Q-Tip Snowflakes- Submitted by Patrisha
On a piece of wax paper squeeze a dot of glue about the size of a
quarter. Give each child 8 or 9 Q-Tips, and they lay one end of the Q-tip into
the glue. Continue placing Q-Tips around the circle of glue. Completely dry (day or two) and peel off wax paper. Add some added glitter, crystal or silver,
to the center. They can also placed a dot of glue on the end of the Q-Tip and sprinkled glitter at the ends. Hang with fishing line.
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Glittery Snowflakes- Submitted by Carol
Mix two parts glue to one part water. Dab snowflake shaped sponges into the glue mixture and place onto blue construction paper. Have the children shake glitter on top of their snowflakes. Set aside to dry.
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Snowflakes- Submitted by Carol
Cut a green pepper in half crosswise. Let the children dip the pepper into white paint and press down onto dark colored construction paper. Add glitter or embossing glitter for texture before the paint dries.
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Frosty Winter Scenes- Submitted by Carol
Mix an equal part of Epsom salts and boiling water together. Mix the mixture well and set aside to cool. Have the children draw with crayons on dark colored construction paper any winter scene of their choice. After the children are finished drawing, paint a light coat of the mixture over the drawing for a frosty appearance. It turns frosty only after drying. *****
Sparkle Snow Paint- Submitted by Carol
1/2 cup flour,
1/2 cup salt,
1/2 cup water
Mix together and put in a squeeze bottle. Squeeze doughy paint out on to black construction paper. Make anything snowy, snowflakes, snowmen, - we made snow covered mountains with the moon and northern lights. Let dry thoroughly and it will sparkle. May also be painted (when dry) and allowed to dry again. This is a great 3 dimensional effect for snow.
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Snow Idea- Submitted by Carol
You can use white shoe polish with sponge dispenser for snow. *****
Coffee Filter Snowflake Project- Submitted by Carol
Cut snowflakes out of coffee filters. They are much easier for the children to cut and "hole-punch" than bulky paper ones. After they are cut the children can glue them onto dark blue construction paper. The glue will squish through the holes as they spread it with their fingers and can be sprinked with clear and/or silver glitter.
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Snowballs Activity- Submitted by Carol
After reading Snowballs by Lois Elhert, provide each student with a poster board snowman to decorate at home. You can supply decorations, or let the kids use stuff from home. Send home a letter...Dear Parents, Today in class we read Snowballs by Lois Elhert. We saw that you can use your imagination and decorate your snowman will all sorts of things. Please decorate this snowman with your child using things around your house and return by ______________. *****
Glistening Icicles- Submitted by Carol
dark colored paper, plastic fork, white tempra paint, silver glitter
On dark colored paper, let children use plastic forks to paint white streaks down the paper. Shake on some silver glitter, while the paint is still wet.
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Snowflake Art- Submitted by Carol
plastic berry baskets, blue construction paper, white tempra, white or silver glitter
Dip the berry basket into the white paint and press onto the blue paper. Repeat this procedure several times, overlapping the snowflake grids. Sprinkle with a little white or silver glitter. Hint: After placing the berry basket in the paint, press all around the bottom of the basket with a spoon. This will make the paint adhere better. *****
3-D Snow Paint- Submitted by Carol
Mix equal parts shaving cream and glue together to make snow that will be 3 dimensional on paper. Use your fingers to apply to houses, make snowballs or create a puffy polar bear. This dries quickly and forms a hard coat over the top.
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Dressed For Winter Self Portrait- Submitted by Carol
Have kids paint with a skin color onto a paper plate. Then have them round off two corners of a sheet of 9 x 12 construction paper to make a winter coat. Let them decorate with buttons, etc. Next glue cotton balls, (colored or white) all along the edge of the paper plate to make the "hood". Let them finish the face by gluing on eyes and drawing a nose and mouth. These snow kids make a great bulletin board. *****
For Ceiling Art- Submitted by Carol
Cut out blue snowflakes. Mix ivory snow and warm water with lots of silver glitter. Children can finger paint onto the snowflake, let dry and hang! The children love the squishy feeling! If it gets on clothes, don't worry, its just soap!
Take empty thread spools and have the children dip them in white paint. They then print on black or dark blue construction paper. They look just like real snowflakes.
***** Pipe Cleaner Art- Submitted by Carol
Twist 3 silver metallic pipe cleaners in the center. Have the children push 3 or 4 packing peanuts onto each spoke of the pipe cleaner, leaving a space in between the packing peanuts. Tie a piece of nylon thread from one of the pipe cleaners and hang in a window. These really catch the light. Great small motor and counting activity for 3 and up.
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Salty Snowflakes- Submitted by Carol
Fold a sheet of blue construction paper in half. Open the paper and drizzle glue on one half. Refold the paper; then rub the two sides together, open the paper again and spinkle salt on the wet glue. When glue is dry cut around shape to make snowflake. *****
Snowstorm- Submitted by Carol
green construction paper; scissors; washable white paint; toothbrushes; box lids; paint smocks (or old clothing)
Cut an evergreen tree out of green construction paper. Place inside box lid to reduce mess. Dip toothbrush in white paint. Moving brush above picture, gently rub thumb across tops of bristles to spatter paint. The tree will look like it's been caught in a snowstorm.
