Does Any One Have

[Blinky]

Ideas on how to make a three dimensional Snowman ?
I would like to scuplt a head for one but am not sure how to go about making the body.. Thanks ahead of time. Blinky

I can just see it now a snow man in Texas..hoot hoot:rolleyes:
and any ideas on how to make him wave..

[Mummy deer-est]

chicken wire?

[Blinky]

I thought of that mummy ..hmm I made a witches cauldron out of card broad and duct tape and a bucket . Then I plastered over it .. but it has been raining here I didn't think that would hold up to good.. How would you make the chicken wire round?

[thehoghunter]

How about Styrofoam cups?
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc162/hunters-moon/Christmas/odd-ends/image002.jpg

[JingleBalls]

Maybe should have stocked up on some different sized beach balls, hot glued them together and spray painted them white. Something for next year possibly.

I am the same way for coming up with an idea and then something that I could use (ie: extra large pool noodles) is out of season.

[Mummy deer-est]

I thought of that mummy ..hmm I made a witches cauldron out of card broad and duct tape and a bucket . Then I plastered over it .. but it has been raining here I didn't think that would hold up to good.. How would you make the chicken wire round?

Not a clue, Blinky, as I have never worked with it -- but I do recall seeing on HF someone make a spider victim out of chicken wire, and it seemed as though she was very good at bending it to her will! Maybe you could track that down for help?

[Brightside]

I have actually put alot of thought into this this year. The 2 ideas I narrowed down to were paper Mache over beach balls (same concept as pumpkin rot), and carved styrofoam (I have a few large peices). I decide to go with the paper mache this year, only becuase I had one ball already done (unfinished pumpkin) only thing is I am worried about weather proofing.
Granted, if this is for a large scale or oversized snow man, I would go with chicken wire and MM or sprayed foam.

[Blinky]

Thank you everyone for your input, I would like to make him move waving and or maybe have him on snow ski's .. troted across my grass..have the ski's slide back and forth under him.. hmm? I'm at a lost..

[thehoghunter]

Making the prop wave is no biggie - doing the legs on skis would not be hard either.

I'm actually in the planning stage of 3 skiers in a row - modify from the idea of WormyT's pop-up skulls from up and down to the sliding action of the legs of a skier.



O O |____
|___| up & down action to <-- sliding action --> |____/---@
/
@

@ = motor
O = skulls which gets replaced with skier legs


As far as waving, see the pics of motor/arm on penguins decorating house (http://christmasfanclub.com/showthread.php?t=280) - that's a up and down motion which, from the front, could easily be a wave.

[Blinky]

I Thank you for your help This looks like something i will look in too.
I guess the body would have to be light weight to pull this off.
And snow skier Snowman

[Nancj]

I've worked with chicken wire before, I had to make a baseball for my sons basesball parade. It's not a sturdy material to work with alone unless you make a frame for it out of a thick wire like the thickness of a coat hanger to make it sturdy. I would probably make a snowman frame out of the thick wire soder it together, and cover it with the chicken wire (it bends easily) and tie it to the frame with plastic ties. not sure what I would cover it up with though. hope this helps.

[Nancj]

Thehoghunter, love the styrofoam snowman too cute! did you make that.

[thehoghunter]

I did not - and have no clue how they did it - my wife's work had some team building exersices - this one the winning snowman - from another team.

[Blinky]

Hmm will we do have some real good ideas here to work with


Thanks I have time to think on this one I am making it foir next year but thought I would get the ball rolling on it.

[Mr. Christmas]

get some beach balls and just paper mache them!

[Sickie Ickie]

Same idea I had Mr. Christmas....of course, you could Great Stuff over the beach balls. Snow can be lumpy anyway. :)

[Sickie Ickie]

How about Styrofoam cups?
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc162/hunters-moon/Christmas/odd-ends/image002.jpg

I am sooo in awe of this snowman, I think I may dedicate part of my prop time to figuring out how to make it. :)

[Blinky]

I think I will go with putting Santa on a reindeer next year and just Make the Mrs. and the elves. Thanks Everyone tho for your efforts in making this happen.

[Xmaslilly]

okay one more idea for ya
what about those black plastic cauldrons
3 dif sizes
just cut the lip off and set next one on that
then duct tape them or use L brackets to hold together
paint those with krylon plastic spray paint
you can always cover with white fabric after that too.
should be light weight enough for ya

[Blinky]

okay one more idea for ya
what about those black plastic cauldrons
3 dif sizes
just cut the lip off and set next one on that
then duct tape them or use L brackets to hold together
paint those with krylon plastic spray paint
you can always cover with white fabric after that too.
should be light weight enough for ya
That may be just the way to do this Thanks:D
I did find these if anyone wants to make a snowman using the cauldron Idea
http://www.thecostumer.com/cfwebstore/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&Product_ID=3131

[Sickie Ickie]

Seems a bit expensive to me, Blinks. Spirit had them for $10, Menards had a little smaller for under $10, and Ebay occasionally has some.

[Xmaslilly]

I usually find cauldrons at goodwill and those types ..for about a buck to 3 bucks
my friend gave me 4 of them last yr so maybe I try this out some day ..she used them for planters so there are holes in them on the bottom.. this idea may be just the ticket for me.

[Sickie Ickie]

I really like the idea, too. Can't wait for a pic!

[Clarice]

If it wasn't for the fact that you want it to move, I was going to suggest using tumbleweeds. A tumbleweed snowman in Texas would be cute. You get 3 different sized tumbleweeds, spray them with fake snow and wire them together.

[Blinky]

If it wasn't for the fact that you want it to move, I was going to suggest using tumbleweeds. A tumbleweed snowman in Texas would be cute. You get 3 different sized tumbleweeds, spray them with fake snow and wire them together.


Hmm good idea.. that would be cute

[Sickie Ickie]

Neat idea. I saw something similar at Michael's. Wicker-twig snowman.

[Clarice]

They were the "new" thing back in the mid 70's. My mom had us out collecting tumbleweeds and dragin' home. The darn snowmen never got made though.

[Sickie Ickie]

LOL Nope, but you had nifty house decorations to add to your dust bunnies! :p