Skinny Santa

Using an electric drill equipped with a screwdriver bit, build wooden skeletons for Santa and his reindeer out of two-by-fours and two-by-twos. Affix each skeleton to its own plywood platform for stability. To make the antlers, wire bare branches to the reindeer’s head before packing the wood frame with snow. Apply the first coat of snow; use a spray bottle filled with warm water to dampen the wood so the snow sticks to it, and to moisten the snow so it packs firmly. Leave this coat of snow to freeze overnight; it will provide a solid underpinning for the shapes. The next day, add the second layer of snow, shaping it with your hands and small garden tools, spritzing as you go to keep the snow solid. The Santa is outfitted with black gloves, a red elf’s hat, and silver balls as buttons. The reindeer gets Oreo eyes, a collar of millinery berries, a stocking cap, and ornaments to dangle from his antlers. Make the presents on the sled by packing snow in plastic containers, popping them out, then decorating them with berries and pine sprigs.

Snow Girl

Begin by making four-foot stick figures of one-by-twos screwed to plywood bases using an electric drill fitted with a screwdriver bit. Pack snow around wood, and spritz each layer with water so it freezes. Edge the girl’s dress with tinsel, securing it in place with hairpins; fashion the dog’s collar and trim out of folded tinfoil. To make snowball ornaments that hang on the tree, use a plastic snowball maker: Attach a loop of wire to a twig, embed it in the snow, and press a snowball into place around it so loop emerges.

Like their summer relative the sand castle, snow creatures can be made in any style, shape, or size you wish. Part of the fun is creating snowmen that find themselves in amusing situations or settings, and exude personality.

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