.

black beads for eyes;


To create a snowman, you need to make two large balls from white disposable cups. First we start making the body. To do this, we lay out 25 plastic cups in a circle and fasten them together with a stapler.


Place the second layer between the glasses of the first row, moving them slightly inside the ball. Following this technology, we will obtain a hemisphere that will give the structure stability. The second row requires the same number of disposable cups, and all subsequent layers require one less. The resulting workpiece should be left open, since another ball will be installed on it.


The head for the snowman is made according to the same principle as the body, only the ball should be smaller. To create the first row you will need 18 plastic cups.


When the small ball is ready, place it on the large one, fastening them together with a stapler.


All that remains is to decorate the snowman. Eyes and buttons can be made from pieces of dark fabric by simply placing them inside the glasses. We cut out a nose imitating a carrot from orange paper, and a mouth from red paper. We tie a bright scarf or tinsel around the snowman's neck. You can put a Christmas tree garland or a floor disco ball inside the structure to create bright lighting.

Here are some more interesting ideas on how you can make a snowman with your own hands:


You will need a large piece of whatman paper or old wallpaper, colored paper, and buttons.


  • white wool or synthetic threads;

  • cardboard;

  • compass;

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  • glue;

  • orange and black felt.

black beads for eyes;


First, we make rings from cardboard that will be needed to create pom-poms. To make the body of the snowman, we cut out two circles of the same size (the diameter of the outer circle is 6 cm, the diameter of the inner circle is 3 cm). To make a blank for the second pompom, cut out two more circles of smaller sizes (the diameter of the outer circle is 4 cm, the diameter of the inner circle is 2 cm).


We cut white wool threads, folded 4-8 times, into 2 m lengths. We connect two cardboard rings of the same size together. Then we begin to tightly wrap the ring with woolen threads.


The ring should be wrapped with thread until the hole is closed. For convenience, you can use a crochet hook to pull the threads through the hole. The thicker the layer of winding on the ring, the more magnificent the pompom will be.


Next, cut the threads with scissors or a stationery knife along the outer edge of the ring. Then we slightly move the rings away from each other and tie the threads tightly. We remove the rings and fluff the pompom, then trim the shape using scissors. We follow a similar procedure to create a smaller pompom.



When the main parts for the snowman are ready, we connect them together by simply tying the threads from the pompoms.



We make a headdress for a snowman from black felt fabric. First, cut out a circle with a diameter of 6 cm and cut off ¼ of it from the center. Lubricate the cutting lines with glue and connect the edges.


We make the nose for the snowman from orange felt. Cut out ¼ of a circle with a diameter of 4 cm, roll it into a cone and glue the edges.


We cut out eyes and buttons in the form of small circles from black felt. A scarf for a snowman can be made from felt fabric of any bright color. To do this, cut out a strip 20 cm long and 1.5 cm wide. At the ends of the strip we make a fringe.


To give the pompom snowman stability, glue it to a base cut out of thick cardboard.


Light bulb snowman


You will need a large piece of whatman paper or old wallpaper, colored paper, and buttons.


  • burnt out light bulb;

  • White paint;

  • brush;

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  • orange paper;

  • markers;

  • glue;

  • scraps of bright fabric.

black beads for eyes;


We paint an unnecessary burnt-out light bulb of a standard shape with white or light blue paint. If necessary, apply a second coat of paint. If desired, the surface of the light bulb can be additionally covered with a layer of glitter. When the light bulb is dry, we begin to decorate the New Year's toy. From a piece of brightly colored fabric, cut out a small strip that will serve as a scarf for the snowman. Cut the ends of the strip into noodles. We glue the finished scarf to the light bulb in the place where the wide part ends and the narrow part begins. Using a dark marker or felt-tip pen, draw the snowman’s hands and face. Cut out a nose in the shape of a carrot from orange or red paper. A DIY snowman made from a light bulb will be a wonderful decoration for the New Year tree.

Snowman made of threads


You will need a large piece of whatman paper or old wallpaper, colored paper, and buttons.


  • thick white threads;

  • PVA glue;

  • 5 balloons;

  • needle;

  • petrolatum;

  • decorative materials (half of a Kinder surprise, scraps of fabric, beads, colored paper, buttons, etc.).

Manufacturing:


We inflate balloons - three balls of different sizes for the body and two balls of the same size for the arms of the snowman. Apply a layer of Vaseline to the balls to make them easier to remove from the blanks in the future. We pierce the package with glue right through at the bottom - this will allow the threads to be evenly coated with glue. We wind the threads coated in glue around the balls in a chaotic manner so that there are gaps left, which will give the product delicacy and lightness.


We leave the workpieces to dry for a day, the glue should harden well. After this, we pierce the balloons with a needle and remove them through the holes of the workpiece.


