Kids love to craft around the holiday season. This spool snowman ornament is the perfect activity, because it combines painting, drawing and simple assembly steps to keep kids engaged, but not overwhelmed. They’ll love creating a cute snowman ornament and displaying their work on the Christmas tree for everyone to admire.

Difficulty level: Beginner
Time to complete: 30 minutes
Age range: 6 and Up

Things you’ll need:
Wooden spools
White acrylic paint
Ribbon
Needle
Scissors
Black marker
Orange marker
Paintbrush

Things to do:
1. Paint three wooden spools with white acrylic paint. Apply a thin coat and let it dry completely before moving onto the next step.


2. Once the paint has dried, it’s time to decorate the snowman. Use a black marker to draw three buttons on two spools. The buttons should look like bumpy ovals.

3. For the face, draw a long orange triangle for the nose and color it in. Draw two pebble eyes above the nose.
4. Thread a yarn needle with a 1-inch ribbon and pull it through the center of all three spools. Trim the ribbon, leaving a 5-inch tail.

5. Knot the ribbon beneath the bottom spool.

6. Tie a knot at the top of the spools, creating a loop to hang your ornament from.