Winter
and Snowman Crafts
and Learning Activities
for Kids
How to Make Winter Crafts including
Snowmen and Snowflakes
Dress the Snowman Activity Sheet
What you will need:
Cardstock (Heavy Paper)
Crayon or Colored Pencils
Scissors
Glue
What to do:
1. Print out the snowman pattern and the outfits you would like to use. You may want to make three different snowmen each with a different outfit.
Snowman Pattern
Baseball Snowman Outfit
Top Hat Snowman Outfit
Snowsuit Snowman Outfit
2. Color patterns and then cut them out. Glue the clothes to the snowman.
3. If you would like to make the snowman into a paper doll so that you can dress and undress the snowman, cut the snowman out and add tabs to the clothes.
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Paper Bag Snowman with Paper Bag Hat Craft for Kids
 What you will need:
Three paper lunch bags, construction paper, printer paper, black paper, black and white acrylic paint, scrap paper, black permanent marker, glue, scissors, crepe paper, and an orange colored pencil.
How to Make the Paper Bag Snowman with the Paper Bag Hat:
1. To make the head of the snowman crinkle up scrap paper and stuff a bag about half full. Tie off the end, and paint the bag white.
2. To make the body of the snowman fill another paper bag almost to the top, and then fold down the top edges over each other and tape them down. Paint the bag white.
3. To make the snowman's hat roll down the edge of another paper bag about 1 1/2" from the top of the bag. Roll it down again , and then one more time. Don't worry too much about wrinkles. Paint the bag black or any color you would like.
4. Glue the body to the head and then glue the hat on the head.
5. Draw eyes and a carrot nose on white paper, and then color in the nose with the orange colored pencil. Cut the eyes and nose out and glue them to the head. Draw on a mouth with the black marker.
6. Cut feet and arm shapes from black construction paper and glue them to the snowman.
7. To make the coal buttons wrinkle up black construction paper and glue it to the snowman's body.
8. Cut a strip of paper about two inches wide to glue around the snowman's hat.
9. Use the crepe paper to make the snowman's scarf. Cut little slits at the end of the crepe paper to make it look like a scarf.
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Twisted and Squashed Water Bottle Snowman Craft for Kids
 These little snowmen are so fun to make! You never know how they will look until you are done. No two look alike.
What you will need:
- Plastic water bottles with lids - (The thinnest you can find, the ones that make the crackly noise when you squeeze them work best.)
- White and black acrylic paint or spray paint made for plastic
- Googly eyes
- Orange and black craft foam
- Socks
- Scissors and low-temperature glue gun
- Things that you want to use to decorate your snowmen such as: ribbon, buttons, felt, twigs, etc.
Dry rice or sand
How to Make the Twisted Water Bottle Snowmen:
1. Remove the label from the water bottle.
2. Use a funnel to fill the bottom of the bottle with sand or dry rice to about one inch. This keep your snowman from falling over.
2. Hold the bottom of the bottle with one hand and grasp the bottle about two inches up from the bottom with the other hand. Twist the bottle like you would a blown up balloon. If the bottom part of the bottle has indents, blow into the bottle until the indents disappear.
3. Insert a pen or something long and skinny inside the bottle to punch out any areas at the top of the bottle that were dented in after twisting. When you have a shape you like, screw the lid back on the bottle.
You can also make a melted snowman by pushing down on the top of the bottle to make it flatter. Replace the lid when you have the desired affect.
4. Paint the bottle with white paint and let it dry. If you are using acrylic paint, you will probably need two layers.
5. To make the top hat draw two-inch circle on black craft foam and cut it out. Take the cap off the bottle and place it in the middle of the craft foam circle. Trace around the outside and then cut out the circle. Replace the lid and place the cut out part of the circle over the lid. Paint the lid black to match the craft foam rim of the hat. Glue decorative ribbon around the hat.
6. To make the cap cut the top off a sock so that it is about three inches long. Tie the cut end with a string. Make a matching scarf with the leftover part of the sock.
7. Cut a carrot nose from orange craft foam. You can use real buttons or cut button shapes from craft foam to glue to the snowman's body.
8. Use real sticks or pipe cleaners for the arms.
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Snowman
Paper Doll Winter Craft 
What
you will need: Card stock, crayons
or markers, scissors, and glue, (buttons, sequins, ribbon, etc. to
decorate the snowmen, optional).