Now you need to connect the resulting balls of thread together. Lightly squeeze the largest ball on one side and glue a smaller piece to this place. We perform a similar procedure with a small ball. We glue the blanks for the handles on the sides of the middle ball.


The thread snowman is ready, all that remains is to decorate the New Year's craft, giving it a finished look. From any available materials we make a scarf for the snowman (from bright fabric or Christmas tree tinsel), a carrot nose (from colored paper or fabric), a hat (from fabric or half a Kinder Surprise), eyes and nose (from colored paper or fabric).



A snowman made of threads will be an excellent decoration for the festive interior; it can be placed on a windowsill, on a shelf or placed next to the New Year tree.

Video on the topic

If you know how to make a snowman, then you can make it with your children, and they will take the creative work to the garden or school. This attribute of winter and New Year is created from various materials, from unnecessary things.


To make such a funny character, you can use socks that are out of fashion or that have become too small for your child. To work you will need:
  • light sock;
  • colored sock;
  • padding polyester;
  • round rubber bands;
  • white yarn;
  • buttons;
  • needle with thread.
The size of the socks depends on how big you want your snowman toy to be. You can use small or large. Take a sock and fill the bottom 3cm with rice.

White grains are not visible through the fabric. This filler will help the structure to be stable. If you don’t have rice and the sock is thick, you can pour another light grain into it, for example, millet.


Place padding polyester on top of the cereal, thus filling the sock to the heel. Make small balls on the right and left by pulling the sock with pieces of padding polyester with an elastic band - you get blanks for handles. Just above this place, in the middle, also tie the sock with an elastic band. This is a snowman's throat made from a sock. Now we need to make his head. To do this, fill part of the sock with padding polyester above the neck, round it, and tie it on top with an elastic band.


Shows how to make a snowman with your own hands photo above. Looking at it, you will understand that at this stage you need to replace the elastic bands with white yarn.

Next, we make a cap for a funny character. A colorful sock will go with it. Put it on the head of this assistant of Santa Claus and tie it at the back of the head with a thin elastic band. The length of the hat can be any, cut off the excess, tie yarn instead of an elastic band. Decorate the tip of the cap as you wish by cutting its edge, or leave it as is.

Now let's start creating the face. The blue buttons will serve as the eyes, and the brown buttons will serve as the nose. Sew three black buttons onto his belly, use scraps of a sock to make a scarf with fluffy ends and hang it around the snowman’s neck.

The next craft is no less interesting - the idea will tell you how to find a use for used plastic cups. If you have a lot of them, then you will get a big snowman. It can be placed in the office, on the street, next to any institution. It will decorate the building and attract the attention of passersby.

DIY snowman made from plastic cups


For this craft, in addition to empty containers, you will need a stapler. For decoration you will need:
  • carrot;
  • colored paper;
  • cardboard;
  • textile.
Start by making the top ball. To do this, fasten the cups together with a stapler, placing them evenly to each other, with the bottom in one direction. Soon they themselves will take the desired circle shape. In the same way you will make the second half of the snowman. The top ball should be smaller than the bottom one.


Both of these figures are circles; they do not need to be completed to the end; the bottom must remain free so that the snowman made from plastic cups is stable.


Connect his head to his body using a stapler, and tie this place with a scarf made of corrugated paper. From it, or from ordinary colored paper, you will make buttons and eyes of the figure. For the nose, you can put a carrot in a cup, cutting a circle of small diameter in it, as shown in the photo, or make it out of cardboard.


How to make a cylinder headdress can also be seen in the figure. Cut out a rectangle and a circle from cardboard. The length of the larger side of the rectangle should be equal to the diameter of the circle. You will also need a rim for the cylinder, in the figure it is indicated as number 3. Cut out blanks from colored or white cardboard, painting them in the desired color. You can cut the same blanks onto fabric, cut them out and paste them onto cardboard. Now all the parts need to be glued together, as shown in the figure, and you can place the cylinder on the head of the New Year's snowman you created with your own hands.

There are many ideas for such creativity. As a result of the implementation of the following, the craft will turn out to be openwork and airy. Using this technique you can also make a new lampshade.

In addition to the materials listed, you will need:

  • 5 balloons of different sizes, large for the body, smaller for the head, even smaller for the arms;
  • white threads;
  • PVA glue;
  • brush;
  • for eyes 2 black buttons;
  • for the nose a little orange polymer clay;
  • big needle.
The exciting process begins with inflating balloons. You can involve the whole family in this. Now you need to wrap each ball with threads. To prevent the balls from bursting, this is done carefully, without stretching the threads too much.


