What you will need :

- 1 polystyrene ball of 5 cm of diameter for the head

- 1 15 cm high cone for the body

- 3 round toothpicks

- 1 cotton wool bag

- 2 black buttons of approximately 1.5 cm of diameter for the eyes

- 1 orange button for the nose (approximately 1.5 cm)

- 3 yellow buttons for the buttons (approximately 1.5 cm)

- 1 black pipe cleaner for the mouth (approximately 8 cm long)

- 1 piece of material for the scarf (approximately 2.5 x 40 cm)

- 1 piece of material for the hat (approximately 13 x 35 cm)

- white glue

- 1 piece of wool

- Small tree branches or feathers or pipe cleaners for the arms

- 9 pipe cleaners for the sleigh

Instructions :

Snowman

- Put glue on each end of the toothpicks and stick them in the middle of the head and the body to assemble the two pieces.  Let dry approximately 4 to 6 hours.

- Glue cotton balls on the head and the body.  Fill all holes.

- Lay the snowman on the table.  Glue the eyes, the nose and the decorative buttons.  Curve the pipe cleaner and glue it to make the mouth.  Let try many hours.

- Tie the 2.5 x 40 cm piece of material around the neck for the scarf.  Cut the excess.

- To make the hat, mesure the head's diameter and cut the piece of material the desired size.  Do not forget to cut the piece a bit bigger then needed to allow for stitching on the width.  Sew (or glue) the piece of material on the width. Put glue on the hat's inside bottom and glue it on the head.  With the piece of wool, attach the hat at the top to make the pompom.

- Glue the arms on each side of the body.

Sleigh

- Attach the 9 pipe cleaners as shown in the scheme below.

- Slightly curve the tip of the triangle upwards.

- Glue the snowman on the sleigh.

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