How to make:
Print
out the snowman
pattern and clothes and the Label Pattern (Problems Printing?). Cut them out. If you would like to be able to change the snowman's
clothes, cut out tabs on
the clothes.
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Color
the clothes and add sequins, ribbon, or other decorative items.
Glue the clothes onto the snowman.
 Comments
from crafters - Hello, I thought you might like to see how I used
your wonderful snowman paper doll. I made cards for my twin nieces using
Picture It! Publisher. On the front of the card I put the ‘naked’
snowman and in a balloon put the words, I am really cold. Can you help
me get warm?" I pasted the clothes on the inside. I received an
email yesterday with pictures from my brother who said the girls were
delighted with the cards and had to ‘do’ them first thing.
I noticed that Erin didn’t even take time to take her coat off!
I live in Wyoming and the twins live in Texas so I don’t get to
see them very often. This was a really fun thing for me to do for them
and I just wanted to write and tell you thank you for the great paper
doll. Linda
Poseable Snowman Cup Craft
What you will need:
1. Two 8-oz. foam cups and one 16-oz. foam cup, pipe cleaners, orange construction paper, old socks, permanent markers, scissors, tape, and brass brads.
How to Make a Poseable Snowman from Foam Cups:
1. To make the head cut the bottom off one 8-oz. cup about 2 1/2" from the bottom.
2. Draw a face on one side of the cup using permanent markers and/or construction paper.
3. Punch a hole in the back of the head near the cut edge.
4. Place the head over the bottom of another 8-oz. cup so that the hole in the face cup is about 1/2" from the bottom of the cup. Place a brass brad through the hole of the head cup and punch it through the inside cup. Place your hand inside the cup and spread out the brad.
5. To make the arms and hands cut a pipe cleaner in half. Form the two halves into arms and fingers and stick through the body cup. Fold down the end inside the cup and tape the ends down so they down come out.
6. To make the bottom cup cut the bottom off the 16-oz. cup about two inches from the bottom. Place treats in the cup and place the top of the snowman over the bottom cup to cover it like a lid. To make it more secure you can also attach these two pieces with a brass brad in the back. Stick the brad in the bottom cup so that the prongs are sticking out. Then place the top cup over the bottom cup while inserting the brad into the cup. Spread out the prongs.
7. Draw black dots on the body of the snowman with a marker for the buttons.
8. Cut the toe off of an old sock and roll up the cut end. Place it on the snowman's head.
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"Snowman Needs a Hat" Printable Book"
What kind of hat does a snowman need? Children will enjoy reading this printable book to discover a wide varieties of different kinds of hats and which hat is best for a snowman.
Snowman needs a hat!
Does Snowman need a baseball cap?
Does Snowman need a
top hat?
Does Snowman need a
sun hat?
Does Snowman need a
cowboy hat?
Does Snowman need a
rain hat?
Does Snowman need a
pirate hat?
Does Snowman need a dress hat?
Does Snowman need a chef's hat?
Does Snowman need a hard hat?
Snowman needs a
winter hat!
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"I'm a Little Snowman Short and Stout" Cup Craft for Kids
Children will love playing with these interactive snowmen. As they sing the song that goes along with the craft they pull out the snowman's nose.
 What you will need: Styrofoam cups (any size), black Sharpie Marker, black acrylic paint, paint brushes, black craft foam, orange pompom, and a decoration for hat (optional).
How to make:
1. To make the hats
preheat your oven to 250 degrees. Place a Styrofoam
cup open side down on an old cookie sheet. Turn on the oven light so you can see inside the oven.
As soon as you see the cup start to melt, in about 15 to 30 seconds
or maybe a little longer, open the oven door and pick up the cup. Gently pull out the rim of the cup. You may have
to put your hand in the cup and press the center of the cup out
if it collapsed a little. The cup cools very quickly so try to keep it inside the oven as you work. Keep
putting the cup back in the oven and taking it out to put on the side until you have the shape you want. You can only shape
the cups a little at a time. The cups are not hot, but be
very careful not to touch the sides of the oven. Once you
start to get a rim shape for the hat you can press down on the
rim (press it into the cookie sheet) to make it stick out more.
