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Winter
Crafts for Kids
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.
Wagon
Wheel Macaroni Snowflake Craft for Kids
What
you will need: Wagon wheel marcaroni, white spray paint,
construction paper, and glue.
What
to do:
- Spray
paint the noodles white and let them dry.
- 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.
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.
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.
Beaded
Snowflake Craft for Kids -
This craft can be done with children as young as five years
old with a little help.
What
you will need: Gold or silver chenille stems (at least three
per snowflake), Clear beads, (25 mm clear sunburst beads for
the center of the snow flake), and any of the following: 12
mm sunburst beads, clear pony beads, 8 mm faceted beads, or
any other beads you can find. See-through pastel beads would
also look nice.
What
to do:
1. Start with 3 chenille stems and one 25 mm sunburst bead.
Insert the three chenille stems through the hole in the sunburst
bead so the stems are centered (same length on both sides of
the bead). Fold the steams out evenly spaced to form the framework
of the snowflake. Add beads to the spokes of the snowflake.
Experiment with different sizes and shapes. Connect two
spokes by putting one bead through two chenille stem spokes.
Be creative! There is no one way to make a snowflake. If you
don't like what you come up with, you can always take it apart
and start over. To finish the snowflake, cut of the excess
chenille stem and fold the end into the last bead on the stem.
When you are happy with your design add some fishing line to
hang it up.
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.
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 chid's snowman
tummy (ziploc bag) They were adorable! Every age group loved
this one. GREAT IDEA! Millie Morris
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.
Paper
Snowflakes - This site has Christian theme images commonly
used to teach about the Christian faith and the history of Christianity.
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