This little guy will make it to July

In Shel Silverstein's "Where the Sidewalk Ends," there is a story about a snowman who is determined to make it to July. Sweet story.

So, tonight I have a fun and easy Christmas craft to share with you -- inspired by that story and another blog I follow.
It's one of the first crafts I "pinned" to my "Christmas Inspirations" board on Pinterest, but I changed it up a little.

Speaking of Pinterest...when I first started using Pinterest, my mother was awed by it. Most of what I pinned at the time were crafting projects, DIY projects and recipes. I don't remember how many pins I had at the time, but my mother wanted to calculate approximately how long it would take me to complete every project I had pinned - allowing five-hours for each project.
She laughed so hard when she announced it would take me 18-years, 3-months and 16 days to complete what I had on my "to-do" list.


Well, here's what you'll need to make this adorable snowman:

White yarn, 20-gauge black wire, wire clippers, black buttons, sticky glue or hot glue gun, 2-inch wide ribbon of your choice and scissors.

I rolled up the yarn into three balls. One is about 5-inches in diameter, the next is about 4-inches in diameter and the third one is about 3-inches in diameter. I used a little blob of sticky glue to hold the end of the yarn in place.

Then I used the hot glue gun to glue all three of the balls together and to glue the buttons in place. This little snowman will not stand up on his own. You'll have to lean him against something.

Cut two pieces of the black wire into 18-inch lengths. Twist the wire forming the hand and arms of the snowman.

Then using the glue gun, put some glue on the end of the arm and stab it into the middle ball of yarn, about where the snowman's arms would be.

The snowman's hat is a tad more difficult. Start wrapping the black wire around something that is about 3 1/2-inches in diameter to form the brim. Wrap it about four or five times, then switch to something that is about 2-inches in diameter. Wrap it about eight times, then cut the wire and keep working with it until the hat holds its shape.

Tie a piece of ribbon around the snowman's neck for his scarf and you can call this project "done."
How cute is he?

*  Note -- The project I pinned to my Pinterest board was made using Styrofoam disks wrapped in the yarn, but I just thought the balls of yarn would be cuter.


Love you, Mom.
Thanksgiving will never be the same without you.