Snow & Snowman Theme
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Snowman Pot
Small sponge, white acrylic paint, 4 in terra cotta pot, child white sock, polly fill batting, scissors, childs colored sock, fabric scraps, 2 black pipe cleaners, glue, bottoms, 1 orange pipe cleaner.
Sponge paint the pot with white paint sporadically. Let dry. Stuff toe area of white sock with poly fill to make a the head for snowman. Tie off and trim about one inch, hot glue around bottom of pot, outside and stuff tied end of sock into hole to make his head.
Stuff colored sock with a bit of batting so HAT will stand up, Stretch open end over head and bunch up. Use scrap fabric to make a scarf, tie or glue on. Use black pipe cleaners about 2-3 inches long to make arms. Tuck end under scarf and glue in place. Glue on buttons down front of pot. Use a ˝ inch piece of orange pipe cleaner for nose, poke into sock. Add buttons or wiggle eyes. Very cute!
I used a warm glue gun for this, holds better.
~Submitted by Christie
Snow Scene
Give each child a sheet of pale blue construction paper and styrofoam packaging chips. Let them create a winter scene. These turn out to be lovely three dimensional projects.
~Submitted by Cheryl's Sweethearts ChildCare
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Pipe Cleaner Snowflakes
I saw this on HGTV the other night...take white
pipecleaners and cut them in half. then take a
smaller one (I cut one in thirds) and wrap around a
bundle of them. Then you just spread the cleaners out
and it makes snowflakes. SOOO easy and cheap. I had
my 2 yo do this too. I then hung them all around the
room. Walmart had some that were sparkly/glittery.
They are fun! I am also taking colored pipecleaners
and cutting them in thirds, doing the same process, to
make ornaments for the tree. Easy and quick!
~Submitted by Vicki
Glue Snowmen
Have the children to draw glue snowmen on wax paper- I drew circles and had them fill them in as they didn't squeeze in a circle! Of course this was popular as everyone knows kids just LOVE to squeeze the glue out like crazy! Stick a paper clip on the top of the head and cover it with glue if necessary. Then give then a little black top hat out of construction paper.
Add little twigs for arms, a construction paper tiny orange carrot nose, and paper punch dots from black paper for eyes and buttons.Let them dry for about two days, then peel them off the wax paper and put on a string! They are ADORABLE!
~Submitted by Cheryl's Sweethearts ChildCare
Art Ideas
-White Paint on Blue Paper.
~Submitted by Cheryl's Sweethearts ChildCare
Snowman Craft
Faces: Use large paper plates for the face, construction paper for hats and noses, crayons to draw facial features and ribbons to decorate the hat. You can also make this into a mobile by using a small paper plate for the snowman face and a large one for the body.Attach with yarn and hang.
Another fun way to make a snowman (or a snowflake "person") is to glue a white lacy doily onto a dark piece of construction paper. Add face, hat, boots and mittens.
~Submitted by Cheryl's Sweethearts ChildCare
Snowman
Cut out three white circles; talk about small, medium, large. Glue together to make snowman. Using scraps of contruction paper and imagination, add hat, hole-punch eyes, scarf, nose, etc. Then brush the white parts with watered-down glue. Sprinkle salt from salt shaker onto glue, It's snowing! (The kids love this part!) Tap off excess. When dry, glue snowman to top half of blue construction.
Another fun smowman, great for younger kids if you precut the necessary items:
Use dark blue or gray construction paper (9 x 12) fold in half
lenghtwise (tall land skinny). Cut out a snowman shape. Put clear contact paper over the opening. Hole-punch black eyes. Press onto contact. Add orange triangle carrot nose. Add scrap for scarf. Perhaps hole-punch buttons. Sprinkle with salt. Tap off excess. Cut out contruction paper hat. Glue hat on. Maybe brown paper stick arms. Tape to window. Next we printed snow flakes using thread spool and white paint with silver
glitter. The children chose black or dark blue paper. After they printed the great looking snow flakes I had them name their creation. It was very interesting how seriously they took giving a title to their painting. Staple a small paper plate to the top of a large paper plate. This is the head and body. Let the children cut out an orange carrot nose and a black top hat. Paint on eyes and a mouth with glue, and then sprinkle black
glitter over this. This gives such a great effect. Glue on the carrot nose and hat. Tie a piece of colored crepe paper (the streamer kind) around the neck for a scarf and glue down. They are so cute!
