Winter
and Snowman Crafts for Kids
Glove and Sock Turtle
 These are great to make with those gloves that you just can't find the mates. Or buy gloves and socks really cheap at sales after Christmas.
What you will need: Stretchy knit gloves and the toe of one sock, poly-fil, low temp. glue gun, animal eyes, needle and thread, decorative items, and scissors.
What to do:
1. Fill the fingers of a glove with poly-fil.
2. Turn down the cuff of the sock and turn the thumb of the glove inside out bringing it up over the folded down cuff.
3. Fill the inside-out thumb and the palm part of the glove with poly-fil.
4. Glue the glove closed around the cuff. Spread out the fingers twisting the finger next to the thumb to the back of the turtle. Glue the fingers in place underneath the turtle.
5. Cut the foot off of a sock and glue it to the back of the turtle to make its shell. Decorate the shell with beads or sequins.
6. Glue on the eyes. To make the mouth insert a threaded needle into the mouth area bring it up through the finger of the glove to the top of the head and then back down to where mouth area. Pull the thread tight and tie the ends together to make the indent.
7. To make the hat cut the tip off a finger of another glove. Roll up the cut edge and glue it in place. Glue a flower or other decorative item to the hat and glue the hat to the head of the turtle.
You can find more sock crafts on the Sock Crafts for Kids Page.
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No-Sew Sock Snowman Craft for Kids
 What you will need:
Socks (Children's white stretchy socks and another color for the scarf and hat. the stretchier the better. I used socks that were 75% cotton, 22% polyester and 3% spandex.) poly-fil for stuffing the socks, tiny rubber bands (You can find this in the hair accessories section of your department store.), tiny black pompoms for the eyes and buttons, orange pompom for the carrot nose,scissors, and a low temp. hot melt glue gun.
What to do:
1. Flatten a sock so that the heel part of the sock is facing up.
2. Fill the sock with poly-fil to just below the heel of the sock.
3. To make the arms roll a wad of poly-fil into a ball about one inch in diameter and stick it inside the sock so that it is just below the heel to one side of the sock. Use your pointer finger to press the ball up against the side of the sock so that you can see your finger and ball shape from the outside of the sock. Grab the ball of Poly-fil from the outside of the sock and wrap a rubber band around the ball to form an arm as shown in the picture. Do the same thing to the other side of the sock.
4. Place a rubber band just above the arms to form the neck.
5. Put in more stuffing to form the head and secure the top with a rubber band. Cut off the cuff of the sock just above the rubber band.
6. cut the cuff off another sock of a different color to make the hat. Secure the cut end with a rubber band of the same color.
7. To make the scarf cut a long strip about 1" wide from the same sock. Stretch it out a little and tie it around the neck of the snowman.
8. To finish glue on tiny black pompoms for the eyes and buttons. Cut an orange pompom into a carrot shape and glue it to the face.
To see diagrams of similar sock critters go to the Sock Crafts for Kids Page
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Sock and Styrofoam Ball Snowman
What you will need: Two Styrofoam balls for head and body, white sock, red baby sock for the hat, plaid fabric, orange pipe cleaner, black fabric paint, twigs for the arms, tooth picks, glue, scissors, straight pins, buttons, and a pompom for the hat.
What to do: Watch the video below to get step by step directions on how to make this snowman
 Snowman Banner
What
you will need: card stock
(thick paper), crayons or markers, tape, and ribbon.
What
to do:
1.
Draw snowmen so that they look like they are hanging onto a rope.
Use the picture above to give you an idea of how to do this. Or print
out the patterns (available to members only),
color them, and cut them out. Roll
out your ribbon and place the snowmen on the ribbon as shown in the
order you would like them to appear.
Write
letters on their bellies to spell out a message.
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Hanging
Snowman Gift Tag
 This little snowman is holding
a star in one hand and a candy cane in the other.
What you will
need: Card
stock, scissors, brown or white lunch bag, white and blue acrylic
paint, snowflake rubber stamp, an Exacto knife, tape, and crayons
or markers.
What to do:
1. Draw a snowman
holding a candy cane in in one hand as shown in the picture and then
color it. Also draw a star to place in the snowman's other hand. Or
print out the pattern and color it. Cut out the snowmen and star.
2. Use an Exacto
knife to cut out around the thumb on the lower hand.
3. Write “to:”
and “from:” on the star and insert it under the thumb.
4. Decorate a
lunch bag with a snowflake rubber stamp and paint. Sprinkle glitter
on the wet paint. Let the bag dry and then place your gift inside.
