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It’s winter, so let’s build a snowman!

February 4, 2022 By Erica Deuel Leave a Comment

We’ve been enjoying a winter storm here in Indiana. The kids are going on day three of school moving from in person to e-learning for the amount of snow we have had. They estimate we have had more than a foot of snow in 48 hours.

Our family has been able to get out and walk, play, and even scrap the driveway a time or four now.

Although we love the outdoor play, we have had more indoor play as well. It got us thinking that others might be looking for some indoor fun too. We thought we would share this fun and multiple step snowman project with you to encourage some creative fun in your home this winter. Gather a few supplies from around your home and join us to build a snowman!

Supplies:

base canvas (we used white cardboard)

coloring tools (we used pastels)

paint supplies (we used tempera paint and a brush)

scrap paper (card stock, construction paper, etc)

scissors

Elmer’s glue

Once you have the supplies and are ready to create, the first thing you do is draw a snowman! I love how Reagan drew a two circle snowman and Jeremiah drew a three circle snowman that is zoomed in on, as part of his shape is “off” the page.

After you have used your drawing tools to draw the snowman, then you are ready to paint a winter scene for the snowman to live in! Paint the background surrounding the snowman. You can ask your artist why you should NOT paint in the snowman. Hopefully, they value clean, white snow too.

The final step is to embellish and add details to that snowman. We used scrap paper to cut hats and scarfs to dress our snowmen. You can also use your drawing tools from step one to add more details to the snowman or background.

Wasn’t that super easy? This is such a fun project to do with a few students or a whole class! Just as a review the steps are..

  1. Draw a snowman
  2. Paint around the snowman
  3. Embellish by gluing and drawing to add details

We love that no matter the same steps taught or supplies used, every project can look different. If you keep the rules “open ended” like they are listed simply above, each artist will take their own interpretation and be able to use his/her imagination to bring their own ideas to life. How cool is that!?

We had so much fun creating some indoor snowman. Jeremiah suggested that real outdoor snowmen are more fun to create. It’s hard to compete with snow, right!? But, if you too need some indoor fun, try this fun project. My artists are in 5th and 7th grade and they still had fun. We are never too old to play with creative tools! The pieces don’t have to be saved for forever. Stick them on your mantel for the season like we did, and then feel free to toss them out. The most important part is to to HAVE FUN!

What kind of snowman will you create? Imagine the possibilities!

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How to Create Snowmen Without Snow!

January 2, 2013 By Erica Deuel 5 Comments

I am so excited to be starting something new for my Wednesday posts.  If you have been following me for a little while, you know that Wednesdays tend to be more of my kid activities/craft posts.  I often will share something we did for homeschool, but these activities can easily be transferred to any parent that wants to do something hands on with their kids.

Up first, I want to share with you a fun craft we did this past weekend and then I will share what is NEW around here!

kids snowman craftWe have had the urge for snow around here, but all we have gotten is rain.  I love the rain, which is good, but it would be so fun to play in the snow for 24 hours.  Since we don’t have any real snow to make a snowman with, I thought we could with cotton balls.

I prepped for this activity by making three different size circles on a sheet of white paper.

cut out snowmanI cut them out and glued them onto a creme sheet of cardstock to have a blank snowman.  You could have your kids do these two steps, but since I have an age range from Kindergartener to toddler I decided to simplify the steps here (to keep my kiddos attention and their bodies all in one place for the whole activity).

blank snowmanMy intention with this activity was to provide different craft supplies like buttons, stickers, googly eyes, paper, markers, glitter and see which child decided to use which for the different parts of the snowman (eyes, buttons, mouth, nose, boots, etc.) BUT they would all use the cotton balls to fill in all over the rest of the snowman to create the “snow” look.  Non of them did that.

snowman craft supplies

I had the moment where I could either force them to or allow them to create and imagine on their own.  I fought the first and went with the later choice.  I am so glad I did because they are all so cute yet different…just like their personalities.

snowman with buttons

coloring a hat

toddler crafting

 I love what they came up with even better than the images I had in my head of what they would look like.  They are their own little artists, and I am reminded they are masterpieces (Esphesians 2:10) just like their snowmen.

kid snowman craft

 toddler crafts

cotton ball crafts I love that Caleb came up with using his cotton balls as snow falling from the sky.  I love that J didn’t like the cotton balls at all but gave his snowman the longest row of buttons I have ever seen.  I love that Reagan got enough glue on her paper to keep it soggy for hours, and she kept smiling at me through the whole construction as if saying “thank you”.

Do you constantly learn from your kids as you are trying to teach or show them?  It is humbling and yet so rewarding.

Now for something new and a small change to my Wednesday posts.  I love to browse Pinterest or other blogs and get ideas for crafts and activities I can do with my kids.  Rather than just searching the WWW, I want to learn from YOU!  This is your opportunity to teach us.  I can’t tell you how excited I am about this!

I would love to learn more from you and get to know you!  Every Wednesday, I will have a link up party below my latest kid craft/activity that is All About The Kids!!  Please feel free to come every Wednesday and link up your latest kid craft, outing, activity, or homeschool tip.  I can’t wait to read what you share!  I will then pick one of my favorites and share it at some point during the week, before the next link up.  So, what are we waiting for!?  Let’s get this party started!!

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