Now generously coat the windings of the balls with PVA glue. It should cover all sections of the thread well. Hang the balls by the ropes that tie them at the top and let them dry thoroughly. To do this, it is better to leave the preparations overnight, then your morning will start very happily, since now you need to burst all the balls with a needle. After that, remove them through the holes between the threads.

Now place the largest piece on the floor or some kind of base. Attach a slightly smaller ball to this large ball, and on top - a snowman's head made of threads. Glue its handles in the same way and let the pieces dry.

The finishing touches remain. A beautiful nose is made from polymer clay or cardboard. For the latter, it is cut out in the shape of a triangle, then one side is placed on the other and the joint is glued. Sew the button eyes in place, make a headdress as in the previous case, and the thread snowman is ready.

To make your polymer clay nose strong, mold it in the shape of a carrot, and then put it in boiling water for 8-10 minutes. Then the workpiece will become hard and at first glance it will be difficult to distinguish it from a real carrot.

Knitted snowman

You can decorate a sweater, potholder, or decorative pillow with this figurine. The patterns clearly demonstrate how such knitted snowmen are created. This one shows that you will need eight colors of thread.


Color number:
  1. - white;
  2. - yellow;
  3. - violet;
  4. - red;
  5. - blue;
  6. - sea wave;
  7. - blue;
  8. - green.
If you don't have yarn of a certain shade, you can replace it with another. So, the character’s hat, scarf, and legs may be of a different color.

This knitted snowman is made using the stockinette stitch technique. That is, on the front side you will knit with facial loops, and on the reverse side with purl stitches.

To change the color to another, twist the thread of the desired shade with the one you finished knitting the last stitch with. Then the junction of different yarns will be invisible and done neatly.


A knitted snowman is created with knitting needles from the first loop of the bottom row. In the diagram it is the lower right corner. As you can see in the figure, 10 loops are knitted from right to left up to the number 20, and then another 7 loops with blue thread. Next, the snowman's leg begins. Twist the yellow and blue thread, knit 6 knit stitches with yellow. Also knit until the end of the row, but with blue yarn.


Turn the work inside out, knit 39 loops using blue yarn according to the pattern, then 8 with yellow yarn and the remaining 16 with blue yarn. In the same way, focusing on the snowman knitting pattern, create the entire fabric. It consists of 92 rows, and 60 loops are used horizontally. In the diagram, cell 1 is one loop.

When you need to finish knitting a piece of a certain color, cut and tie the end of the thread so that it does not unravel. When alternating colors, your threads should be on the wrong side.

To make the design look good, after completing the work, place a knitted snowman on the front side, damp gauze or cloth on it and iron it. If your knit item uses a ribbed pattern, you do not need to iron it, otherwise it will stretch.

Snowman for kindergarten made from a plastic yogurt bottle

If your beloved child was asked to make such a New Year's attribute, use available materials for this. Even a small child can make a toy using an empty Rastishka container.


A bottle snowman is easy to make; in addition to this, you will need:
  • green corrugated paper;
  • glue stick;
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  • soldering iron;
  • a piece of red plasticine or cardboard of the same color.
Remove the label from the bottle. Fold a rectangular sheet of paper to make a narrow strip, start wrapping it around the neck of the bottle, not forgetting to shape the neck. This way you will simultaneously close the hole and make a snowman hat with your own hands.

Now use a soldering iron to make a hole in the bottle. If you are creating a craft with your child, take on this part of the work yourself. Meanwhile, let the baby roll a piece of plasticine in the shape of a snowman’s nose between his palms. Attach it to the resulting hole; you can also use a folded piece of colored paper or cardboard for the nose.

Time goes by very quickly and, despite the fact that there is no smell of snow now, the winter months will not take long to arrive! New Year 2020 is coming soon, the symbol of which is the White Rat. Pragmatic people prepare for everything in advance, maybe we should learn this too, so that the holiday does not take us by surprise. By the New Year, stores begin selling a variety of toys. But to decorate your home for the holiday, you can not only buy ready-made accessories, but also make them yourself. A DIY snowman is an original toy that makes the atmosphere festive.

Snowman made of corrugated paper

A wonderful snowman can be made from ordinary corrugated paper. Even a child can handle this job.

  • Corrugated paper (black, red and white);
  • Plasticine (it is better to take plasticine of a light shade);
  • Toothpicks.

Manufacturing process:

  1. We take plasticine and roll “snow balls” out of it for our snowman according to the principle from large to small.
  2. Now you need to make squares from white corrugated paper. Cut out squares measuring 20 by 20 mm from paper.
  3. Then, one by one, put a toothpick into each paper square and roll it into a tube. Thus, we make a tube on a stick. This must be done with all squares.
  4. Starting from the bottom, string the resulting tubes on a stick onto a plasticine snowman. Please note that we stick in a circle not very tightly to each other. This way we cover the snowman completely. The end result is a cute paper snowman.
  5. Then we make his hands from black corrugated paper.
  6. Using red paper we make a bucket for the head and spout.
  7. Our snowman is ready!

