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Bottle Cap Snowman Ornaments

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Bottlecap Snowman Ornaments

Click here for a Bottle Cap Snowman Ornaments video tutorial!

Happy Thanksgiving-Week, friends!  I know it’s still just a little tiny bit early to be thinking about Christmas decorations {or is it?}, but my friend Kelly and I got together on Saturday night and made some of the cutest ornaments!  I just couldn’t wait until after Thanksgiving to show you, so here they are {well, some of them, anyway}…
Bottle Cap Snowman Ornaments
We got the idea from Kelly’s Pinterest board, where she had pinned this little guy from She Who Makes.  Here’s how we made ours:

Bottle Cap Snowman Ornaments Materials:

– bottle caps
– white, black, orange, and red acrylic paint
– paintbrushes
– ribbon
– hot glue gun and glue sticks
– buttons
– scissors
– optional: glitter and/or sparkle Mod Podge
STEP 1: Paint the inside of each bottle cap white.  It’s a little tricky getting it to coat completely, so you’ll probably need to so several coats, letting it dry in between.  You can paint the outsides too if you really want, but we didn’t.
Bottle Cap Snowman Ornaments
STEP 2: Glue three bottlecaps to a piece of ribbon.  You’ll also want to put a bit of glue in between each bottlecap to hold them together.  Form a loop with the top of the ribbon and glue in place.  {Thanks to Kelly for being my hand model…you didn’t even know I took this pic, did you?  I’m so sneaky like that. ;)}
Bottle Cap Snowman Ornaments

STEP 3: Use the end of a paintbrush or a toothpick to paint eyes, a nose, mouth and buttons on your snowmen.  Once they were dry, I added some sparkle Mod Podge to mine.

STEP 4: Tie a ribbon or yarn between the first and second bottle caps to make a scarf and accent with a button if you like.

Here are Kelly’s two snowmen:

Bottle Cap Snowman Ornaments
…and here are mine.  She said they could be the hubby and me, so I think I need to make a little two-bottle-cap one to be Little Crafter, don’t you?
Bottle Cap Snowman Ornaments
I’m all about it.  Easy, cute, and ridiculously cheap to make…my kind of crafting!  Stay tuned to see some of the other fun ornaments we made together!
Happy Crafting!

Comments

  17. MJ says

    These are so cute! I’m always looking for cute and fun crafts to do with my kids. I’m so glad I found your blog! Thanks for sharing!

    XOXO
    MJ

    Happy Thanksgiving!

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  24. [email protected] says

    What cute cute idea, Amy! LOVE IT!

    Thanks so much for linking up last week at The Humble Brag!!
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  29. Estelle says

    Bottle cap snowman is so cute but I was disappointed that I could not print the instructions. I ended up just writing them out. Did I miss where I could print?

    Reply

  30. Alecia says

    Your style is very unique in comparison to
    other folks I’ve read stuff from. Many thanks for posting when you have the opportunity, Guess I’ll just
    book mark this site.

    Reply

  33. Hugh says

    I love this project! I am currently creating a list of top DIY Christmas gifts/decorations on my blog. Could I get permission to use this image and put this on the list? I will link back to this page underneath the list item.

    Thanks!

    Reply

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  16. […] Cute snow folk abound – it’s easy to make a whole family of snow people using this clever tutorial. You?ll need some glue, paint, and ribbons to get started; you can speed things up even more by starting with pre-painted white bottle caps. This is also an ideal project for making personalized ornaments – just add favorite colors and names to each snow person. Get the details and full tutorial at One Artsy Mama […]

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  21. […] Bottle caps are the sort of things that often lie around the house or get recycled without much glamour. Now you can give them a new lease of life by making them into these cute bottle cap snowmen. These are brilliant because the little ones can personalise them, and you can hang them up on the tree, creating your own snowmen family. See the full post here. […]

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  82. […] Maybe it’s just us but as soon as December is here we have the imperious need to decorate everything to make it look more Christmassy. It doesn’t matter if your place is big or small, there are decorations for every taste and every budget, you just have to make them yourself. We particularly love these wooden decorations and these lovely origami trees, even though we can’t resist these snowmen made with bottle caps. […]

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  83. […] No sabemos si a todo el mundo le pasa, pero cuando llegan estas fechas el espíritu festivo nos invade y lo decoraríamos absolutamente todo con motivos navideños. Tengas el espacio que tengas, hay una decoración adecuada para ti, que puedes hacer tú mismo y que se adapta a tu bolsillo. A nosotros nos encantan estas decoraciones de madera o los arbolitos de origami, aunque tampoco podemos resistirnos a los adorables muñecos de nieve hechos con chapas. […]

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  84. […] No sabem si a tothom li passa, però quan arriben aquestes dates l’esperit festiu ens envaiex i ho decoraríem absolutament tot amb motius nadalencs. Tinguis l’espai que tinguis, hi ha una decoració adequada per a tu, que pots fer tu mateix i que s’adapta a la teva butxaca. A nosaltres ens encanten aquestes decoracions de fusta o els arbrets d’origami, encara que tampoc ens podem resistir a aquests adorables ninots de neu fets amb xapes. […]

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  148. […] 6. Bottle Cap Snowman: You will need bottle caps, white, black, orange, and red acrylic paint, hot glue gun and glue sticks,buttons. Paint the inside of each bottle cap white.  It’s a little tricky getting it to coat completely, so you’ll probably need to so several coats, letting it dry in between. Glue three bottlecaps to a piece of ribbon.  Also glue the bottlecaps to each other . Form a loop with the top of the ribbon and glue in place. Use the end of a paintbrush to paint eyes, a nose, mouth and buttons on your snowmen. Optionally you can tie a ribbon or yarn between the first and second bottle caps to make a scarf. Read more here. […]

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