DIY Rope Snowman (Dollar Store Craft)

A cute boho rope snowman is just what you need to make you smile!

This easy winter craft can be made in 30 minutes or less! Just glue and paint the Dollar Tree materials together to make a fun snowman craft project that is perfect for all ages!

Macrame snowman wall hanging with black button eyes, orange felt nose, and a blue plaid scarf. White wood background with green pine and snowflake decorations on the bottom right.

This quick craft is perfect for older kids, tweens, teens, adults and winter crafts for seniors. In fact, it is a great DIY project for almost anyone!

Many of the craft supplies we used are also used for our other Dollar Tree DIY snowmen, including our melting snowman craft, jewelry box snowmen trio and snowman sunglasses. You could easily buy the materials and make several different projects in a day.

A handmade snowman decoration with a rope face, orange felt nose, button eyes and mouth, blue plaid scarf, and snowflake embellishment, set against a wooden background with greenery.

How to Make a Rope Ghost

Most of our supplies were bought at the Dollar Tree.

Supplies

Free Rope Pattern (This pattern will bring you to a Boho Ghost pattern. The half-circle is the same for each.)
2 packs of Nautical Cotton Rope, 6.8 feet each (we purchased it at Dollar Tree, but this macrame cord is similar)
Corrugated Cardboard
8 Black Buttons (2 large and 6 medium; I used mismatched large black buttons)
2 in. X 36 in. Plaid Fabric (or glue together two 2 in X 18 in strips from a fat quarter)
Wooden Snowflake
Hot Glue Gun or Craft Glue
12 inches Jute Twine
Orange Felt
Light Blue Acrylic Craft Paint (or white)
Paintbrush
Ruler

Directions

Step 1

Download, print and cut out our rope pattern for the base and the face.

Trace the semi-circle pattern onto a piece of cardboard and then cut out.

You will want to use sturdy cardboard, such as a packing box or corrugated cardboard, rather than a piece of poster board or thin cardboard.

A piece of paper with a marker next to it.

A pair of scissors next to a cardboard box.

Step 2

Place the rope around the cardboard base without using any glue yet. Position the end of the rope to be about 12 inches from the top of the pattern base and then lay around the curved portion of the pattern base and continue the same length on the other side of the ghost pattern.

Cut the rope at that point.

A rope measuring tape and a ruler on a wooden table.

Step 3

Glue that piece of rope to the cardboard base, being sure to cover the cardboard around the edges.

A pair of scissors and a pair of scissors next to a piece of rope.

Step 4

Continue this process with more pieces of rope. Each additional piece will be smaller than the first, since you are filling in the smaller gaps inside. However, you want each piece to hang just as long as the first piece, 12 inches from the top of the pattern base.

A white rope with a green glue gun on a wooden surface.

A pair of scissors and a glue gun next to a rope.

Step 5

If the rope pieces are not all the same length, then trim the ends of the rope to be about the same size in length.

A pair of scissors and a rope on a wooden table.

Step 6

Unravel each section of rope by hand. You will unravel the rope up to the point where the cardboard base begins.

If needed, trim the ends again to make them even or a length that you prefer.

A crocheted hat and scissors on a wooden table.

Step 7

Using scissors, cut out a carrot shape from orange craft felt.

Orange scissors on a wooden surface, next to an orange piece of craft felt, with a cut triangular section.

Colored cardstock, heavy fabric, or craft foam would work for this project as well.

Step 8

Select 2 large black buttons for the snowman eyes and 6 medium black buttons for the mouth.

DIY mop ghost being crafted with a glue gun, featuring a mop head, buttons for eyes and mouth, and an orange felt triangle for a nose on a wooden background.

Attach the buttons and carrot nose with a glue gun and glue stick.

Step 9

Cut a 2 inch X 36 inch strip of plaid fabric. Or glue together two 2 inch X 18 inch pieces of fabric strips cut from a fat quarter (as we did from a Dollar Tree fat quarter) by overlapping the short ends slightly and gluing together.

Orange scissors on a wooden surface with cut strips and a larger piece of blue and white plaid fabric.

A black glue gun with a green nozzle is beside two strips of frayed blue and black plaid fabric on a rustic wooden surface.

If you prefer a frayed edge along the fabric, as seen in our photos, you will want to tear the fabric rather than cut.

Step 10

Wrap the fabric around the snowman’s neck, securing with some hot glue to stay in place.

Trim off any long ends with scissors.

A snowman craft made from braided rope, with a plaid scarf, black button eyes, and an orange nose, lies on a wooden surface next to orange-handled scissors and fabric pieces.

Step 11

Paint a small wooden snowflake with light blue acrylic paint (you could also use white paint if you prefer). Allow to dry and apply a second coat, if needed.