I’m not too far out of season with these vintage porch spindle snowmen. Actually, if you consider we are just getting into the snowy, snowman building time of the year, I am right on time.
These snowmen started out as a box of dirty porch spindles my husband found at a garage sale for $4. He had a feeling I could come up with a project for them. 😉
After cleaning them I gave them all a dry-brushed coat of white paint. They still looked pretty rough, but they were starting to show some character.
A little bit of paint for the faces…
And a few painted buttoned down the front brought these men to life.
The hats were made with rectangles of black felt that were tied on top and folded into a cuff on the bottom. This picture kinda sucks. Sorry about that. To get the detail of the black to show up I had to lighten up the background quite a bit. It’s kinda blinding.
Old sweaters cut into strips provided the scarves for the snowmen to finish.
Enjoy!
These are adorable! I love their sweet little faces! I have a basket full of spindles, I will have to go pull one or two out for making snowmen.