Paper Book Snowman

What You Have: An old book, felt and twigs

To transform an old book into a snowman, remove the cover, trim the pages to form a snowman shape,
and glue the ends together. Fan out the pages, and accessorize Frosty with felt and twigs.

Alright, here’s how to make them:

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Begin by gathering your supplies. You’ll need:
 paper (I used old book pages from a PD James mystery — a favorite with my book club that I
found at a thrift store for $0.99)
 hooks (I found these at Target, but if you can’t find hooks, you can tie loops with string)
 scissors
 glue (I used hot glue, but any fast-drying glue would work)
 a standard-sized hole punch

Begin by cutting out 5 strips of paper for each ornament. You want two that are long, two that are
medium and one that is short. Feel free to play around with sizes before you begin. (As is probably
obvious, the longer your “long” pieces are, the more the ornament will bow out once it’s assembled.)

Then begin glueing the pieces together at the very top (use just a thin line of glue), with the edges even
at the top. You want them in this order: long, medium, short, medium long. If you are using hot glue,
try to apply it as thin as possible, since your hole punch may need to cut through those 4 layers of glue.
Afterwards, your ornament should look like this.

Next, go ahead and glue the other ends of the ornament together, again being sure that all of the edges
line up evenly. Your pieces of paper will all bow out now and form the ornament.

Finally, use your hole punch to make a hole in one of the ends to hang the ornament.

And then poke a hanger in the hole. (If possible, I recommend squeezing the end of the hanger together
so that the ornament doesn’t fall off. I had to do that with a pair of pliers.)
And then — voila! — your ornament is ready to go!
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