As I was rinsing out my empty coffee creamer bottle to go into recycling this morning, it occurred to me that it was the perfect snowman shape.  I have four sick kiddos in the house today so a craft was just what we needed!  Thankfully I had a few other bottles I had saved so I just gathered everything else and away we went.

Here’s what you’ll need:

• a few empty coffee creamer bottles with the tops (rinsed and dryed)
• some scrap felt
• buttons
• googly eyes
• paint pens or sharpies
• a hot glue gun and glue
• cotton balls and beans

OK, so here is how we made them.  I cut a strip of felt long enough to go around mr. snowman and then had the kids help me cut the slits on the end to make the scarf fringe.  I also had the kids decorate the tops for their hats.  Then i helped them glue on the eyes, nose, buttons, and scarf (so they didn’t burn their fingers).  Then we added a smile and arms with our paint pens.  Last we filled them up with beans and cotton balls and the kids are now shake, shake, shaking them everywhere!  (Note: I have little ones who put everything in their mouth so I did seal the tops shut with the hot glue to make sure we have no escaping beans!)

This was super easy and they turned out so cute, great for a Christmas sick day.

Also if your kids are past the whole shaker bit, these make really cute banks, prayer request jars, or trinket storage.

Linking up with: Kids Co Op and Kitchen Fun with my 3 Sons

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