Snowman made from a sock

Making such a snowman does not take much time. Anyone who wants to can cope with this task.

To make it you will need:

  • White sock;
  • Strong white threads;
  • Needle;
  • Scissors;
  • Pins with bright heads;
  • Buttons;
  • Glue;
  • A piece of scarf material;
  • Wide tape.

Manufacturing process:

  1. The sock is cut into 2 parts so that its lower part does not have a heel - this is a snowman's cap, and the base is created at the top.
  2. The top of the sock is turned inside out. The heel part must be bandaged, then turned inside out so that there is a pouch.
  3. The sock is pulled over a roll of tape and filled with rice.
  4. The snowman should be shaped and tied with thread
  5. The neck of the toy is tied with thread. This is how the head is separated from the rest.
  6. Then you need to tie a scarf around your neck and put on a hat from the rest of the sock.
  7. Then the buttons are glued, and the pins will serve as the eyes and nose.

This completes the making of the snowman! Such a simple and at the same time beautiful toy will create a suitable New Year's atmosphere.

A simple and interesting option made from available material that everyone can find: burnt out lamps. Be careful! Don't break it!

To make it you will need:

  • The actual lamp;
  • Paper napkins or toilet paper;
  • Paper glue;
  • Paste;
  • Acrylic paints;
  • Paint brush.

Manufacturing process:

  1. Using paste, you need to cover the light bulb with toilet paper or napkins according to the papier-mâché principle.
  2. We wait until it dries completely.
  3. Now we cover the entire surface of the lamp with white acrylic paint, imitating snow. It's better to do this in several layers.
  4. After the paint has dried, you need to draw eyes, nose and mouth, decorate the snowman with rhinestones and stickers of your choice.
  5. Using a string, we make a loop and hang our finished snowman.

Snowman made from plain colored paper

A beautiful snowman made from plain paper that can be easily made in a very short time. By the way, if you make a lot of these crafts and fasten them with ribbon, you will get an original garland.

For production you will need:

  • White A4 paper, it is better to choose thicker paper - 2 sheets;
  • Multi-colored paper, which will be needed to make an outfit, a nose and a scarf;
  • Black marker;
  • Scissors;
  • Glue;
  • Sequins, rhinestones, buttons;
  • Paper cake pan;
  • Coin.

Manufacturing process:

  1. We cut one sheet of white paper into strips lengthwise, the second - across.
  2. We collect the resulting strips into a ball, fixing them with glue.
  3. Now you can draw or glue on the snowman’s eyes, nose, and buttons.
  4. Cut out a long strip of colored paper - this will be a scarf. Let's glue it.
  5. We use a paper cupcake tin as a hat.
  6. To stabilize the snowman, glue a coin to its bottom.
  7. The springy funny snowman is ready!

Snowman made from paper towel or toilet paper rolls

This simple snowman can be made from regular toilet paper rolls or paper towels! Try making this craft with your children.

To make it you will need:

  • A paper towel or toilet paper roll;
  • White paper;
  • Colored markers;
  • Colored paper;
  • Old colored socks;
  • Felt for decoration (optional)

Manufacturing process:

  1. Take the sleeve and carefully cover it with white paper.
  2. Using colored markers we draw the snowman's eyes and buttons on his stomach.
  3. Cut out and glue a nose and scarf from colored paper.
  4. We cut out a hat from an old sock and put it on the snowman. You can also make a scarf.
  5. The miracle snowman is ready!

Snowman made of plasticine

You can make an original toy for the Christmas tree with your own hands. A beautiful snowman is made from ordinary plasticine. Making such an accessory will not take much time, but will bring a lot of pleasure.

To make it you will need:

  • Cardboard sheet;
  • Simple pencil;
  • Scissors;
  • Rope;
  • Scotch;
  • Plasticine - white, orange, brown, black, blue, purple, green;
  • Skewer;
  • Stack.

Manufacturing process:

  1. A circle is drawn on a cardboard sheet, then it must be cut out.
  2. One side is covered with white plasticine.
  3. Oval legs are created from purple plasticine, which are then attached to the bottom of the circle.
  4. The oval nose is made from orange plasticine.
  5. The black material is useful for the eyes and smile.
  6. Highlights should be made from white plasticine on the nose and eyes.
  7. They also make 2 buttons from blue plasticine. Use a skewer to make 2 holes in them.
  8. Sausages are made from purple and blue material, then a cap is formed.
  9. A ball is made from white plasticine and attached as a pompom. Then a “fluffy” texture is created with a skewer.
  10. The brown material is used to create the handles of the sticks.
  11. A knitted pattern is drawn on the hat using a skewer.
  12. Lines are made on the legs.
  13. The hat is decorated with 3 green leaves and 3 orange plasticine berries.
  14. The rope is fixed to the other side with tape.

