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Easy + Adorable Snowman Craft

February 28, 2019 By Kari Leave a Comment

So, your kid’s not into arts and crafts. This easy and adorable snowman project might be the one to convert them into a craft lover! Follow this simple how-to, and find ideas and resources to turn this into a full-blown winter-themed activity.

Our little guy Wyatt has never really connected with craft projects, but this one kept him captivated the entire time. I find the key with toddlers is choosing crafts that are quick (we all know how short their attention spans can be) and super-simple to make.

Easy + Adorable Snowman Craft

Total Cost: $12 for everything, minus supplies you may already have in your craft closet.

Time Investment: Totally depends on your child’s attention span! We completed ours in about 15 minutes.

Supplies:

  • Snowflake stamps – tutorial here
  • Blue stamp pads
  • White mini marshmallows
  • Large white cardstock
  • Orange marker
  • Black marker
  • White glue
  • Circle tracers

Directions:

Trace out the circles for your snowman’s body. I used the bottom of three different-sized cups, but you can free-hand draw them if you’re able. Draw your snowman’s face with your orange and black markers. I prepped the craft up until this point because Wyatt is only three, but older children can certainly complete the first steps on their own.

Next, have your little one stamp on their snowflakes. I suggest doing the stamping first to avoid bumping into (and messing up) the marshmallows. Then, cover the top circle with glue, and have your little one place the mini marshmallows. Glue the circles one at a time, from top to bottom, to avoid getting glue on your clothes, etc. Next, glue the middle circle, and then the bottom.

Leave your snowman to dry for a few hours before hanging it up. This is definitely a fridge-worthy craft, because it looks so cute and professional! You could even pop it in a picture frame (without the glass). If you’re open to turning this into a winter-themed activity, keep reading below to see what we did…

Winter-Themed Activity

It’s a fun idea to incorporate your snowman craft into a further lesson or activity. We used our snowman for an entire week of learning time at home to practice counting, drawing numbers, and learning about winter. I find it’s best for the little guys to do one of these per day, or work on them here and there, as opposed to doing it all in one sitting.

Resources:

  • The Habitat Schoolhouse Winter Activity Pack
  • Nature Anatomy by Julie Rotham

On day one, you can use the marshmallow addition page from The Habitat Schoolhouse’s Winter Activity Pack to practice tracing numbers, counting, and addition. Your little one can add and count how many marshmallows go into each cup, and practice writing their numbers below.

The next day, try out the Winter Order page from The Habitat Schoolhouse’s Winter Activity Pack to learn about options for winter fun, and the correct order of doing things in each scenario. If you have time, you could plan to do one of these activities each day of the week. If time is tight, choose one activity to do on the weekend, but use the lesson to build up excitement in the days leading up.

The third day, crack open Nature Anatomy by Julie Rothman, and flip to the snowflake section. Talk about what a snowflake is made of and how it comes to be, and learn about all the different types of snowflakes. It might be a good idea to plan this one for a day when it’s actually snowing, so you can head out and catch snowflakes on your tongue.

Finally, work some winter-themed books into your activity to keep the conversation and exploration going. There are tons to choose from, but here’s what we picked:

Books:

  • Thomas’ Snowsuit
  • The Missing Mitten Mystery
  • Franklin’s Bad Day
  • Snow

Other ideas to work in throughout the week: head outside to build a snowman, go tobogganing, ice skating, or plan this activity around a winter-themed festival in your hometown. For us, it was the Ice Castles, Silver Skate Festival, and Ice on Whyte Festival (I hear Flying Canoe is really good too!).

I would love to see your creations! Tag me on social media:

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Don’t forget to Pin this to your Toddler Activity and Kids Crafts board. Follow me on Pinterest here!

 

Other Posts You’ll Like:

Interactive St. Patrick’s Day Craft

Car Wash Mitt Monster Puppets

Five Simple Ways You Can Create A Joyful Home

 

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Mom to Wyatt, Moses🐾 + Monroe🐾
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when you feel like you've hit your max bump but th when you feel like you've hit your max bump but there's still nine weeks to go. 😳

It's truly amazing what our bodies can do. 💛

#31weeks #sunsoutbumpsout #beachball
Life update. ❤ I’ll be keeping this piece of Life update. ❤

I’ll be keeping this piece of art forever. Wyatt painted this for me back in January, when I was isolated with Covid. I taped it up on the wall beside the bed during my stay in our guest room. If you zoom in, you’ll see me in the front with the big baby belly. (Wyatt calls me ‘big belly’ these days!)

Rainbows represent promise, hope, and new beginnings. 

It's been a rough past few weeks for our family, hence my absence online. Thank you so much for your messages of love, concern, and support. They mean so much to us. I know I share a lot with you on here, but I’m not going to get into details this time. Just know we're doing alright. Junebug is great (and kicking and rolling around non-stop!), Wyatt is awesome per usual, and Ryan and I are rock solid.

I had to take a break from work. My main focus has always been (and will
always be) protecting the peace, health, and well-being of our family unit. 

Social media can be a beautiful place where connection and inspiration happens. Unfortunately, it can also foster hurtful and harmful attacks. I’ve learned so much over these past few weeks, and have deeply reflected on my presence and future plans online. I’ll share more soon, but for now, I just wanted to check in, say a sincere thanks, and let you know we’re all good. ❤️
The moment I found out. September 22, 2021. I’ll The moment I found out. September 22, 2021. I’ll be honest - the first trimester wasn’t great. There were moments of joy (like this one) but it was filled with anxiety, scary moments, and a few hurdles. 

🤰I’m playing catchup on some pregnancy blog posts but I wanted to make sure this was up, especially for those who have been following our journey. 

👉 Head on over to KariSkelton.com for ‘Pregnancy Q&A: The First Trimester’ where I get into all of it. Link is in my bio.

❔️Please ask any questions. That’s the whole reason why I share about this. I believe sharing our experiences and personal stories helps all of us feel less alone and often validates what we’re going through. 

(If you can believe it, I took a video of the exact moment I found out but it disappeared from my files. Poof! Gone.💨 Of all the videos to lose…. 🙈 But very happy to have this photo).

#pregnancystories #motherhoodrising #motherhoodunites #Canadianblogger #Canadianmom
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➡️ Giveaway! To celebrate @fresonbros first birthday tomorrow (Saturday, March 5), we’re giving away a $250 Freson Bros. GC! 🥳

You’re invited to pop down to the party between 11-5 to celebrate with us! 🎉There’s birthday torte, a whole bunch of perks, specialty tastings, and additional in-store giveaways, including a beautiful Camp Chef XT Wood Pellet Grill! 🙆‍♀️

To enter our $250 GC Giveaway:

👉 Make sure you follow me @kariskelton and @fresonbros.

👉 Like this post.

👉 tag some friends who would love this!

✨️ Bonus entry: Head to KariSkelton.com and leave a comment on my ‘Freson Bros. Turns One’ blog post (make sure to add your IG handle in that comment so we know who you are). 

*This giveaway is open to Canadian residents only and is in no way endorsed or supported by Instagram. The winner must be able to pick up the $250 gift card prize at Freson Bros. Edmonton 5139 Mullen Rd. Contest closes Friday, March 4 at 11:59 pm MST. The winner will be announced on this post before 9 a.m MST Saturday, March 5. 

🚨*PLEASE watch out for impersonation accounts that unfortunately sometimes pop up during giveaways. I will only reach out to you via DM from my account (@kariskelton) to confirm your win and then we’ll coordinate details via email only.
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