By Polly Panda

My planning for the Secret Santakinz gift exchange is going really well. So far I’ve got lots of cookies to serve! I also thought it would be fun to make everyone a little keepsake to take away. My mom has lots of old light bulbs lying around so I decided to recycle them into these adorable snowmen.

What you need:

-          Old light bulbs

-          White paint

-          Orange paint

-          Colored paint

-          Toothpicks

-          Small black pompoms

-          Small colored pompoms

-          Ribbon

-          String

-          Hot glue gun

-          Scissors

-          Paintbrush

-          Black marker

-          Small sponge or paper towel

-          An adult assistant

What you do

Dip a small sponge or some wadded up paper towel in white paint and dab all over the glass portion of the light bulb. Allow to dry and do another coat.

Choose a small colored pompom to make the hat of the snowman. Paint the metal screw-in portion of the light bulb in the same color as your pompom. Allow to dry and do another. Have your adult assistant apply a dab of hot glue to the end of the light bulb and affix the colored pompom.

Have your adult assistant help you snip a one inch length off the end of a toothpick. Paint the piece of toothpick orange and allow it to dry.

Cut a 6” length of ribbon and drape it around the snowman’s neck, where the bulb starts to narrow. Have your adult assistant secure the ribbon/scarf in place with the hot glue gun.

Glue 2 black pompoms to the belly of your snowman.

Glue the toothpick piece to the front of your snowman, just above the scarf, to make a carrot nose.

With black marker draw two eyes just above the carrot nose.

To finish your snowman off, tie a string around the base of the snowman’s hat and make a loop to hang it from your tree.