The Christmas tree toy is ready! This craft can be done with children. And it is suitable not only for decorating a Christmas tree, but also as a gift.

Snowman made of cardboard and cotton wool

With very young children you can make a snowman out of cotton wool and cardboard. Parents will need to help the kids quite a bit.

To make it you will need:

  • Cardboard;
  • Cotton wool (can be in balls);
  • White paper;
  • PVA glue;
  • Multi-colored markers;
  • Small twigs (wash and dry in advance);
  • Disposable plate.

Manufacturing process:

  1. On cardboard we draw a silhouette of a snowman from three balls.
  2. Cut out the resulting shape.
  3. Pour PVA glue into a saucer.
  4. We lay out the cotton wool into pieces or scatter ready-made cotton balls. Dip cotton wool in glue and glue it onto a cardboard figure of a snowman. Thus, you need to cover the entire surface on one side.
  5. We glue our prepared branches-handles onto the reverse side.
  6. All that remains is to draw or cut out eyes, a carrot nose, a mouth, and buttons from colored paper.
  7. The snowman is ready! You can glue a loop to it so that the craft can be hung on the Christmas tree; you can use a disposable plate to make a base for stability.

Snowman made from yogurt cups

If you want a cool idea for creating a creative snowman, then here you go. Surely you have a small number of plastic bottles of drinking yogurt or kefir lying around your house?! Call your kids to admire your masterpiece and help you create such beautiful crafts!

To make it you will need:

  • a bottle of drinking fermented milk product;
  • a plastic cup of yogurt;
  • colored paper in red, orange and black;
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  • glue;
  • small foam ball;
  • White paper;
  • stationery knife;
  • black nail polish.

Manufacturing process:

  1. To create an unusual little snowman, you will need to take one medium-sized plastic bottle and a foam ball corresponding to the size of this container.
  2. Using a stationery knife, carefully cut a hole in our ball so that you can place it on the neck of the bottle. This will be the head of our product.
  3. After the body has been outlined, we will need to place a headdress on the glue - it will be a cup of yogurt.
  4. From colored paper we cut out the hands of our fairy-tale character, a broom, a scarf, a nose in a triangle and a mouth - a smile. We attach all elements with PVA glue.
  5. We make the eyes and buttons on the body from ordinary nail polish. That's the whole trick of our craft! Create a lot of these tricks with your child, place them throughout the house: on window sills, on dressers, on the kitchen and holiday tables! Surround them with tangerines and sweets, rain and tinsel to feel the mood of celebration!

Cool snowman made of metal caps

With a snowman made from plastic bottles, we seem to have told you everything, and now your husband’s task is to collect a small amount of metal caps from beer or lemonade. Yes - yes, exactly, lids, since we will have to make a cool snowman out of them like in the photo. If you want to learn more about this, then let’s start immediately with our step-by-step master class.

To make it you will need:

  • metal beer caps;
  • hot glue;
  • glitter nail polish;
  • orange and black nail polish;
  • red yarn for a scarf;
  • satin ribbon for attaching to the Christmas tree.

Manufacturing process:

  1. We take three metal lids and fasten them together with hot glue.
  2. Then we transform the inside white part of the lid with glitter nail polish so that it sparkles under the mechanical lights.
  3. We design the Snowman's face. For this purpose we need to use black and orange nail polish. We draw eyes, a mouth and a nose - a carrot. It would also not hurt to depict buttons on the body of our craft, created with our own hands from scrap materials.
  4. Now our fairy-tale character has come to life, smiling cheerfully and cheerfully at us, but to complete the picture, a red scarf made of soft yarn for knitting is not enough. We cut off a small part of the threads and tie it around the neck of the snow hero to your taste.
  5. All that remains is to attach a satin ribbon at the base of the head so that you can easily hang our snowman on the tree for the New Year 2020.

Master class on a snowman made from cotton wool

Thanks to this master class, you will be able to make a snowman with your own hands in just 30 minutes, which will perfectly decorate the Christmas tree for the New Year. It is quite easy to do, you can even do it with children.

To make it you will need:

  • glitter;
  • soap;
  • cotton wool;
  • water;
  • glue;
  • bright orange paint;
  • beads;
  • small twigs.

