You are welcome to use other colors, but white works best for snowmen. Avoid using ankle socks, they won't work. This creates the bottom section of the snowman. Repeat to create a slightly smaller middle section of snowman. Leave 4-5 inches (10-12.5cm) of space on the top. Make sure the sock snowman can "stand". Shape the head on three quarters with your hand.

Summary: Choose a white tube sock. Cut off the excess above the knot. Tie a rubber band tightly around the sock just above the beans or rice. Fill the top section of the snowman with cotton. Secure the top with a string or rubber band.

Write all homework you are assigned in your planner, as well as when it is due. Write the other activities you have also: extracurricular activities, special events, time with friends. Write down when you need to start each long-term assignment, and how much you need to get done each day. Having a planner will make it less tempting to procrastinate, as long as you have broken up your studying into manageable chunks. Your planner can be paper, or you can get one on your phone. Just make sure it has space for task lists as well as events. Once you have completed a task, cross it off or put a check next to it. Seeing that you're getting your work done will make you feel better, which in turn will motivate you to keep up the good work. Organize your daily tasks. Put your most important homework at the top. Homework might be considered important if it is due soon, if it is worth a lot of your grade, or if the class is hard for you. Don't put more than you can do in one day on a list! Split up your week's work so that every day has a manageable amount. Make sure you do everything on your list everyday. The more seriously you take the list, the more useful it will be to you Notice your friends who do well in school. Ask them if they'd like to form a homework group. Get together once or twice a week and work on your homework. You can work on the classes you have in common and ask each other questions, or you can work on assignments for different classes without talking. Take turns working at one another's houses. Make it the rule that you work for a certain amount of time, or until a certain amount of work has been accomplished. Afterward, you can hang out. Stick to this schedule. Try this out and see if it works. If you're too distracted by having friends around, make a date to hang out after homework instead. Set goals for yourself and work to match them. If you always struggle with a certain kind of assignment, set a goal to learn how to do it better. Try to beat your last grade in each class. If you did perfectly, remember that the teacher may have raised the expectations for the next assignment, and do your next assignment with even more energy. Time yourself. Set time goals. Say "I'm going to finish this reading response in 20 minutes." Sit down with your materials, set a timer, and go. As you set these goals, make sure that your quality doesn't suffer just so you complete an activity faster. If you have friends or study buddies who are competitive and good with homework, compete with them. As long as it doesn't stress your friendship, this can be a fun way to motivate yourself. Getting into a homework routine will help you get into a homework mindset. Try out different times and see which one works best for you. You might want to get your work done right when you get home from school, or you might want to take a half-hour break first. If you have a job or extracurricular activities that change your daily schedule, determine a weekly schedule that you stick to as much as possible. Set certain times on weekends that you stick to. Getting your work done reliably will help you enjoy your free time. Experiment with working for different amounts of time. You might try focusing on one task for 20 minutes, then switching to another task for another 20. Once you know how much time you can focus, stick to it.

Summary: Keep a homework planner. Get a study buddy. Compete. Have a daily or a weekly routine.

Multiple brands now offer quick mixes in individual packets that can be added to a bottle of water. Some water purifiers that can be attached directly to a home water faucet also offer flavor options. Only add the recommended amount (or less) to avoid overloading on sugar and other additive ingredients. Some pocket-sized flavor additives offer color and flavor to water without adding calories or other unhealthy ingredients.
Summary: Buy zero-calorie packets of powdered tea or juice-flavored additives. Consider a water tap purifier and flavor pack. Look into purchasing a hand-held flavor booster.