Fold down the top a couple of times and staple it closed.
Hang your snowman gift tag from the top of the bag. Tape it to the
bag so it won’t fall off.
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Hot
Chocolate Mix with Marshmallow Snowman
 What you will need: Styrofoam cups, miniature marshmallows, card stock, crayons or markers,
scissors, tape, powdered chocolate drink mix, small 2" x 3" craft
storage bags (Wal-mart in the crafts section), and clear plastic party
bags 4 x 9 1/2" or shorter (Wal-mart in the cake decorating section)
What to do:
1. Draw a snowman
head and hands onto card stock and cut them out. Or use the patterns (available
to Members only. This pattern
comes with a front and back head for each snowman).
2. Place enough
chocolate mix into the small plastic bags to make one drink according
to the directions and seal the bag.
3. Place all
the supplies that will be needed (except for the marshmallows and
paint and crayons) for each child in a brown lunch bag (see below).
4. Prepare a
craft ahead of time so the children can see what they look like.
5. Place a half
a cup of marshmallows in the large party bag and seal it with tape.
Cut off the excess at the top.
6. Color the
head (back and front) and the arms. Tape the arms at the bottom of
the head or onto the bag. Tape the head onto the top of the bag. Tape
the back of the head onto the back covering up the top of the plastic
bag. Write the directions
(or have the children write the directions) on how to make the hot
chocolate on a piece of paper and place it in the bottom of the cup
with the powdered chocolate mix. Place the snowman on top. You
can also include a plastic spoon if you would like.
Place the snowman
in the cup in a decorated lunch bag (below).
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Snowmen Table Place Holders
These cute little snowmen make great table place holders for Christmas parties and family get-together's.
 What you will need: Empty, washed drinkable yogurt bottles, stiff black felt, raffia, ribbon, pretty material, permanent markers, sequins or other decorative items, and a hot melt glue gun.
What to do:
1. To make the hat cut a circle 1 3/4" and rectangle 1" x 4 3/4" from stiff black felt. Make a cylinder out of the rectangle piece and glue to secure. Glue the cylinder to the middle of the circle to make the hat. Glue the hat to the top of the bottle.
2. Draw on the eyes, nose, mouth, arms, buttons, etc. with a permanent marker.
3. Glue on other decorative items such as sequins and felt strips for scarves to finish. If you are using these as place holders for your table, write names on each snowman.
This craft was designed by Jeanie Boland'
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Snowman Serving Dish Craft
 What you will need: 2 - 8 3/4" Chinet Premium Strength Paper Plates, 1 - 20 oz. Dixie Paper Bowel, and 3 - 10 oz. Dixie Paper Bowels, Paint, Orange 2" pompom ball, a red pompom ball, black pipe cleaners and hot melt glue.
What to do:
1. Glue the two 8 3/4" Chinet plates together bottom to bottom. This makes the bottom circle of the snowman.
2. Glue the edge of a 20 oz. bowel face up to the paper plates to make the middle circle of the snowman.
3. To make the head, glue two 10 oz. bowels together top to top as shown in the picture. Cut an orange pompom ball into a carrot shape and glue it to the head. Draw on a mouth and eyes with a permanent marker. (Note: You can substitute a large orange gum drop for the orange pompom.)
 4. Fold black pipe cleaners into arm and hand shapes and glue them to the middle circle as shown in the picture.
5. To make the snowman's hat. Draw a line from the center of a 10 oz. paper plate to the outside edge as shown in the picture. Cut on the line.
 6. Bring the cut edge of the paper plate over the other cut edge to make the hat shape as shown in the picture to the left. Glue it closed with a hot melt glue gun. Smash down the hat a little as shown in the picture. Paint the hat with acrylic paint and let it dry. Glue a pompom on the top. Glue the hat to the head of the snowman as shown in the picture. Fill the snowman's body with goodies. White goodies work best.
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Wagon
Wheel Macaroni Snowflake Craft for Kids
 What
you will need: Wagon wheel macaroni, white spray paint,
construction paper, and glue.
What
to do:
1. Spray
paint the noodles white and let them dry.
2. Glue
them onto a piece of paper as shown in the picture. When they
are dry you can cut them out if you would like.
Snowman
Craft for Kids
 What
you will need: Sandwich size plastic Ziplock bags,
Styrofoam packaging peanuts, stapler, paper, crayon or markers,
and tape.
What
to do:
1.
Print out the pattern or let the children make their own snowman. Pattern available
to Members Only.
2.
