Learn how to make a full snowman door decoration complete with outdoor lighting using a few craft supplies. This full-door decoration is a great way to add cheer to your front porch this holiday season. It’s an easy DIY that uses the most basic crafting supplies!
When it comes to front porch decorations for Christmas, the door is always the focal point! Whether you decide on a simple Christmas wreath or a “Joy” – filled whole-door covering, we’ve got you covered.
Personally, I love snowmen, so when I thought of this idea, I ran with it. If you are creating a snowman theme this holiday season, I have so many crafts on this site that will keep you busy.
Try these wooden snowman ornaments, a tiered snowman grapevine wreath, or a reversible scarecrow and snowman sign for your porch!
If you love spreading Christmas cheer as much as I do, read on and learn a little more about these lights as they change color and they are remote controlled!
How to Make Snowman Door Decorations
Supplies needed
- Mini Landscape Lights
- Cafe Lights
- Stick-on light clips
- Extension cord
- Black and Orange craft paper (sometimes called butcher paper)
- White craft paper (wide enough for your door)
- Tape
- Scissors
- Scarf
- Command Hooks
- Black Marker
- Paper Snowflakes (make these with your Cricut! More info below)
- Fishing Line
Making Snowman Door Decorations Video
Want to see just how I made my snowman door decorations this year? Just watch the super quick video below!
Can’t watch the video or missed some of the steps? No problem! Just follow along below!
Instructions to add lights
Add cafe lights around your door. You can use stick-on light clips to make this easier.
Add the stakes that are included in the packaging to your landscape lights and add them up and down your sidewalk and on your steps as well.
Run an extension cord to your creation and plug it in! If your lights come with a remote, your can create different color combinations to make your snowman door decorations shine!
Instructions to make Snowman Door Decorations
Step 1 – Cover the door
To make the snowman add white paper to your door with tape. Also, using the wide butcher paper really helps cut down on the multiple layers, so make sure you buy a width large enough for your door. If your door is already white, you can skip this step!
Step 2 – Cut the eyes and nose
From the black and orange craft paper, cut and tape on a paper nose, eyes, and buttons. I just used scissors to cut these from paper. After all, the eyes and buttons are supposed to be coal, and that is not perfect. Plus, have you ever seen a perfect carrot?
Step 3 – Add a scarf and mouth
Grab a festive scarf and attach it with some command hooks. Then draw on a mouth with a large magic marker.
Step 4 – Hang snowflakes
Add some paper snowflakes on fishing line to complete the look if desired. You can cut these by hand or with a craft cutting machine (instructions below). If you want a short-cut, grab these from a craft store.
Making Paper Snowflakes with a Cricut
Supplies needed
- Cricut Machine
- Cardstock (white and/or other snow-colors)
Step 1
Open Cricut Design Space and search for “Snowflake”. I filtered the free images and there were several to choose from.
Step 2
When choosing your snowflake, pick an image that cuts in one piece. You don’t want to have to string pieces of the snowflake together. Adjust the size of the snowflakes to fit on your door. Vary the sizes to be more realistic.
Step 3
Cut as many snowflakes as you’d like in white (or any other color) cardstock.
Stand back and enjoy your snowman door decorations. These is such a cute and easy way to decorate for not only the holidays, but for winter as well.
Now for the big reveal! After all, you have to wait until it gets dark to actually see what you have created.
The picture above is with the red and green lights and is perfect for Christmas. But you could change to white and blue after the holidays for a cute winter display! Lights you don’t have to take down after Christmas? Sign me up!
Isn’t this an adorable way to decorate your door? I love how cute this snowman turned out! Will you be adding this to your winter decor ideas?