Manufacturing process:

  1. So, the cotton wool, if it is rolled into a tight ball, needs to be fluffed up.
  2. We wet our hands in water and soap them, after which we roll two balls out of cotton wool, one larger, the other smaller.
  3. It will be very easy to roll the balls. We dilute the glue slightly with water, after which we lubricate the cotton balls with the resulting mixture.
  4. We connect the balls using a toothpick and place cotton balls on it.
  5. We cover our Snowman with a layer of glitter, which will create the illusion of a snowball.
  6. How to make a carrot nose? Wrap a little cotton wool around the tip of a toothpick, then paint it with bright orange paint.
  7. Break off a toothpick with cotton wool and insert it into the ball - the head.
  8. We make the eyes and mouth of the fairy-tale character from black beads, and the arms from twigs.
  9. Let the craft dry for about three to four hours.

Making a snowman from threads

You already know how to make crafts from cotton wool, and now let’s try to make a snowman from threads and glue for the New Year 2020. Look at the photo and instructions below and try it.

To make it you will need:

  • white threads,
  • glue,
  • three balloons.

Manufacturing process:

  1. We inflate balloons of three different sizes - a “head” and two balloons for the body.
  2. We take the first ball, coat it with glue and, holding it by the tip, wrap it with threads over the entire area.
  3. Having wound the first layer, we smear the threads with glue, after which we make another layer.
  4. Set the ball aside, giving it time to dry. In the same way we make two more balls, larger in size.
  5. How to remove a ball from a ball of thread? Very simple! Once the glue dries, you just need to pierce the ball and pull it through the threads.
  6. Now the balls need to be connected to each other, slightly pressing at the points of fastening.
  7. Let's decorate the head of our product - the eyes can be made from beads, the mouth from black thread or also from beads, and the nose - a carrot can be made from cotton wool and a toothpick. In this simple way, it is quite possible to make a snowman with your own hands from scrap materials for the New Year, quickly and beautifully!

Master class with visual video instructions

Paper snowman

In this article we will show you what crafts in the form of snowmen you can make with your own hands from scrap materials.

Of course, you can and should make real characters out of snow! For example, :

But what if you live in the south, and there is snow only somewhere high in the mountains? Or is there enough snow outside, but you want to have a cheerful, never-melting friend at home? Or maybe there is an exhibition of winter crafts at a kindergarten or school and you urgently need to create a small miracle with your own hands?

Then our ideas, photographs and master classes on making snowmen are for you!

If you want to add to our collection, send a photo to the competition " ". So, what can you make a “Snowman” craft from? See the options with photos and videos.

Snowmen made of cotton wool

Cotton wool is a material that looks very similar to snow in its lightness and whiteness. It is not surprising that a lot of crafts are made from it. In order for the snowman to keep its shape, a base is prepared from foil, plastic bottles, burnt out light bulbs or just lumps of paper, and cotton wool is already glued on top.

Step by step description

Cotton toys carry a special atmosphere. They are very light, pleasant in the hands and do not break. Everything needed for work can be found in every home. This master class by Svetlana Satina shows how to make a snowman from cotton wool and PVA glue.

Materials:
- cotton wool,
- newspaper or magazine,
- foil,
- white paper napkins,
- threads,
- PVA glue,
- brush,
- toothpick,
- awl,
- twine thread,
- Red ribbon,
- acrylic paints or watercolors.

Progress

Roll three balls of different diameters from an old newspaper. We connect them together and secure them tightly with foil.


Zig-zag cotton wool is more suitable for creating toys. It easily splits into strips and is easier to work with. We divide the cotton wool into strips and wrap them around the snowman, wrapping them tightly with threads. White threads are more suitable for work, as they are easier to mask with pieces of cotton wool. We try to pull the thread so that it lies in different directions. We increase the cotton mass until we get a figure of the desired shape and size.
Keep in mind that wet work awaits us, after which the snowman will increase in volume.

The figure in rough outline is ready, now you can move on to the details. We dilute PVA glue in half with water to make it more liquid. If you don’t have such glue on hand, you can always replace it with paste. By the way, our ancestors worked with him. The only downside of the paste is that after drying it turns yellow.
Again we split the cotton wool into thin pieces and paste them over the workpiece, thoroughly coating the cotton wool with glue. While working, we try to smooth out all the layers as tightly as possible so that the toy turns out with a good crust after drying.

While we are working with wet cotton wool, we constantly smooth it with our fingers, trying to press harder to expel excess air.
We form handles from two identical strips of cotton wool and glue them to the body. We make a small cotton cone and glue it to the place of the nose. Use a toothpick to draw a line for the mouth, and use it to outline the eyes.

In general terms, the snowman is ready, it's time to send it out to dry. This takes several hours, sometimes even days. To speed up the process, some dry the figures on a radiator, then the material shrinks less smoothly.
When the toy is completely dry, we begin to shape it further. We make a hat from white paper napkins. We fold the dry napkin spontaneously, as if creating a headdress. We coat the improvised hat with a large amount of glue. We wait until the napkin is completely wet and make folds on the hat.

