Mini Snowman Tophat

Helloooo winter craft! This is perfect for this time of year if I may say so myself! I actually did this same craft a few years ago using coffee cans and larger records so it was more life-size and it turned out awesome! When someone donated some 45s I couldn't wait to make a mini one with soup cans instead!

Supplies:

• 45 record
• soup can
• felt/fabric
• white paint
• glitter
• ribbon
• embellishments
• hot glue

To start with, I cut out felt/fabric to fit the coffee can around the sides as well as the top. I trimmed it down so there wouldn't be any overhang and hotglued it all to stay put nice and securely. 

​Next, I glued it down to the record surface. This was actually kind of tricky and I would recommend doing it different than I did... I just added a strip of hot glue around the top of the can and flipped it over to secure it to the record. **What I would do differently, is add crumbled up paper or something to the inside of the can that way there is more surface area for the glue to stick to and it won't be so easy to knock off the record!

Then, I lightly painted some spots of "snow" using white acrylic paint as if snow was resting in various spots on the hat. I topped off each of these areas with some glitter too of course. 

Next, I added a chunky piece of ribbon around the base of the soup can and lastly, finished up the whole thing by adding some extra pieces I had lying around such as: pom poms, holly leaves, poinsettias, Christmas buttons, beads, artificial pine pieces, etc.