Fan Folded Paper Snowman
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A unique and elegant snowman made with paper.
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Other Things You'll Need

  • 3-¼ black top hat
  • Metallic chenille stems
  • 1 yd. sparkle organdy
  • Assorted costume jewelry pieces
  • Gold rope for hanger
  • Multipurpose white paper
  • Scissors
  • Hot glue gun and glue sticks
  • Small stencil brush
  • Double stick tape

Instructions

  1. Cut three pieces of paper -8 ½” x 7”, three pieces 8 ½” x 4”, and three pieces 8 ½” x 5 ½”
  2. Fan - fold one piece of 8 ½” x 7” multipurpose paper, starting with the shorter side approximately ¼ inch with folds. Repeat the same for the other two pieces of 8 ½” x 7” papers. Align the papers and use the double-stick tape to secure the pieces along the long side.
  3. Twist a chenille stem around the center of the papers, fan out the taped papers bringing the loose ends together and securing them with double-stick tape to for a circle. (Refer to photo.)
  4. Repeat the folding and securing with tape for the rest of the paper sizes to create three circles.
  5. Using stencil brush, dry brush edges of folds with Metallic Inca Gold as shown. Let dry. Do the same for the other two circles.
  6. Dry brush Extreme Glitter over Inca Gold, Let dry.
  7. Hot glue a jewelry piece in the center of the two bottom circles.
  8. Hot glue the three circles together as shown.
  9. Tie the scarf under top circle.
  10. Glue on top hat as shown.
  11. Glue a small piece of jewelry to top hat.
  12. Tie gold braid to back for hanging.