Make these cute snowmen for gifts or decorations or buy one here at the Gourd Pole. (click picture to enlarge or purchase) | 
The following is a list of supplies you will need to make your snowman | - Cured, dry and clean birdhouse gourd
- Jar for water, napkin for dobbing brushes, styro-foam plate for paint pallet
- Acrylic paint colors: antique white, a golden brown, orange, black, red, green.
- Brushes: stipple brush, 1"flat brush, 1/2" flat brush for shading, a small detail brush and a medium round brush
- MinWax Polycrylic sealer, either high gloss or satin
- Fabric strip to match painted hat
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Use your 1" flat brush to basecoat your gourd with antique white acrylic paint. | 
Use your round or flat brush to paint the top of your gourd. | 
Paint the red band around the hat. |
Load your 1/2" flat brush with paint as shown, half dipped in green and half dipped in black. | 
Drag your brush with the black against the red band. | 
This is a wonderful artist trick for shading pieces. |
You get a nice shaded professional look using this technique. | 
A stipple brush is a brush that is flat on the bottom. I load it with paint by dipping one rime with the golden brown and the rest with the antique white. | 
Demonstration of stipple brush,
squish paint into gourd. |
Stipple paint your arms and then all over the gourd to get a fluffy look. | 
Add your eyes, nose, rosy cheeks, and mouth with your detail brush. (mix your white and a touch of red together to make pink rosy cheeks. | 
Add ribbing to hat. |
Sign and date your work | 
Seal your gourd with Min Wax polycrylic sealer and let dry. Remember dried and cured gourds properly sealed will last indefinitely. | 
Rip a piece of fabric in a strip and tie around the neck of your snowman to finish him off. |
