Who in her right mind makes a snow project on a lovely summer day? I recently saw a cute idea online and it got me thinking. Someone had made a snowman from three stacked fishbowls. It was cute, but large so I thought maybe I could tweak it to make it on a smaller scale. I had an ivy bowl and my mother had two. In my (extensive) Christmas stash, of course, I already had artificial snow and some mini figures used in a Christmas village I did last year.
I decided to play around with it while it is still fresh in my mind.
I sprinkled a little snow into each ivy bowl and then placed the dollar store figurines on top. I happened to have the hat and scarf (which I borrowed from a stuffed Christmas penguin in my collection), but a knitted infant hat would work and the scarf could be made from wide ribbon. This particular scarf needs to be "squished" a little more tightly as I think it appears too broad.
Here are some close-ups of each ivy bowl, from the bottom up.
The figurines are available, seasonally, at dollar stores. I bought some of mine during post-holiday sales for 50 cents and was even more fortunate to snag some for a quarter at a garage sale. The dollar stores also carry ivy bowls. I don't know that they sell the bagged faux snow, but you can find it in most stores that carry trees and other Christmas merchandise.
This was a quick, enjoyable project...'snow' kidding!