Sweater Sleeve Snowman (100% no sew)

After making a few more sweater pumpkins this fall my mind instantly turned to snowmen (I think I made 5 in one week in October).  I had a few tacky sweater sleeves left over and decided I wanted to make them into snowmen too.  I however did not want to get out my sewing machine (my heart is not into sewing at this moment).  So for all the non sewers out there-this one is for you.

Materials:

sweater sleeves (the whole sleeve)

old t-shirts

2 black brads

orange felt for nose

stuffing

a baggie of wheat, rice or corn as a weight

hot glue

Step 1: Turn sweater sleeve inside out, run a bead of glue along one of the open edges, and scrunch and hold until dry (NOTE: since these types of sweaters are not tightly woven you more than likely will burn yourself with hot glue-so be warned).

Step 2: Turn the sleeve right side out, place weight in the bottom and stuff the remaining sleeve with batting.  Don't over stuff and I try and stuff the bottom a bit fuller than the upper part (like a snowman would be).

Step 4: Place your brads in where you want the eyes to be.

Spread them on the inside and then secure each with a dot of hot glue.

Step 5: Run another bead of glue around the top opening and pinch closed and hold in place until firm.

Step 6: To make the hat (if possible) use the bottom of a t-shirt with the hem being the bottom of the hat. 

I cut  a large rectangle piece on the fold (this will be larger than needed but larger is easier to work with than smaller).

Step 7: Wrap the t-shirt piece around the snowman's head and overlap to make it the right size.

Step 8: Without opening up the hat piece, slip it off, fold back the overlapping piece and run a bead of glue along one of the overlapping sides and then fold the overlapping piece back in place and hold until firm.

Step 9: Slip the hat back on, secure to head with some hot glue and tie off the top of the hat with a piece of string.

Step 10: Lastly make a scarf.  I cut a piece again using the side seam that was about 12 inches long (doubled over).

Open the scarf piece up, wrap around and pull tight to define the snowman's head.  Add a carrot nose and you are done.  Such a cute little snowman (well I guess technically a snowlady because she is wearing pink).

And because sweaters have 2 sleeves it is only right that these snowmen should come in sets of 2

That is much better.

Happy winter crafting everyone.