How To Make Wooden Snowman Faces (With Printable Template)

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How to make a wooden snowman face to decorate your front porch or yard for Christmas. If you are looking for an easy Christmas craft then you will love this adorable pallet snowman easily made with old pallet boards or inexpensive wood.

Christmas has always been my favorite holiday of the year. I have to admit I’m a little Christmas crazy and love to decorate the house a lot during the holidays.

But if I could only pick one holiday theme to decorate with then it would have to be snowmen!

Maybe it’s because I loved the old Frosty cartoons as a kid so much but it wasn’t winter to me until you had enough snow to build a big snowman.

The good news is these cute snowman decorations are so easy to make even if you aren’t very crafty. Remember with rustic crafts things don’t have to look “perfect” and actually look better when they are a little ruffed up, it gives them a nice aged look.

How To Make A Wooden Snowman Face

Supplies

• 1 x 6 – 31” long (or pallets)
• 1 x 4 – 12” long
• Wood screws 1 1/4”
• White chalk paint
• Black chalk paint
• Orange chalk paint
• Black paint marker
• Fake Flowers
• Ribbon
• Foam paintbrushes
• Small paintbrushes
• Glue gun
• Glue Sticks
• Cordless Drill/Driver
• Polyurethane

Step 1. Prepare The Wood

If you are using pallets then you will need to remove the boards and trim off the nail holes or fill them in with wood filler.

We can’t always find wide board pallets easily here so prefer to use cheap wood like 1 x 6 and 1 x 4 to make our projects.

Cut the 1 x 6 to 31 inches long and the 1 x 4 to 12 inches long and sand until smooth. Wipe any dust off of the wood before going further.

Step 2. Mark The Hat Placement

Place the hat brim piece on to the 1 x 6 face board and draw a line to mark where the brim will go. You can have the hat go straight across or have it on an angle. I think making the hat look like it’s tipping looks so cute!

Step 3. Paint The Hat

Using your foam paint brush paint the hat side of the 1 x 6 face board black making sure to get the sides and top edge. Then set it aside to dry.

Next, paint the hat brim piece back as well and set it aside to dry.

Step 4. Paint The Snowman White

When the black paint has finished drying paint the snowman face side of the board white. This will take 2 to 3 coats depending on the wood and brand of paint you are using.

I find that 2 coats of white paint are normally enough.

Let the paint fully dry before moving on.

Step 5. Draw On The Face

Now it’s time to start the fun part! Draw a face on your wooden snowman. You can freehand it if you like, I’m not very good at drawing faces so I made a template that I could print out and use.

You can download the template below to make it easier if you like! Use transfer paper to copy the design onto the snowman’s face or print it out on card stock and then cut the insides of the eyes and nose shape out to make a stencil.

For making a mouth I often use a soup or tomato sauce can and trace the curved edge to make a nice big smile.

Step 6. Paint The Snowman Face

Using the black chalk paint, paint in the snowman’s eyes. Then use orange to paint the nose to look like a carrot.

Let the paint fully dry and then trace around the edges of the eyes and nose with a black paint marker. This really helps them to stand out from the white face.

Finally, trace over the mouth shape as well.

Step 7. Attach The Hat

Line up the hat brim piece and turn the snowman over, secure the brim using 3 wood screws.

Step 8. Seal The Wood

This step is optional if you are using the snowman as an indoor decoration, but if you plan to have the snowman faces outside on your porch or where they can get wet at all then it’s a good idea to seal the wood with a spray-on polyurethane.

Step 9. Decorate The Hat And Face

Now your snowman can be finished if you want, but it’s even cutter if you add some decorations.

I like to glue a small cloth flower onto the hat, sometimes with some green leaves poking out from behind it.

You should be able to find lots of small pretty flowers at your local dollar store, one flower pick can be used to make a lot of snowman hats!

Next, take some ribbon and wrap it around the base securely gluing it down in the back. If you don’t have ribbon using a fleece scarf looks really cute too.

See it’s really easy to make a wooden snowman face out of old pallets or cheap lumber! Try making a few of these cuties to brighten up your front porch this winter.

You could even make a double-sided one making this snowman on one side and this cute scarecrow face on the other.

** Download Snowman Face Template HERE **

More Christmas Fun

• DIY Rustic Christmas Ornaments
• Easy No-Bake Christmas Cookies
• Tips For Making Your Christmas Tree Last Longer
• Make Your Own Christmas Tree Preservative

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