Building a Snowman out of Plywood

Are you looking for a fun winter-themed activity to do with the family? There are many winter activities you can do with the family. If you live in an area with snow, you can go sliding or have a backyard snowball fight. If you live in an area without snow, there are other things you can do, such as enjoy festive decor options like this plywood snowman. Even though you may not have snow, you can still find pleasure in building a snowman. I am going to revisit an old blog post, that showcases how we built a plywood snowman. Here’s how you can build your own snowman out of plywood:

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How to Build a Plywood Snowman

Supplies –

• Plywood – one sheet per snowman
• Tape Measure – to measure out the proper dimensions of the snowman to fit on the wood.
• Pencil & Paper – for the drawing design of each plywood snowman
• Saw – you need some sort of saw to cut after penciling the design on the plywood.
• Spray Paint – for the snowman in white and other colors based on what the fam wants.
• Acrylic Paint & Paint Brushes – for use by children to decorate/draw on their snowman.
• Sheet – use when spray-painting the snowmen white, so it doesn’t get on important stuff.
• Car Tire – to use for the snowman body, helps keep it proportionate.
• Review photo collages I shared to see what other supplies you may need.

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Let’s Build a Plywood Snowman

• Have your children design their snowman, remind them of what you can and cannot cut out and to keep the design as simple as possible.
• Once the design is completed, use a pencil and tape measure along with a tire to help ensure you get the snowman’s basic outline drawn in proportion on the piece of plywood.
• Get your kid’s approval on final draft up and start sawing away to cut out the snowman template.
• Once cut, you may place the snowman cutout in front of a sheet and spray paint it white, then let each snowman cutout dry.
• Once each snowman has been cut out, spray-painted and then dried … let the kids have a ball writing and decorating each of their snowman with acrylic paint and sharpie markers!
• Set them out on display in your front yard!

Remember that plywood won’t hold up in the rain and snow. The best place for these life save plywood snowman would be on your front porch, undercover so that guests can enjoy them but the elements won’t destroy them. Building a plywood snowman is a great family activity because it helps you all work together and lets you take a break from the hectic lifestyle of being an adult.

Do you think you are going to try to build a plywood snowman this year?