All you need are a couple of dollar store socks and a few simple craft supplies – no sewing skills required! This craft is kid-friendly, easy to do with a group, and it makes a great homemade gift!
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What do you fill a sock snowman with?
You can use poly fill stuffing or rice (or a combination) to fill your snowman. We added 1/2 cup of rice to the bottom of the sock to help the snowman stand without falling down. Then we filled the rest of the snowman with stuffing from an old pillow.
Do you need to add rice to the bottom?
The rice at the bottom of the snowman helps your snowman stand up. If you’ll be making the snowman as a toy that doesn’t need to stand, you don’t need to add the rice. But if you need your sock snowmen to stand, we definitely recommend adding rice or something else to weigh it down so it doesn’t fall over. You can use rice, dried beans, floral pebbles, glass vase fillers, or Poly-pellets at the bottom of the snowman.
What can I use as a sock snowman’s nose?
We used a small piece of orange pipe cleaner, but there are a lot of great options for the snowman’s nose:
orange felt a pom pom (left as is, or snipped into a triangle shape) polymer clay the tip of a wooden skewer or toothpick, painted or coloured orange with a marker an orange headed pin cardboard cut into a triangle shape and painted or coloured orange
How many socks are needed for this sock snowman craft?
You will need 1 white sock and 1 patterned or coloured sock to make this sock snowman. You can use mismatched socks from your laundry pile or buy 2 pairs of new socks (which will make you 2 snowmen).
How else can I decorate my sock snowmen?
Here are some fun ideas to change up your DIY sock snowman and really make it your own.
Draw on a mouth with marker. Or you can also create a coal looking mouth by gluing on small black buttons or inserting black ball sewing pins. You can draw on the eyes with a black Sharpie or glue on black brads, small black buttons, black enamel dots, or black beads. Glue a pom pom to the top of the hat. Make a scarf with thick ribbon instead of using the sock, or cut one out of felt or scrap fabric. Add decorations to the snowman’s scarf. Glue on some foam shapes, like a star or a snowflake. To give the snowman his or her rosy cheeks, use real make-up blush, pastels, or a marker. You can even glue small sticks to the base of the snowman to give it arms!
These no-sew sock snowmen are a super fun decoration for winter and Christmas. They’re so cute that you’ll want to make a whole snow family using different size socks! Kids’ socks make adorable baby snowmen, while a men’s crew sock will make for a larger snowman.
Here’s even more sock craft ideas:
No-Sew Sock Bunnies
DIY Sock Pumpkins
No-Sew Sock Worms
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