Snow Families

by Jody Harris

9 Materials

6 Hours

Medium

What to do with old downspouts? Snow families of course.

I had some downspouts from a neighbor and since Christmas is coming I thought why not make some snow families.

First, I had my husband cut them with his trusty reciprocating saw at various lengths. In order to attach them to my wood rounds I set the “people” on the round and marked where I wanted to position them.

Next, I attached a small piece of scrap wood inside each spout to have something to connect to from the bottom. Then I drilled up from the bottom of the wood round to secure each “family member” in their place.

Here is a picture of how I took a screw and drilled through the spout into the scrap wood.

I added faces to my families.

I gathers socks, fleece, cording, string and pom poms to make their hats and scarves. There are many ways to do this but I chose to use what I had.

I went outside and gathered cones and moss to glue to the base of the familes and voila, there you have it!

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Downspouts (Free from a neighbor)
Wood rounds (On our property)
Cones and moss (On our property)
Fleece, socks, cording, pom poms, paint (Had in my craft room)
Glue gun, drill and screws (Had in my craft room)

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Joanie on Dec 25, 2017

These would be cute to make for family & friends as a neat neat decor/gift 🌲‼️🌲‼️

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Ginger the farm gal on Mar 10, 2019

Side acces. could be little pieces of pvc for a baby, dog, or cat

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