Clay Pot Snowman - Step By Step Tutorial

Well you can’t have Christmas without a Clay Pot Snowman. So, I decided to make one to sit on the side indoors. The great thing about this tutorial though is you can make it as large or as small as you wish and it will still look amazing.

Clay Pot Snowman Tutorial

Materials

The first thing you will need to do is gather your materials, for this project you will need.

2 Clay Pots – Size of choice – (see image below). Any garden center will sell these.
DecoArt water-based acrylic paints – I used Christmas Red, White, Black, Brilliant Blue, and Emperor’s Gold
Paint Brushes – cheap ones will do, you just need some different sizes.
Sponge – any piece of cheap sponge will do, as long as it is clean
Water-based Sealant
Strong Glue
A small amount of thickish card – for the nose and hands
Some Red Ribbon or fabric – for the scarf
1 Small PomPom

Items needed for a Clay Pot Snowman - Clay Pot Crafts — Use any size pots you wish, just fit them together as above to match the sizes.

Preparation

Before you begin you will want to make sure your pot is completely clean and dust free. (prepare your clay pot).

Painting

Now that your pots are ready, let’s begin with the painting. Paint the large pot and the rim of your small pot in white. This may take a few coats, allow the paint dry between coats.

Base paint your Clay Pot Snowman - Clay Pot Crafts — Firstly base paint the white on your Clay Pot Snowman.

Next, Paint your Snowman’s hat red. Give several coats until you have the finish you want. When your hat is completely dry, add the gold dots.

I like to paint the dots freehand but if you prefer you can use stencils or stamps.

Paint your snowmans hat in red with gold dots - Clay Pot Crafts — Paint the hat red and add the gold dots in varying sizes.

Let’s add a smile – Carefully paint on the lines for his smile and some nice black dots for the eyes. You could also draw a line around the big pot as a marker for where to add the snowflakes.

Add a face to your Clay Pot Snowman - Clay Pot Crafts — Let’s give our Snowman a smile and some eyes.

Next up, is snowflakes. To add the snowflakes you can use the stencil, ( I printed the snowflake out on paper. I should probably have used a thin cardstock as it got a bit messy). Also cut out some hands and a nose from thick card.

Clay Pot Snowman - Stencils - Clay Pot Crafts — Stencils for the hands, nose and snowflakes. *Print out and adjust to required size.*

Mix some of the Brilliant Blue acrylic paint with some white to get the shade of blue you require and stencil on some randomly placed snowflakes. (I decided to add some dot flowers as well, just using the blue and applying with a paintbrush. Then using the sponge I added some icy blue cheeks to the face and some white dots to complete the eyes. Like So…..