Sock Snowman - How to...

I found this idea for Sock Snowmen on pinterest and decided to make a "how to" because they're Just SO CUTE!

A snowman costs under $2 to make via Socks from Target and a huge mixed bag of buttons from Hobby Lobby.

Supplies needed: A white sock, a pretty christmas sock, some little beads for eyes, a toothpick, an orange marker, a hot glue gun, two rubber bands, some string, a pair of scissors, and some rice or beans to use as filling - I use rice.

 I knew I'd be making several snowmen (I was making them with Sam & Audrey) so I bought a six pack of crew socks from target for 6.99 = 60 cents per snowman and the fancy socks are from the dollar section so about 50 cents per snowman. The big bag of buttons was $5.99 - but there's a TON of buttons so the cost per snowman is pretty much nothing, plus now I have all these buttons for other projects! And rice is pretty cheap, so it's a great filler.

You could make them even cheaper using the tubes of crew socks with holes in the toes or lost partners.

Here's how you cut your sock. you're only going to use the "tube" part of the crew sock and you'll use both the toe and the "tube" of the christmas sock.

Flip the tube inside out and tie one end SUPER TIGHT with a rubber band

 You could do a homemade dry potpourri as some of the filling, or a smushed up cinnamon stick to add a fun scent.

Flip it right-side-out again so the rubber band is on the inside (gives you a flat bottom) and fill it with rice.  TIP: squish the rice down as you fill to make a nice round snowman - I put about 2 cups of rice in a small women's crew sock. 

Tie  off the top of your stuffed tube 

Roll your tube to stretch it out - this step also "checks for leaks"

Grab the "tube" of your fancy sock to dress your snowman

Tie the top of the sweater to the snowman to create the head

I also tie the tip of the hat because I think it's cute, you could skip this if you wanted a floppier hat

Color the tip of a toothpick orange and cut it in half to make the nose

It takes a little wiggling, but you just stick the toothpick into the sock. The weave and the rice keep it in place so you don't need to glue it or anything.

Glue on your eyes and you've got a sock snowman! I also add some fancy buttons to decorate the hat and sweater and give each snowman a little personality