Repurposed Saucepan Winter Scene
04 January
Now that the holidays are over, I start taking down all my Christmas decorations but it always feels a little bare and cold when all the festive decor and twinkle lights are packed away for the year.
Then use some of the Paperclay to cover both styrofoam balls. Leave the bottom, flat side of the largest ball free of clay.
Break the end off of a toothpick and use that to join the two balls together.
Now roll out a thin rope of Paperclay and use that to further join the balls together and form a little neck.
Roll two small balls of Paperclay and add them on either side of the nose for the cheeks. (Not shown: use the end of a paintbrush to make indents for his eyes. See the picture below for reference.)
The snowflake I used was an old lapel pin that I painted white. I removed the pin back and just stuck it into my snowman like a push pin. If you are using a wooden or plastic snowflake, you can glue it to the snowman with hot glue.
Glue the tree into the pan with white craft glue. Use E-6000 glue to add the moon if you have one.
Add some "snow" around the tree with the faux fur and hot glue (you could also use fake snow but I thought the fur would be less messy.)
Back to our little snowman... paint his arms white to match his body and add glitter to the snowflake with white glue. Paint his nose orange and eyes black with little white dots inside. (You could have painted these parts when you painted the body above too.)
What do you think? I think it turned out pretty cute, I love how he looks like he's gazing up at the snow ☃
Do you feel that way too? It is still winter though and we can use that as an excuse to add some warm, cozy winter decor and maybe keep some of those twinkle lights up just a bit longer 😉
I think snowmen are a nice winter decoration that can stay up all winter. Some of them can even stay out through Valentine's Day, like the DIY Clay Snowman on a Recycled Trinket Box that I made a couple years ago.
Today I have another cute little snowman to share!
Repurposed Sauce Pan Winter Scene
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Supplies Needed to Make Your Own
- Thrifted black sauce pan
- Paperclay
- 2 - 1" styrofoam balls
- Scissors
- 1 toothpick
- Craft paint (black, white, light pink, and orange)
- Faux fur (I used white flokati curly faux fur)
- Bottle brush tree
- Crescent moon shape (optional)
- Snowflake (can be wooden, a lapel pin like I used, plastic, etc.)
- Glitter
- Miniature Garland
- Hot glue gun and glue sticks
- White craft glue
- E6000 glue
- Scrap of fabric and pom-poms for his hat (optional)
I found this enamelware pan at Goodwill for $3.99. I had been looking for a small saucepan to make a little scene inside but hadn't settled on what the scene would be yet.
When I saw this black enamelware pan, the white speckles reminded me of snow and I immediately thought of a starry night or nighttime snow scene.
This is my first time using Paperclay for sculpting a little figure. It was easy to work with and it's SO lightweight when it dries!
I am using these styrofoam balls and the Paperclay to make a little snowman. Paperclay is air-dry clay so using styrofoam balls uses less clay and ensures that you only have to let it dry overnight. It would likely take much longer for a solid Paperclay ball to dry.
If you are making one too, you can use some scissors to cut one of the balls down so it is smaller than the other to create the snowman shape and cut the bottom off the larger ball so it will stand up.
Use the other end of the toothpick for a nose.
I placed his nose high up on his head because I wanted him to be looking up at the snowflakes (white specks on the pan).
Let it dry overnight and then paint him. White for his body and pink for his cheeks. (You can see the indents for his eyes from the step above here.)
Once he has dried, create the arms and add the snowflake. The arms are made with a rope of clay like you did when you joined the two balls together (you can make the arms at the same time you make the body but I found it easier to get the snowflake attached and his little hands on the snowflake to look like he's holding it after the body had dried).
Let it dry overnight again.
In the meantime, add some extra, larger snowflakes to the pan with the end of a paintbrush.
Once that has dried, you can add the bottlebrush tree. I trimmed the back of mine so it would fit farther back into the pan. I also added some green florist's foam to the bottom.
I made a little stocking cap with a scrap of red fabric and some pom-poms but this step is optional.
Now add the snowman to the pan with hot glue. I turned mine to the side a little bit so it looks like he is looking up at the snow falling from the night sky.
Add some string to the hole in the pan for hanging and you are done!
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Posted by: Tania | Little Vintage Cottage
at 04 January
Tag:
holiday seasonal
I love this little creation! The snowman's adorable and the whole saucepan scene is just too cute!
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DeleteHe is very cute, and I love how he looks up at the snow. I never would have looked at the saucepan and thought of this.
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DeleteI would never have looked at those white flecks on the saucepan as the perfect snowfall backdrop for a winter scene but now that I see it, hell ya they do! The snowman is adorable and I love how it's looking up at the snowflakes. Super cute Tania and Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Happy New Year Marie!!
DeleteHow incredibly adorable is this idea?! You certainly had the perfect saucepan for a snowny winter scene built right in!
ReplyDeleteThank you Donna!
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