Hand Painted Snowman Thrifted Teapot

You will never look at a thrift store teapot the same again after you see how I hand painted this one to look like a snowman. Move over Frosty, theres a new guy in town!

Thrifted Hand painted snowman teapot with the "spout" painted orange as the "carrot" nose, big black eyed, rosy pink cheeks, black and white polka dot handle, and a black, red, and white scrappy fabric bow on the handle.

Every year, for the past 3 years, I have done a Countdown to Craftmas where I go live on Facebook from 12/1-24 for 24 days of Christmas Crafty Inspo.

And this Hand Painted Snowman Thrifted Teapot was Day 4 of our 2023 countdown!

I saw this Teapot for $3.50 at my local thrift store, and I IMMEDIATELY knew what I would do with it. I know, the sticker says $6.99 but everything is 50% off all day everyday so = $3.50.

Black thrifted teapot with a price tag that says $6.99.

For as adorable as this Thrifted Snowman Teapot is, it was actually pretty easy to paint!

Don’t let the “hand painted” title intimidate you, I CANNOT paint, but I show you how to do it step by step in this blog.

I wasn’t 100% happy with the bow on the handle, which you will see if you watch the Live replay tutorial, but it grew on me and was cute enough.

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Supplies Needed to Hand Paint a Thrifted Snowman Teapot

Thrifted Teapot
Black fine tip Sharpie
Paint: Black, White, Orange, Pink
Fabric of your choice
Hot glue gun

How to Turn a Thrifted Teapot into a Snowman

I painted this Thrifted Teapot on video. So you can WATCH the tutorial by clicking below.

Amanda holding the completed craft on a facebook live thumbnail.

Watch the video HERE

First things first, I gave the bottom of the Teapot a good 2 coats of white chalk paint with Waverly “Plaster”. Then I painted the handle black. (I know the handle was already black, but it was shiny and I wanted it to be matte, so I went over it with the black chalk paint).

Amanda painting the entire black teapot all white.

Next, I painted the “spout” with Waverly “Pumpkin” chalk paint, and then added light lines with Antique Wax to make it look more “realistic” carrot.

The spout of the teapot painted orange with brown lines to look like a carrot.

For the eyes, I drew the outline with a pencil FIRST so that if I messed the shape up, I could just erase and fix it. This took a LOT of pressure off! The outline shape looks like this…

The outline of the eyes drawn on with pencil.

Then I traced over the pencil with black Sharpie.

Amanda drawing over the penciled outline of the eyes with black Sharpie.

Your eyes will look something like this after you have outlined them…

The completed outline step of the eyes before they were colored in with paint.

Remember, progress over perfection! Don’t get too hung up on whether they are perfectly even or the exact same size. Just do your best and it will be cute, even if it’s wonky.

Next, I used a small paint brush and painted sort of half circles on the left sides of each eye like you see below…

Step by step of the painting of the snowman eyes, adding the black half circles to the center.

The hard part is over! Now, add a small white dot with a line under it on the inside edge of each black part of the eye.

Step by step of the painting of the snowman eyes.

Finish the eyes off with 3 small eyelashes on the outer upper eye “lid” and a small line above for the eyebrow.

The completed hand painted snowman eyes with eyelashes.

For the rosy cheeks, I dry brushed some pink paint in large circles. You want hardly any paint on the brush, so wipe almost all of it off on a separate piece of paper before doing your cheeks. You could use actual blush as well. If I were to do it over I would do that instead of the paint.

On top of the blush I added a white hashtag and some random white dots for character. I used the end of a paint brush to make the dots.

Rosy pink cheeks with a white hashtag and white dots.

For his mouth, I did the same thing as the eyes and used a pencil to draw the wavy simple mouth. Once I was happy with it I outlined it with black Sharpie.

Drawing on the snowman mouth with black Sharpie.

I added a small “wrinkle” underneath his mouth for character. (I used an image of another painted snowman for inspo. I told you, I am NOT a painter).

The completed hand painted snowman face.

While I was dotting the cheeks, I decided that the black handle and lid needed a little somethin’ somethin’, so I decided to add polka dots to them as well.

The handle and the top of the teapot painted black with small white polka dots.

Last but not least, I wanted to add a scrappy fabric bow to the handle so I just simply tied some strips of ripped fabric to it and called it a day.

Scrappy red white and black fabric bow tied to the handle of the teapot.

I just love Day 4 of the 2023 Countdown to Craftmas!

I mean c’mon, how darn cute is this Hand Painted Snowman Teapot!?

Are you even a crafter if you aren’t RUNNING out to the thrift store to get a teapot right now?

Are you going to hand paint a teapot to look like a Snowman for Winter or Christmas this year? If you do, I’d love to see it! Pop on over to our free Craftspiration Facebook group, and join in on the fun by posting a pic of your Tiered Trays, DIY’s and crafts. I just love to see all your creative and crafty creations.

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