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How To Build A Snowman

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Do you want to keep active, but still spend time with your family or friends? During the winter, an unforgettable childhood tradition would be to build a snowman. Building snowmen have been a part of many generations. It is a fun experience to share with both friends and family. For me building a snowman is a great way to spend time with my siblings and keep active during the colder months. You can become a professional snowman builder through the simple tasks of preparing, building the snowballs, touching up, and decorating. The first step to building a snowman would be preparation. Preparing can result in being more efficient with time. Plus, it can also help with the finished product becoming more successful. To prepare you to need to make sure the snow is more compact and holds more water so that the snow will stay together. This will occur when the snow has fallen at a warmer temperature. Another part of preparing is finding a nice place to build the snowman. Make sure the ground is at least somewhat level to get the best outcome of your snowman. …show more content…

First, take some snow and compact it together with your hands, by doing this the snow should form a shape of a ball. Continue to pack on more snow until it is large enough to roll. Once it is an appropriate size, roll the ball of snow on the ground. This will make the snow on the ground stick to the ball itself. Do this repeatedly until you feel your ball is large enough to be rolled to the location chosen. Make sure this ball will have the ability to support two more snowballs because it is the base. A mistake that can possibly occur is that the bottom snowball becomes too small for the upcoming snowballs. Make sure that the first snowball is an appropriate

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