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Open-ended snowflake craft

January 8, 2013 by Katie 7 Comments

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This open-ended snowflake craft is a wonderful winter project for kids.

Because my kids are just 3 and 3.5 years old, I tend to plan craft activities that are very open ended, meaning that I am much more focused on the process than the product. Given that, I worry less about what the final result of the craft looks like and more about fostering my kids’ creativity, curiosity, and learning as they engage with the project.

Note: For more winter crafts your kids will love, see my Winter Activities for Kids page.

Make a snowflake craft using popscicle sticks. Then let the kids decorate them with buttons, sequins, pom poms, or other items. A great open-ended craft idea for preschoolers! || Gift of Curiosity

For this open-ended snowflake craft, I gathered the following materials:

  • Craft sticks
  • Glue
  • Buttons
  • Colored pom poms
  • Sequins

Snowflake craft materials >> Gift of Curiosity

The kids sat down at the table with their trays and immediately went to work gluing three craft sticks together to form a “snowflake.”

Open-ended snowflake craft >> Gift of Curiosity

Then, they used the various items at their disposal to decorate their snowflakes. Both XGirl and QBoy chose to add buttons first.

Open-ended snowflake craft >> Gift of Curiosity

Snowflake craft using craft sticks >> Gift of Curiosity

But it wasn’t long before they began adding pom poms.

Snowflake craft using craft sticks >> Gift of Curiosity

And a sequin or two even made its way on to their snowflakes.

Snowflake craft using craft sticks >> Gift of Curiosity

And here are the end results!

Make a snowflake craft using popscicle sticks. Then let the kids decorate them with buttons, sequins, pom poms, or other items. A great open-ended craft idea for preschoolers! || Gift of Curiosity

Of course, the end results might not closely resemble anything we know of as a snowflake, but QBoy and XGirl practiced a lot of skills while making these open-ended snowflake crafts. For example:

  • Fine motor skills (squeezing the glue, placing the items on the snowflakes
  • Tactile sense (touching and comparing soft pom poms, hard and smooth buttons, sticky glue, smooth wood)
  • Creative expression (planning out what materials they wanted to add to their snowflakes)
  • Language development (talking about what items they want to put on their snowflakes)
  • Chemistry (when glue is wet the items can be picked off, but when glue is dry the items get stuck)
  • Math (forming angles with the craft sticks, counting the number of craft sticks used)

More winter learning resources

More posts about snowflakes from Gift of Curiosity:

  • Crystallized snowflakes
  • Snowflake crafts for kids
  • Open ended snowflake craft
  • Learning about snowflakes


For more winter crafts your kids will love, see my Winter Activities for Kids page and my Winter Activities Pinterest Board.

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  1. Tracey@We-Made-That says

    January 10, 2013 at 4:35 am

    I love this project, we have made these before and the kids always have so much fun making them. And it is a great way for them to use their imagination along with several motor skillls. Thanks for sharing on We Made That!

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    • Katie says

      January 14, 2013 at 8:23 pm

      Thanks! The kids sure had fun with this project.

      Reply
  2. Sugar Aunts says

    January 12, 2013 at 4:17 pm

    Looks like so much fun, great work of those fine motor skills! Thanks for sharing on Share it Saturday!

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  3. Stephanie says

    January 14, 2013 at 6:12 pm

    First off…I really like the name of your blog! Secondly the open ended snowflake was a great idea. Wish I’d seen it before the holiday break for Christmas crafts. I only had time for one per child but this would have been a great. Maybe this year… thanks for sharing!

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    • Katie says

      January 14, 2013 at 8:23 pm

      Thanks for stopping by. This was simple but fun, so if you do get around to it I hope your kids enjoy it as much as mine did!

      Reply
  4. Katie says

    January 14, 2013 at 8:24 pm

    Yep, we always like to work on fine motor skills around here! 🙂

    Reply
  5. Carrie says

    January 17, 2013 at 4:31 pm

    Always love this one!! To make things easier try glue dots to hold the sticks. Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!!

    Reply

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