~Submitted by Cheryl's Sweethearts ChildCare
Sparkle Snow Paint
1/2 cup flour
Mix together and put in a squeeze bottle. Squeeze doughy paint out on to black construction paper. Make anything snowy, snowflakes, snowmen, - we made snow covered mountains
with the moon and northern lights. Let dry thoroughly and it will sparkle. May also be painted (when dry) and allowed to dry again. This is a great 3 dimensional effect for snow.
~Submitted by Cheryl's Sweethearts ChildCare
Salty Snowflakes
Fold a sheet of blue construction paper in half. Open the paper and drizzle glue on one half. Refold the paper; then rub the two sides together, open the paper again and spinkle salt on the wet glue. When glue is dry cut around shape to make snowflake.
~Submitted by Cheryl's Sweethearts ChildCare
Snowflakes
Materials: Paper, scissors, white tempera paint, dish detergent,
toothpicks, marshmellows
Procedure: Paper snowflakes. Fold a piece of white paper several times. Then make a variety of cutouts along the folds. Open up the piece of paper and it's a snowflake. If you want to decorate your windows with painted snowflakes do it with white tempera paint and a squirt of liquid dish detergent to make it easier to wash off the windows later. Use a paint brush and a corner of
a sponge. Makes snowflakes with toothpics and minature marshmallows connected to each other.
~Submitted by Cheryl's Sweethearts ChildCare
-Glue cotton balls onto dark paper or glue cotton balls together to make snowmen.
-Use hole punches to make snow and glue it to dark paper. (Use scissors or just tear paper for younger children.)
-Make paper snowflakes. (4 year olds & older.)
-Make Snowmen Masks--Staple three paper plates together. Have the children draw eyes on the face. I cut the eyes out. Then the children can draw faces, hats, and other things on the snowmen. Use for dramatic play.
-Make White playdo and make snow scenes & snowmen.
1/2 cup salt
1/2 cup water
Snowstorm Art
Material: liquid starch or glue, brush or q-tips, construction paper, rice
1. Generously brush starch or glue onto paper
2. Sprinkle rice on paper
3. Shake off excess
~Submitted by Cheryl's Sweethearts ChildCare
Snow Scenes
Whip Ivory Snow powder with water until the mixture is soft and fluffy. Let the kids finger-paint with the soap mixture on sheets of heavy white paper or tagboard. While the mixture is still wet, let them add Styrofoam packing pieces for snowflakes and cotton balls for clouds. Then let them sprinkle on silver glitter to add sparkle to their snow scenes.
~Submitted by Cheryl's Sweethearts ChildCare
Three Dimentional Snowman
Materials: Blue construction paper, white paint, sponge, glitter, button eyes, pompoms, popcorn, pipecleaners, black beans
Procedure: Sponge paint the snowman shape. Poke two holes to thread yarn through. Cut mittens from folded construction paper and glue to the ends of the yarn. Use construction paper scraps or found objects (buttons, cloth, beans, beads, popcorn) to create a face, hat buttons for snowman. eg: cut cloth and pompom for a hat, glue triangle out for a nose, pipecleaner arms, button eyes, black bean mouth, popcorn buttons.
