Last week I posted about using cotton balls for pretend snowballs. Today I’ll show you how you can make “snowballs” out of white yarn. These super light-weight balls are excellent for teaching your baby to throw. Plus, they make for some great “snowball” fights since getting hit in the face with one of these won’t hurt a bit!
Here’s what you’ll need: white yarn and scissors!
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| 1. Cut a piece of white yarn about 9-12 inches long. Set it aside. |
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| 2. Start wrapping yarn around 4 of your fingers…*take your wedding ring off first* (which I failed to do). |
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| 3. Keep going until you can barely wiggle your fingers. I obviously won’t be in the running to become a hand model with these scuffed up paws. |
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| 4. Carefully slide off the clump of yarn and place it on top of the piece of yarn that you cut in Step 1. |
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| 5. Wrap the piece of string around the yarn clump and then pull as tight as you can without breaking the yarn. Tie a knot. |
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| 6. Cut the loops using sharp scissors. |
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| 7. Trip rogue yarn pieces as necessary. :) |
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| They even look good for decoration as well! |
Just a warning…you will most likely find loose pieces of white yarn around your house every now and then. :)
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Adorable. I've done a similar (but not quite the same) technique to make little yarn apples – never thought to adapt it to snowballs, though. Time to pick up some white yarn! :) Thanks for the idea.
Cute!! I need to make some of these :-)
I love Jimmy Fallon’s Snowball Fight song! Just sayin… and very cute craft idea, by the way. :)
Snowball fight is my daughters favorite book. Love it!!