***** Snowflake Pasta- Submitted by Carol
Make snowflakes out of wagon wheel pasta. Spray paint them white or gold. *****
Winter Trees- Submitted by Carol
Ask children to bring in empty paper towel rolls. As a group project, give directions for the children to follow. Cut one end of the roll with five 1" slits. Spread apart and use masking tape to secure it to a square of oaktag. Cut the other end into seven 1-2" slits. Spread the slits apart to represent the 'branches on a tree'. Using white tissue paper rolled between their fingers, encourage the children to decorate their tree with "snow" at the top and around the base. *****
Hand Prints in the Snow- Submitted by Carol
Write kids names at a top of construction paper (lengthwise) and then lay their hands on the bottom half with the fingers spread. Then spray with canned snow around their hands...not a whole lot, just enough to leave the image of their hands in the snow when they took their hands off. It looks really cute! *****
Snowflakes- Submitted by Carol
Place a paper or plastic doily over a dark blue piece of paper and tape in place. Children can sponge paint with white paint all over the paper. When the doily is removed a snowflake shape will appear. *****
Snowflakes- Submitted by Carol
Fabric paint, plastic wrap
Make them from fabric paint on plastic wrap. Let dry and then peel and stick to your windows.
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Traditional Paper Snowflakes- Submitted by Carol
Materials: Coffee Can (or other large circle shape), thin white paper, scissors
Trace the can to form a large circle on the white paper. Cut out. Fold circle in half (to form a taco). Then, fold the taco in half (to form a slice of pizza.) Finally fold the "pizza" in half to form slice of pie. Cut out notches, etc. Unfold and hang.
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Sparkle Snowmen- Submitted by Patrisha
3 sizes of styrofoam balls, glue, toothpicks or glue gun, glitter, water
Put the three styrofoam balls on top of one another with either the
toothpicks or a glue gun. Snowmen can be painted using a mixture of white glue,
water, and paint and then sprinkled with sparkles to let dry. Try adding a few
light blue sparkles for added fun.Creates an interesting effect. *****
Snowflakes- Submitted by Patrisha
Take some white pipe cleaners and form any shape you want. Make the shape fairly small though. (We made Snowflakes, and stars, and creasent moons.) Attach a piece of wire or string to hang the shape. In a bucket or large glass jar (we used our floor washing bucket), mix a solutions of 3 tab of borax (it's in the laundry section) to 1 cup of water. For 20 cups of water, it's about 4 cups of borax. Hang the shapes into the water using a pole or ruler. Be careful not to have them touch the sides or each other. Overnight these neat crystals form all over the shape. Lift them out and let them dry, and the crystals get pretty hard, and shimmery. You can add food coloring for different colors. If you reuse the borax solution, you get less crystals the second time, but you can add more borax. These are really pretty!!
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Snow Person- Submitted by Sherry
Put a jar lid in the toe of a sock. Crumple newspaper into three balls. Put the largest one in the sock on top of the lid. Tie string around the sock above the ball. Add the other balls, tying string above each one. Cut off the rest of the sock above the last piece of string. To make a hat brim, trace around a water glass onto paper. Cut out the circle. Set an empty film canister in the center of the circle and trace around it. Cut out the small circle to form a ring. Slide the paper ring over the canister and tape it in place. Glue the hat over the cut end of the sock. Glue on button eyes and buttons on the body. For a scarf, tie a fabric strip around the neck. Place twig arms under it. Glue on a sequin mouth. Glue on a button nose. *****
Snowballs- Submitted by Patrisha
Syrofoam ball, tissue paper, glue, glitter
Take a Styrofoam ball and place on an egg carton, cup or other stand to prevent rolling. Paint the surface that is showing with thinned white glue. Then put white and blue tissue paper squares into the glue. Sprinkle sparkles sparingly. Then turn the ball over and complete the other side. This makes a great ornament for the tree, or a great table decoration if you place several snowballs in a bowl. Have fun! *****
Cotton Snowmen- Submitted by Sherry
Let your child use cotton balls to glue on blue paper to create a snowman!! If your child is older that three, you can glue beads on for the eyes, nose, mouth and buttons! *****
Paper Snowflakes- Submitted by Sherry
Help your child make paper snowflakes. Hang them from the ceiling, and from the tree. Last year I got butcher paper, and I made 3 foot snowflakes, with my son, for my front window, and my parents. They loved them. *****
Fingerprint Snowmen- Submitted by Sherry
Show the children how to make fingerprints on a piece of paper. Then, have them try to make a few snow men. With a big fingerprint on the bottom, medium in the middle and small on the top. Have the children add features with a pencil.
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Torn Paper Snow Pictures- Submitted by Sherry
Supply the children with a full sheet of blue paper and half sheet of white paper. Ask them to make a winter scene by tearing pieces of the white paper and gluing them onto the blue paper. Small amounts of other colored paper may be used. *****
Winter Clothes- Submitted by Sherry
Supply the children with stencils of winter clothes and boy and girl shapes, and lots of different papers, or wall paper. Have the children trace the stencils and cut them out. Have them glue the winter clothes onto the boy/girl shape. *****
Snow Salt Art- Submitted by Sherry
Saturate hot water with salt. Let the water cool, and have the child use the salt water to paint on black paper. Then after it dries, have the child look at the crystals of salt on the paper. *****
Pine Tree Art- Submitted by Sherry
Provide a child with a pine tree branch, paint and a piece of paper and have the child dip the pine tree branch in the paint and use as a paintbrush. *****
Mittens- Submitted by Sherry
They may draw their own mitten shape onto a piece of paper and cut it out on their own. Then have them decorate it with markers, crayons, paint, sequins, glitter, ribbons, bows, lace... whatever you can come up with.
Idea #2
You draw the mitten shape onto a piece of paper and the children cut it out on their own. Then have them decorate it.
Idea #3
You draw the mitten shape onto a piece of paper and the cut it out for them. Then have them decorate it *****
1 cup salt,
1/2 cup flour,
3/4 cup water,
large bowl,
Light blue construction paper,
paint brushes
Mix all the salt, flour and water in the large bowl. Draw a winter scene on the light blue paper. Then paint the snow on top. When it dries you will see the snow.
