I had so much fun with these! Mr. Chocolate was prescribed something during his health issues this year that came in a glass bottle. When he finished the first one, he immediately asked, "Do you want this?" Like a good Maker, I said, "Of course!" so he saved more of them for me. These Snow People are what my brain came up with!
Supplies:
- Empty Clear Bottles (Glass or Plastic)
- Styrofoam Balls (Dollar Tree)
- Tissue Paper
- Aluminum Foil
- Acrylic Paints
- Glitter
- Tacky and Hot Glue
The hardest part of these was getting the labels off. I'd like to know what adhesive they used because it will apparently hold everything. After soaking, alcohol, and Goo Gone...
I poured some Mod Podge into the bottles, then added two different glitters I had on hand. Rotate each bottle until fully covered and let dry. I find that the gloss formula takes a little longer to dry, and since I was gluing the heads on, I didn't want any moisture to build up, so I let these sit for 24 hours to get good and dry.
After using the Mod Podge to cover the styrofoam balls with tissue paper, I mixed white acrylic paint and fine glitter and painted each "head".
You can see here what I mean about having room to hold them while I painted. Then I trimmed the noses to size.
I used hot glue to attach to the heads.
I used a combination of clear Aleene's Tacky Glue and hot glue to attach the heads to the bottles.
Waste not, want not, right? The caps from the bottles made perfect hats! I debated painting them. I was initially thinking I'd use this garland I bought after season at Walmart for scarves, but decided I'd use it to trim the lids instead.
Pulled out some of the white ones and used these atop the lids. To finish, I used a little tacky glue to attach some black rhinestones for eyes.
Meanwhile, it's supposed to be 89 degrees today. 😢
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