Create your own festive snowman ornaments out of inexpensive tea lights! Adorn packages, gift bags, gift baskets or decorate the tree with these cute, easy to make lights.
You’ll Need:
Tealights (we purchased ours at the dollar store)
Black Sharpie or Craft Paint
Ribbon in whatever colors you like
Black Felt or Mini Hats
Hot Glue gun
Draw a face on the tealight using a sharpie or paint. Add a tiny dot of white in the center of the eye for a bit of sparkle! Otherwise your little ornaments will look zombie-ish.
To attach a pre-made hat, make a tiny slice in the top of the hat and slip the ribbon through.
Attach the ribbon to the bottom of the tealight with a dab of glue and secure the hat and ribbon in place on the top with another dab of glue.
You can make scarves and hot glue them to the bottom.
To make a pipe, break off a piece of toothpick and paint it black. Drop a tiny spot of hot glue and let it cool, form it into a cob shape and then attach it to the toothpick with another dab of hot glue. Paint it black and hot glue the pipe to the snowman.
what a great idea i just got a box of these lights from the dollar store!
Adorable! My hubby’s family exchanges ornaments at Christmas. I now know they are all getting in 2014!
i see a good idea for christmas this year! hmmm and maybe teacher gifts…..
this will be perfect for the nursing home to make with the patients.
Great idea for ornament exchange
Please tell me what size hats and where you found them. I am looking and not having any luck.
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00J0QGNYM/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00J0QGNYM&linkCode=as2&tag=budget10100-20&linkId=GB6HXZTP4A6ZAGXS
You can get them at any craft store, Michaels, HobbyLobby, The crafts section at walmart, target, etc
I would like to know how to put the black hat on? You cant see and you didn’t give the directions? Reply @ email removed for security reasons – Essan
The article says, “To attach a premade hat, make a tiny slice in the top of the hat and slip the ribbon through.”
The black hat is made out of felt, trace a nickel for the bottom rim and a dime for the top rim, then cut the felt to form the hat. Hot glue the pieces together to shape them into a hat and then hot glue it to the top of the tealight.