cute snowman blocks

I had some leftover wood blocks from another project, so I decided to make a snowman.

I was inspired by this blog post. 
I customized it a bit so it would work with these wood blocks:

(I bought a large wood post at Home Depot and had them cut it down into these blocks for me).

First, I painted them a thin coat of white so the wood grain would still show:

 
Then I sanded down the edges really well to rough them up.
I mixed up a little bowl of brown paint and water to make a sort-of glaze.
It was about two parts water to one part paint.

I then painted it on and then wiped it right off with an old rag.
Pay extra attention to the edges so they get a really good antiqued look.

For the eyes, I used carpet tack nails.
They are black and look really rustic, bought at Home Depot.
I just hammered them right in.
I hot-glued on three buttons on the middle block:

For the nose I picked up this small pack of little pickets from Michael's.

 
I cut it down a bit so it wasn't so long:
 
I painted it orange, roughed it up, then glazed it with my brown paint/water mixture.
I hot glued it on.
I tied on a "scarf"--just a spare piece of fabric lying around and hot-glued on some letter tiles.
Here is my cute snowman!

--Clarissa

Linking to:

http://www.somewhatsimple.com/2010/12/blog-link-party-holiday-ideas.html