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Do You Want To Build A Snowman?

August 19, 2014 By Cheryl 23 Comments

This Olaf Craft post is courtesy of our contributor Chantelle…Who doesn’t love Olaf? I am so excited to bring you my first party tip post today starring the quirky little snowman.

Olaf Craft

Frozen still seems to be going strong as a party theme all over Pinterest and on my favorite party sites, so I decided to work on a Frozen inspired project to share with you. If you have plans for a Frozen inspired sweets table or are looking for a fun gift idea for the Frozen lover in your life, you’ll definitely want to read on!

Olaf Craft

I am not quite sure how it popped into my head, but one day I realized that the distinctive shape of Olaf’s head looks an awful lot like two flower pots stacked on each other. I have had it on my project list to go buy some terra cotta pots and a round glass vase to make one of those cute bubble gum machine candy jars, but decided instead to use those same materials and make a fun Snowman shaped treat jar instead.

Olaf Craft

Olaf Craft Materials:

  • 10cm diameter terra cotta flower pots (2)
  • Terra cotta saucers for 8cm pot (2)
  • Terra cotta saucer for 10cm pot (1)
  • White acrylic paint (or white spray paint)
  • Black acrylic paint
  • 1 IKEA Ensidig vase, 6 ¼” size
  • Brown pipe cleaners
  • 2 large google eyes
  • 1 sheet brown felt (or foam)
  • 1 sheet black felt (or foam)
  • 1 sheet white felt (or foam)
  • 1 fake foam carrot
  • Brown permanent marker
  • Black permanent marker
  • Gorilla Glue, or similar
  • Hot glue gun and glue sticks

Olaf Craft Directions:

Begin by painting all your terra cotta pots and saucers white. I chose to work with a brush and bottle of acrylic paint, but you could easily spray paint the pieces as well.

Olaf Craft

Using Gorilla Glue, glue the two painted pots open end to open end, to create Olaf’s head. Set aside to dry.

Cut out your felt shapes including a white tooth, two brown arms, 2 black ovals to mount the googly eyes on, and 3 black buttons.

Olaf Craft

Using a black sharpie, outline the mouth and fill in with the black acrylic paint.

Glue the two smaller sized Terra Cotta saucers together with Gorilla Glue, sandwiching the brown felt arms in between.

Attach the head shape to the top center of the saucer stack with the Gorilla glue.

Glue the glass vase to the larger painted saucer to create the base/feet.

Olaf Craft

Use a hot glue gun to attach the buttons, tooth, layered eyes, and carrot nose. I used a foam carrot found at Michaels, but you could certainly create your own from rolled felt or foam. Orange Crayola Model Magic might also work well to sculpt a carrot nose.

Draw eyebrows on using a dark brown permanent marker.

Hot glue pipe cleaners into the top of the flower pot head and bend randomly to look like twigs.

Olaf Craft

And what does one fill an Olaf inspired treat jar with? Why, Hugs, of course!

Olaf Craft

This was an easy project to pull together and fairly inexpensive given that I was able to find most of my pots and craft supplies at the Dollar Store. The IKEA vase used can certainly be substituted with any other glass or plastic jar – just play around with the flower pot saucers to make sure you find a size that will fit snugly in the top of your container.

Olaf Craft

I hope you all like the final Snowman as much as my kids and I do! It is hard not to love something that is this adorable AND full of chocolaty treats.

Olaf Craft

And I do apologize if you have gotten a certain snowman-building song stuck in your head from reading this post.

Olaf Craft

Can’t get enough Olaf? Check out this adorable Olaf-inspired party favor idea by Chantelle – free printable included!

Olaf Favor Idea

We’d like to send a huge THANK YOU to Chantelle for sharing this creative tutorial with us. There are a lot more where this came from – visit her on Facebook to see the latest ideas for fun crafts, party ideas and more!

