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Snowman craft for preschoolers

January 10, 2013 by Katie 4 Comments

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This was a fun, simple, and classic snowman craft for preschoolers that we did earlier this week while talking about snow and what you can do with snow. (I should add that where we live we never get snow, so any “snow” we use in our activities is of the man-made variety.)

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

Simple cottonball snowman craft for preschoolers - perfect for winter! || Gift of Curiosity

We started by watching two quick videos to get excited about snowmen: one about Frosty the Snowman and one about making a snowman.

Then I set out the following materials for the kids to use:

  • Construction paper
  • Cotton balls
  • Glue
  • Googly eyes
  • Buttons (not pictured because I added them later)
  • Chenille stems
  • Red embroidery floss
  • Scissors

Simple cottonball snowman craft for preschoolers - perfect for winter! || Gift of Curiosity

I gave QBoy and XGirl each their own sheet of paper, and then I drew two circles on them in order to make the outline of the snowman body. Then I invited the kids to fill in their snowmen with cotton ball “snow.” Once they had sufficient snow on their snowmen, they added googly eyes to the head and buttons to the body.

Simple cottonball snowman craft for preschoolers - perfect for winter! || Gift of Curiosity

Simple cottonball snowman craft for preschoolers - perfect for winter! || Gift of Curiosity

They used chenille stems to add arms and legs to the snowmen.

Simple cottonball snowman craft for preschoolers - perfect for winter! || Gift of Curiosity

In fact, they both got a little sidetracked while adding the arms and legs because they LOVED cutting up the chenille stems. QBoy cut up several stems into 1 inch pieces. He insisted that the pieces were going to be for the snowman, but really they were just for the fun of using the scissors to cut something quite challenging. 🙂 He found them easier to cut when Grandmum held them taut for him.

Simple cottonball snowman craft for preschoolers - perfect for winter! || Gift of Curiosity

After they finished cutting up several chenille stems, the kids managed to finish their snowmen. Looking ready for winter, don’t you think? 🙂

Simple cottonball snowman craft for preschoolers - perfect for winter! || Gift of Curiosity

More winter resources

More snowman posts from Gift of Curiosity:

  • Snowman crafts to make this winter
  • Puffy paint snowman craft
  • Plastic bottle snowman craft
  • Sticky paper snowman craft
  • Shredded paper snowman craft
  • Snowman do-a-dot printables
  • Color the snowman buttons activity


You’ll find more resources for winter learning and fun on my Winter Activities for Kids page and my Winter Activities for Kids Pinterest board.

Follow Katie @ Gift of Curiosity’s board Winter activities for kids on Pinterest.

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  1. Tracey@We-Made-That says

    January 16, 2013 at 5:30 pm

    What a fun craft for just about any age. It is so great because they can really use their imaginations when making them. Thanks for sharing on We Made That

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  2. Kendra @ A Proverbs 31 Wife says

    January 16, 2013 at 5:56 pm

    What a fun and cute craft 🙂

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  3. Carrie says

    January 17, 2013 at 4:30 pm

    How fun!! Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!!

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  4. Trisha @ Inspiration Laboratories says

    January 18, 2013 at 7:40 pm

    My 3 year old would love this because it involves lots of glue and cutting chenille stems. 🙂

    Thanks for sharing at the Sunday Showcase!

    Reply

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