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Snowman Centerpiece- Submitted by Sherry
Styrofoam disk,
6" Styrofoam ball,
5" Styrofoam ball,
4" Styrofoam ball,
2 small twig branches,
Toothpicks,
White craft glue,
Two 1/2" black shank buttons or beads,
1 piece blue felt,
1 piece red felt,
A small artificial carrot or small triangle of orange felt,
Scissors,
needle and thread,
Holiday picks,
Five 1/2" buttons
To prepare the Styrofoam balls to build your Snowman cut a rounded section from one side of your smallest ball. This will be the bottom of the head. On the center ball you will need to cut a small area to form a flat surface on both the top and bottom of the ball. On the largest ball you will need to cut both the top and the bottom forming a flat surface. This will make it easier to stack and glue the balls together forming your Snowman.
Center the 6" ball on the Styrofoam disk. Spread a circle of white craft glue on the disk and on the bottom of your 6" Styrofoam ball. Anchor it in place using at least three toothpicks. Dipping both ends of each toothpick in the glue, insert the toothpick half in the disk and half in the ball as your anchors.
Glue the 5" Styrofoam ball centered on the top of the 6" ball again using the toothpicks as anchors. Repeat with the 4" Styrofoam ball. Allow to dry thoroughly.
Glue the two black button eyes in place. Glue the carrot where the nose should be. If using felt roll the triangle to form a carrot shape and glue it in place. Cut a snippet of red felt to form his mouth and glue in place.
Trace the vest pattern on one piece of felt. Cut out and glue along the stitching lines. Glue any embellishments and decorate as you please.
With the second piece of felt cut a strip the full length by 3" wide and a second strip the full length and 2" wide. Fringe the two ends of the 2" wide strip and the full length of the 3" wide strip one inch deep. Apply glue to the "cap area" of the 4" ball and wrap the 3" strip around overlapping slightly at the base of the neck. Trim the length so there is just a slight overlap.
Gather the length where it is fringed with a needle and thread of the same color. Wrap the thread around the gathered bundle and tie off. This has formed a pompon on the top of the cap. Tie the long piece with the fringed end in a single knot around the neck for a scarf.
Place the vest on the 4" ball. Dip the end of each twig in glue and insert them through the armholes of the vest into the ball for his arms. Glue buttons down his front.
You can decorate the rest of the disk using batting and glitter, holiday picks or small gifts or party favors as you choose.
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Students can make own ice paints from food coloring and water in little containers...freeze outside or in a freezer & paint on to fingerpaint paper.
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Marshmallow Snowman- Submitted by Lisa in VA
Use 2 large marshmallows for the body. Cut one in half for the head/ They are put together with toothpicks/ A fine tip marker makes the eyes and mouth, and the snipped off point of a toothpick becomes his nose. Cut out small black hats out of paper and they are stuck on with a small sticky piece of marshmallow. Toothpicks become his arms. They are too cute. They harden like rocks!!!
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Clingy Snowflakes- Submitted by Lisa in VA
These cling to smooth surfaces from fabric paint and silver glitter. Students design their own (approx. 5 inch) snowflake pattern on a small sheet of paper. Slide the paper into a baggie (close the bag) & students trace their snowflake shape right onto the baggie with the fabric paint & add the glitter (adult supervision suggested). Let dry & then peel off & stick somewhere. This can get expensive quickly (ie-fabric paint). We make these in early January to decorate our classroom windows, door, walls, etc.
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Get some baby food jars. Glue a small plastic snowman or other figure to the
inside of the jar with waterproof adhesive. Let it dry. Fill the jar with
water. Add glitter. Use plastic shavings as "snow." Fasten the lid. Melt some
wax to seal the lid or use hot glue. Vary the globes by changing the figures
and colors of glitter. *****
Put a jar lid in the toe of a sock. Crumple newspaper into three balls. Put
the largest one in the sock on top of the lid. Tie string around the sock
above the ball. Add the other balls, tying string above each one. Cut off the
rest of the sock above the last piece of string. To make a hat brim, trace
around a water glass onto paper. Cut out the circle. Set an empty film
canister in the center of the circle and trace around it. Cut out the small
circle to form a ring. Slide the paper ring over the canister and tape it in
place. Glue the hat over the cut end of the sock. Glue on button eyes and
buttons on the body. For a scarf, tie a fabric strip around the neck. Place
twig arms under it. Glue on a sequin mouth. Glue on a button nose. *****
Take a styrofoam ball and place on an egg carton or other stand to prevent
rolling. Paint the surface that is showing with thinned white glue. Then put
white and blue tissue paper squares into the glue. Sprinkle sparkles
sparingly. Then turn the ball over and complete the other side with glitter,
stickers, paint, or small candies. *****
Snowmen can be painted using a mixture of white glue, water, and paint and
then sprinkled with sparkles to let dry. Creates an interesting effect. *****
One Large Doily for body, One Small Doily for head, One Small Doily, cut in
half for arms, black construction paper for eyes, 3 buttons and mouth. Glue
to colored construction paper. *****
Make snow paintings using Ivory soap snow (1 cup Ivory Snow powder and 3/4
cup water). Have the children help mix this up using hand beaters & then
paint on black paper with small brushes. *****
Make snow people out of white toilet paper tubes...cut them into sections &
then the children can glue 2 or 3 sections together to make a snowmen...add
buttons for eyes or what ever, yard for a scarf, etc... *****
Include in a cute bag 2 charcoals (for eyes)--can put in baggie, plastic or
wood carrot for nose, and a cute pipe and scarf if you like. Receiver can use
this kit to make a snowman--unless living in the south!
