DIY Christmas Decor – Dollar Tree Snowman
Hey My Loves,
I hope you are all doing well. It feels like Christmas has been in the air for months now, especially since our favorite retail stores have been marketing their Christmas items as early as September. I, on the other hand, waited until the weekend before Thanksgiving to even look at Christmas decoration. Suddenly, I feel like I am a little behind the game with sharing content with you guys. Hopefully I can make up for it over the next few weeks 😬.
Have you begun your preparations for Christmas yet? Leave me a comment below and let me know what you’ve done so far.
So this week I’m sharing how I created these cute little light up snowmen using items from Dollar Tree and other items found around my home. I’ve created a video for this as part of a YouTube collaboration, but it is not availble quite yet. Be sure to follow me at http://bit.ly/AngelaEastTV to be alerted when it posts.
Since the video isn’t scheduled to go live yet, I promised members of the DIY Home Ideas Facebook group that i would create a blog post, so here it is 🤓.
I truly hope you enjoy this DIY. If you decide to recreate it, be sure to share it with me on Instagram at instagram.com/iamangelaeast.
So, without further ado, let us get started with supplies:
DURATION: 1hr | MY COST: apprx. $5 | DIFFICULTY: Easy
“MY COST” may or may not reflect the cost of items that I already own, but I will try to list each item as well as suggestions as to where to purchase them. Items that I had to purchase for the project will be bold with a price. If you have any questions about an item, please leave a comment below.
SUPPLIES:
- Square Mirror Candle Holder | $1.00ea – Dollar Tree
- Shatter Proof Water Globe | $1.00ea – Dollar Tree
- Glass Fish Bowl Globe | $1.00ea – Dollar Tree
- LED Push Light | $1.00ea – Dollar Tree
- Snowflake Stickers | $1.00ea – Dollar Tree
- Frosted Glass Spray Paint – Home Depot has it cheapest
- Paint
- Black Poster Board – Dollar Tree
- Pencil
- Gold and Black Glitter – Dollar Tree
- Hot Glue Gun and Glue
- Scissors
- Gold Tule – Michaels
- Gold Spray Paint
- Black Faux Fur – Joann’s Fabric
- AAA Batteries
- Liqud Gold Leaf Paint – Hobby Lobby
- Paint Brush
- Tupperware Dish
- Spray Adhesive – Hobby Lobby
Let’s begin the steps:
Mirror Candle holder, Shatter proof water globe, Glass tea light globe, and a LED battery operated self-stick push light
Snowflake stickers
I’ve had my spray paint for a while. I purchased this at Hobby Lobby for a whopping $7.99. Save some money and head over to Home Depot where you can find similar paint for around $4.00
Spray light short srokes until you receive your desired frosting
Allow at least 30min to dry
Spray paint a few of the snowflake stickers gold
While the spray paint is wet, sprinkle gold glitter and allow at least 30min to dry
Cut a 2×4 in piece of scrap poster board
Hot glue into a cylinder shape
Trace around the outside of the cylinder onto the poster board and cut out
Do the same with a slightly larger circular item and cut out
The smaller piece will close the top of the hat. The largeer piece will become the brim
Hot glue the top of the hat closed
Hot glue the cylinder to the brim
Use glue or spray adhesive to adhere the glitter
Sprinkle black glitter. This will definitley glam up the hat
Paint the bottom of the hat gold and allow to dry at least 15min
I’m using gold tule folded into a thin band around the hat
For a neater look, fold the end of the tule then hot glue
Finally, hot glue a snowflake sticker to the band
I found a piece of scrap faux fur around the house. I cut it to about 2×6 inHot glue and fold in half to make fluffier
Draw and paint a face on the head of your dry globes. Have fun with this. Let your creativity gene shine.
Allow at least 15min to dry
Gather all of your items for assembly
Hot glue the head globe to the body globe
Add your gold stickers as buttons. Also, stick your LED light onto the center of your mirror
Hot glue the scarf on
Hot glue the hat on
Make sure you DO NOT hot glue the snowman to the base (mirror). You need to be able to lift it to turn on and off the light
To glam my snowman up a bit, I wrapped a piece of gold tule around the base
And that’s it guys. Enjoy a few more pictures of my snowmen in their new home 😊.
Guess what!? I’ve created a YouTube video for this post. If you have time, check it out. While you’re there subscribe, because I’d love to have you?
Do you love a good Snowman DIY project? Well, check out some of the fun links below:
http://insidebrucrewlife.com/2013/12/snowman-candy-jar/
http://www.diyncrafts.com/8898/decor/creative-winter-craft-diy-snowman-made-plastic-cups
Hello, I’m Angela East
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Hi….i too love the Dollar Tree ..lol..an i use the small jars like you did an paint them an fill with candy,, i also do them like pumpkins ,,,,
xoxoxo christy
Awww that sound so cute. I often walk around the Dollar Tree just to see what I can create.
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I visited your page, thinking you would also have directions for the mice also, they are so cute, if you could post directions for them I’d be very grateful, or did I miss them somewhere??
Hmmm not sure where you saw mice. I haven’t done any projects with them, but it’s not a bad idea
You did that. This is so original and not the same old thing. I love it. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you. I’m so glad you liked it 🤗🤗
These snowmen are so original. wish we had a dollar store here (Ireland) but I’ll keep an eye out for similar products and maybe next year attempt these. Your instructions are so clear.
Thank you for posting.
Awww. Hopefully you can find something. Thank you for commenting 😊😊🥰