Fluffy Frosty

12/2/2010

Thursday

When I ran out of adhesive tape, I got this idea of making use of its cardboard ring instead of throwing it away.

From this

To this

and this

Materials needed:
1. Cardboard ring from adhesive tape
2. Paper glue
3. Double-sided adhesive tape
4. Colored papers (orange, black, red, green)
5. Cellophane (clear, blue)
6. Cotton
7. String
8. Pair of scissors

Flatten 2 pieces of cotton. One smaller than the other

Fluff and make a ball by gathering some cotton fibers using your fingers...

...and twist the cotton ball to make a tail (so you can have something to hold on to when you will be assembling the parts of your snow man)

Make 2 cotton balls, one bigger than the other

Prepare the parts.

Glue the eyes on the smaller cotton ball

...and the pointed orange nose

The arms will be glued on the top part of the other cotton ball

Glue the buttons as shown

Put generous amount of paper glue to the point where the head will be attached to the body

A fluffy snowman!

Bend and twist the arms to achieve a crooked twig effect

For your snowman's scarf, get a strip of red colored paper about 1cm width and 6 inches long

Shred both ends

Fold it lengthwise and bend

Wrap it around the neck of your snowman
Secure with glue or double-sided adhesive tape

The cap.
Make a small cone with your green colored paper

Flatten and bend the pointed tips as shown in the photo

Glue the cap to the head of your snowman

Cotton frosty completed

The ring.
Remove the paper covering both the inner and outer surface to reveal the raw cardboard underneath

Make a tiny hole using a pointed object to where you want to insert the string hanger

Insert the string as shown

Anchor the ends of the string to the inside surface of the cardboard ring using double-sided adhesive tape

Cover the entire inner surface

Do not peel off the glossy paper from the adhesive tape

Cut the blue cellophane half a centimeter bigger than your cardboard ring.
Set aside.

Make a small slit on one end of the double-sided adhesive tape

Insert the string handle between the slits

Cover the entire outer surface of the cardboard for the cellophane to adhere to

Cover one side with blue cellophane
Use a pointed tip (I used my scissors) to lift and stick the plastic to the adhesive tape you just applied

Make sure the side is tightly well-covered

Fluff and elongate a small piece of cotton and apply a strip of double-sided adhesive tape as shown in the photo

Make a cotton bed at the base of the hoop opposite to the midpoint where the string is attached

Stick a double-sided adhesive tape to the base of your snowman

Position the snowman in the center of the ring, while you lightly press it down to stick to the bed

Cut the clear cellophane about half centimeter bigger than your cardboard ring

Stick the edge to the sides like what you did when you covered the back side
Make sure your plastic cover is smooth and tight to give an illusion of a glass surface as you press along the sides with your fingers