This seems like it is hard but it really is pretty easy. Make
sure you turn on your oven vent and you have your windows
open because the fumes from the melting cups probably aren't good
to breath in. I used an 8.5 oz. cup for the smaller hat
pictured and a 16 oz. cup for the larger hat. f your cups
are melting too fast to work with them, turn down the heat in your
oven.
  If you don't want to melt the cups, you can just glue a brim to a cup. Trace around the top of the cup on a piece of paper and then draw a bigger circle about one inch more in diameter around that circle. Cut out around the large circle. Don't cut out the middle of the circle, but cut slits in the middle circle from the center of the circle to the outside. Fold up the wedges made from the slits and glue them to the inside of the cup to make the brim.
2. Paint the hat black with acrylic paint and let it dry. Paint the rim of the hat on both sides.
3. Glue the hat to bottom of another cup. Draw eyes near the rim of the hat.
4. Cut the orange pompom into a carrot shape, making one side a little pointy. Then using a pen draw a circle a little bit smaller than the diameter of your pompom. Stick the pompom in the hole.
5. Draw a mouth on the cup and then cut feet shapes from the black craft foam and glue them to the rim of the cup. You may also want to add arms.
Use these snowmen to act out the song "I'm a Little Snowman Short and Stout".
"I'm a Little Snowman Short and Stout"
(Sing to the tune of "I'm a Little Tea Pot")
Written by Carolyn Warvel
I'm a little snowman, short and stout
Here is my big hat, here is my snout
When my bodies melting, hear me shout
I'll be back next year so don't you pout!
I'm a clever snowman, yes it's true
Here's an example of what I can do
 I can change my big nose, there's no doubt
Just tip me over and pull it out! (Pull the orange pompom out of the snowman's nose.)
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Snowman Cup Puppet
You can also make a cup snowman a puppet. Use the larger cup size to make puppets. Instead of inserting a pompom for the nose, have your children stick their hands inside the cup and put the tip of their index fingers through the holes. They can use craft felt or material to decorate the hat and make a scarf. '
"I'm a Little Snowman Tall and Slim" Paper Towel Tube Craft for Kids
 What you will need: Styrofoam cups (any size), black Sharpie Marker, black acrylic paint, paint brushes, black craft foam, orange pompom, a decoration for hat (optional), red material to make a trim for the hat and white card stock (Heavy paper).
Follow the directions on how to make a snowman hat out of a Styrofoam cup above. Cut red material into one-inch strips and glue it to the hat. (not shown)
"I'm a Little Snowman Tall and Slim"
(Sing to the tune of "I'm a Little Tea Pot")
Written by Carolyn Warvel
I'm a little snowman tall and slim
Here is my big hat, here is its brim (Point to brim of hat.)
If you pull my hat off, I look pretty grim (Pull hat off.)
I love my black hat and its red trim! (Point to red trim on hat.)
I'm a clever snowman, call me Jim
If I start melting, you better swim!
I'll be back next year, so don't be grim.
I have to go now, or I'll lose my limbs.
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"Snowballs" Crafts and Activities
Snowballs by Lois Ehlert
Children will love the creative illustrations in this book. Using collage and found objects such as food, yarn, and nuts Ehlert creates an amazing array of snow people.
1. Make Snow People
After reading this book have your children make their own found-object snow people using materials they find around the house or outside.
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 2. Decorate Real Snow People with Food for the Birds
Collect stuff that birds like to eat: popcorn, seeds, nuts, dried grains, berries, etc. and decorate your snow people with them. Watch as the birds come and visit your snow people for a bite to eat.
3. Make Popcorn Snowballs
There is a recipe at the back of the book for popcorn balls using light corn syrup. Children will also enjoy peanut butter popcorn balls. You can find a recipe for these on Cooks.com.
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Bubble Wrap Snowman Picture
What you will need:
Dark blue paper, paint, one-inch paint brush, black marker, pompom, and bubble wrap with small and large bubbles
How to Make the Snowman Bubble Wrap Picture
1. Make the snow background first. Cut a piece of bubble wrap with the smaller bubble the same size as you paper.
2. Spread white paint over the tops of the bubbles to cover.
3. Carefully turn the bubble wrap over and place it on the paper. Press it down so the paint sticks to the paper, and then slowly peel it off.
4. While the background is drying draw a snowman on the smooth size of the large bubble wrap and cut it out.
5. Spread white paint over the tops of the bubble to cover and press the paint side down on your background paper where you want the snowman. Let it dry.
