Here are pictures of two of the "snowmen families" or "snowmen armies" we've made:
Our first-ever sock snow-person family: 
Gather Supplies:
Our most recent sock snow-person family:
When/if you ever decide to make sock snowmen, be sure to use your imagination and be creative!
When/if you ever decide to make sock snowmen, be sure to use your imagination and be creative!
(All photo captions are in red font.)
Instructions
Gather Supplies:
- 1 brand-new athletic tube sock for each snow-person (It is up to you as to whether or not the sock has stripes or color.)
- a canning funnel
-pretty much any kind of grain or dry beans (we prefer grain to beans.) (See instructions below for an idea of how much you will need.)
Beans
-string or heavy thread
-string or heavy thread
-scissors
-measuring cups
-hot glue gun and sticks of glue (and paper plate or something to avoid a mess)
Decorations:
- 1 sculpy-clay carrot for a nose (instructions on making them are below)
Sculpy-clay carrots for noses
- 4-8 buttons of your choice to decorate snowman
- felt (optional)
- spray-can lid for a top-hat (optional)
Top-hat making "ingredients"
-sticks for hands (optional)
-fabric for a scarf
-rick-rack and/or ribbon (optional)
-crochet thread to decorate stocking-cap hat (optional)
(This is what the snowlady looks like when we crocheted on the hat, and the different cute arrangements that can be made.)
Make:
The first thing you need to do is to make sculpy-clay carrot noses. (We bought regular orange sculpy clay from Hobby Lobby, but you could get it at any craft store.) Make carrot shapes approximately 1 1/4 inches long. Use a toothpick or something like that to draw lines on the carrot. Bake according to directions on the sculpy clay package. Store baked carrots in a baggy. Note: one package will make more "carrots" than you'd think!
You need to choose how many body segments you want your snowman to have: 2, 3, or 4. "Normal" sock snowmen have three, but ones with two or four are cute too. I am going to write the remaining instructions as if you were going to make a snowmen with three segments. The amount of grain or beans you'll need will depend on your sock and how many segments you want. The snowmen we most recently made (the ones with 3 segments) had 2 cups of beans on the lowest segments, 1 1/2 cups on the second segment, and 3/4 cup on the top segment. Please make adjustments as necessary. Usually the difference between one segment and the other is about 1/2 or 1/4 cup of grain.
Before you begin filling your snow-person sock you may want to turn your sock inside-out to have the fuzzy side out (so as to look more like snow).
Use the funnel and measuring cups to put some of the grain or beans into the bottom level of the snowperson. Tie with a string (7 inches long) securely. Cut thread. (I usually tie it three times on one side and two times on the other side.)
Add more grain and tie securely. Cut thread. (This is your 2nd segment.) Add more grain and tie securely. Cut thread. (This is your 3rd segment.) Are you pleased with the sizes of the segments and the overall look? If not, you may want to undo the ties and experiment with more or less grain in the segments. Once you're satisfied, arrange the cuff or the sock to look like a stocking-cap or some other kind of hat.
Before decorating, decide which your snowperson will be, a snow-man or a snow-lady.
Use a hot glue gun to glue the decorations on. Careful!
The basic decorations are: button eyes, carrot nose, as many buttons down his front as you want, and a scarf around his neck.
Additional ideas that we have come up with are:
Before decorating, decide which your snowperson will be, a snow-man or a snow-lady.
Use a hot glue gun to glue the decorations on. Careful!
The basic decorations are: button eyes, carrot nose, as many buttons down his front as you want, and a scarf around his neck.
Additional ideas that we have come up with are:
-using rickrack or ribbon to decorate the hat or body of the snow person. (I have just a caution on this idea, as I have done it twice: there is a possibility of the ribbon slacking when the grain moves. I don't know what to advise, but just be aware that this could be a frustration.)
-using crochet thread to crochet around the edge of the stocking cap
-using felt and a spray-can lid to make a top-hat instead of a snow cap (instructions below)
-adding buttons for ears
-adding buttons for ears
-using felt and buttons to make ear-muffs
-using some kind of decoration to make a mouth
-making arms/hands with popcicle sticks or twigs
-adding a walking stick or skis
-making glasses (made of pipe-cleaners or something like that)
Instructions on one way to make a top-hat:
Get a black spray-can lid and felt. Make a circle of black felt 3/4 inch bigger around than the lid. Make a 3/4-1 in. hole in the middle. Pull the sock cuff through the felt hole, fold down the sock, and place the spray-can lid on top.
Get a black spray-can lid and felt. Make a circle of black felt 3/4 inch bigger around than the lid. Make a 3/4-1 in. hole in the middle. Pull the sock cuff through the felt hole, fold down the sock, and place the spray-can lid on top.
Pulling the sock cuff through the felt circle.
Securing the felt at the base of the cuff.
Placing the spray-can lid on top of the felt.
As far as anything else, use your imagination and have fun!
