TIS the season to be jolly, December 25 is just around the corner.
This festive season, why don’t you skip the store-bought decors and make your own ornaments to hang on your Christmas tree this year!
Readers, now you can turn those burnt-out light bulbs into light bulb snowmen — it’s easy, fun and it definitely saves money.
Below are steps to making three types snowmen from light bulbs from website wikihow.com.
Classic snowman
* Prepare your work area, cover it with wax paper
* Obtain a used light bulb
* Spray paint it white
* Allow to dry
* Get your colour pallet and prepare colours such as black and orange
* Grab a small brush and dab two dots to make the eyes
* Dip your brush with orange paint and draw the nose
* Dab some black paint to make the buttons
* Look for some small twigs and cut it to form the snowman’s arm
* Paint the twigs black and glue it on the sides of the bulb
* Create a small ribbon
* Glue it on the snowman’s neck. And now you’re done
Glitter snowman
* Prepare the light bulb and obtain Mod Podge
* Coat the light bulb with Mod Podge
* Sprinkle a pack of silver glitters on the light bulb
* Allow to dry
* Obtain some beads
* Glue to black beads that would form the eye
* Glue an orange bead to make the nose
* Obtain a ribbon
* Wrap it around the snowman’s neck to form a scarf
* Add three more beads on the snowman’s tummy
* Obtain a small foam
* Glue it on the sides of the head of the snowman. Forming a pair of earmuffs
* Glue it on a stand and you’re done!
Googly eyed snowman
* Find a suitable light bulb
* Paint it white using craft paint
* Adhere a pair of googly eyes
* Get a wooden stick or barbecue stick
* Paint the tip orange
* Cut it into size
* Glue it on the snowman’s face
* Glue some beads to represent as buttons
* Form the mouth using black beads and glue a ribbon around the snowman
* Allow to dry
