Day 1

OK, so a bit of fun at the weekend ended up with a life-sized snowman – but what happened next?

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A hint for snowman builders: wear warm gloves and the put a pair of plastic gloves over the top to prevent ingress of chilly dampness. Works a treat.

 

The kiss of life …

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Day 2

On which his mouth has quite spontaneously drooped

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Day 3

Oh dear. His arm still in the air as if calling for help …

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Day 5

How fleeting was his life but still he hangs on by a thread

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Day 8

R.I.P dear snowman. Your life was brief but brought us all joy.

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and finally …

An homage  to Raymond Briggs original that now has awed a generation of children (and covertly their parents)

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And for our next project, how about this:

 

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or even this:

 

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