To make a scarf, cut the napkin in half, fold it several times in width, apply glue to the inside and smooth it with your finger directly on the table. Then we wrap the scarf around the snowman's head, beautifully distributing the folds. If anyone has plain colored napkins on hand, then you can use them to make clothes for a snowman; you won’t have to paint them in the future. At this stage, we send the toy to dry again.

How to color a snowman

Our snowman is dry and ready for further action.

To paint the toy, take yellow acrylic paint, dilute it with PVA glue and apply it to the scarf and hat. While the yellow color dries, paint the nose of the carrot orange. We draw the mouth in red, put black dots in place of the eyes, and outline the eyebrows. Using the same color, we apply light strokes on the carrots, imitating cracks.
Acrylic paint dries quickly and you can start decorating the scarf and headdress. We draw red stripes on the scarf and put white dots. We put red paint on a flat brush, lightly wipe it on a napkin and use a dry brush to pass along the top of the cap. Overall, the snowman is ready, but something is missing. Among the New Year's toys there was a small golden ball that fit well on the snowman's hand.
In this form, the cotton wool snowman has a complete image. If there is no goal of hanging it on the Christmas tree, then you can consider the work finished.


To decorate the New Year's beauty with a toy, you need to make a puncture in the upper area of ​​the hat with an awl. We thread a twine cord through the hole with a crochet hook, tie a knot and decorate with a red ribbon.

Now the toy is completely ready. And this is him paired with a friend.

The creative and cheerful Snowman Olaf from Frozen -

More options for how to make cotton snowmen; every child can do such crafts:

Simple but effective crafts are made from cotton pads.


"Snowman". Trushina Lydia, 8 years old.
The base of the snowman is made of paper and covered with cotton wool. Hat made of cardboard and lid. The Christmas tree is made of painted cotton pads.

Zakharova Olga Mikhailovna
The snowman is made of foam balls, the hat and scarf are knitted and decorated with snowflakes.

"Cheerful Snowman" Evseeva Varvara.
Paper threads, wire, padding polyester.

"Olaf." Solodovnik Anya Valerievna.
Snowman is a Christmas tree toy made of paper, legs made of thread. For decoration I used decorative eyes and a nose.

“I’m the only one so cool, snow-white and with a broom.” Kupriyanov Egor and mother Natasha.
Threads, cardboard, foil, cotton pads, twigs, beads.

"Snowman Postman" Solodovnik Igor.
The snowman and skis are made of triangular modules, the hat and mitten are folded according to an origami pattern, and the sticks are made of boiler tubes.

From plastic cups

"Snowman". Dmitrachkova Valeria Valerievna.

Video from YouTube channel on how to make a snowman from plastic cups:

Snowman from a plastic bottle -

"Snowman". Sorokin Artyom.
The snowman is made from flower pots glued together and painted white with acrylic paint. The cylinder is also made from a flower pot and a tray for it, painted with black acrylic paint. Eyes and nose are glued on. A mouth is drawn. Our snowman is decorated with a tinsel scarf.

Snowman made from a sock

Vorsina Lyudmila Leonidovna, work performed jointly with Vorsina Luchezara.

Snowman made from a sock. Materials: clean white sock, knitted scarf, sequins, beads, buttons, padding polyester inside.

Everything is sewn on with regular thread, the scarf is tied.

Video “A snowman made from a sock in 5 minutes”:

“Visiting the Snowmen.” Alferov Alexey.
The work is made from pieces of fabric and cotton swabs.

Snowman using sculptural textile technique - :

From fabric

Felt snowmen

The master class was prepared by Olga Mikhailovna Zakharova.

Materials:

  • Felt: white, blue, red, orange, black, light blue,
  • glue "Moment"
  • braid,
  • needle and thread,
  • black half beads (for eyes),
  • two buttons,
  • a piece of white fur,
  • padding polyester (batting),
  • the roll is white.

Description of work, step by step:

1. From white felt, cut out a snowman according to the pattern (2 parts).

Between them there is a layer of padding polyester. Sew both halves together.

2. Cut out mittens, mittens, a hat, and a scarf from red (blue) padding polyester. Glue it onto the snowman using Moment glue.

3.Glue the braid onto felt boots, mittens, a hat and a scarf.

4.We cover the snowman with white braid (ruliks).

5. Cut out and glue the eyes, mouth, cheeks, nose. Glue the buttons.

Homemade snowman is ready!

Video on how to quickly sew a snowman from fleece:

"Snowman" Verenich Olga.
The snowman is made of cotton material and filled with padding polyester. Small details and the hat are made of felt. Painted with watercolors. The buttons are made of salt dough. The scarf is made of wool.

