Match box ornament.... let's make a snowman...

So, we have the tree, let's make a snowman to stand under it! Get out the scupley, you'll just need a little bit of it... and, almost like making a snowman from snow, roll three balls of the sculpey... one slightly larger than the last. To give you some perspective about how "big" this guy is, you see the ruler standing behind him.






Now, it can be just as simple as the three balls, but I like my snowmen to have hats. This one is just a little cone, hollowed a bit (I used the non-brush end of a paint brush to create an indentation inside it) and plunked down on his head.






Notice that little loop of wire coming out of the top of his hat? It serves a couple of purposes... it goes down through the hat and the three balls that make his body... but the really important reason it's there is to hold the tassel... what's a hat without a cool tassel... right?



When everything is shaped, the pieces are baked according to the directions on the sculpey package. After it's cooled, the fun part begins... I painted the snowman and tassel with a base coat of white, then added details. They get a coat of varnish, and then just hang around drying... notice the snowman got sprinkled with some glitter too... nice and sparkly.





Once all was dry, it was time to attach the tassel to the snowman. The Little One suggested I add a bead to give a bit more length to the tassel part and allow it more movement... good idea Little One... pretty cute huh?

Next... finishing it all up!





The links to all of the sections of the tutorial:

Let's get started...

Painting the outside...

Painting the inside and the tree...

Making the snowman...

And the final steps...