return on creativity: frosty the clayman

Our weather can't decide if it wants to be warm or cold, but I decided to make a snowman anyway...

I started with aluminum foil balls, just like with the clay love balls.

And wrapped them in Sculpey polymer clay.

I put the balls together and drew a little face, added some black clay eyes, a carrot nose and stick arms.

All ready for the oven.  While he baked for an hour I crocheted a scarf with a "simple" chain stitch that took me almost the whole hour.  I've just never gotten the hang of crocheting.

Oh no!  My clayman took a tumble in the oven!  Unlike Humpty Dumpty I put him back together again with a little Gorilla Glue.

And he's done (although not perfect) and waiting for winter...

Luckily I still have plenty of time to perfect my snowman making skills before spring.