Cotton wool snowman

We all look forward to the New Year. It is this holiday that gives adults and children real magic. When a forest beauty is brought to our house, the whole family has a festive mood. Today it has become popular to bring back old traditions. In the old days, the whole family made Christmas toys from cotton and paste, and today we will try to repeat the same. A simple workshop shows how you can make Christmas tree toys with your own hands and without special skills.
Materials:

• - cotton wool
• - PVA glue,
• - newspaper
• - foil
• - threads.
• - copper wire,
• - acrylic paints or watercolors,
• - hook
• - jute thread,
• - decorative tape.

Make a snowman out of cotton

Roll up two balls of different sizes from newspaper sheets, and twist the smallest ball from a regular napkin.
Connect the balls together and squeeze them tightly together with foil, forming the body of a snowman.
Separate the cotton into thin layers and applying them to the workpiece, form the body of a snowman. In the process of working, we fasten the cotton with threads, trying to press it more tightly. We put layers of cotton wool until the figure acquires the desired shape.
In this work, red threads were used to make it better visible in the photo. For work, it is better to take white so that it is easier to mask them. After the volume is increased, you can begin to glue the Christmas tree toy with thin pieces of cotton wool. It is convenient to use PVA glue for work, but you can also work with a paste. For better adhesion, the figure must be coated with glue. Applying cotton pieces to it, we begin to create the final form of a snowman. While working with the material, you need to smooth the pieces properly with a flat brush or finger. While aligning the figure, try to expel all the air from the cotton.
Snowman's handles can be made in the form of balls by rolling two small koloboks out of a fleece, or fashioning sleeves out of it.
Roll a small cone out of cotton and stick it instead of a nose. The hat can be made from the same cotton, can be knitted or sewn. In order to decorate a snowman with a scarf, you need to separate a narrow layer from the cotton wool, grease it with glue and just wrap it around your head.
Now the snowman needs to dry. Drying time depends on the amount of cotton wool and glue, it takes about a day. When the workpiece is completely dry, it will become very light, almost weightless. Now you can start painting. To do this, it is better to use acrylic paints or watercolor. If you work with acrylic, then make a more fluid structure. To do this, mix water with PVA in equal amounts and add a little acrylic paint to the composition. Adjust the density of the paint as you wish.
We paint the hat and scarf in blue, tint the nose-carrot in orange, put the black dots-embers in the place of the eyes, draw the eyebrows and mouth. Allow the paint to dry for about half an hour.
With an awl we make a hole for the rope, we extend it with a hook. We tie a knot and hide it under a bow.
Christmas toy "Snowman" is ready.