By: Alexandra Bleicher
This is the perfect frame for those wintertime pictures, and best of all you can put it on display all season long and not just for Christmas. It’s simple to make from wooden shapes and acrylic paints. Snowflakes are drawn with a paint pen. Cost is under $5.00.
Finished size: 6” tall
Skill level: beginner
Crafting time: 1 hour, excluding drying time
Materials
*Wooden shapes: rectangular plywood frame; split apple 1 ¼”; split pear, 2”; 3/8” mushroom button, two; craft pick
Small amount of raffia
Scrap of blue plaid fabric, ¾” x 5”
*Acrylic Paint: White, True Orange, Deep Mauve, Beige, Deep Lavender.
Fine line black permanent marker
White opaque marker
*Lara’s crafts® wooden pieces, Forster’s® craft pick and Aleene’s Premium-Coat ™ Acrylics by Duncan Enterprises ® were used for this project.
Supplies: paintbrush, paper plate, scissors, tacky glue and pencil.
Instructions
With pencil draw a wavy line about 1 ½” from bottom of frame for snowy area (use picture as a guide). Paint all pieces as follows: bottom of frame, split apple, split pear and buttons White, Remainder of frame Deep Lavender. Let dry.
Using picture as guide paint carrot nose on split apple with True Orange and dry brush cheeks with Deep Mauve. Dry brush edges of frame with White.
With black marker draw facial details and with white opaque marker draw snowflakes on frame. With back of paintbrush handle dot little snowflakes between these in white. Let dry.
Wrap fabric scrap around top of split pear, knotting on right side. Glue pear to bottom left of frame. Glue apple head above pear and buttons to either side for hands.
Broom. Cut a 2” piece from raffia for tie. Wrap raffia around two fingers to form loops. Gather one end of loops and wrap with tie, knot to secure. Glue tied end to point on craft pick. (A store bought broom can be substituted). Glue broom across left hand of snowman.
Note: to make frame stand glue a ¾” wooden block to bottom back; or attaché a magnet for displaying on your fridge or a saw tooth hanger to place on a wall.
Copyright 2000 Alexandra Bleicher
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