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Drinking Straw Arms

Follow a few simple steps for creating a pair of bendable drinking straw arms for your salt dough snowman sculpture.

Materials Needed

  • Bendable drinking straws
  • Scissors

Safety Guidelines

  • Young kids (3 to 8 years) should use child-safe scissors.

Steps

Step 1 Bendable Drinking Straw Arms 1. Cut bendable drinking straws into 2 three-inch long pieces. The scrunchy (or bendable) portion should be close to one end.
Step 2 Bendable Drinking Straw Arms 2. Cut fringes on the end of each straw closer to the bendable portion. Fold out the fringes to create the "fingers".
Step 3 Bendable Drinking Straw Arms 3. Stick a drinking straw arm on either side of the snowman's body. Your snowman's bendable arms can be positioned in interesting and funny ways.

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