Snowman Scarf Craft

Here is a great craft for older kids or teens (or younger kids with adult assistance) to make for themselves or to give out as presents.

Materials:
Solid colored scarves or shawls or felt fabric (available in fabric stores) that can be cut into long pieces for each scarf (approximate size: 54" long x 18"-24" wide, depending on the bolt size).

• For Decoration:
• Old buttons or beads
• Extra decorative swatches of felt from a craft or fabric store (most stores usually have a good supply of pre-cut pieces in 12" x 12" squares that are available in a bright spectrum of colors)
• Sewing needles and white (optional for the older kids)
• Scissors
• Elmer’s glue or fabric glue

Directions:
If you are making your own scarf out of a long piece of felt, cut out the desired length and then cut long, even strips on either end to create the fringe.

Print out the snowman template and cut out all the shapes from the scraps of colored felt. Shown in the photo are white circles for the body, brown Y shapes for the arms, green felt for the scarf, orange for the nose and black for the hat.

Assemble the shapes into position, with the white circles overlapping one another and the biggest one on the bottom, and glue down.

Glue black pony beads (or any other big beads, buttons or sequins) for the eyes, mouth and buttons on the body.

For older kids who know how to sew, use white thread and stitch along the center of the arms and scarf and along the edges of the hat. May also stitch along the white outline of the body.