Featured

DIY Snowman Container and Yummy Snowman Snack Mix

Curl up in front of the fire with blankets on and a good movie to watch this winter. You’ll need some yummy snacks too like hot chocolate on a stick, homemade chocolate fudge, or peppermint muddy buddies. We also show you below how to upcycle an oatmeal container into a snowman container that you can fill with our yummy snowman snack mix.

an oatmeal container turned into a diy snowman container filled with snowman snack mix for winter

DIY snowman container and snowman snack mix

This DIY snowman container filled with our yummy snowman snack mix is perfect for cold winter nights, or give it as a gift.

Snowman container supplies

  • Oatmeal container
  • Scrapbook paper or construction paper
  • Googly eyes
  • Glue
  • Scissors
  • Permanent marker

a snowman craft made using an oatmeal container

Snowman snack mix ingredients

  • Yogurt covered pretzels
  • Mini marshmallows
  • Hershey’s kisses s’mores flavor
  • Popcorn
  • Frosted Mini Wheats

This snack mix is super quick and easy to make. Simply combine all of the ingredients in a bowl.

a snowman snack mix with popcorn, yogurt covered pretzels, mini marshmallows, frosted mini wheats, and hershey's s'mores

How to make the snowman container

Measure your oatmeal container and cut white paper to size. Wrap it around the container and glue it into place.

step 1 for making a snowman container is to wrap white card stock around an old oatmeal container

Next, cut out a carrot nose, scarf, and buttons from scrapbook paper (or construction paper) and glue those into place too. Add googly eyes, and then draw on a mouth with the permanent marker.

oatmeal container turned into a snowman snack container using scrapbook paper and googly eyes

Now you can fill your container with the snack mix that you made.

a winter snack mix for movie nights in a diy snowman container made out of an oatmeal container

Winter movies for families to watch together

Here are some of our favorite winter movies to watch with the kids. Don’t forget to make some yummy hot chocolate and serve our snack mix too.

  • Abominable
  • Mr. Popper’s Penguins
  • Jack Frost
  • Smallfoot
  • Ice Age
  • Happy Feet
  • Snow Dogs
  • Frozen
  • The Snowman

Please pin this post for later

Make and Takes more recent posts