Ombre Snowman Gift Bag Decor

Christmas may be over, but we’re still very much in Winter. So why not craft and decorate with some Snowmen?! Better yet, an Ombre Gift Bag Snowman! Just looking at those snowflakes makes me think….Brrrrrr!

Ombre Snowman Gift Bag Decor with blue to white ombre paint stick background, a winter snowman gift bag with snowflakes around the snowman and a white sign at the top that says "Brrr" for winter decor.

If you have been around here for any length of time, then you know how obsessed I am with gift bag crafts. Before Christmas I made a GORG Winter Church Gift Bag Window, but this Snowman one is on more of the cutesy side.

I am 99% positive that this gift bag is from Walmart, but don’t fret if you don’t have it and you can’t find it, you can use ANY cute gift bag and make something super similar.

Normally, I use the entire front of the gift bags when I craft with them, but I really wanted to do something different with this one, so I cut the Snowman image out and mounted it on Kraft paper.

I’m so happy I did, because I loveeeee love love how it turned out!

The best part part about this one, hands down, is that ombre though.

It’s the easy kind of ombre because there is really no blending involved, but when you watch the replay tutorial you’ll see exactly how I do it.

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Supplies Needed to Make an Ombre Snowman Gift Bag Decor

Blue Snowman Gift bag with a yellow and blue scarf that says "Happy Holidays" at the top.

Snowman Gift Bag (You can use any gift bag!)
15 Paint Sticks
Diamond Dust
Small wood snowflakes
Kraft Paper or cereal box
Paint: Various Shades of Blue and White, Antique Wax
Strips of thin fabric
Small Button
Fine tip Sharpie
Mod Podge
Hot glue gun

How to Make an Ombre Snowman Gift Bag Decor

I made this Ombre Snowman Decor 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

Start by painting the 12 paint sticks ombre from Dark blue to light blue to white. I did have a few different shades of blue, but mostly I just kept adding white to the same pile of blue paint as I went to make it lighter and lighter until the last color was *almost* all white.

So basically, you have your dark blue and you paint the first paint stick with it. Then add some white to that dark blue and paint the next paint stick. Add some more white and paint the next one, and so on…..all the way until your paint is almost entirely white.

The paint sticks lined up as the background painted Ombre from dark blue to light blue to white.

Then, brace your 12 paint sticks together by lining them up and gluing 3 paint sticks on the back to hold them together.

All 12 paint sticks lined up and braced with 3 other paint sticks to make the background of the snowman sign.

Cut your snowman image out of the gift bag, and then place it on Kraft paper, and trace around the shape about 1/2 inch bigger then the actual image.

Then rip the Kraft paper out along the line rather than cutting it out, so you get the jagged feathered edge that you see below. Mod Podge the snowman on top of the Kraft paper.

The snowman gift bag with the snowman cut out mounted on kraft paper.

Take some Antique Wax and grunge up all the edges of the snowman/Kraft paper.

The snowman and kraft paper with the edges all grunged up with antique wax.

To give it a little dimension and detail, make a small bow with coordinating fabric, and then glue it to the “scarf” of the snowman.

A bow made with yellow, blue and white fabric glued on top of the snowman scarf.

Paint a few wooden snowflakes white, and then Mod Podge some diamond dust on top to give them that snowy sparkle.

Glue the snowflakes around the snowman.

Small wooden snowflake painted white with diamond dust on top making it sparkle.

Finish it off by making a “Brrrrrrr” banner using kraft paper.

Rip a curved rectangle shape and paint it white. Using a fine tip Sharpie, write “Brrrr” (or whatever you want- “let is snow” would be cute too). Then add some dots to the ends and tips of each letter to give it some extra pizazz.

A white banner at the top that says "Brrrr....".

That’s it, that’s all! I am loving this Ombre Snowman Gift Bag sign sooo so much.

How darn cute does he look with the Conversation Heart Bouquet on the left?

The completed snowman gift bag sign next to a bouquet of stuffed fabric hearts.

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