A Minnesota farmer thought as long as he was moving 4 feet of snow using heavy machinery, he might as well have some fun with it.

Greg Novak used all that snow to build a 50-foot snowman that was so large it needed a full-sized oil drum for a nose.

He named the giant figure ‘Granddaddy', and positioned it to face the highway running alongside his farm in Gilman.

(WATCH the Reuters video below or READ the AP story w/ photos in the Wash. Post)