Here is poem to go with kit:
There is nothing like a snowman *****
Ice Castles/Igloos- Submitted by Christi
Sugar Cubes,
Glue,
Paper Plate or cardboard
Glue sugar cubes on plate to make castles or igloos. For a magical touch, paint their creations with gold spray paint. *****
Honeycomb Snowflake Picture- Submitted by Christi
Ahead of time allow children to paint Honeycomb cereal with white tempera paint. While the paint is still wet, have them sprinkle some glitter onto the pieces. The children then make a wintry scene on a blue piece of paper. Give them lots of "stuff" to glue on. As a finishing touch, they can glue the painted cereal on their picture as snow. *****
Cotton Ball Snowman- Submitted by Christi
Construction Paper,
Cotton Balls,
Glue
Draw an outline of a snowman on a piece of construction paper. Fill in the snowman with cotton balls. Add details (eyes, nose, etc) with scrap
construction paper. *****
Newspaper Snowmen- Submitted by Christi
Out of newspaper draw a snowperson shape, make sure that you have two shapes when you trace and cut. Let the children decide on the size, within reason. Have the children paint the snowpeople white..making sure to paint both sides. After drying have the children help you staple the two sides together, leave an opening so you can stuff. Stuff the snowperson using more paper. Finish stapling the rest of the figure. Add scarves out of scrapes of fabric and put out a variety of other materials for eyes, nose, mouth, and buttons. Let the children create their own masterpieces. *****
I model how to make a snowflake using construction paper. Then I have
them copy the following onto paper and I staple their writing to the bottom
of a large piece of construction paper and have the child glue their
snowflakes to the top. *****
Sponge Painted Snowman- Submitted by Lisa in VA
Make a snowman with a hat outline on blue construction paper. Then the
children sponge paint the snowman and add details with the sponge paints. *****
I made a snowman outline with hat about 2 1/2 feet tall on white butcher
paper two pieces for each child. Throughout the week at the Art center the
child paints on the outline adding, mouth, nose, eyes, buttons whatever using
the art materials and paint. After they are dry they child cuts around the
snowman shape. I then staple around leaving an opening at the top. Using
scraps from the paper they cut and recycled paper they stuff the
snowman. After it is stuffed I finish stapling the top. We hang them from the
lights. I have the child put a "magic spell" on them so they won't melt away ha!
Ha! This project can seem like a lot of mess and work, but the results are
well worth it! *****
cotton balls, glue, paper punched black circles, toilet paper roll
The children will spread glue all over the toilet paper roll with a paint brush. Next they will cover the entire roll with cotton balls. They will then add black eyes nose and a mouth. Cut a desired shape hat in any color. *****
This book has real objects glued in it for every
sense. Each is a different page. It takes a while to make, but is really
worth the time. I got the idea from some other teachers in Elmwood Park. I
sent this home with the holiday gifts in a shirt box.
I smell - Pre-drawn tree that the children decorate. Then glue a small piece
of pine tree branch
I see - Children put glitter on a pre-drawn star
I touch - Children add cotton balls to a pre-drawn picture of santa (hat and
beard). Or they can create a winter science with cotton balls for snow.
I taste - Children decorate a pre-drawn gingerbread man and then glue an
open, miniature candy-cane in its hand. I give them an extra one to eat. *****
Have each child work with a partner
One child will create a design or pattern on the left mitten
The partner copies the drawing on the right mitten in order to create a
symmetrical pair.
When the first pair is complete, switch roles and repeat *****
Clay Pot Snowman- Submitted by Christi
1- 1 1/2" diameter wooden ball,
1- 2 1/4" diameter clay pot,
2 buttons,
gold ribbon,
child's sock,
material or mitten scrap,
white craft or hot glue,
black finetip marker,
small and large paintbrushes,
acrylic paints in white, orange and pink,
clear coat spray
Place newspaper down on work surface. Turn clay pot
over and glue wooden ball to bottom of pot. When glue
is dry, use large paint brush to paint entire the outside
of the clay pot and the entire wooden ball with white
paint. Let dry and apply a second coat.
Cut the foot end off of the child's sock. Create a brim by
folding up the cuff of the sock, then position the cuff of the
sock onto the "head" of the snowman (see photo). Glue
the brim in place. Tie a piece of gold ribbon around the top
of the hat and fringe the top with scissors. Adjust the fringe
edges with your fingers until they look the way you want.
Tie a strip of material or mitten scrap around the neck to
fashion a scarf. Glue in place if desired. Glue two buttons
to the front of your snowman. With black finetip marker, dot
on eyes and mouth. Use a small paint brush to apply orange
paint for a nose and gently dab on a thin amount of pink for
the cheeks.
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Paper Snowflakes- Submitted by Sherry
Give your child a paper circle. Next, show him how to fold the circle in-half three times. Show him how to snip triangles out along the folded edges. Snowflakes can be made from a variety of papers. Doilies make the prettiest ones. Small coffee filters are the easiest to make for 3 and 4 year olds. Paper squares from the Bakery self-service department work well. After folding the square three times, round off the top edge to make a circle before having your child snip out notches. Other paper circles can be made from tissue paper, waxed paper, typing paper and construction paper.
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Q-Tip Snowflakes- Submitted by Sherry
You can help your child make snowflakes to hang in your window out of Q-tips. For each snowflake your child will need three Q-tips cut in half, some glue and a small square of aluminum foil. First, have your child squeeze a small amount of glue in the middle of a piece of aluminum. Next, show him how to arrange six Q-tip halves coming out of the glue to resemble a snowflake. Let the glue dry, then carefully lift the glue off the foil. Tie a piece of thread or yarn around one of the arms of the snowflake and hang it in a window or other viewing spot.
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Cotton Ball Painting- Submitted by Sherry
Pour a small amount of tempera paint on a plate. Let your child use a cotton ball like a paintbrush, dipping it in the paint and then brushing it onto a sheet of paper. Use one color of paint or try two colors that mix well, such as blue and yellow or red and yellow.
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Fluffy Snowflake- Submitted by Sherry
Cut a snowflake shape out of self-stick paper (the kind used for covering shelves, cupboards, etc.) Remove the backing and place the snowflake sticky side up on a table. Let your child place cotton balls all over the sticky side to make a fluffy snowflake.
