Snowman Votives for the Holidays

Nearing the first half of November already, its time to start thinking about holiday gifts for neighbors, co-workers, friends and those unexpected drop by guests. These snowman votives are easy to make in batches, inexpensive and fun!

Purchase a .50 glass votive in a style that has a slight curve for the top. For the bottom, a recycled glass jar works perfectly. I used a pimento jar. Wrap the pieces in self adhesive decorative scrap booking tape such as Tim Holtz’s Tidings Tissue tape which can be purchased at Scrapbook.com. Simply tear small (1″-3″) pieces of the tape off the roll and layer as needed to cover all the glass.

When both pieces have been covered, decorative the face by gluing pebble beads for eyes and creating a carrot shaped nose with sculpey.

Use a strong adhesive to hold the facial features in place such as Aleene’s Liquid Fusion.I chose to bling up the top edge of my snowman with self adhesive gem stones such as these by Creative Imaginations that can be purchased from Scrapbook.com as well.

With all in place, glue the jar top and bottom together using the Liquid Fusion. If you are using a pimento jar, this should be fairly easy since it has a flat bottom. To add a cute scarf, wrap some pretty seam binding or organza ribbon around the middle and add a starburst brad, such as these by Karen Foster.