Hi there! It’s me, Roberta, and this year I’m not going to be quite so ambitious and try to make ALL my gifts (was I ever exhausted after last Christmas!) but I do want to make SOME crafts. I mean, it is kinda my thing, right?
So I am definitely making my own Christmas cards. I came up with these cute thumbprint snowmen (the same idea as the thumbprint bunny cards I made for my mom’s baby shower invitations). They’re so easy!
What you need:
- Colored construction paper (I used blue like the sky, but green or red or your favorite color would work too!)
- White paint
- Black paint
- Orange marker
- Black marker
- Scissors
- Glue stick
- White cards or white paper
What you do:
Pour a little white paint onto a palette or a scrap of paper. Dip your thumb in the white paint and press it down on the colored construction paper. Then dip your pointer finger in the white paint and press it down on top of your thumbprint to make your snowman’s head. Leaving enough space to cut them out, make as many white snowmen as you’d like.
When your white paint is dry, pour a little black paint onto a palette or a scrap of paper. Dip your thumb into the black paint and press it on top of the smaller white fingerprint to make your snowman’s hat.
When the black paint has dried completely, use an orange marker to draw a small horizontal line from the centre of your snowman’s face to make a carrot nose. With a black marker, draw dots for eyes, a mouth and buttons, and draw a line across the bottom of the hat to make a brim. If you like, you can use another color marker to add a scarf and a brown marker to make arms. (Me, I like to keep it simple.)
If you are using white paper, fold an 8.5×11” sheet into a card.
Cut out the blue paper with your snowmen into rectangles slightly smaller than the size of your cards. Cover the back of the blue rectangles with glue and stick to the front of each card.
Cute, huh? What a cool way to wish your friends a Happy Holiday!
Cute! But a little too simple for me. ( I’m an artist) Add me: SASU1010
Aww, so cute! Maybe I could try to make it some time!
super cute Roberta! i think i will try it. been trying to do similar things but no inspiration. luv the idea
that thumprint snowman card looks AMAZING
This is so cute! Please keep up the crafts, Roberta~ it’s COOL!
This is so adorable! I might try this, if not, my brother definitely will. He always does WKN crafts. It’s funny because he should have his own account. Lol :lol: -☾Midnight Sky☾
Aw, seems so cute. I used to do something creative like this when I was in 5th grade. It was kinda fun making different kinda of Christmas cards for my family and friends. Lol, this takes me back into the old days. ;) ✖Chicago Made✖
Lol, I agree, @CM. Takes me back into the good days when I was little. :lol: I could make something like this for my cousin, she’ll love it. :) -SOAD Chick
@SOAD Chick – Lol, right? Maybe I should make something like this for my friends. ✖Chicago Made✖
So cute! ~(*)sparklegirlLT(*)
It is cute. I’ve been busy doing cross stitch patterns to be framed and made into ornaments and neclaces with beads, and macreme for Christmas.
Never too old to be creative! ;)
I used to these all the time for winter greeting cards! Now, I just print them…not as fun, even if it’s faster. ♥
Nice! I might try this for some of my friends’ Christmas cards this year. ~*Starlight*~