Once There Was a Snowman

Monday night, our next door neighbors dropped off a little treat/Christmas gift. The wife is always so clever and this year was more of the same.

See that cute snowman in the picture to the left?  She made it.

When they delivered it, she also recited a poem that she learned in the first grade.

Well, I’ve never seen this snowman idea before and I hadn’t heard of the poem either. I was duly impressed.  Cute, cute, cute.

To make the snowman, she printed up the ‘snowman’ face on white paper.  She wrapped it around a large box of Milk Duds.(You can use any large ‘stadium’ sized box of candy.)  She cut a small piece of fleece for the neck scarf. She got a pair of gloves and stuffed one glove inside the other. She pulled the gloves over the box of Milk Duds to create a hat.  She tied raffia just below the fingers to make the fingers look like a pom pom on the hat.

Here’s a copy of the poem that she recited.

Once There Was a Snowman

author unknown

Once there was a snowman,
Who stood outside my door,
He wished that he could come inside,
And run about the floor.
He wished that he could warm himself,
Beside the fire, so red,a
He wished that he could climb upon
The big white bed.

So he called to the North Wind,
“Come and help me, pray,
For I’m completely frozen,
Standing here all day.”
So the North Wind came along,
And blew him in the door,
And now there’s nothing left of him,
But a puddle on the floor!

This would be an easy thing to make as a stocking stuffer or a Christmas treat to give to grandchildren.  Or, you could help your grandchildren make some snowmen to give to their friends.  Or, you could make the snowman as a decoration by using an empty box.  (Don’t want to let the candy get stale, now do we?)

Here is a copy of the Snowman Wrapper  Print it up and tape it around your box of candy. Add gloves and tie it with raffia and you have a fun stocking stuffer for a grandchild. (Or a neighbor if you are so inclined.)