Snowman Advent Calender
What you will need: 2 balloons, PVA glue, paper, toilet
tissue or kitchen roll tissue, black card, felt or fabric,
buttons (optional),
24 sweets or small gifts, 1 larger sweet or gift.
To Make: Inflate the balloons, one smaller than the other
to be the head. Mix up a paper mache solution of 1 part
PVA glue and 2 parts water. Rip the paper into strips and
paper mache the balloons. Leave to dry.
Make two eyes by scrunching up two pieces of tissue paper.
Glue on to the face and secure with a few layers of paper
mache. For the nose, make a cone shape by rolling up a
piece of paper. Attach to the middle of the face and cover
with paper mache.
Paint the body white. When dry pop the balloon and cut an
opening in the top. Glue buttons down front or paint
buttons onto the front. Glue a piece of fabric or felt for
a scarf.
For the face paint white except for the eyes paint black
and the nose paint orange. When dry pop the balloon and
cut an opening in top. Use a black maker pen to make
markings on the nose to look like a carrot. You can also
glue buttons on for the mouth.
To make the hat cut a circle 20cm in diameter out of the
black card. Cut another circle 9.5cm in diameter out of
the card. Next cut a strip o card 30cm long by 7cm tall.
Bend the strip to make a tube and glue the ends. Glue the
tube to the middle of the larger circle. Glue the smaller
circle onto the top of the tube. Finally add some holly
leaves to the hat, you can use real holly leaves or make
some from felt or card.