This egg carton snowman craft is so fun and easy for kids to make! This is a great Christmas craft that younger kids, as well as older kids, will have fun making. These ornaments will look adorable hanging on your Christmas tree this holiday season!
If you are looking for more Christmas projects to make take a look at our collection of creative Christmas arts and crafts for more fun ideas!
This is a great craft for kids to make and give as gifts to family and friends. It’s easy to make a few of these ornaments at a time and using recycled egg cartons and a few simple supplies that you may already have at home makes them super affordable!
If you are looking for more ornament ideas take a look at these easy wreath ornaments with paper straws and these adorable clay pot Christmas tree ornaments!
Create your own egg carton snowman craft
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Supplies
- Egg cartons
- Small scrap of cardboard
- Christmas ribbon or scrap fabric
- White glue
- Acrylic paint in white and orange
- Paint pens in black and pink or a black sharpie and pink crayon
- Paintbrush
- Buttons
- Pom-poms
- Pipe cleaners
- Googly eyes
- Scissors
Instructions to make your snowman ornament
1. Start by cutting your egg carton. For each snowman, cut a section of three wells out of your egg carton.
2. Paint your egg cartons with white acrylic paint. Depending on the type of paint you use, you may have to paint two coats. Let the paint dry completely before moving on.
3. For the snowman’s scarf, you can use decorative ribbon or a scrap piece of holiday fabric. Cut the ribbon or strip of fabric to your desired size. Put some white glue where the scarf will go and tie the scarf around your snowman.
4. Draw a triangle nose on stiff cardboard and cut it out. Paint the nose with orange acrylic paint and let it dry. Glue the nose onto your snowman using white glue.
5. Glue the googly eyes on above the nose.
6. Glue two buttons onto the second section of your egg carton snowman. Your buttons don’t have to be black, kids can choose any color of buttons they like. Even mismatched buttons would look cute!
7. To complete the snowman’s face you can use a paint pen for the mouth and rosy cheeks or a black sharpie for the mouth and pink crayon for the cheeks.
8. To make the ear muffs (these are so adorable!), cut a piece of pipe cleaner to fit around the snowman’s head. Use white glue on the sides of the egg carton to glue the pipe cleaner down.
Glue pom-poms on either side of the snowman’s head. Kids can choose the color of pipe cleaner and pom-poms to make their snowman unique!
9. Glue a looped ribbon or string to the back, make sure your string is long enough for the ornament to hang on a tree.
This egg carton snowman craft turned out absolutely adorable! I love how kids can customize their snowman using different colors of pipe cleaners, pom-poms and buttons to make each one truly unique.
For another snowman project idea, take a look at this adorable cork printed snowman card!
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Make an Easy Egg Carton Snowman Craft Ornament
This egg carton snowman craft is so easy and fun for kids to make! It makes a wonderful Christmas craft and an adorable DIY ornament for your tree.
Materials
- Egg cartons
- Acrylic paint in white and orange
- Small scrap of cardboard
- Ribbon or scrap fabric in holiday colors
- Pipe cleaners
- Pom poms
- Black and pink paint pens or black sharpie and pink crayon
- Buttons
- String
- White glue
Tools
- Paintbrush
- Scissors
Instructions
- Cut your egg carton. For each snowman, cut three sections out of an egg carton.
- Paint the egg carton with white acrylic paint. You might have to paint two coats. Let the paint dry completely.
- Cut a strip of ribbon or scrap fabric to your desired length and glue it around the egg carton to make the snowman's scarf.
- Draw a small triangle on cardboard for the nose. Cut it out and paint it orange. Let it dry and then glue it onto your snowman.
- Glue on googly eyes above the nose.
- Glue on two buttons to the second section of your egg carton.
- Use a black and pink paint pen to draw in the mouth and rosy cheeks or a black sharpie and pink crayon.
- Cut a pipe cleaner to fit around the head of your snowman. Bend the pipe cleaner around the head and glue it on either side of your snowman.
Glue pom-poms to either side of the snowman's head to finish off the ear muffs. - Finally, add a loop of string or ribbon to the back of your ornament.