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Mitten Mates- Submitted by Sherry
Cut pairs of mitten shapes from various colors of paper. Invite each of your children to choose a pair to decorate with such materials as crayons or markers and glued-on pompoms, rickrack, yarn, or lace. Then help them glue their mittens onto paper with a piece of yarn connecting the mittens in each pair.
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Mitten Clothesline- Submitted by Sherry
Read "The Gingerbread Man" to your children. Then give each child a gingerbread kid shape cut from brown paper to glue onto a piece of white paper. Have the children draw pictures on their papers that incorporate their shapes. Later, invite them to show and tell about their pictures.
Clip on matching pairs of mitten shapes cut from different colors of paper. Clip on matching pairs of mitten shapes cut from various textured materials. Clip on five to ten mitten shapes cut from fabric. Remove three mittens. How many are left? Clip on two more mittens. How many are there now? Etc.
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Great Big Snow Person- Submitted by Sherry
Cut an extra-large snow person shape out of white butcher paper. Let your children work together to glue crumpled pieces of plain white paper or white tissue paper all over the shape. Then help them add facial features, a hat, a scarf, and buttons cut from felt or construction paper. Display the finished snow person on a wall for a fun room decoration.
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Foam Ball Snow People- Submitted by Sherry
Give your children plastic-foam balls in two sizes to use for making snow people. Also provide blocks of plastic foam to use for bases. Let the children construct their snow people with toothpicks on top of their foam blocks. Set out markers and glue plus collage materials, such as yarn pieces, fabric and paper scraps, and pompoms. Invite the children to decorate their snow people any way they wish.
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Circle Snow People- Submitted by Sherry
Provide each of your children with two circles (one about 2 inches and one about 3 inches) cut from white paper. Have them glue their circles onto light blue paper to make snow people. For facial features and buttons, let them glue on small circles punched out of black paper. Help the children count the number of circles on their papers and write down the numbers. Then let them use crayons or markers to add such details as arms, hats, and scarves to their snow people.
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First, Second, Third- Submitted by Sherry
Have your children use real snow or play dough to make snow people. When they have finished, ask them to tell what they did first, next, and so on, and write down their responses on a wall chart. Or make sequence cards that illustrate the steps in making a snow person. Mix up the cards and invite the children to put them in the proper sequence.
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Winter Scene- Submitted by Christi
Light blue constrution paper, Glue, Paper Cup or Salt Shaker
For small children draw 3 circles to make a snowman. They fill in circles with glue. Give them a salt shaker or paper cup of salt to put on the glue. They can add dots of glue to paper to represent snow falling and also add salt to those, too. Older children can draw their own circles and also add other things to create their own snow scene.
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Mitten Art- Submitted by Sherry
Draw a mitten shape onto a piece of paper and cut it out. Then have
them decorate it with markers, crayons, paint, sequins, glitter, ribbons,
bows, lace... whatever you can come up with.
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Snowman Sweatshirt - Submitted by Sherry
colored sweatshirt (must be able to see white paint on it), white fabric paint, puffy fabric paint in black, brown, and orange, snowflake shaped rubber stamps, ribbons or bows, piece of cardboard (approximately 12" x 15")
child's foot!
Lay sweatshirt down on flat, sturdy work surface. Insert cardboard into sweatshirt to make it easier to work on the front of the shirt.Wash the bottom of your child's foot and dry. Paint with a generous amount of white fabric paint. With toes pointing toward the waist of the shirt, heel toward the collar, press the painted foot down onto the sweatshirt. Be sure to press toes in place as well! Carefully lift off and wash child's foot.
Use brown puffy fabric paint to draw on stick arms, orange puffy fabric paint for a nose, and black for eyes, nose, mouth, and buttons. Optionally, you may sew real buttons on to the shirt, however, the fabric paint children can do themselves.
Using a snowflake shaped rubber stamp and white fabric paint, decorate shirt around snowman with snowflakes. Paint child's name and current year (i.e. Jessica 2001) on the bottom of shirt below the snowman.
Allow shirt to dry completely. Follow care instructions on the back of the paint bottles for best results.
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Toothpick Snowflakes- Submitted by Sherry
Glue and arrange on black or dark blue paper. you could paint them white if desired.
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Bird Treats- Submitted by Sherry
Make peanut butter cookie cutter treats for the birds. Take old bread slices and cut out shapes with cookie cutters. Let them dry and harden enough to spread with peanut butter. Cover the peanut buttered shapes with black sunflower seeds and hang outdoors on trees or anywhere birds might come! Use a bird book to identify the birds.
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Sparkle Snow Paint- Submitted by Sherry
1/2 cup flour, 1/2 cup salt, 1/2 cup water
Mix together and put in a squeeze bottle. Squeeze doughy paint out on to black construction paper. Make anything snowy, snowflakes, snowmen, - we made snow covered mountains with the moon and northern lights. Let dry thoroughly and it will sparkle. May also be painted (when dry) and allowed to dry again. This is a great 3 dimensional effect for snow.
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Ice Painting- Submitted by Sherry
Ice Cubes, Craft Sticks, Tempera Paint powder, Several Colors, Spoon, Heavy paper
To make an ice cube paintbrush poke craft sticks into partially frozen ice cubes. Then continue to freeze solid. Take an Ice cube paintbrush by its handle and rub it back and forth over the powdered color on the paper. Try putting small amounts of other colors on your paper and rubbing those with another ice cube paintbrush. Let dry.
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Shaving Cream Snow- Submitted by Sherry
Let the children play with shaving cream and pretend it is snow. They pile it up and make snowmen and all sorts of creations.
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Snow Bubbles- Submitted by Sherry
Blow bubbles outside, they won't pop when it's -30 to -40 degrees below zero outside.
