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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Recommended Winter and Snowmen Craft Kits from Oriental Trading Company, Inc.