Hand painted snowman pail Christmas ornament tutorial

* Snowman Pail *

* Snowman Pail * This little handpainted ornament is quick and easy to make, with just a few supplies

Supplies for Snowman Pail

• Just a 2″ wooden pail
• three or four jumbo craft sticks
•  paintbrushes
• acrylic paints: light blue, white, black, orange
• hot glue gun with glue sticks.

Really!  Just a 2″ wooden pail,

and three or four jumbo craft sticks,

and some paintbrushes and acrylic paints:

light blue, white, black, orange and a hot glue gun with glue sticks. Those are the basics. To add some extra detail, you’ll want to use these supplies, as well: a scruffy toothbrush and an extra jumbo craft stick for spattering, a snowflake stencil for pail details, and pink powder blush and a cotton swab to blush the cheeks.

Base coat the pail with light blue paint. Use the scruffy toothbrush and a craft stick to spatter the pail with white paint.

Paint each jumbo craft stick white. Cut the craft sticks in half, make them varying heights such as: 2.5″, 2.75″, 3″, and 3.25″

Blush cheeks with pink powder blush. Eyes and mouths are dip dots of black paint.

Use a liner brush and a small amount of orange paint to add a carrot nose to each of your craft stick snowmen.

Notice I decided to paint a black hat onto on of the snowmen … just to shake things up.

Here’s a pic showing how I’ve added earmuffs and a stocking cap to two of the  snowmen.  Sometimes, I just can’t make up my mind!

Here’s how to make the earmuffs: I found these little holly berry embellishments in the Christmas craft section of Hobby Lobby.

The stem is a bendable wire, so it was super quick and easy to bend it into an earmuff shape and attach it to a snowman’s head.

Stencil some snowflakes onto the pail, hang with a bit of ribbon,

and … enjoy!

*** Peace and Snowflakes ***