~Submitted by Cheryl's Sweethearts ChildCare
Snowfall Under Glass
Materials: eggshells, cleaned and dried, peanut butter or pickle jar with screw-on lid, felt, tiny evergreen branches, mini-pine cones, red berries, sequins, small round stones, and moss if you have it, mineral oil, glue
Proceedures: Crush some eggshells into very fine pieces and set aside. Cut a piece of felt to vocer the jar lid. Glue the felt into place to protect the table top. On the inside of the jar lid, arrange the small stones and moss into a 'forest floor' for the evergreen trees. Glue into place. Decorate the tree branches with pine cones, berries, and sequins, and glue these into place on the forest floor. Let dry for 1/2 hour. Fill the jar with mineral oil. Add eggshells. Screw on lid. Shake.
~Submitted by Cheryl's Sweethearts ChildCare
Snowflake Mobiles
Materials: Hangers, Yarn, white paper squares, lightweight paper for ease in cutting 4 in. X 4 in. squares, scissors, hole punch
Procedure: Round off the corners to create a circle. Fold the circle. Create your design with scissors and/or a hole punch. Open the finished snowflake. Paste several snowflakes to a length of yarn. Tie yarn to a clothes hanger.
~Submitted by Cheryl's Sweethearts ChildCare
Frosty The Snowman
Supplies:
cotton balls
glue
paper punched black circles
toilet paper roll
The children will spread glue all over the toilet paper roll with a paint brush. Next they will cover the entire roll with cottonballs. They will then add black eyes nose and a mouth. Cut a desired shape hat in any color.
~Submitted by Traci
*I did something like this today. I glued the non sticky side of contact paper to a piece of black paper, and let the 14 mo put cotton on and off and on and off the sticky side. some fuzz stayed, I told him about sticky and soft. I added a hat and scarf for good measure!
~Submitted by Emily
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Snowman Bag
You'll need:
white paper bag |
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Paint one side of bag with white poster paint. Tie bag shut with twist-tie. Glue takeout container or cup upside down to plate for hat. Let dry. Glue mouth, nose, and eyes to painted side of bag. Add ribbon or decoration to hat. Set hat on top of bag.
~Submitted by Christi
Snowman Stamping Technique
Need:
Directions: Use packing bubbles to make a snowman. Cut the bubbles in to a snowman shape, then the kids paint the bumpy side with white tempera and press onto dark paper.
Honeycomb Snowflake Picture
Ahead of time allow children to paint Honeycomb cereal with white tempera paint. While the paint is still wet, have them sprinkle some glitter onto the pieces. The children then make a wintry scene on a blue piece of paper. Give them lots of "stuff" to glue on. As a finishing touch, they can glue the painted cereal on their picture as snow.
Balloon Snowman Painting
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Directions: Give each child a blown-up balloon. Have him/her dip the balloon in white paint and then press three circles onto a piece of blue paper - press lightly for the top circle of the snowman, press a little bit harder for the middle circle, and press harder for the bottom circle. Voila - you have three circles, Small, medium and large - a snowman!!!! Next, add details with Q-tips dipped in different colors of paint. You can also add snow with the Q-tips. use fruit loops to make the buttons .
Snowman Ornament
Cut 1 inch dowel into 4 inch lengths. Children paint it white. Glue on a strip of material for a scarf. Cut a matching triangle and wrap around top as hat. Glue pompom to end of hat. Glue on two buttons below scarf. Use Black paint or permanent marker to put on eyes one and mouth. Glue loop of gold cord to back to hang on Christmas tree.
~Submitted by Susan
Coffee Filter Snowflakes
Need:
Directions:
Fluffy Snowman
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Directions: Tear the toilet tissue into squares. Cover the bottle with toilet tissue by folding each square one at a time over the end of a pencil. Dab each piece lightly in glue and attach it to the bottle. When the bottle is completely covered, allow the glue to dry. Make the hat, facial features, and buttons from construction paper and glue these pieces in place on the snowman. Gently tie a length of crepe paper streamer around the snowman for a scarf. Snip the ends of the streamer with scissors to make fringe. You can also fill the bottle partially with sand to use as a door stop. The project does take a lot of glue and patience, but they are beautiful and fluffy when finished!
