Funny Pictures of Snowmen

Funny Pictures of Snowmen

Will and Guy have, literally, crowds of funny snowmen.

• Snowmen and Snow-women Shopping
• Snowmen meet a Rabbit
• Snowman at the Doctor's
• How to Make a Snowman
• Snow Rollers
• More Funny Pictures of Snowmen

Snowmen and Snow-women Shopping

Snowmen meet a Rabbit

What happened when two snowmen met a rabbit?  The cartoon tells it's own neat story.

Another funny Christmas snowman picture

Snowman at the Doctor's Surgery

Let Me Explain the Nose Job Procedure

Post Operation Inspection

Unassembled Snowmen!

This photo must have been taken by a marketing executive!

How to Make a Snowman

Never miss a chance to build your own snowman.  If you are fortunate to get a snowfall, then as soon as it stops go out and build a snowman using the fresh snow.  The best way is to make a regular snowball then roll it in a snowdrift.  If it starts getting cylindrical rather than round, just turn it over and roll the other way.

One you have made one round ball, then use that for his head and make an even bigger giant snowball for the snowman's body.  The second ball is always bigger than the first because you have learnt the technique.

Deluxe snowmen have three huge snowballs, one on top of the other as shown on the snowman to the right.  If possible get a friend to help you, a second pair of hands is useful for both rolling the snowman's body, and lifting his torso into position.

There is a second technique for building your snowman, and that is simply to shovel the snow into a big pile, then shape the column into a snowman.  This method works well if you have lots of people and big shovels!

Snowman's Eyes, Nose, Mouth and Arms

For transforming your snowman into human form you need different skills.  Traditionally a carrot is good for the nose, surprisingly a banana also works.  The problem comes with the eyes, nobody had coal anymore so you have to improvise.  Rummage around for something black and circular for the eyes, stones or big buttons are good substitutes. 

Rather than having a bald snowman, give him an old hat. Some people use sticks for the snowman's arms, but this is strictly optional.  Talking of extras, use a little imagination and consider sacrificing an old scarf or even a cracked pair of sunglasses for the good of the snowmen project.  I say snowmen, because what's really fun is to make a family of snow statues.

Preserving Your Snowman

Firstly, think ahead, build your snowman in a place that's sheltered from the sun.  Talking of sun, a garden umbrella would help to keep him cool in the daytime.  Other than that, build him big and don't outsmart you self and try adding silly stuff like sunscreen!

Footnote:
Once you finish your masterpiece, please take a snowman picture and send it to us.

One of the Most Unusual Snowmen We Have Seen

Great UK Freeze in 1963 and Also 1947

This is a giant 17 ft snowman built by some lads in Aberdeen, Scotland during the "great freeze" in 1963. Will well remembers this winter; he was at school on the east coast of Suffolk, England, it was bitterly cold. He also remembers being unable to play football [soccer] nor rugby from December 1962 until after Easter 1963 because the fields were frozen solid.

However, 1963 was not the coldest winter in the UK. The winter of 1946-47 was one of the worst on record, and certainly one of the snowiest of the last 150 years. The really wintry weather, however, didn't set in until late January 1947, but once it came it was here to stay. Milder weather didn't return to the British Isles until the middle of March.

The end of January 1947 saw some very cold nights recorded in parts of southern England. On the night of the 28th-29th Writtle in Essex dropped to -20.6C and on the night of the 29th/30th Elmstone in Kent dipped down to -21.3C. Nationally these are some of the coldest nights ever measured in late January.

Early 1900s Snowman with Pipe

Will and Guy wonder for how long have people been building snowmen?  Then we go on to muse how styles have changed down the years.  The above example is smoking a pipe, a fashion accessory that you don't often see in the 21st century.

Widest Snowman

Pictures of Rare 'Snow Rollers'

Will and Guy can bring you this special report. On the evening of 31st March, 2009, Tim Tevebaugh was driving home from work east of Craigmont in the southern Idaho Panhandle.  Across the rolling hay fields, Tim saw a very unusual phenomenon. The snow rollers that he took pictures of are extremely rare because of the unique combination of snow, wind, temperature and moisture needed to create them. They form with light but sticky snow and strong (but not too strong) winds. These snow rollers formed during the day as they weren't present in the morning on Tim's drive to work.

Snow rollers are a curious meteorological phenomenon where cylindrical snowballs form as a gentle wind blows the snow once it's settled on the ground.  The result is the snow forms a ball and increase in diameter as it collects snow.  It's as though nature mimics the way children make snowmen.  However these snow rollers look more like logs than snowman, and unusually, a snow roller may be hollow in the middle. To get an idea of the scale, snow rollers can be as small as a tennis ball, or as large as an oil drum.  However, they are mostly about 8 to 15 inches in diameter.   See another collection of Snow Rollers here.

Footnote:
Please send us your funny pictures of snowmen and snow-women.

See more amusing Christmas pictures and funny cartoons:

∗ Funny Christmas cartoons   ∗ Snow pictures   ∗ Christmas jokes   ∗ Funny Santa sleigh

∗ 'Feel good' Christmas pictures   ∗ Funny advent calendar   ∗ Funny turkey pictures

∗ Christmas food and drink   ∗ Snowmen pictures   ∗ Christmas humour    ∗ Nativity animation