These snow people turned out so cute. I first made a larger one a couple of years back. Going through my daughters things, I found several pairs of baby socks that no longer fit her.

These made the cutest ornaments. Stuff the sock with batting (cotton balls would work in a pinch). Add enough stuffing to reach ankle height of the sock. Tie string around the opening of the sock and turn the sock over. The top of the sock has now become the snow-persons hat. I used two socks for my snow-girl. I put a colored sock into the white sock and then stuffed it. By turning the top of the sock out, her hat was now a different color. If you only have white socks, you can add ribbon or a pom pom to the hat. To give the sock the snowman shape, I tied a string around the neck area. I made a scarf to tie around the neck to hide the string. I used hot glue to attach black beads for the eyes, nose and buttons of the snow-people. The mouth can be made by either hand stitching or drawn on with a marker. Googly eyes can also be used. I hot glued ribbon to the tip of their heads to hang them. Raffia, yarn or twine can also be used to hang them.

I have also made a larger snowman out of an old clean white tube-sock. The only difference in making the larger snowman was, I added an old frozen juice can lid and some rocks to the bottom of the sock before stuffing it so it would stand up.

Supplies needed:

• Clean white sock
• Scrap fabric for hat and scarf
• Buttons or beads for face and buttons
• Yarn, twine, raffia or ribbon
• Fiber fill batting
• Glue or hot glue gun
• Glue sticks
• Rocks (for large snowman)
• Juice lid (for large snowman) optional
• Googly eyes (optional)

Start by making basic ornament dough. You will need 1cup of salt, 4 cups all purpose flour and1 1/2 cups of warm water.

I don’t have an exact amount of spice to put in the dough, I added my spice till it had the scent throw I wanted. Mix salt and flour and desired spice together, add water. Knead the dough until the consistency is smooth. You may need to add more flour if the dough is too sticky. Simply roll out the dough on to wax paper or a floured surface like you would if you were making cookies (I wouldn’t recommend sampling the dough). You can use your favorite cookie cutters or your own free hand design. Before baking, make sure to put holes in these, if you want to hang them. A drinking straw makes a perfect size hole. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Bake for 30 minutes; allow to cool. Tie some pretty holiday ribbon to these or strips of coordinating fabric from your homes decor.

Another way of making these is to dip them in scented wax after baking them. Follow the recipe from above but omit the spice. I only suggest this method to individuals with experience in melted wax and candle making.

Supplies needed:

• Flour
• Salt
• Spice
• Water
• Ribbon
• Wax paper (optional)
• Melted scented wax (optional)