Pumpkin and Pears Snowmen

This is probably one of the easiest snowmen I've ever done. On an after Halloween sale, I purchased several wooden pumpkins and somehow my twisted brain immediately saw snowmen.

I removed the wire hangers from the top and painted just the sides white, leaving the middle section of the pumpkin for the snowman's "nose". Give him some blush on his cheeks and paint a crooked little smile. When the paint is dry, give it a light coat of clear varnish spray and let that dry.

Here's what it looked like as a pumpkin and one I've started, but haven't put the blush on his cheeks yet:
Take a glove, the cheap ones that are "one size fits all" and remove the finger tips (save them for smaller hats later on). Carefully cut the remaining "palm" part of the glove into strips. Cut right down to top of the band that would be on your wrist as a glove.

Place the glove onto the top of the pumpkin, use my picture as a guide. I glue it low enough that it looks as if it's down over his eyes, so you don't need to do eyes. If you want, glue it slightly higher and paint eyes also.

Now while the bottom band of the glove is glued on, the strips should all still be loose so you can see the top of the pumpkin. I take a length of string and tie a loop. Tie it long enough that it will glue to the top of the pumpkin and extend out of the top of the hat. This is what you'll use to hang the snowman on your tree. Once the loop is made and glued into place, take a strip of ribbon and gather up all the strips of hat and tie them into a bundle so that they look like a pompom on top of the hat.

If desired, place a few small bells on lengths of ribbon and tie in with the ribbon that you tied on the middle of the hat to form the pompoms.

That's it. Very simple, very fast.


By the way - these two cute fellows are done exactly the same way. These are wooden pears that were on a fall garland I bought on clearance. The only difference is you need to paint the entire face. The hat is made as above using gloves or tops of knee socks.