6. To finish your picture outline the snowman and draw in details with a black marker. Paint the hat, scarf, and carrot nose, and add words.
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"Dust man Verses Snowman" Sunday School Lesson Crafts for Kids
You can find more Snowman Winter Crafts on the Creation of Man Bible Crafts and Activities Page.
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Paper Snowman with Poem |
Snowman Shape Book
 What you will need: Printer paper, scissors, crayons or colored pencils, stapler, construction paper (optional), and tape
How to make:
1. Draw a picture of a snowman. Trace the body of the snowman onto other sheets of paper and draw lines on the body pages. (Patterns for this activity are available to members - Snowman Title Page and Snowman Writing Pages.)
2. Cut the snowman and body pages out.
3. Staple the body pages together and tape them to the back of the snowman.
4. Have your child color the snowman and write "How to Build a Snowman" on the body. You can also have your child cut snowman arms from black construction paper and glue them to the snowman's body.
5. Have your child use the pages to write directions on how to build a snowman. Or you can have your children make up a story about a snowman, and write the title on the snowman's body. (A Snowman Pattern With No Title for this activity is available to members.)
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Snowflake Activity Sheet Printables
  These printable snowflakes sheets can be used for many things.
Pattern 1, Pattern 2, Pattern 3, Pattern 4, Pattern 5, Pattern 6 (Printing Problems?)
Writing activities:
1. Write words on the snowflakes that describe snowflakes.
2. Write words all from the same word family on each snowflake.
3. Write opposite words on opposite arms of the snowflakes.
4. Make a snowflake-shape book - Use a snowflake-shaped book to write facts about snowflakes, write a poem or make up a story. Print out the Snowflake Book Pages and cut them out all at the same time. Cut loosely around the pattern. You don't have to cut on the lines. Use one of the large snowflake patterns above for the cover.
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Beaded Feather Snowflake Craft for Kids
What you will need:
White Feathers, Clear Faceted Beads in Three Different Sizes, Hot melt glue gun, Gems, and Thin wire
How to Make the Snowflake Craft:
1. Cut two pieces of wire a little bit bigger than the size snowflake you want to make. Cut another wire twice that length. Bend the first two wires together in the center. Bend the third longer wire into the first two but leave one side of the wire longer to make a loop to hang the snowflake. You should have a snowflake shape with one ray longer than the rest.
2. String beads onto the rays until they are entirely covered and then bend back the ends to keep the beads on the rays.
3. Glue feathers to the back of the snowflake between each ray. Glue a gem to the middle of the snowflake.
4. You can add shorter rays in between the larger rays.
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Snowman Review Game
 Before cut snowman parts from construction paper. In class ask you students review questions. If a children answers the questions correctly, he gets to put part of the snowman together. Keep playing until the whole snowman is put together.
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Melting Snowman Guess the Word Game
This game is played like hangman except children remove a snowman part until the entire snowman has "melted" away. Before cut snowman parts from construction paper. In class ask you students review questions. If a children answers the questions correctly, he gets to put part of the snowman together. Keep playing until the whole snowman is put together.
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Our Knowledge is Piling UP! Snowflake Bulletin Board Display Incentive for Learning
 This bulletin board display can help keep your home school from falling into the winter blahs. Children will get excited about seeing how much they are learning when they see all the snowflakes piling up.
Use the snowflakes as review cards by writing your child's spelling words, math facts, test questions, etc. on the back or front of the snowflakes. When your child learns a fact on one of the snowflakes let him staple it to the display. Soon you will have a display full of knowledge.
You can also use the snowflakes as note cards. When your child is researching a new subject have him write new facts that he h as learned on the snowflakes and then staple them to the display.
You can also use the display to review what you are learning. Have your child pick a different snowflake each day and review the fact on the snowflake.
Small Snowflake Patterns with dark outlines - Use these snowflakes to write facts on the back of the snowflake. (Printing Problems?)
Small Snowflake Patterns with light outlines - Use these snowflakes to write facts on the front of the snowflake. (Printing Problems?)
You can make a 3D Snowman (below) for your display out of paper plates and paper bowls. Glue cotton balls to the plates to make them fluffy.
You can also find a large snowman pattern under winter party ideas.
