Clothespin Snowman Craft Idea for Winter
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Looking for a fun and easy way to get into the winter spirit? Try making this adorable Clothespin Snowman Craft!
This is a great project for kids of all ages, and it’s so simple that anyone can do it. All you need are some basic crafts supplies and a little bit of imagination!
I’ve got more Snowman Crafts & Recipes for you to try out – right-click and open these other activities in a new tab so that you can read them after this one!
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Clothespin Snowman Craft
The full list of materials, tools, and instructions is found in the printable tutorial card at the end of this post. I highly recommend reading the blog post all the way through before starting this project to ensure that you have everything required and understand the steps and timings involved.
The best part of winter is all the fun holiday crafts you can make!
This cute clothespin snowman craft is easy to do and perfect for kids of all ages.
Using wooden clothespins, paint, and some embellishments, you can have a whole flurry of snowmen to use in lots of different ways such as:
- Winter Dinner Place Card
- Gift Tag
- Snowy Garland
- Tiered Tray Decoration
You can create these quick and easy snowmen in around 30 minutes, and they’re the perfect snow day activity to complete with the kiddos!
Materials & Tools Used in This Craft
For your convenience, I’ve linked [some of] the materials and tools needed for this project to Amazon below. The quantities are on the craft tutorial card at the end of this post.
- Wooden Spring Hinge Clothespins (Pegs) – you could always upcycle some old ones you have.
- Orange Acrylic Craft Paint
- White Acrylic Craft Paint
- Pipe Cleaners – also known as chenille stems, in assorted colors.
- Pom Poms – in assorted colors.
- Googly Eyes
- Wooden Toothpicks
- Rhinestones – in assorted colors.
- Hot Glue Gun and Glue Sticks
- Liquid Craft Glue – with a fine tip applicator.
- Paintbrush – this is a set of paintbrushes of various sizes and types for different types of paint and glue.
- Scissors
- Ruler
Cheap Craft Supplies
A great thing about this craft idea is that it can be budget-friendly using supplies you may already have or can be purchased cheaply in stores:
If you’re in the USA, check out your local Dollar Store or Dollar Tree; and if you’re in the UK, the Poundshop, The Range, Wilko, and Baker Ross are great places to shop for cheap and inexpensive craft supplies.
To the rest of the world reading this – I don’t know every cheap store out there – sorry! But make sure to hunt the ones out in your location for crafting bargains!
More Snowman Crafts
Looking for more snowman crafts to do? Right-click and open these in a new tab to read next!
- “Let It Snow” Snowman Sign Craft using a Cricut
- Snowman Mickey & Minnie Mouse Christmas Ornaments Craft
- Free Printable Snowman Paper Craft
I’ve shared lots of great craft ideas on The Purple Pumpkin Blog over the years, in fact, there are 100+ crafts to make and do at home for you to try!
How Do I Make Clothespin Snowmen?
Just check out the how-to card below with full materials, tools, and instructions. Any demonstration photos do not print out to save your ink.
Clothespin Snowmen
Materials
- Wooden Spring-Style Clothespins
- White Acrylic Craft Paint
- Orange Acrylic Craft Paint
- Pipe Cleaners/Chenille Stems Assorted Colors
- Pom Poms Assorted Colors
- Googly Eyes
- Wooden Toothpicks
- Rhinestones Assorted Colors
TOOLS
- Liquid Craft Glue with Fine Tip Applicator
- Ruler
Instructions
- Remove the metal spring from the wooden clothespins. For each snowman, place the flat side of the clothespin back-to-back to create a body shape and glue it together with a glue gun and glue sticks. Make as many as you want! TIP: You can use liquid craft glue for this project, but you will have to wait for it to dry.
- Paint the front and all sides of the clothespin snowmen with white paint. Set aside to dry and apply a second coat, if necessary
- Using liquid glue with a fine-tip applicator, attach two mini googly eyes to the top center of each clothespin snowman. Set aside to dry. TIP: Some googly eyes are self-adhesive, but you may wish to strengthen the bond with glue.
- To create the carrot noses, paint the tips of toothpicks with orange paint, and let them dry. Cut ½” of the pointy end off with scissors. Attach the carrot noses to the snowman faces using liquid glue with a fine-tip applicator.
- To create scarves for the snowmen, measure and cut pipe cleaners into 4” lengths. Wrap and twist around the neck of the snowman, then arrange the ends to the left or the right.
- To create the earmuffs, measure and cut a silver tinsel pipe cleaner to 1” long. Bend into a “U” shape and glue to either side of the snowman head. Attach pom poms over the cut end of each stem using a glue gun and glue sticks.
- Finish the clothespin snowmen by placing two self-adhesive rhinestones on the snowman body as buttons.
The Create the Holidays series on The Purple Pumpkin Blog features free printables, crafts, recipes, and more for Christmas and the Winter Holidays. Check out Create the Holidays (formerly Create Christmas) from 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, and 2012.