Sock Snowman

This adorable snowman never melts—in fact, it stays warm all through the winter because it’s wrapped in a sock! Show your child what to do with that lone sock that’s missing its match by turning it into a cute, personalized snowman. With a few great decorations, it makes a great gift or centerpiece for the holidays.

What You Need:

• White sock
• 2 Styrofoam balls
• Toothpick
• Craft knife
• Glue
• Blue felt
• Red yarn
• Red ribbon
• Buttons in various sizes and colors
• Googly eyes
• Scissors
• Pompom

What You Do:

1. Help your child shave off a small part of each styrofoam ball with a craft knife, so they can stand without rolling around.
2. Push a toothpick down the center of one of the styrofoam balls. Push the other ball onto the toothpick so they are attached together. This is the snowman’s body!
3. Have your child stick the snowman into a sock, and wrap the remaining sock around the back of both of the styrofoam ball shapes and back over the head to create a hat for the snowman.
4. Place a few dots of glue under the rim of the hat to hold it in place.
5. Cut off a piece of ribbon and tie it around the snowman’s neck to create a scarf.
6. Glue three buttons on the chest of the snowman.
7. Glue two googly eyes on the snowman’s face.
8. Glue on a button nose.
9. Glue a smile of buttons for your snowman.
10. Cut a square of blue felt for a hat. Roll the felt into a cone shape and glue it in place on the top of the head.
11. Glue a pompom at the tip of the snowman’s hat, or make a fringe with yarn if you don’t have a pompom.
12. Cut a piece of red yarn and glue it right under the hat and above the brim to add a finishing touch!