Snowman Candle Holder
Things
Needed:
- Six inch glass bowl (found in most craft stores, also called a bubble bowl or fish bowl)
- Frosted glass spray paint
- Black glass paint
- Paintbrush
- Orange polymer clay
- Golf tee
- Wire craft mesh (found in craft stores near the pottery and clay)
- Small length of ribbon
- Scissors
- Soup can
- Hot glue gun
- Votive candle
1. In a well ventilated area, spray paint the fishbowl with glass frosted paint and allow to dry completely. Check the progress after it is dry, and give it another coat if necessary. For my project shown here, I gave each snowman two coats of frost paint.
2. After the frost paint is dry, paint on the eyes and the smile using black glass paint.
3. Condition approximately 0.5 ounces of the orange polymer clay by rolling it around in your hands until it is very soft and easy to work with. Then roll out a small cylinder. Push the end of a golf tee through the center of the cylinder as shown. This help support the carrot nose. Then, roll and shape the orange clay to form a cone shape. Bake the clay according to the manufacturer’s instructions (usually 250°F for 15 minutes). Allow to cool.
4. Hot glue the carrot nose to the snowman.
5. Cut a nine inch circle from the wire mesh. Be careful while cutting and working with the rough edges of the mesh. I recommend wearing gloves so you don’t scratch or cut yourself.
6.
Place a soup can in the center of the circle and fold up the craft mesh
all around the can, forming it well with your hands. Then, make the
brim of the hat by folding down the edge of the wire mesh all around
the can. Remove the can and place the wire mesh hat on the snowman.
7. Decorate the hat by wrapping a length of ribbon around the hat, and securing with the hot glue gun.
8. Place a votive candle (preferably in its own votive candle cup holder) inside the snowman and illuminate. Enjoy your snowman candle holder!
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Snowman Candle Holders: much more difficult than it looks Made these for christmas gifts..they are much harder than they look...even painting the eyes and smile are difficult. ...
Snowman Candle Holder: Non flame idea How about using the flameless votive they sell at craft stores. That way you would not have to take the hat off and on all the time. CJO Response from...
Snowman Candle Holders: Less supplies To keep the cost down I painted an orange nose. I used battery tealights so I was able to use a little doily for the hat instead of wire mesh. ...
snowman candle holder Just wondering can you just paint a nose on instead of using the clay?? Response from Crafts For All Seasons Yes, you can if you like. It may be hard...
Snowman Candle Holders: Did something different I just finished two of these snowmen. They were so much fun to make. Thank you for sharing it. However, I did something different with the ribbon. ...
Snowman Candle Holders: Question and suggestion Why the use of the tin can? Is it because you want to have the hat for the snowman? If you wanted something that would not burn out and could use cloth...
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