Instructions for making the snowman

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Since they were requested - this is how to make him:

• Take a small child's sock - white ankle socks can be bought cheaply


• Cut off about two-thirds of the foot.


• Turn top section of sock inside out.


• Gather up cut end with string and tie tightly.


• Turn sock right way out again (string is then inside sock and holding it together).


• Fill sock with rice up to cuff level.  Gently tap sock on surface to encourage rice to settle and add extra rice.  Snowman should stand up.


• Tie off top with more string.


• Squeeze sock about two thirds of the way up to form head.  (Aka wring the snowman's neck!)


• Tie third piece of string around neck.


• Trim ends of string, but not too close to snowman.


• Take a thin strip of felt and cut ends to make fringes.


• Tie scarf round snowman's neck.


• Use double sided sticky dots to attach googly eyes and buttons.


• Make a small hole for nose. Use the point of some nail scissors, so the hole is very small.  Insert nose - tiny orange stick about 1cm long 2mm square.


• Take toe end of sock.


• Attach small sparkly pompom to end with another sticky dot.


• Roll sock ends over and place on head at hat.

If anything is not clear, please ask.  They are relatively easy to make working one-to-one; it's slightly more complicated with 17 Brownies.  We worked on a step by step approach for the whole pack, rather than let them rush ahead by themselves.