The Little Blue House 12 Days of Ornaments: Day 7

 

Welcome to Day #7 of the
LBH 12 Days of Ornaments feature!

At the Little Blue House we love working with the latest and greatest but today I'm going to show you an adorable ornament created with a repurposed material...rolled corrugate which is commonly used as a packing material.

Meet Frosty...my Corrugate Snowman Ornament!

By: Rhonda Merry

Supplies needed:

1"x18" corrugate strip-head

1"x36" corrugate strip-body

Hot Glue gun/sticks

Snow Tex

Fabric Ribbon

2 small buttons

orange cardstock

silver pipe cleaner

black pipe cleaner

Stampendous Shaved Snow

The corrugate strips that I used come in 3"x 36" rolls

and are available for purchase at the LBH.
I cut the strips into 1" widths, so out of the

roll I was able to make two little snowmen.

Snowman Body:Start by rolling each strip with
the corrugated side facing out.

Continue rolling until the whole length is wound...

then secure with some hot glue.

Repeat for each strip.

Attach the smaller roll to the larger one at

the seams using hot glue.This will secure
the rolls and conceal the seams.

Using a Popsicle stick, frost the rolls with the

Snow Tex, sprinkle with the Shaved Ice and allow to dry.

You can speed up dry time using a heat gun

being careful not to scorch the snowman

or melt the Shaved Ice.

The first coat should be enough to give him a good

covering but not to conceal the corrugate.

Nose: Clip a small corner off of a scrap piece

of orange card stock. Using the skewer, place the tip of

skewer pointing toward the top of the triangle and roll.

Seal with hot glue to form the nose. The little tips formed

after rolling will allow the nose to be placed securely

into the ridges of the corrugate.

Adhere with hot glue in the center of the head.



Add the black buttons for eyes.

Scarf: I used a torn strip of fabric and fringed

the ends for the scarf. Ribbon will work too.

Tie scarf around neck and secure under fold with

a dot of hot glue.

Earmuffs: Bend the 4" piece of silver pipe cleaner

to the shape of the snowman head.

Roll the two 6" black pipe cleaners into little

bun shapes for the muffs.

Glue muffs to silver pipe cleaner and

adhere to the snowman's head.

If you want to add arms, I had found a few small

twigs in the yard and using the hot glue,

I attached arms to one of my snowmen,

but not the other. I couldn't decide which I liked best.

Either way they are Cool!

And ready for winter!!

What is your favorite part of winter?

I love the hot drinks: Hot Chocolate, hot tea,

Wassail, (but not coffee so much) served in big

mugs to keep my hands warm...

mmmmm......

Tell me your favorite part of winter in the comment section below and we'll put your name in to win

one of my Frosty Corrugate Snowmen!

As always, I appreciate you joining me today,

and I hope you will make some of these frosty

guys for your tree too.