I don't know about you, but in my area, it has started to get cold. Really, really cold. And normally, I hate this weather with a passion. However, when there is snow on the ground, I can't stay inside. So this week's craft is going to be a tribute to our first big holiday snow: we're going to make igloos! Woot!
What you'll need: a Styrofoam craft tray, one bag of mini marshmallows, craft glue, scissors, and one styrofoam cup.
First thing you'll want to do is carefully cut a few inches or so of the top of your styrofoam cup, like so:
Take this cup and glue it upside down onto your foam craft tray. Let it dry so that you have a solid base for the Eskimo home.
And now comes the fun part.
WARNING: You will be using MINI MARSHMALLOWS during this step. You must resist any temptations to eat them, lick them, or insert them into your nasal cavities.
Start by gluing marshmallows horizontally around the base of the styrofoam cup, making a solid row. Let that row dry, and repeat for the second row, third row, and so on. After these rows have dried, glue 6 marshmallows on top of each other on one side for an "entrance" to the igloo.
Eventually, after much patience and temptation, you will have something looking like this:
Your finished igloo will look good enough to eat. However, don't. It will look much better decorated with holly as a centerpiece than it would all over your face.
I hope you try this craft; it's tons of fun to make . . . and eating the leftover 'mallows is even better!
Off to visit my Arctic Puffin,
-Soap.
Author's Note: Sources :http://www.davedolak.com/blogfiles/FoamCup.jpg
http://www.dltk-holidays.com/winter/images/migloo.jpg
