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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)
Filed under Raffia Crafts by admin
I topped my tree with one of these angels, my family loves it. It has that primitive rustic look. I have also made smaller versions for ornaments. These can be hung anytime of year.
I find a hot glue gun works best with this project. If you don’t have a glue gun, a needle and thread can also be used. Start by gathering approx. 30 pieces of raffia (depending on the size you would like the angel to be). Cut the raffia strands in half and match up all the ends. Fold the raffia in half and tie about an inch down for small angels and two inches for larger ones. This is going to be the “head” of the angel.
Gather several strands from each side and braid them, knotting them on the ends. These will become the angels arms and hands. I hot glued them in place on the front and I also glued a star to the hands. You can hand stitch these if a hot glue gun is not available. The angel looks as if she is holding the star. You could also glue dried flowers to her hands. Another idea is to cut out a small square piece of paper and fold it in half , giving the look of a book.
The wings that I made for my angel were made by threading wire into a piece of lace trim, the wire will allow you to bend them to the desired shape. I cut two pieces of lace trim the same size and also two pieces of wire the same length. After threading the wire through the lace, I bent the edges to the ends of the lace so it wouldn’t come undone. I gave the wings the shape I liked and then hot glued them to the back of the angel. You can hand stitch them if you don’t have a hot glue gun.
For the halo, I beaded a piece of wire with clear beads. I twisted the ends together and slid them into the top of the head towards the back and bent it so it would stay. I also added a small piece of the lace trim around the neck for an extra touch.
You can glue ribbon to the back or twist wire to the back to hang them. For the larger one, to use as a tree topper, I took several pieces of the scrap raffia and braided them together. Glue (or hand stitch) one end of the strand to the back of the angel, about half way up the body. Glue ( or hand stitch) the other end to the back, making a ring shape. This ring is going to go around the top branch of the Christmas tree, so make sure it isn’t too big or too small.
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