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Shaving Cream Snow Art- Submitted by Sherry
Mix shaving cream and glue together to make snow that will be 3 dimensional on paper. Use your fingers to apply to houses, make snowballs or create a puffy polar bear. This dries quickly and forms a hard coat over the top.
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Lifesaver Snowflakes- Submitted by Sherry
I glued tongue depressors together with a hot glue gun to look like an asterisk or snowflake frame and let them sit overnight. The next day, we took peppermint Lifesavers and dipped them into some glue and put them onto the snowflake frames. Then we used paint brushes to put a light coating of glue on top of the Lifesavers. We sprinkled some white iridescent glitter on them to make them sparkle. Once they dried I sprayed them lightly with a coat of clear spray paint to protect them. They take a while to dry and use a fair amount of glue, but the end result is very cute.
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Snowflake Art- Submitted by Sherry
I take empty thread spools and have the children dip them in white paint. They then print on black or dark blue construction paper. They look just like real snowflakes. I then put them all together on a wall add white strips to make it look like a window.
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Soapy Snowman- Submitted by Sherry
Using a grater, grate soap like Jerkins or Ivory Mix with a couple tablespoons of water and mix into a ball using hands. Make three balls: one small, one medium, and one large. Add eyes and a nose using spices, use toothpicks for the arms, add fabric for a scarf, gloves, let your imagination run wild. Great for fine motor movement and fun!!
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Pipe Cleaner Snowflakes- Submitted by Sherry
Twist 3 silver metallic pipe cleaners in the center. Have the children push 3 or 4 packing peanuts onto each spoke of the pipe cleaner, leaving a space in between the packing peanuts. Tie a piece of nylon thread from one of the pipe cleaners and hang in a window. These really catch the light. Great small motor and counting activity for 3 and up.
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Mittens- Submitted by Sherry
Cut mitten shapes from construction paper or wallpaper and have children lace around the edges. You can also have them lace the mittens together. Or make matching mittens and attach with a long string that you can make into a bulletin board "Where's the matching mitten" and you mix them all up, with the strings all tangled! This is especially cute if you use the children's hands to trace for the mitten shape, first!
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Boots- Submitted by Sherry
Let children trace their winter boots and color them.
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Dressing for Winter- Submitted by Sherry
Give each child a picture of a boy or girl or bear (whatever) and have a variety of clothes to fit the bear… be sure to include snow pants, hat, mittens, coat and boots. Include some summer clothing, too. Let children pick out the clothes to dress their child or bear. ) Hopefully, they'll dress them appropriately for winter!!)
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Chalk Drawings- Submitted by Sherry
Give children black construction paper and white chalk to draw a winter scene.
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Winter Trees- Submitted by Sherry
Use green construction paper. Have children cut out an evergreen tree shape. Mix Epsom salt and water. Have the children paint it onto the trees. When it dries the trees will look frosted.
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Circle Snowmen- Submitted by Sherry
Cut 3 different sizes of white circles. Have children place them largest on bottom, medium in middle and smallest on top. Let children draw on faces, hats, arm, buttons, etc.
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Glistening Icicles- Submitted by Sherry
On dark colored paper, let children use plastic forks to paint white streaks down the paper. Add some silver glitter, while paint is still wet. Looks really cute!
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Winter Scenes- Submitted by Sherry
Let children find small twigs to use as trees. Glue the twigs to paper. Glue cotton to the bottom of the paper. Hole punch white paper, for white dots. Let children glue them on as snowflakes.
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Winter Painting Ideas- Submitted by Sherry
-Paint with pine tree branches.
-Paint with Pinecones.
-Paint with cotton balls.
-Paint with snowballs and dry tempera paints.
-Make ice cubes with food coloring and paint with the colored ice cubes.
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Kerchoos- Submitted by Sherry
Make paper plate faces, cut a circle for the mouth and glue a tissue over the nose and mouth area.
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Snowflakes- Submitted by Sherry
Use Honeycomb cereal and glue it onto blue paper.
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Bear Caves- Submitted by Sherry
Use a lunch size paper bag, cut out piece near the top (opening) of the bag - on one side. Lay the bag down on the uncut side and open the bag up. Then cut part should look like a cave opening. Glue cotton to the top, for snow. Make a sleeping bear puppet to go inside.
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Snowmen- Submitted by Sherry
1 tongue depressor, white paint, black paint, black felt, wiggly eyes, ribbon, round toothpick, orange paint
Paint tongue depressor white. When dry - paint the top 1" black (on both sides) Take a small strip of black felt and make a brim for the hat. Glue around the tongue depressor where black and white line up. Glue on wiggley eyes. Paint tip of toothpick orange and break off making it about 1/2" long - glue in place for nose (looks like a carrot nose).
Make 5 dots below nose with a black marker for the smile. Take a length of ribbon and tie on for the scarf. Make 4 larger dots down underneath the scarf for buttons. Take a length of ribbon and glue to the back of the hat to form a loop for hanging on the tree.
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Hanging Snowflakes- Submitted by Sherry
Last winter I took a piece of wax paper and had the kids lay down Q-tips end to end. Then had them take glue and squirt it where the Q-tips met. After it dried I took them off the wax paper and hung them from the ceiling! The kids loved it!!!
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Snowball Soap- Submitted by Christi
Soak an Ivory Soap bar for every 2 children you have in water
overnight(actually this takes longer than overnight). Break it into halves and give to children to mold like playdough into a snowball.
When it dries, it flakes up like a real snowball. You put the snowball into a sandwich bag to send home with this poem:
My snowball soap,
Staple the poem to the outside of the bag. This activity is great for sensory as well as fine motor skills.
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Winter Wreath- Submitted by Sherry
To make a winter wreath, cut out the center out of a paper plate. Paint the rim of the plate blue. splatter-paint the wreath white or decorate it with glitter, artificial snow or cotton.