Print out the title "Our Knowledge is Piling UP" on to transparencies so you have a clear background. Pattern 1 and Pattern 2
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Free Snowflake Sunday School Lessons
 "Don't Be Afraid' Sunday School Lesson - Have you ever looked at a snowflake really close? They are really
amazing aren't they? Scientists tell us that no two snowflakes are exactly alike. They
have discovered that the shape of a snowflake is determined by the
journey it takes through the sky, the temperature, and how wet or
dry it is. Every snowflake starts forming around a speck of dust
that is floating in the air. A tiny water droplet attaches itself
to the dust and forms into a six sided ice crystal. The crystal
grows into a snowflake as it travels through the sky on its way
to earth. Since no two snowflakes take exactly the same journey
through the sky and experience the exact same conditions, no two
are exactly alike.
To see the complete lesson go to the Free Winter Sunday School Lesson Page.
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Craft Stick Snowflakes Christmas Ornaments Kids Can Make
What you will need:
Grooved Natural Craft Sticks
LowTemp Mini Glue Gun  or Aleene's Tacky Glue
Natural items such as Feathers
, dried flowers, (See How to Perserve Flowers) sea shells, acorn caps, dried leaves, sticks, bark, moss, seeds, etc.
Fishing line to hang the ornaments or clear string
Clear Acrylic Spray Paint - Optional
How to Make the Craft Sstick Snowflakes:
1. Print out the Snowflake Template Pattern and use it as a guide to glue the craft sticks together.
2. Place one craft stick on the template and place a dot of glue in the middle of the stick. Place another craft stick on top of that one matching the placement on the template.
3. Place a dot of glue on that stick and then place the last craft stick on top matching the template.
4. Decide what you would like to place on the snowflake and try to place them on the craft stick snowflake to see how it will look before you start gluing them down.
5. Once you have decided what you would like to use, glue everything on the craft sticks.
6. To finish tie a piece of fishing line on the snowflakes so you can hang them.
7. To help preserve your snowflakes you can spray them with a clear acrylic spray paint. This will make them a little stronger and help keep them from fading over time.
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Craft Stick Feather Snowflake Craft for Kids
What you will need:
Jumbo Craft Sticks
LowTemp Mini Glue Gun
or Aleene's Tacky Glue
Acrylic Paint - Blue
White Feathers
Sequins , Creativity Street Sequins & Spangles
gems, buttons, and other decorative items.
How to Make the Craft Stick Feather Snowflake:
1. Paint the jumbo craft sticks with acrylic paint and let them dry. I used a light blue color.
2. Print out the Jumbo Craft Stick Snowflake Template and use it as a guide to glue the craft sticks together.
2. and use it to place the craft sticksGlue three craft sticks together to make the snowflake shape, one on top of the other. Paint the snowflake a light color and let them dry. I used a light blue.
2. Cut the feathers to fit on the craft stick and then glue them on with tacky glue.
3. Glue gems and sequins on to decorate.
4. To finish tie a piece of fishing line on the snowflake so you can hang them.
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Aluminum Duct Tape Craft Stick Snowflake Craft for Kids
 What you will need:
Jumbo Craft Sticks
LowTemp Mini Glue Gun or Aleene's Tacky Glue
Shurtape AF 912 aluminum duct tape (You can find this tape at a Lowe's or other home improvement store in the heating and air conditioning section. It costs about $7.00 for 120 yards. It is not Duck tape. Also make sure it isn't the tape with the words on it.)
White Iridescent Snowflake Sequins
or Silver Snowflake Sequins
gems, or other decorative items.
How to make the Craft Stick Snowflakes:
1. Cover three jumbo or larger craft sticks with the aluminum duct tape. Cut the tape a little bigger than the craft sticks and then peel off the back of the tape and stick it to the craft sticks, smoothing out any wrinkles as you work. Press the sides of the tape around the edges of the craft sticks.
2. Draw designs on the tpaed craft sticks using a sharp object such as a pen or pointed stick. You can also use a permanent marker to trace your lines so they stand out better.
3. Glue three craft sticks together to form a snowflake.
4. Glue sequins, beads, and/or gems onto the snowflake to add decoration.
5. To finish tie a piece of fishing line on the snowflake so you can hang it.
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Button Craft Stick Snowflake Craft for Kids
  What you will need:
Skill Craft sticks or regular craft sticks, acrylic paint, glue gun with low setting, low temp glue sticks, buttons or different colors and sizes, and fishing line.
