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Snowman Bookends

Here are some cheery snowmen you can make--they'll hold up your books and never ever melt!

What You Need:

• Two clean and empty plastic shampoo bottles
• Sand
• Acrylic craft paint
• Ribbon or scraps of fabric
• Craft glue
• Buttons
• Wiggle eyes
• Orange clay (optional)

What You Do:

1. Fill the bottles with sand and tighten the caps. Then soak the bottles in warm water, long enough to easily remove the labels. 
2. Dry off the bottles and brush a few coats of white paint on them.
3. For the hats: Paint the caps and tops of the bottles as shown. 
4. For the scarves and coats: Tie on ribbons or thin strips of fabric. Then glue on buttons, as shown.
5. For the faces: Glue on wiggle eyes and paint the dotted mouths. Then glue on a red button or an orange clay carrot for a nose. Or, make up your own face designs.  

Let your snowmen hold up a few books or just decorate your desk. You’ll never have to worry about them melting!

Craft by Michele Reyzer

Photo by Mark Godfrey 

 

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