Christmas Kid Craft: Texas Snowman (aka: melty man)

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This year for Christmas, I decided I wanted our daughter, (lil_lily_b) to make something simple and cute for family. Something just from HER.

Together, we made pie pan ornaments (cut holiday shapes out of an aluminum pie pan, and hammer holes in it with a nail, file down rough edges, thread and hang) for family, but it was mainly me doing the hard work. Sadly, I don't have pictures but they weren't OMG, impressive, so no big deal.

This, however, is absolutely adorable and Lily did most of it.

I saw the idea for the Texas Snowman [click for an image of the marketed version] but didn't have a babyfood jar big enough. Also, didn't like the name. We're not in TX and though my sister and her husband live there, we don't. Boo. I don't like TX.

And so, my own rendition:




Supplies:
bottles from a reed diffuser (scented oil that is released into your stinky house by way of reeds),
glitter,
twigs from a tree outside,
orange plastic triangles I cut from the OJ bottle we emptied this morning,
some beads for eyes,
some smaller beads for a mouth (not that you can see them with the overabundance of glitter),
a little corn syrup in the water to slow down the glitter (it works),
some construction paper for the "hats" and scraps of fabric for the strap on the hat,
(which was actually my daughter's idea.
I was going to use them as scarves and changed my mind at the last minute.)



My daughter stuck all the ingredients into the bottles and helped me add the water after I mixed it. She loves them.



We'll probably have to make one for her another time when we've got a third bottle.

x-posted to my art journal