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Snowflake Charmers- Submitted by Sherry
Make these necklaces as keepsakes of a snowy day. Paint three snap-apart craft sticks white. When the paint is dry, stack and glue the sticks - one atop the other - to form a snowflake. Tie the center of a length of white yarn near the tip of one of the sticks; then tie the ends of the yarn together to complete the necklace.
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Fantastic Flakes- Submitted by Sherry
These snowflakes will have your room looking like a winter wonderland in a flurry! Provide each child with a paper doily and a variety of craft supplies (pom-poms, sequins, buttons, and beads) in cool colors, such as white, silver, and blue. Invite her to glue her choice of materials onto the doily to make a snowflake. When the glue is dry, spray a thin coat of adhesive on the doily; then sprinkle the entire surface with iridescent glitter. Tie a length of fishing line to each snowflake; then suspend all the shimmering flakes from your classroom ceiling.
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Snowman Pins- Submitted by Sherry
For each pin, you will need:
1/2 of a craft stick, 2 cotton balls, 2 wiggle eyes, 1 construction-paper hat cutout, 1 orange pipe cleaner, 1 bar pin
Have a child spread glue on the craft-stick half, then press on the cotton balls. Have her glue the hat and wiggle eyes on the snowman. Clip off one end of the pipe cleaner; then help her glue this below the eyes to create a carrot nose. Help her wrap the reaming pipe cleaner around the stick (between the cotton balls) to create a scarf. Glue the bar pin to the back of the snowman.
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Soap Flake Paint- Submitted by Sherry
Soap Flake Finger paint, Heavy Sheet of Black paper, Plastic squeeze bottles
Put soap flake paint in squeeze bottle. Squeeze out interesting white lines of different shapes and thickness on black paper. Arrange them in a bold pattern.
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Paint With Salt- Submitted by Sherry
Give each child a small Dixie cup 1/2 full of white tempera paint. Allow the child to spoon in as much table salt as they want and mix it into their paint. Next they take a piece of colored paper and paint anything they want on the paper. When dry the paint will have a rough texture and sparkle from the salt. As the children paint with this salt mixture they LOVE the gritty, bumpy, noisy texture and sounds that occur. Some will paint designs, but most enjoy it so much they paint the entire paper.
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Water Color Surprise- Submitted by Sherry
Lay out white paper, water colors, paint brushes, water cups and masking tape. The teacher rips off different lengths of masking tape and sticks it to the edge of the table. The children take these masking tape strips and tape them any way they want on their white construction paper. You can have the children just randomly lay the tape down or you can have the children form the tape into letters and create their entire name. Whatever they come up with is fine. Once they have taped down all the tape that they want, tell them to watercolor their entire paper, tape and all. It is important that they paint the entire paper, otherwise the results are disappointing. When done hang them up to dry. Tell them to CAREFULLY pull their masking tape pieces off of their pictures. What appears? The WHITE spaces that were hiding under the masking tape that did not get painted. These are very striking, a fun surprise for the children and you can talk about HOW did this happen!!
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At The Easel- Submitted by Sherry
On WHITE day as a "side", put up black paper and lay out WHITE chalk.
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Sensory Ideas- Submitted by Sherry
salt/sugar/flour/icing sugar, Styrofoam balls, white yarn, streamers, white paper shredded up (Let children use scissors to cut it up),snow in the winter time, white finger paint.
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Kiddie Candles
Help the children melt a white crayon and a colored crayon on a warming tray. Pour into a soap or candle mold. Let cool. Now the children made there own pastel crayons. This is a good opportunity to teach the children that white, mixed with other colors, blends to a lighter shade of the original color (pastels!).
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Snow Mural- Submitted by Sherry
Set out a large piece of blue construction paper or butcher paper. Pour glue into shallow containers. Let your children dip cotton balls into the glue and stick them all over the paper to represent falling snowflakes. Display the finished mural on a wall.
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Peanut Butter Jar Snowman- Submitted by Sherry
Fill a peanut butter jar with cotton and attach lid. Glue on a scarf of either paper or material just above the center part of the jar to create a head and body separation. Add a face, buttons, and orange pipecleaner nose. To make the hat, glue construction paper around the edge of the lid. Cut a rectangle from construction paper and glue or staple into a tube that will fit just inside the lid part, glue on. Cut a circle to fit on top of the tube and glue in place to make a top hat.
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Sparkling Snowflakes- Submitted by Sherry
Cut a snowflake pattern from a 1/2 potato, dip in white paint, and stamp onto paper. Shake on silver glitter when the paint is still wet. Let dry.
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Glitter Snowflakes- Submitted by Sherry
Use white glue on wax paper to create a snowflake design. Cover generously with glitter and leave for a day or two. Pour excess glitter back into container and carefully peel snowflake from wax paper. Add a string for hanging.
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Icy Snowflakes- Submitted by Sherry
Cut a snowflake shape from paper. Fill a pietin 1/2 full with water. Place snowflake in water and place outside (or in freezer if you are not living in a cold climate) When 3/4 frozen, add a string or twine into a loop (for hanging) and press onto the forming ice so it sticks. Then pour water on top to almost fill pan - make sure the string stays in the middle as it will freeze right into the ice. When frozen, hang from tree branches in your yard.
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Great Big Snow Person- Submitted by Cheryl
Cut an extra-large snow person shape out of white butcher paper. Have all the children work together to glue crumpled pieces of plain white paper or white tissue paper all over the shape. Then add facial features, a hat, a scarf, and buttons cut from felt or construction paper. Display the finished snow person on a wall for a fun room decoration! The kids are so proud of their 3D snowman!!
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Painting On Snow- Submitted by Cheryl
Watercolors, tempera paint or food colouring mixed with water, brushes, paint containers, snow
Pour paint into containers suitable for use outdoors and palce them in the snow. (They won't spill!) Take the children outside when the snow is a few inches deep and allow them to freely explore the effects of paint on snow, using both small and large brushes. The colors will spread as the paint touches the snow. Encourage creating splashed colors with wide sweeping movements, or making snow sculptures and painting them. The kids absolutely LOVE this activity ans ask fo rit again and again!!
