Children’s Snowman Table

Well, it’s still snowing here in Ohio…we’re expecting 1+ inches tonight into tomorrow.

Yes, we ARE ready for spring, but we’ve had quite a few sunny days—that makes ALL the difference in the world—so I’ve decided to make the most of it and enjoy it, because grumbling just doesn’t change a thing!

So if it’s snowing but too cold to build a snowman, then let’s have snowmen inside!

I bought this darling set of snow”people” dishes last winter—for the little chickadees, of course! But winter ended (that’s a reminder to myself that winter DOES end), and I wasn’t able to do the hot chocolate-and-snowballs little party I’d envisioned. So this year, on a particularly cold day (I mean as in ZERO!) when I got to stay home and play with dishes, I set this table as well as the Winter Picnic one (you can see that one HERE). Setting this one was a LOT easier than setting the one on the screened porch!

  There was a place for each chickadee, including one for Tiniest Chickadee at his high chair.

  Each snow“person” has a different expression on his/her face, and the faces on the mug and the plate match—so cute. And the scarf and the handle on the mug match as well. For the occasion, of course we had to have Hostess Snoballs (which in nooooo way will the chickadees be allowed to eat—it’ll be our secret that these graced their table, ok?). When was the last time you looked for Snoballs? I found them at the first gas station I tried! That was lucky!

The bottle is the same trick I’ve used before—Nestlé chocolate milk bottles (the label peels right off!). I hot-glued buttons, tied a ribbon for a scarf, and added the red-and-white paper straws I’d gotten for the fourth of July.

This is the third (out of four) in the set.

This is the snowy scene that these Frostys were enjoying. I bet they would’ve rather been out there!

During an after-Christmas sale I found these darling snowball ornaments that light up, so they of course came home for the snowman tablescape! The other snowpeople on the table were also from that sale, so I really hit the jackpot!

For those of you who are also enduring this harsh winter, I hope you enjoyed a warm indoor snow scene, and for those in the south now suffering through a heat wave, maybe dreams of snowmen and Snoballs will bring a much-needed reprieve.

Today we had a heat wave—up to about 20ºF!! Mr. CHN and I went to a cute, small town not too far away because I HAD to pick something up, otherwise I probably would’ve elected to stay in, but we were surprised by how many people were out, walking along going to shops and restaurants! We went to two restaurants that had too long a wait. People are suffering from cabin fever and are anxious to step out when the sun warms things up a bit.

What are you doing while indoors this winter? Are you okay with it, or are you ready to head to the Caribbean? I, for one, prefer to stick it out no matter how cold and dreary, because I can.NOT handle the transition back to the cold and snow and bare trees after seeing beach and sun and sand and palm trees. I see more tablescapes in my near future…

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