| Snowman Football Player
My sample shows blue and white (which I will
refer to) but substitute them for your team's
colors.
Materials:
- Two 4 1/2" squares of white felt
- Sewing machine (recommended)
- Needle & thread
- 1 1/2" Styrofoam ball
- 2 1/4" piece of silver or gold pipe cleaner (chenille stem)
- Blue craft paint
- Paint brush
- 1/2" x 8" piece of flannel
- blue, black & orange fabric paint in squeeze bottles
- Polyester fiberfill (stuffing)
- 6" of elastic thread
- Small knife such as a paring knife or steak knife
1) Trace and cut out 2 snowman shapes from the
white felt.2) With right sides together, sew
around close to the edge leaving the side of one
leg unstitched.
3) Turn right side out and stuff with fiberfill.
4) Hand sew opening closed and place aside while we work on the
helmet.
5) To make the helmet, you need to cut off a sliver of the Styrofoam
ball so that it has a flat spot. Set the Styrofoam on a cutting
board or other flat surface - flat side down - this flat side will be
the bottom of the helmet. Now cut a similar flat surface on what
will be the face of the helmet. 6) Carefully hollow out the helmet
using a scraping motion being careful not to
make the Styrofoam too thin. I found a
metal baby spoon to work quite well but use
whatever you have handy.
7) Paint the outside of the Styrofoam with the blue craft paint.
Also, paint just inside the edges. Let dry completely and if
needed, apply a second coat of paint. 8) Once the helmet is dry.
Thread your piece of elastic thread onto a
sewing needle (choose a needle that is not too
big) and sew through the top of the helmet
by going down into the helmet and back up close
to where you went down. Remove the needle
and knot the two ends together. This is
your hanger. 9) Carefully place the helmet on
the snowman's head. You may have to
squeeze the head a bit to get it in the helmet.
Take your time so as not to crack the helmet.
10) Now that the helmet is on your football
player, you can paint on the face. To do
this, use the black fabric paint to make two
dots for eyes and 4 or 5 dots for the mouth.
11) For the nose, use orange fabric paint - near
the center of the face, squeeze out some paint
release the pressure and pull to one side.
If done correctly it will resemble a carrot.
I suggest practicing on something else, like a
paper towel or felt scrap first. 12) With
white fabric paint, write your school initial on
each side of the helmet. I put an M on
each side of my helmet.
13) Using blue fabric paint or your school's color, write your favorite
player's number on the front of your snowman.
14) Tie the flannel around the snowman's neck for a scarf. 15) Poke
one end of the pipe cleaner between the head and
the helmet on each side of the mouth to
represent the face mask.
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