Snow has hit the Pacific Northwest. So, I decided to grasp onto the fever and do a snowman craft.
Materials Needed:
* empty water bottle with label romoved
* Mini-Marshmallows
* black paper
* Sharpie
* Googly Eyes
* Buttons
* Red Felt
* Orange foam or paper
* Glue
* Scissors
To make this marshmallow dispenser you first fill up an empty water bottle with mini-marshmallows.
Next we cut a donut shape out of the black paper and colored the lid of the bottle with a black Sharpie. The donut we slid onto the open bottle and put the lid on top.
Next, cut out the red felt into a strip. My strip wasn’t long enough to go around and tie in a knot, so I did two strips…one to just glue around the water bottle and the other I just tied in a knot, cut frays in the end and glued on top of the longer strip.
Next, we glued on the googly eyes, buttons and cut a small triangle out of orange foam (use paper if you don’t have any foam).
If you don’t have the felt, buttons or eyes, improvise. You could use a leftover Christmas ribbon, paper, beads, or whatever you have on hand.
When the hot chocolate comes out, so will their little snowman. Just open the lid, dump the marshmallows and enjoy.
Very cool
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Thanks, we had fun.
I love this idea! I am new to your blog, but it looks very nice, I’ll have to take a look around some more
You should link this activity to my Thinky Linky Thursday party tomorrow!
Lori @ Cachey Mama’s Classroom
Glad you like the idea. Thanks for the heads up on your link party. I’ll join tomorrow. I’m also working on adding a tab back to my link parties, so I’ll include you when that’s completed. Can’t wait to check out your site too.
This is absolutely adorable! We are going to make this Saturday! My four girls can do this when cold and rainy. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks, Bridget. We used it when drinking hot chocolate today. The girls love it.
This is a great idea. I have water bottles on hand to make snowmen for our next girl scout meeting where the girls glue white tissue paper to the outside, but I think they will like this better. I’d love for you to link up to my new Thematic Thursday meme. The theme this week is Winter and this would be a perfect addition. I’m a new follower now!
So cool, Diana. If you’re willing, I’d love some pictures to feature on my “Share it Sunday.” Glad you’ll be able to use this.
This is such a CLEVER idea! I’ve never seen anything like it & I LOVE it! I shared it with my facebook readers here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Living-Life-Intentionally/261252997248957 – Thanks for linking up to TGIF! Have a GREAT week,
Beth =-)