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Winter Sun Catcher- Submitted by Sherry
Ribbon or yarn (at least 12 inches long), water, Aluminum pie plate, or other metal dish, Food coloring or crayon shavings, Flower petals, berries, leaves, or other materials
Make a loop with the ribbon and place it in the pie plate. Leave at least 5 inches of the looped end hanging over the edge. Fill the plate with water.
If you'd like your sun catcher to be colored, add a few drops of food coloring to the water and mix it around.
Add the crayon shavings, berries, or other materials for your sun catcher to the water.
Let the materials fall into place, or arrange them in a design. (Keep in mind that the materials may move around on their own.)
Put the plate in the freezer, or if it's cold enough, leave it outside to freeze.
Let the plate sit for at least one day. If it's outside, you may need to let it sit longer.
When the water is completely frozen, carefully remove the ice from the tin.
Now your project is ready to catch some rays! Hang your sun catcher outside from a tree or windowsill for friends and neighbors to admire
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Shaving Cream Snowmen- Submitted by Sherry
Shaving cream (Check for skin sensitivity), glue, and black paper
Dir Mix 2 parts shaving cream to 1 part glue. Mix until it
becomes glossy. The children use their fingers to make snowmen. Works
great on black paper. It will dry 3-D and the kids just love the
finished product. You can also add food coloring to the mixture and use
for other projects.
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Cotton Snowmen- Submitted by Sherry
Let your child use cotton balls to glue on blue paper to create a
snowman!! If your child is older that three, you can glue beads on for
the eyes, nose, mouth and buttons!
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Snowman- Submitted by Cheryl
1 craft stick, white paint, black paint, black felt, wiggle eyes, ribbon, round toothpick, orange paint
Paint craft stick white. When dry - paint the top 1" black (on both sides) Take a small strip of black felt and make a brim for the hat. Glue around the craft stick where the black and white line up. Glue on wiggle eyes. Paint tip of toothpick orange and break off making it about 1/2" long - glue in place for nose (looks like a carrot nose). Make 5 dots below nose with a black marker for the smile. Take a length of ribbon and tie on for the scarf. Make 4 larger dots down underneath the scarf for buttons. Take a length of ribbon and glue to the back of the hat to form a loop for hanging. Actually, the snowman can be decorated as a snow-woman, child, etc.---anyway that pleases the creator!
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Snowflakes- Submitted by Sherry
To make a snowflake, draw a large broad X on a piece of waxed paper. Then draw a line across the X to make a six-pointed figure. Have a child trace the lines with streams of white glue. Then sprinkle glitter over the glue snowflake. Set the snowflakes aside to dry for several days (they are completely dry if they are not limp when picked up.) Shake off any excess glitter; then poke a hole in each snowflake. Thread a length of yarn through the hole and tie the ends together. Hang the snowflakes all around the room -- from the ceiling, in the windows, or around the bulletin board -- to create a winter wonderland for learning and play!
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A Mitten Without Knitting- Submitted by Sherry
After hearing about Baba's fine knitting in The Mitten by Jan Brett your students will want to craft their own mittens. In advance, purchase several sheets of plastic canvas from a craft store. Cut each sheet of canvas into seven-inch squares. Use a permanent marker to trace around a mitten template on each plastic canvas. Then provide each child with a large, plastic safety needle and various colors of yarn.
Demonstrate how to thread a needle and to stitch yarn in and out of the holes in the canvas. As a variation, let the students "sew" with long pipe cleaners. These are stiffer and easier for little fingers to manipulate.
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Glistening Icicles- Submitted by Cheryl
dark colored paper, a plastic fork for each child, white tempra paint, silver glitter
Encourage the children to use their plastic fork to paint white streaks down dark colored paper. Have them shake on some silver glitter, while the paint is still wet. Their icicles will glisten! These are so pretty!
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Icy Sun Catcher- Submitted by Cheryl
shallow tray (eg. styrofoam meat tray or plastic frozen dinner tray), string, leaves, pebbles, twigs, berries, etc.
Fill the tray half full with water. Lay string in tray with about 4 inches in the water and about 6 inches out of the water. Add the little bits of natural items like pretty leaves, berries, twigs or whatever. Lay the tray outdoors on a cold winter night so that water freezes. Remove the frozen contents of the tray the next morning and hang outside in front of a window or from a tree. So pretty when the light catches it! And don't forget those fun science lessons: The water expanded as it froze. At what temperature will it begin to melt? How many days in a row does the sun catcher hang without melting? (Note: if your climate isn't cold enough to freeze at night, you can put tray into the freezer.)
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Snow Paint- Submitted by Lisa in VA
Ice Paint- Submitted by Lisa in VA
Glitter Snow Globes- Submitted by Barb
Snow Person- Submitted by Barb
Snowballs- Submitted by Barb
Sparkle Snow People- Submitted by Barb
Doily Snow People- Submitted by Barb
Snow- Submitted by Barb
Snow People- Submitted by Barb
Snowman Kit- Submitted by Barb
To make a person smile.
His eyes of coal, his carrot nose,
His pipe with so much style.
We all have special memories
Of fun in the snow and slush
And this will be renewed
With a little help from us!
Cut Snowflakes- Submitted by Lisa in VA
Big Snowman- Submitted by Lisa in VA
Frosty The Snowman- Submitted by Christi
5 Senses of Winter Book- Submitted by Lisa in VA
I hear - Pre-drawn musical notes that the children color. Then glue a ribbon
with a bell attached
Mitten Art Symmetry- Submitted by Lisa in VA
I made it just for you.
To help me learn about Winter,
And keep my hands clean, too!
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