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AEnjoy A Snow-filled Winter Wonderland
lthough we have it. Nowadays, they come in all paint because it adheres to the is very easy to do — perfect snow people faces.
very little snowfall kinds of fun shapes, too. plastic without needing a top for the kids. With fillable ornaments, here in Hawai‘i, For this week’s project, coat. But if you use regular Then, the rest is up to you. you can add glitter or faux
snow people make me think of we’re going to paint on a fill- acrylic paint, dab a top coat of Do you want eyes, a carrot snow. I added snow and rolled
Christmas — and they are one of the easiest things to paint on clear ornaments.
able flat disc plastic ornament. The flattened circle shape is great because it’s easier to paint on a flat surface. For the snowman’s body and head, I like using the white DecoArt Multi-Surface Satin acrylic
clear coat or even sparkling glaze to add a little shimmer.
nose and mouth made out of coal? Or, just a carrot nose pointing upward to the sky?
up money to make this a gift. They can enjoy the money gift and they’ll have an ornament to put on the tree every year.
I like to use the clear shat- terproof ornaments because adults, not just kids, can easi- ly drop a glass one and break
The fun part of this snow person is that you make the body and head by sponge painting with the white paint. It gives it a snowy texture and
You can even put a cou- ple or family of snow peo- ple if you make them small enough. Maybe just make
You can find this proj- ect sheet and many more at benfranklinhawaii.com.
SUPPLIES AND TOOLS:
• flat disk-shaped clear, shatterproof plastic or fillable ornament
• multi-surface acrylic paint, white
• paint markers or acrylic paint in black, orange, brown and red
• sea sponge, or similar
• paint palette, or similar
• fine-tip paintbrush
• faux snow, for filler
• ribbon, for bow
• scissors
1 First, make sure the surface of the ornament is clean and dry. Pour white paint onto your palette. Add a little paint onto
a small corner of the sea sponge. Lightly dab the paint onto the ornament, creating a rounded half-circle near the bottom for the snowman’s body.
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To paint the face, use the end of the paintbrush to make
Next, dab paint a smaller circle above for the snowman’s head. Let dry.
dip-dot eyes with the black paint. Let dry. Add a tiny dot of white on each eye for a highlight. Let dry.
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