I love making crafts from materials that I have around the house. I especially love repurposing old items that would otherwise end up in the trash. For one of our recent winter projects, my daughter and I made snowmen from old socks.
Materials
- White socks
- Rags
- Colored baby socks
- Colored pipe cleaners
- Wiggle eyes, buttons, beads, pompoms, and other decorating materials
Instructions
- Roll a rag into a large ball.
- Stuff the ball into the toe of the white sock.
- Roll another rag into a smaller ball.
- Stuff the ball into the white sock next to the first rag ball.
- Tie off the opening of the white sock.
- Turn a colored baby sock inside out.
- Tie a knot at the toe of the sock.
- Turn the knotted baby sock right-side out.
- Fold up the edge of the baby sock.
- Glue the baby sock over the knot on the white sock.
- Tie a pipe cleaner around the center of the white sock between the two rag balls.
- Decorate the rest of the sock snowman with wiggle eyes, buttons, beads, pompoms, and other decorating materials.
- Display the upcycled sock snowman.
Image Credits
Upcycled Sock Snowman Craft © 2016 Heather Johnson
Materials for Upcycled Sock Snowman Craft © 2016 Heather Johnson
Stuffing the Upcycled Sock Snowman Craft © 2016 Heather Johnson
Stuffing Upcycled Sock Snowman Craft More © 2016 Heather Johnson
Tying the Upcycled Sock Snowman Craft © 2016 Heather Johnson
Tying the Hats for the Upcycled Sock Snowman Craft © 2016 Heather Johnson
Gluing the Hats on the Upcycled Sock Snowman Craft © 2016 Heather Johnson
Adding Pipe Cleaner Scarves to the Upcycled Sock Snowman Craft © 2016 Heather Johnson
Upcycled Sock Snowman Craft © 2016 Heather Johnson