Tumbling Tower Snowman

Use wooden blocks from a Dollar Tree Tumbling Tower game to make a cute snowman to sit on a shelf or tiered tray. This is a perfect winter craft that is very inexpensive to make.

Two wooden snowmen with hats and snowflakes on them.

All materials other than paint are from Dollar Tree. Many of the supplies are the same ones we used to make these winter crafts:

Tumbling Tower Penguin
Tumbling Tower Polar Bear

You could easily make all three of these craft ideas at the same time.

Two wooden snowmen with hats and snowflakes.

DIY Tumbling Tower Snowman

Supplies

6 Tumbling Tower Game Pieces for each snowman
Acrylic Craft Paint (White, Pink, and Black)
Craft Stick
Orange Felt
Wooden Snowflake
Black Buttons
Blue Gingham Ribbon
Rhinestone
Glitter Glue
Hot Glue Gun or Craft Glue
Scissors
Paintbrush
Black Permanent Marker
Pencil with New Eraser (optional)
Ruler

A craft kit with a glue gun, scissors and glue sticks.

Directions

Step 1

For each snowman, line up six tumbling tower wooden blocks. Three should be horizontal on the bottom, and three should be vertical, side by side, on the top. The vertical ones should fit exactly over the horizontal ones.

A stack of wooden blocks next to a glue gun.

Glue them together on the sides.

A glue gun and wood pieces on a wooden table.

Measure two regular wooden craft sticks to 4” long and cut with scissors.

Step 2

Paint the bottom of the snowmen (the part with the horizontal wood blocks) with white acrylic craft paint. Let the paint dry and apply a second coat, if needed.

A bottle of white paint and a brush on a wooden surface.

Paint the top of both snowmen (the vertical wood blocks) and the craft sticks with black acrylic craft paint. Let the paint dry between coats and apply a second coat, if needed.

A glue gun and glue sticks on a wooden surface.

Glue the craft stick hat brims to the snowmen where the white and black paint meet.

A glue gun and a pair of scissors on a wooden table.

Step 3

Paint a wooden snowflake for each snowman with white acrylic craft paint. Let dry and apply a second coat, if needed.

Snowflake ornaments and a paint brush on a wooden table.

Glue a small piece of blue gingham ribbon as the hat band around that hat. Then glue a snowflake to the hat.

Snowman craft with glue gun and scissors.

Glue two black buttons for eyes on each snowman. I used different sizes of black buttons and attached two different sides to give visual interest.

A snowman with a glue gun on a wooden table.

Step 4

Cut one triangle carrot nose from orange craft felt.

A pair of orange scissors next to a piece of felt.

Glue the carrot nose to the snowman face.

Step 5

Add a polka dot cheek by dipping a new pencil eraser into pink acrylic craft paint. Alternatively, you can paint a small circle of pink paint without needing the eraser.

Set aside to dry.

Draw a smile from the cheek to nose with a permanent black marker.

Glue a self-adhesive rhinestone to the center of the snowflake. Then accent the snowflake with iridescent glitter glue.

Let the glitter glue dry completely.

Helpful Tips

Orange craft foam or cardstock can be used instead of orange felt.
Instead of a wood snowflake, you could use a small foam snowflake cut out, snowflake sticker or other type of miniature snowflake.

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