Super Easy Sock Snowman DIY

It's 100 hazy, hot and humid July degrees outside, so you know what it's time for right?

Christmas crafting!!

Oh come on, you didn't think I'd let the whole month go by without a little summertime nod to my {second} favorite season, did you?


This is the one time of the year when my love of summer and my obsession with Christmas come together.

And it's appropriate.

Because Christmas in July is an actual thing that dates all the way back to 1933.

Being a nonfiction loving kind of girl, I was interested in its history, so I hit Google and tracked it down.

Of course, a few decades after that first mid-year celebration, Angela Lansbury belted out "We Need A Little Christmas" as Mame on Broadway, opening the door to for people everywhere to sing carols and decorate with red any time of the year.

A habit I might've taken a little too far.

According to some, anyway.

Lucky for them today's DIY doesn't have a lot of red, even though it is a Christmas project.

No. Instead, I decided to focus on snow...and create one of my favorite symbols of the holidays.

A snowman. 

A few years ago, during another midsummer holiday hop, I made an angel out of socks and she was so cute, I just had to try again. 

And this little DIY is even easier...I promise. There's no painting or sewing and very, very little gluing, since snowmen don't have hair. Well, mine doesn't.

But yours might. Just have fun with it!

How To Make A Super Easy Sock Snowman DIY

I started by gathering my supplies.


You'll need one large sock

Some string, I used thread

Scissors - These are my favorite

A glue gun

Poly-Pellets or rice

A paper plate

Wiggle Eyes and a pin

1. Cut

I started by cutting off a good portion of the sock, right before the heel and I put it aside for later. 

2. Tie

Next up, I tied off the end of the sock that I just cut with thread. Since I didn't have any fine string, I grabbed four long pieces of the white thread and put them together to make the thread thicker. 


I made sure I tied a really tight knot.

3. Turn It Inside Out

I turned the sock inside out and got ready to stuff it with the beads. I happened to have beads on hand from a few of my other doll making projects. 


If you don't, rice works just fine.

4. Fill It Up

Now, I've tried a bunch of different ways to get these small beads and/ or rice in a sock before and let me tell you, it's not easy. 
So this time around I got the idea to place a small paper plate in the sock and use it as a scoop. It was so much easier. 

I didn't lose one! I just put the entire sock/ plate contraption inside the bag and kept scooping until I was satisfied with the amount of fluffiness my snowman was wearing.

5. Tie It Up. Again.

At this point, I needed to give my snowman a head and a body.

That was accomplished with more quadrupled strands of thread.


First I tied the top opening up.

When that was knotted up well, I tied the strings about a third of the way down from the top of the sock to create a belly.
There was a little bit of sock left on top of my new snowman's head, but instead of cutting it off, I just folded it down. It actually created a little more support for his hat. 

Speaking of...

6. Make A Hat

To do that, I grabbed that piece of sock I cut off at the beginning and just folded over the cut edge until I had a good sized hat. 

I stretched it over his {or her...up to you} head and I was done.

7. Add Some Fun Details

At this point, my faceless friend needed a bit of flair. And some red...I mean it is Christmas.

Being a waste not want not kind of gal, I dug into my curtain trim stash and found a piece of red pom pom trim from my living room curtains and added it to the hat.

I also used a tiny piece of white pom pom trim that I can't remember what I used it for - gotta love middle age - and used it as a scarf.

8. Add A Face

Lastly, I needed to add some personality. Faces are tricky and I wasn't sure what I wanted to do, so I tested a few eyes out. Stickers vs wiggly and wiggly won.

I also debated between a button nose and a pin and the pin was just simpler and sweeter.

My pin was originally yellow, but everyone knows that a snowman has a carrot nose, so I used an orange Sharpie to whip one up.
From start to finish, this little sock snowman took me about 10 minutes to make. No kidding. 

Quick, easy and sweet. 

And definitely Christmas.