How to Make a Fabric Snowman
Sew a stuffed fabric snowman to give as a gift, to decorate a child's room for the Christmas holidays or to use as party favors or ornaments. Children and adults can also make a number of these cheerful toys to sell at fund raising events. Customize each one with markers and add tiny ornaments or favors. You can even add a little bag with candy treats tied to one arm with a ribbon.
Things You'll Need
- 1 yd. medium weight white fabric
- Salad and dinner plates
- Marker
- Straight pins
- Scissors
- Sewing machine
- Iron and ironing board
- Polyester filling
- Needle and thread
- Hot glue gun and glue sticks
- Decorative fabric pieces
- Embellishments
Instructions
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Lay the fabric on a work table and fold it in half.
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Lay a dinner plate on the folded fabric. Use a marker to draw a circle around the plate. Remove the plate and lay the salad plate on the circle so that the bottom part of the plate overlaps 1 or 2 inches on the top of the circle marked. Draw a circle around the second plate with a marker as well. Remove the plate.
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Use the marker to draw a side "U" on either side, outside and near the top, of the large circle for the hands of the snowman.
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Insert straight pins around the inside edges to secure the two pieces of fabric snowman to keep them aligned. Cut the snowman out with scissors around the arms and around the two circles. Turn the fabric pieces right side in. Pin the fabric pieces again.
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Straight stitch 1/4 inch inside the edges of the two fabric pieces, leaving a 3- or 4-inch opening at the bottom of the snowman. Turn it right side out using the closed point of scissors to poke the arms out. Press with a hot iron.
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Fill the snowman with polyester filling, pushing in where necessary with the closed point of the scissors. When full, close the opening using a thread and needle and an overcast stitch.
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Cut a long piece of decorative fabric with scissors and wrap around the neck of the snowman as a scarf. Add embellishments with a hot glue gun such as buttons for eyes, his nose and mouth.
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Tips & Warnings
Keep a craft box handy to collect materials and embellishments that can be used for this type of project. If making the snowman for very young children, securely sew on any embellishments instead of using hot glue. Instead of using white fabric, try printed fabric with a Christmas theme. It will still look like a snowman when it's done.
If young children are doing this project, an adult only should use the sewing machine and hot glue gun.