Paper Snowflakes
Need: paper, scissors
Directions: Fold a piece of paper several times and make cut outs in places, unfold and have snowflakes. No two are alike.
Puffy Snowman
Cut two large circles out of white paper, making one slightly smaller than the other. Help your child dip cotton balls into glue and place them on the circles. Assemble the snowman by gluing the circles onto a sheet of construction paper. Decorate the snowman with facial features and clothing shapes cut from construction paper.
Snowman Out of Soap
packing bubbles, paint, dark paper
balloons, Q tips, white tempera paint, fruit loops.
Coffee Filter, Scissors, Blue Tempera paint, water, and a paint brush.
Take some blue paint and water it down. Then paint a coffee
filter with the paint. Once it dries fold it in half, then in half again, andthen in half one more time. Cut it like you would a snowflake. When you open it will look like a blue tie dyed snowflake. Looks great in a window.
empty 2-liter bottle, white toilet tissue, glue, construction paper hat, buttons & facial features, crepe paper for scarf
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You'll need: 4 cups soap flakes, such as Ivory Snow (not detergent) 1/2 cup water toothpicks twigs whole peppercorns orange marker for costumes: scraps of material, twist-ties, felt, black paper |
~Submitted by Christi
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Set candy in center of tulle. Tie tulle into a bag using half the yarn, leaving enough tulle to form a second bag on top of the first. Cut 2 identical circles from white felt. Glue to either side of the top of the wooden skewer. Glue felt eyes and felt hat as shown. Add pompom to hat. Roll orange paper into a cone. Glue on face for nose. Hold tulle open as you fill it with candy to form second bag. Set the wooden skewer in the candy, leaving the head sticking out of the tulle. Tie second bag shut with yarn. Glue buttons on front of snowman. Tie on scarf.
~Lori Keller, submitted by Christi
Marshmallow Sculptures
Materials: Marshmallows (mini size and large, Toothpicks or pretzels
Create sculptures by using toothpicks or pretzels to hold sculpture in place.
~Submitted by Cheryl's Sweethearts ChildCare
Snow Cone Paper Sculpture
Materials: Art paper (9 in. X 12 in. white body, 3 in. X 5 in. black hat, 4 in. black circle hat, 3/4 in. X 12 in. red scarf, 1 in. X 5 in. pink hat band, 1 in. X 2 in. yellow gloves, scissors, paste, stapler and black felt pen
Procedure: Roll 9 in. X 12 in. white paper into a cone and staple, trim, paste. Make hat by rolling 3 in. X 5 in. black paper into cylinder and taping to the circle. Put hat onto cone. Cut and paste in place pink hat band, red scarf and yellow gloves. Draw face with felt pen.
~Submitted by Cheryl's Sweethearts ChildCare
Snowman Craft
I thought I'd send you a copy of the snowman craft we made today. It was so easy and you'd probably have all the supplies readily at hand.
You'll need two CD's (you could use those AOL ones that come in your mail)
A hot glue gun to glue the CD's together
Some white glue
Construction paper
Yarn or fabric
Cotton
2 bendie straws
You could make it anyway you want...using whatever colors, or materials to make the buttons, eyes, and hat. Here attached is a copy of the one we made today. I'm not sure if we'll put these on our tree or just hang on the wall. I suppose they would make good window sun catchers as well...when the sun reflects off the CD it'll make a cool effect.
~Submitted by Sandra
Dough Snowman
Need:
Flour, salt, water, twigs
Directions:
Use this dough for each child to make into a snowman. No cook
modeling dough... 2 cups flour 1 cup salt, water (2 tablespoons vegetable oil unless you want it to harden). Roll the dough into balls-Bottom big, middle--medium and head small use twigs, material or other things for arms, face, hat, etc..
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