Do you want to make an easy flower pot snowman and Santa? I’m at it again with more clay pot crafts. Today I am making holiday decor with terra cotta pots! This time… Santa and a Snowman. These are inexpensive projects for a fun Christmas craft that the whole family will enjoy. This is a great craft that uses simple supplies you can find at any craft store. Most garden supply stores will have clay flower pots. These festive characters will also make fun gifts at Christmas time or are just a great addition to your holiday decoration. I had so much fun making these flower clay pot characters, so, let’s get started!
Flower Pot Snowman and Santa Materials
For both the Santa and Snowman craft I started with two different sizes of terra cotta clay pots, 4 and 10 inch.
Flower pot snowman and Santa instructions
Santa – I painted 3 Apple Barrel Red and 1 of them with Apple Barrel Black around the top for the belt. I painted the last one with Waverly Paint in the color Ballet Slipper.
Snowman – I painted 3 of them with Apple Barrel White paint and one with Folk Art Chalkboard paint.
Once the paint dried, I used silicone to put them together in this shape.
Santa – I painted a belt buckle using Folk Art Treasure Gold paint. I used a long piece of batting/snow that I found at Dollar Tree and glued it under the belt.
I glued more of the snow/batting on the top for his hat.
I added a little Mod Podge and glued one last section of batting/snow to his chest.
I used a hot glue gun to attach fake cobwebs for hair, beard, mustache, and eyebrows. I drew his eyes and nose, as well as gave him rosy cheeks with a pink crayon.
Snowman – I painted the white part of the snowman with sparkle Mod Podge.
I hot glued on some white ribbon to cover one of the seams, and I hot glued on 3 snowflake ornaments as the “buttons”.
I hot glued on red ribbon onto the hat.
I hot glued on 2 buttons for eyes, and I drew on a carrot nose and smiley face.
I added a scarf to his neck. I also added 2 ball solar lights to the top of each Santa and the Snowman.
Other tips:
- Acrylic paint is great because it cleans up easily with water
- I love my hot glue guns and I have different temperatures that range from cool glue to hot glue. These are great when working with kids so they do not burn themselves while making this cute craft
- If you want you can create a snowman planter by omitting the top flower pot.
- You could use a plastic bucket instead of a terra cotta pot
- I have several other snowman projects that you might want to check out. This can be a great winter craft that can stay up all season long.
- You can learn about the history of the snowman
Flower Pot Snowman and Santa vIDEO
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How cute these are. Thank you. I’ve pinned this.
You are so sweet, thank you so much Lea 🙂
so cute
Thank you Faith
Aren’t flower pots the best!?! I remember making a tin soldier in the same fashion many years ago. Some ideas are so good that they never go out of style!
Thank you so much Amy and I have made nuctrackers and a scarecrow as well. Kind of addicting lol. Love things that can be kept up for a whole season and used year after year.
Absolutely adorable! You will be responsible for the terracotta pot shortage . . . ⛄?? Pinned in case I run out of projects for this year. These make fantastic gifts! Thank you!
Thank you so much Naomie and thanks for the laugh. You’re so right about the gifts. I have had several people ask me if I sell these… hummm might have to think about it 🙂
Those are adorable!
Thank you very much
I’ve made a version of the snowman one, but I never thought about making a santa! Thanks so much for sharing your talent with us at the Creative Muster. Looking forward to seeing what you’ll be sharing next week. Pinning!
Robin?
Thank you so much Robin and love that you made a snowman too 🙂
Wow! Santa looks awesome – so detailed! I think the snowman is more up my skill level – pinned.
Thank you so much Alexandra and thanks or the Pin
These are adorable! Thank you for linking up with Creative Compulsions!
Thank you very much Michelle
I love the terra pot decorations. They came out great.
Thank you so much 🙂
cool Christmas things are that, very nice idea!
Thank you so much Elke
Thank you for sharing at #ThursdayFavoriteThings. Pinned and shared. Have a lovely week. I hope to see you at next week’s party too!
Thank you so very much Marilyn, hope you’re feeling well
These are adorable, they are so sweet! Especially the snowman.
Thank you so much Julie
These pots are so cute. I was trying to decide which one I loved most, but I can’t decide. I’ll be featuring them on Sunday’s Best. Thanks for sharing.
You are so sweet and supportive, thank you so much Rhonda 🙂
Thank you for sharing at #OverTheMoon. Pinned and shared. Have a lovely week. I hope to see you at next week’s party too! Happy Holiday!
Thank you so much Marilyn – you’re the best!
These are the cutest. Thank you for sharing with #omhgww
Thank you so much Clearissa 🙂
Snowmen are irresistible to me. Love your pot Santa and Snowman. Very creative! I have chosen this post as one of my features for the Happy Holiday Link Party in my post this Wednesday, 12/18th. I hope you will visit then.
Thank you so much Carol and I’m thrilled you like them. I love snowmen because they can be left up for a season too 🙂 Thank you so much for the feature and I’ll be sure to stop by.
The flower pot snowman is great. I’ve bought enough pots to make as Christmas gifts but where did you get the little scarves with the pom poms?
Thanks Micky and I found them at Dollar Tree. I’m sure they’ll be coming out soon.
These are SO cute! I think my grands would love making these next year! I might try the nutcrackers myself! I could see making little miniatures of these for a cute tablescape! Can’t you see little snowmen dancing down the middle of my table?!
Thank you so much Chloe! I totally see that and you can make them with the dollar store flower pots 🙂
These look so cute Chas! Thank you for sharing them at #OverTheMoon. I hope to see you again next week.
Thank you so much Marilyn, and thanks for a wonderful party.
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Thank you for sharing at #OverTheMoon. Pinned and shared. Have a lovely week. I hope to see you at next week’s party too! Please stay safe and healthy. Come party with us at Over The Moon! Catapult your content Over The Moon! @marilyn_lesniak @EclecticRedBarn
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Thank you so much Marilyn, I hope you are having a great weekend.
This is such a cute idea Chas. I shared on my weekly post today.
Thank you so much Kim, you are just so very sweet to share with your followers.
Super cute project. Love your Creativity. I am happy to feature your santa and snowman on Sunday at Love Your Creativity. Merry Christmas
Thank you so much Linda for the kind words and feature. I’ll see you at the next party.
These would be perfect for the grand and great grand kids I have18 of each.
Congrats on the grandkids and I love that idea!
I absolutely LOVE snowmen, so I am definitely going to make a couple of these guys! Adorable! You are so creative and love your ideas! PS: So happy your surgery was a success! Keeping you in prayer.
Thank you so much for everything and I am so very excited you want to make some of these. Please send me pictures 🙂