Christmas Snow Man

I did this fun log snowman project with a friend this afternoon. I loooooove how cute it turned out!

Supplies:
5 pieces of cut log
2 twigs
Hot glue gun and glue sticks
Felt
Scissors
Healing Mat
X-Acto knife
Ruler
Drill

We had a friend cut our wood pieces. He cut 3 thick different size pieces for the body, a thin piece for the bottom of the hat, and a thicker smaller piece for the top of the hat. He was so kind as to trim off one side of the bottom piece so that it would sit flat. The middle piece had 2 sides trimmed off so that it was a perfect solid fit.

Using a hot glue gun we glued the pieces of our snow man together. Be sure to be very generous with the glue so it sticks well.

This next step is a recommendation for anyone reading this who is thinking about doing this project. I would definitely take the time to drill a small hole for the arm twigs to glue into. Unfortunately we did not have access to a drill today so we had to use the glue gun to glue the tiny twigs on....it was difficult to get them at a good angle so I think a drill hole would solve this problem.

For the scarf construction we cut 2 strips at 1.5" using a healing mat, ruler and x-acto knife. The healing mat provides measuring lines so it is very simple to put your ruler down on the felt and then drag the x-acto knife along to cut.

Using the hot glue gun, glue one piece halfway on the back of the snowman around his neck. Glue the other piece on the other side and give it a nice tie. We cut the bottom of the scarf ends to give it some fringe.

Volia! You have yourself a log snow man! If you wanted to take it a step further you could add felt eyes, nose and buttons but I really just love the the simplicity of this little guy.