Fill a plastic bag with crunched up peanuts and seal the bag.
Fold in the top two corners and staple them down. Draw
a snowman head, arms and feet and cut them out. Tape them
to the bag as shown in the picture.
*This
craft can also be made into a great gift by placing gourmet
popcorn inside the bag instead of packaging peanuts.
Hi! I just wanted to drop you a note and let
you know how cute my snowmen turned out. I made the ones with
ziploc bags. For the inside of the bag, I stuffed it with a
piece of white tissue paper. I also took our verse for the day
in children's church and copied it onto an address label and
printed out 20 of them and stuck a sticker on each child's snowman
tummy (ziploc bag) They were adorable! Every age group loved
this one. GREAT IDEA! Millie Morris
Colorful Snowflakes
What you will need: Snowflake rubbing plates from Oriental Trading Company, (Type in 56/6035 in the search box at the top of the page to find these.), paper, crayons with the paper removed, and watercolor paints.
What to do:
1. Tape a snowflake rubbing plate underneath a white sheet of paper. Rub the side of a crayon over the top of the paper. The outline of the snowflake will appear.
2. You can color in the snowflake with white crayon if you want the snowflake to remain white.
3. Use a large brush to paint watercolor paint over the snowflake picture. The watercolor paint will not stick to the crayon. |
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 How to Make Paper Snowflakes
1. Using a standard 8 1/2 " x 11" paper, fold the paper so one corner touches the other side of the paper and is even with the straight edge. Cut away the part of the paper that is not covered by the folded-over edge. If you open up the folded paper you will have a square piece of paper. You can do this with any size paper.
2. Fold the paper in half again. As show in the diagram at the right.
3. Fold the paper in half again. As show in the diagram at the right.
 4. There will be one side of the folded triangle that doesn't have any folded edges. This edge will be the perimeter of your snowflake. The other two sides have folds. If you would like a round snowflake, cut the unfolded edge so that it has a rounded shape as show in the diagram below. Cut notches in the folded sides, but do not go all the way through to the other folded side or you will cut your snowflake in half.
5. If you cut a triangle shape from the tip of your triangle, as shown in the diagram, you will make a star shape in the middle of your snowflake.
Snowflake
Frame Craft for Kids
 Cut
out a frame from a half a sheet of construction paper leaving
a one inch border all the way around. Glue on fun
foam snowflakes (from Oriental
Trading Company or stick on snowflake stickers. Draw a winter
scene picture to glue to the back of the frame. Add a magnetic
strip to the back so you can hang it on your refrigerator.
Pop
Bottle Ring Snowflake Craft for Kids
These snowflakes are very easy to make and use recycled
materials.
 What
you will need: Sixteen pop bottle rings for each snowflake,
stapler or tape, and thread or fishing line.
What
to do:
1. Print out the pattern provided to use as a guide.
2. Place a pop bottle ring in front of you so that the sides
of the ring bend upward not under. Fold the holder in half lengthwise
and staple point A to point A and point B to point B.
Do this for all 16 rings.
3. Staple 8 of the already prepared pop bottle rings together
in a circle by stapling point E of one ring to point F of another
ring.
3. Staple point C of one ring to point D of the ring next to
it. Go all the way around to form a circle. Staple
the other 8 rings together to form the other side of the snow
flake.
4. Staple the front of the snowflake to the back of the snow
flake by lining up the front and back rings and stapling them
together at points G, H, and I. You should have a completed
snowflake.
5. Tie fishing line of thread at the top to hang.
Make
Shaving Cream Snowmen
This is a great project for young children
when it is to cold to go outside and play.
Just
wanted to pass along a winter idea my 2-year-old class enjoyed
this winter.
We were expecting snow one Sunday, so since we couldn't go out
to play we covered the entire table with shaving cream and made
"snowmen." It was very messy, but smelled great. The
two's loved the feel of it and our junior high helpers even
enjoyed it.
A hint:
Be sure the remember the smocks or paint shirts before you start.
The shaving cream washes off easily. Clean up was a breeze,
using a dust pan as a squeegee to push the shaving cream into
a pan or garbage can. This idea was sent in by Michelle Baker
 Winter
Crafts on other Pages
 Snowman
Paper Doll - This craft is on the Paper Dolls Page
See Christmas
Crafts Page 1 and Christmas
Crafts Page 2 for
other Winter Craft Ideas
See
the Activities Page for Winter
Party Ideas.
Recommended Winter and Snowmen Craft Kits from Oriental Trading Company, Inc.
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