Would you like to build a snowman in your garden, but there is no snow right now? Then how about a snowman made from other materials? It will last even in temperatures well above zero and will stay as long as you want it to. And the best thing is that you can bring it out every year as a decoration for the winter. Take a look at some ideas here on how you can make a snowman yourself that will look particularly good outside. Whether for the entrance to the house or somewhere in the front garden – you decide for yourself!
Christmas may be over, but the winter decorations can still stay. A decorative snowman for outside can look good in the garden until the end of the cold season. The only requirement is that it is made of weatherproof materials. Get inspired by the following DIY ideas!
Make a melted snowman for outside out of plywood
If there is no snow in your area, you can make a funny snowman for the front yard. It will certainly amuse your guests in winter and can stay in the garden until early spring.
Materials:
- Jigsaw
- plywood
- Lights (optional)
- Red gloves or mittens
- big black buttons
- cylinder
- Neckerchief
- Plastic carrot
- white color
- Styroporkugel
- Sandpaper
- black felt
Directions:
Trace your melted snowman design onto the plywood with a marker. Cut out the traced shape with a jigsaw. Sand the edges with wood sandpaper. Paint the plywood white and allow the paint to dry.
Drill holes for the lights (if used) about 30 centimeters apart. Attach the lights from the bottom of the wood.
Drill a dowel into the plywood where you want the head. Attach the Styrofoam ball to the dowel.
Add the fake carrot nose, felt eyes, scarf, mittens and hat. Use any materials you like to customize your melted front yard snowman to your liking.
Make a big snowman out of car tires
The old car tires are a great material forMaking original decorations for the garden. They can be stacked, painted and decorated and turned into great figures. If you want to make a big snowman in the garden, you can easily do this with some car tires.
What you need:
- Tires in different sizes
- white color suitable for outdoor use
- black color
- Paint brush
- drill
- Scarf
- 2 sticks for arms
- orange flashlight (or something similar as a nose)
- Gloves or mittens
Tip: If you don't have any old tires, you can ask tire shops whether they sell used car tires.
And this is how it works:
First, clean the tires by brushing off dirt and debris. Stack the tires to get an idea of how big you want to build the snowman.
Decide which parts of the snowman you will make out of tires - just the body and head or maybe the hat too? There are also different ways to stack the tires. A variant would be to make the entire snowman out of stacked tires of different sizes. Or you could have oneTire with a sheet of plywood in the middle as a faceand place it upright on the stacked tires. In this guide we will focus on the first variant.
Lay a tarp on the ground and paint the tires white. If you are making the hat out of car tires, you can apply a layer of black paint if necessary. Allow the paint to dry thoroughly.
Find the right place for your snowman and then stack the car tires to build it. Drill holes for the arms and nose and insert the sticks and snowman nose into them.
Add a scarf, decorate the hat as desired, and paint black circles in the appropriate places for eyes, mouth, and buttons. Put mittens or gloves on the sticks and the snowman made of car tires is ready.
Snowman flower pot for outside
Transform empty clay pots into a beautiful snowman for the idealOutdoor winter decoration. For this snowman, you can use any buckets or flower pots in graduated sizes.
Materials:
- Flower pots or clay pots in 3 graduated sizes
- white color (if necessary)
- small Styrofoam balls
- black pen
- orange colored pencil
- small black bucket
- Neckerchief
- artificial greenery or artificial berry branches
- wide red ribbon
- craft knife
- Scissors
- Hot glue gun
How to make a snowman out of flower pots:
If necessary, paint the clay pots white and leave them aside to dry.
Then take the smallest of the three flower pots, turn it over so its bottom is facing up, and then draw an orange carrot nose in the middle. Draw a mouth and two circles for the eyes and add more details of the face.
Wrap red ribbon around the black bucket and tape to make a hat brim. Glue a small piece of greens and berries to it for decoration.
Assemble the snowman so that the largest flower pot is on the bottom, the middle one is on top, and the smallest is facing up. You can fix the flower pots with glue if you want. Also place the hat on the snowman at an angle and secure it with glue if necessary.
Cut two small Styrofoam balls in half with a craft knife. Paint the rounded halves with the black pen and glue them to the front of the snowman as buttons. Wrap the scarf around the top flower pot and tie it tightly. The outdoor snowman is ready to brighten up your home entrance, garden or patio.
Simple buckets can also be used for this DIY idea
Outdoor tree trunk snowman
You can also make a snowman out of tree trunks for outside. For this you need three or four tree trunks without bark. The logs should have a similar diameter and can be stacked to form a snowman.
To make the snowman, first paint the logs white and stack them on top of each other to create the snowman's body and head. Then paint on the face and buttons, put a hat (you can use a thinner wooden trunk for this) on top and you're done.
Instead of tree trunks, you can also use tree slices
More ideas for making snowmen outside
You can find more inspiring ones in the photo gallery belowIdeas for DIYSnowmen made from different materials. Choose a project and decorate the garden with a funny snowman in the winter after the holidays!
Snowman for the house entrance made of white pumpkins
Make your own big snowman from green wreaths
Upcycled snowman and woman made from plastic bottles
