Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Snowman Candle Holders

Frosty the Snowman was a jolly, happy soul...Well, as jolly and happy as one can be when someone puts your eyes and nose in the oven! :)
Let me back up though. I love snowman. They are my absolute favorite winter creature {yep, even more than Santa!}. So, I started thinking about ways to incorporate more snowmen into our holiday décor without spending a lot of cash.
While at the craft store, I grabbed some glass vases, snow medium, glitter and clay. I painted on the snow medium with a brush.
Then, while it was wet, I sprinkled the glitter all over it {do this over a plate because it is messy!}.
I let it dry for several hours to harden. While it was drying, I formed some eyes, mouths and noses out of my clay.
I put them on a baking sheet and baked them at 275 degrees for about 30 minutes.
Once they were cool and my snow was hardened, I glued the eyes, nose and mouth onto the glass vases.
Then, I hot glued some red felt at the bottom of the vase to mimic a scarf.
In goes a candle for a fun snowman candle holder.

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shannah
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19 comments:

  1. I love these! I have never even heard of snow medium before, but now I think I'll have to get some. :) Does the light from the candle come out through the vases at all or is it just "glowy?"

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  2. I love the texture on these! I'd love it if you shared this at my linky party! http://accidentallywonderful.blogspot.com/2012/11/now-co-hosting-inspiration-spotlight.html

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  3. What a fun idea! I recently just did the snow effect on some vases too and I loved it! That stuff is awesome. Enjoy your snowmen :)

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  4. I love these! What an easy craft. I need to do some of these. :)

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  5. Those look about at my craft skill level, but do indeed impress! Thanks for sharing- I am stopping by from the Mom on a Time out Blog Hop/Party. Cheers!

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  6. Oh my gosh those are adorable! I love snowmen too, how fun! Thanks for sharing at The Fun In Functional!

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  7. So. Darn. Cute! Love em!

    Thanks so much for linking up at I Gotta Create! <3 Christina

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  8. And now they make snow medium!
    Homa Style is having a 12 Days of Christmas link party going on now.
    I would love it if you linked up your snowman.
    The link is
    http://homastyle.com/wp/2012/12/01/12-days-of-christmas/

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  9. They are cute and fun! I did not know I could get "snow" from the craft store. Thank you for sharing!

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  10. A fun winter idea!

    Noreen
    http://craftyjournal.com

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  11. So cute!

    I would love if you would share on Fall Into the Holidays, open Saturday Through Thursday-

    http://redcrowgreencrow.wordpress.com/2012/12/01/fall-into-the-holidays-11/

    Katie @ Horrific Knits

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  12. Adorable! I'm pinning this up on my DIY board! :)

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  13. This is a super cute idea - off to pin it now!

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  14. the texture on those is what makes them so cute to me! thanks again for linking up!

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  15. Love these!!!! new visitor- Nancy
    Come link if you'd like: http://atozebracelebrations.com/2012/12/link-party.html

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  16. love the snowman - super cute! I'm going to have to check out that snow medium! Thanks for sharing .... stopping by from linky party at thirty handmade days.

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  17. This is adorable! Great job! Would love if you’d join our Countdown to Christmas link party! Hope to see you there! Happy weekend! :) http://dixie-n-dottie.blogspot.com/2012_12_04_archive.html

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