First Open three styrofoam coolers.

Next, fill each one with DIRT of Rocks to weight it down.

Once filled as far as possible with still allowing the lid to attach stop filling.

Now, using your glue gun and some clear glue (to assure the lid will stay attached) trim the rim with glue and place lid on.

Next. Place one cooler in front of you.

Using clear glue (for crafts like Elmer's) and your glue gun place glue across the entire lid.

Now, place the 2nd cooler atop the first and press a bit.

Repeat this same process to affix the 3rd cooler.

While these are setting up with the glue, I suggest placing something heavy atop the three coolers for about 10 minutes.

Now, take the plastic 16 oz container, and let's go paint the tophat.

Don't overcoat it, just enough to take it from clear to black

Next, take the 2 ornaments and spray them with a clear sealant. (don't overspray, just enough to coat and protect)

While the tophat and ornaments are drying, it's time to get back to the snowman details.

Now, I suggest starting with a scarf.

Since I was using any scrap ribbon I had laying around, I first made a wrap from the front to the back.

Once you trial fit it, then attach with hot glue.

Then, I formed a bow in some way ( I am not good with bow making) and attached this with glue also.

Next, the tophat dried quickly, so I worked on centering it atop the snowman's head.

Using my glue gun, I followed the rim of the plastic container and then attached the hat to the top of the snowman.

Next, since there was glue around the base, I used this to my advantage and added a sparkly pipe cleaner to make it show a bit better.

Then, a few sparkly balls and a branch.

I worked on the eyes and mouth and nose last.

First I worked on the eyes.

Using scissors I cut a little slit where I wanted each eye to go.

This way, when I coated the tip of the ornament hanging portion with glue it would stick better and be 'in' the styrofoam.

After attaching both eyes, move to the nose, so you can center it.

I took one sparkly pipe cleaner and wrapped it around a pencil, making it 'spring-like' and dimensional.

Again, I slit the styrofoam with the scissors, placed glue on the end of the nose, and pushed it into the container. ( I suggest using tweezers, as I should have to really get it in there and not STICK to your fingers).

Last I worked on the mouth.

Simply gluing the pipe cleaner to the width I chose and attached.

Then, just like that, the DIY styrofoam cooler snowman is done!

OF course, you can add arms, if you like I stopped short of the arms to make it easier to store!

Enjoy! ~ Dana XO