"Snowman". Zakharova Olga Mikhailovna.
Made of fleece, the hat and scarf are knitted and decorated with beads.

"The snowman is rushing to the Christmas tree." Shekhalev Yaroslav.
Sequins, beads, felt, cardboard.

"Snowman" Sudarikov Ilya.
Made from foam balls coated with acrylic relief paste “Snow”. Felt hat, scarf, mittens and nose. Wire handles with tinsel. Decorated with rhinestones.

"Snowman". Sementsova Natalya.
The work is made of cut threads.

"Olaf the Snowman" Sudarikov Ilya.
Sewn according to a felt pattern.

Paper snowman

In this master class I will show you how to make a funny snowman from a cardboard tube from cling film, foil or toilet paper roll. Such a funny craft will not leave any child indifferent. You can decorate with it or perform a festive performance. Make several similar toys, and your winter collection of crafts will be replenished with new original characters.

To make a snowman you will need the following materials:



Using a black marker, draw a snowman's face and buttons on the tube. If you wish, you can color it with colored markers, pencils or paints. You can also decorate the craft with glitter, decorative glue, and stickers.


Glue bamboo skewers to the back of the craft using a hot glue gun. Make a nose in the shape of a carrot from plasticine. Glue the hair from colored paper. Make legs out of cardboard. To do this, glue two circles from below using a heat gun. This is the final snowman!

Made from paper napkins snowman. We mixed 1 third of water and 2 thirds of PVA glue, dipped white napkins in this mixture and rolled them into balls, combined our blanks while wet and let our snowman dry, then glued bead eyes, a cardboard nose and cap to it, and drew a mouth with a felt-tip pen . The snowman is ready. (from the master class "" of the Vasyukov family)

"Naughty snowman." Naumov Fedya and mother Sveta.
Cardboard, paper, twigs, paints.

New Year's decor of a chocolate bar in the form of a snowman

It is always pleasant to receive a sweet gift, and if it is also decorated in a special way, the surprise will be doubly pleasant. An ordinary chocolate bar can be decorated using the popular winter image of a snowman. This is a unique gift for the New Year. You can make it for a baby, put a yummy disguised under an elegant Christmas tree. Or the child himself can make such a New Year’s craft to give it to someone. The snowman will turn out to be cheerful and mischievous.

What you need to prepare to decorate the chocolate bar:

  • the chocolate itself - a traditional bar;
  • white paper, colored paper;
  • yellow and red fluffy pompoms;
  • green paper - plain or corrugated;
  • decorative tape with a beautiful pattern or grosgrain ribbon;
  • doll eyes or a black pen;
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  • glue or double-sided tape.

How to decorate a chocolate bar for the New Year step by step

1. Take a sweet gift and prepare everything you need for work - paper, fluffies, eyes. If there are no pompoms, then they can be replaced with real buttons or half beads. The snowman will be white, so a regular sheet of white office paper will be suitable as the main material. Any Christmas-themed items you have will work.

2. Carefully wrap the sheet around the chocolate bar, leaving a sweet gift inside. The top and bottom parts can be left unbent to use less glue. Seal only the back wall using a glue stick or double-sided tape. You can wrap the paper in one or several layers so that the pattern of the chocolate bar does not show through, and it is a surprise for the child what is inside. The excess parts at the top and bottom can be trimmed with scissors if desired. In front of you is a white rectangle, which is the basis of the craft. Next you need to turn him into a snowman.

3. Take a beautiful decorative or regular tape and stick it to indicate the head and torso, draw a small tail. The transverse stripe will visually divide the figure into 2 unequal parts. The ribbon will become the snowman's scarf. Attach doll eyes at the top or draw them with a black pen.

4. Attach 3 yellow pom-poms in the form of buttons at the bottom, and place a carrot near the eyes. This snowman decor is quite traditional. Cut out carrots from orange paper. This is the nose.

5. Make a hat using black or purple paper. Prepare a cylinder, glue 3 red pompoms on it and glue green leaves to make a Christmas flower.

6. When the hat is ready, stick it on the top of your head. Glue a decorative decoration – a heart – into the area of ​​the heart, adding rhinestones to it. An interesting sweet New Year gift for a child is ready. You can make a whole basket of such products, using not only the image of a snowman, but also the famous Father Frost, Snow Maiden, deer, penguin, and so on. Get creative by introducing children who love candy to exciting creativity.

Another paper snowman -

Snowman made using papier-mâché technique -

“Snowman”. Gronskikh Sofia.
The snowman is made of colored paper and cardboard. Multi-colored napkins are used for decoration.

"Snowman" Svintsov Vadim.
The snowman is made of corrugated paper. Decorated with a knitted hat and scarf. Inside the snowman is filled with padding polyester.

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