Snowflake Art for a Sparkling Winter Mantel

If you’re looking for an easy winter decor project that even a kid could do, this ombre snowflake art is perfect! Looks great on the wall or mantel.

Skills Required: None. Even if you’ve never crafted before, these snowflake canvases are very easy. You’ll be painting and Mod Podging paper flakes to canvas.

I love the snow! You may have seen our snowflake cake toppers, snowflake ornament, or paper snowflakes. If it’s cold and white and you can ski on it, I love it.

I know that some of you who are sitting in snow covered areas are laughing at me here in snowless Atlanta – but seriously, I do. And I always end up living in areas where there is no snow . . . what is that about?

Well, I’ve figured out a way to have snow in my abode all year round – with this snowflake art on canvas. Just painting canvases one color wasn’t going to work for me, which is why I went for the ombre effect.

Even though these canvases just give the snow idea without actual snow, I’m still going to have the hot chocolate. Is that okay?

Easy Snowflake Art

Gather These Supplies

• Oval canvases – 3
• Martha Stewart acrylic paint – Pool, Wedding Cake
• Mod Podge Sparkle
• Martha Stewart Crafts paper doilies – Snowflakes
• Scissors
• Paintbrush
• Pokey thing (you’ll see what I’m talking about)

Tip: if you want to make this more kid friendly, have children make their own paper snowflakes that they can then attach to the canvas. The whole family can participate!

The first thing you need to do is paint your canvases in an ombre fashion. I was dumb and DIDN’T get pictures! But I did another post where I used an ombre technique and it’s really easy.

Simply add a few paint piles to a plate and then add increasing amounts of white to each pile, stirring as you go. Paint out a test strip and lighten or darken as needed, until you have three different shades you like – then paint your canvases and let dry.

This is where the pokey tool comes in handy. I used something for clay (I don’t even know what it is), but you’ll need a sharp something-or-other to poke out the little paper bits that are still in the snowflakes. It took a minute to poke these out, but you can do it while watching Real Housewives.

Decide on your snowflake layout on each canvas, and add them to the fronts of the canvases using Sparkle Mod Podge. Let dry for 15 – 20 minutes.

Once the canvases are dry, use scissors to trim the extra snowflake off of the edges.

Finally, add a second (and even third!) layer of Sparkle Mod Podge to the tops of your canvases for extra glitter and let dry.

You can display these babies on a mantel, shelf, or hang them on the wall. And how interesting would it be to have ombre canvases for all four seasons, that you change out? Hmmm . . .

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If you like this snowflake art, check out these winter wonderland dioramas! They’re easy (and pretty) too.