For more creative Christmas ideas, visit our Christmas Fun page. Here are a few samples of what you’ll find there:

Christmas Tree Game
Elf On The Shelf Printables
Candy Cane Crafts
Tree Scavenger Hunt Game
Free Elf On The Shelf Printables
Candy Cane Crafts

 

 

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Comments

  1. Brittany Sneed says

    August 20, 2014 at 8:22 am

    This is way too cute!
    You did a great job and it looks just like Olaf! He is definitely my favorite character from Frozen 🙂

    Reply
  2. kristi@ishouldbemoppingthefloor says

    August 26, 2014 at 6:28 pm

    This is so adorable! Such a cute idea, Cheryl!

    Reply
  3. Cindy says

    September 12, 2014 at 5:09 pm

    I added a pipe cleaner to the backside of his arms. This way you can pose them.

    Happy Craftting

    Reply
    • Cheryl says

      September 15, 2014 at 8:55 pm

      That’s such a clever idea, Cindy!

      Reply
    • Chantelle Doll says

      October 11, 2014 at 8:24 am

      That is a great idea Cindy! I might need to add pipecleaners into mine now. 🙂

      Reply
  4. Lourdes Rivera says

    September 12, 2014 at 6:04 pm

    Just what I need. My christmas theme this yr. Is frozen.

    Reply
    • Cheryl says

      September 15, 2014 at 8:54 pm

      This is perfect for that theme!

      Reply
  5. Angela says

    October 10, 2014 at 7:34 pm

    This is great! I made one tonight but I have two questions, 1. Where did you find the carrot? and 2. Where did you find 8cm saucers? I can only find 10cm or larger. Thanks!

    Reply
    • Chantelle Doll says

      October 11, 2014 at 8:23 am

      Hi Angela,
      1) I found the carrot at Michael’s craft store. It was in the floral section in among some other fake produce such as apples and pears. As mentioned, you could also sculpt one easily from Crayola Model Magic or Fimo if you can’t find the same one I used.
      2) I found all my pots and saucer’s at Dollarama. I have noticed that both Home Depot and Walmart have a good selection of terra cotta pots so you might try there.
      Hopefully this helps and you can get your snowman built!

      Reply
  6. Heidi Fowler says

    November 3, 2014 at 10:52 pm

    I absolutely love this! (I’m quite the Olaf fan.) Would you mind if I use this in a snowman craft roundup on One Creative Mommy?

    Reply
    • Cheryl says

      November 3, 2014 at 10:56 pm

      Hi Heidi! We’d love to be featured – thank you for asking. Please only use one photo with a link back to this article. No part of the tutorial should be copied onto another site. Please credit both Moms & Munchkins and the tutorial creator Dolled Up Design.

      Reply
  7. Kelly says

    November 6, 2014 at 6:36 am

    This is such a cute candy dish! May I use this pattern to make and sell and some craft shows as long as I reference both Moms & Munchkins and the tutorial creator Dolled Up Design?

    Reply
    • Chantelle Doll says

      November 7, 2014 at 10:33 am

      Hi Kelly,
      Yes, definitely go ahead and use the pattern. I love to see my ideas being used and enjoyed by others. I know some people just aren’t crafty and would never attempt this on their own, so selling them at a craft show is probably a great idea.
      Chantelle

      Reply
  8. kathy says

    December 11, 2014 at 7:07 pm

    I believe i’ll experiment with substituting styrofoam cups for the kids to make and use playdough for a nose. I do like the posable arms too.

    Reply
  9. catalina faria says

    February 6, 2015 at 3:03 pm

    I love it.I might try to do it.

    Reply
  10. April says

    November 16, 2015 at 12:46 pm

    This is so cute. And looks simple enough to do. I see you posted it last year. But Kitchen Fun with My 3 Sons just reposted to FB today. I may have to try this soon.

    Reply
    • Cheryl says

      November 16, 2015 at 5:49 pm

      Thank you for visiting, April! Good luck with your Olaf project!

      Reply
  11. Ann Weger says

    November 16, 2015 at 4:00 pm

    This is a very cute idea. Besides IKEA where would you find a vase like that?

    Reply
    • Cheryl says

      November 16, 2015 at 5:48 pm

      Hi Ann! You could try your local dollar store as well.

      Reply
  12. Sharon says

    August 30, 2018 at 9:29 am

    You would have to lift 2 terracotta pots & 2 saucers to get the candy out. This is alot of weight to lift, especially for a child. Am I misunderstanding this something?

    Reply

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