How to make:
1. Glue three craft sticks together to make the snowflake shape, one on top of the other. Paint the snowflakes and let them dry.
2. Decide where you would like to place the buttons on the snowflake, and try to place them where you want them to go. Once you have decided what you would like, glue them on the snowflake.
3. To finish tie a piece of fishing line on the snowflake so you can hang them.
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Craft Stick Snowflakes
 What you will need:
Skill Craft sticks and large craft sticks, glue gun with low setting, low temp glue sticks, acrylic paint, a wooden start shape, sequins or gems, and fishing line.
How to make:
1. Glue three large craft sticks together to make the snowflake shape, one on top of the other.
2. Glue six Skill craft sticks between the large craft sticks joining the ends of the large craft sticks as shown in the picture. Glue the wooden star to the middle of the snowflake.
3. Paint the snowflake and let it dry.
4. Glue on gems, and sequins to decorate the flake.
3. To finish tie a piece of fishing line on the snowflake so you can hang them.
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Craft Stick Noodle Snowflake
 What you will need: Medium-sized craft sticks, uncooked noodles of different shapes and sizes, glue, spray paint, glitter glue, fishing line.
How to make:
 1. Glue three medium craft sticks together in the centers to form a snowflake shape.
2. Glue noodles on the craft stick to make interesting designs.
3. When you are done with your design, spray paint the snowflake and paint on glitter glue.
4. Tie fishing line onto the snowflake to hang it up.
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3D Milk Jug Snowflakes Craft
These look great on Christmas trees. You can just set them on the branches and they will reflect all the colors of the lights.
 What you will need: Plastic from a milk jug, scissors, fishing line, and glitter glue.
How to make:
1. Print out the snowflake pattern and use it to cut snowflake shapes from plastic milk jugs or other plastic bottles. You will need cut two snowflake shapes for each 3D snowflake. Cut the line in the middle of the snowflake that goes halfway to the middle of the snowflake.
2. Paint the cut snowflakes with glitter glue and let them dry.
3. Place two snowflakes together by matching up the middle cut lines and inserting one snowflake into the cut line of the other snowflake. Use a little glue to keep them in place.
4. Tie fishing line on the snowflakes to hang them. Make different sizes and tie them together to make a mobile.
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Snowman Milk Jug Recycle Craft for Kids
 What you will need: Gallon Milk jug, 2-liter pop bottle, craft foam, large plastic cup, material for scarf, white acrylic paint or spray paint, low temp. glue gun, sand, and black and red permanent markers.
How to make:
1. Clean and dry the milk jug and pop bottle.
2. Pour a few cups of sand in the bottom of the milk jug to add weight to your snowman.
3. Cut off the bottom of the 2-liter bottle about 7 1/2" from the top of the bottle.
2. Glue the top of the bottle to the top of the milk jug with a low temp. glue gun.
3. Spray paint the jugs with white spray paint or use acrylic paint.
4. Draw a face on the snowman with permanent markers.
5. Cut the arm patterns from white craft foam and glue them to the snowman's body. (Use the arm pattern from the Polar Bear Pattern.)
7. Cut a scarf 5' x 24" from the material. Cut 1/4' slits at each end to make the frill. Tie the scarf it to the snowman's neck.
8. To make the hat paint a large plastic cup black. Cut an 8" circle from black craft foam, cut out the center, and glue it to the cup. Glue some ribbon or material around the top of the cup to finish the hat. Glue it to the head of the snowman.
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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.
How to make:
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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Snowman Banner
 What
you will need: card stock
(thick paper), crayons or markers, tape, and ribbon.
How to make:
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.
How to make:
1. Draw a snowman
holding a candy cane 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)
How to make:
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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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.
How to make:
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.
How to make:
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.
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Snowman
Craft for Kids
 What
you will need: Sandwich size plastic Ziplock bags,
Styrofoam packaging peanuts, stapler, paper, crayon or markers,
and tape.
How to make:
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.
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*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
Ziplock 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 (Ziplock bag) They were adorable! Every age group loved
this one. GREAT IDEA! Millie Morris
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.
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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.
How to make:
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.
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Make
Shaving Cream Snowmen
This is a great project for young children
when it is to cold too 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
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