This idea was originally from a Facebook craft post that was circulating last year – snowmen made from old socks, filled with rice. It seemed like a doable idea for us, since we always have holey socks… AND I’ve been searching for a craft to use up some old dried beans that I had bought before we started growing our own a few years ago. Soooo, my snowmen are filled with dried beans, instead. Worked like a charm! 🙂
Besides the rubberbands, I also tied string around them as a safety precaution. (Because at our house, rubber bands break quite often and usually at inopportune moments, lol!) 🙂
By far, this was my favorite craft this Christmas! Just some tacky glue, my hot glue gun, and a plethora of miscellaneous odds and ends I keep for future projects. I’d STILL be makin’ them, but I ran out of beans, even after buying 10 more pounds of them at the Dollar Store, lol! I have a feeling I may cave and buy more beans so I can create more of these cuties during the year… 🙂
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Looks like you could have a side business here. These are adorable!
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Aww – thanks! Truth be told, I’d LOVE to have an Etsy shop… Maybe someday… 🙂
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They are so adorable!! Love them!! We better watch out with you! You are one ‘crafty’ person!! LOL!! Do you have directions that you could share?
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Thanks, Diane! I’ll email a pic of the FB instructions I had printed out & kept in my file. As far as directions for how I decorated them, I can honestly say there are no two alike, lol! I basically rooted through my stash of fabric scraps, denim parts, and oodles of oddities I’ve kept over the years – like old buttons, push pins, tacks, old game pieces, pinecones, etc. For the most part, I used my trusty hot glue gun. But for smaller parts like push pin eyes, noses, & string smiles, I used Tacky Glue… Possibilities are endless!! 🙂
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They are so cute! I love them!
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Thanks! I agree! I had a hard time parting with them when the time came, lol… 🙂
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