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Winter Arts and Crafts Guest author Jeanette Norman Fluffy Snowman Materials: Elmer's liquid glue, regular shaving cream (not gel or menthol), one sheet of blue construction paper per child, miscellaneous items like un-popped popcorn, birdseed, raisins, cheerios, buttons, etc.. Mix two parts shaving cream to one part Elmer's glue in a plastic container. Allow the children to spread the "puffy paint" onto their paper in the shape of a snowman with their hands or plop it on with a spoon. The paint will dry three-dimensional and stiff. Add the miscellaneous items to decorate the snowman. No need to add any glue, the items will stick to the shaving cream/glue mixture easily enough. Cotton Ball Snowman Materials: Glue, cotton balls, paper This is simple. Glue cotton balls in a stack to make a snowman or glue a few in a circle on top of a circle, etc. Hint: If you unroll a cottonball, it looks like a blanket of snow. Snow Paint Materials: Epsom salt, water Make a solution of half Epsom salts and half water. Have the kids use paint brushes to cover the pictures with the salt mix. As the salt mix dries, shiny crystals will appear on the papers making frosty scenes. Playing in Snow Inside Materials: Shaving cream, a floor that can be mopped, smocks or old shirts to protect children’s clothing Warning: THIS WILL BE MESSY! Simply spray shaving cream on a table and let the children play in it. I used this activity for years and children absolutely love it!! Coffee Filter Snowflake Sent to me by: Angie in Indiana Materials Coffee Filter, Scissors, Blue Tempera paint, water, and a paint brush. Take some blue paint and water it down. Then paint a coffee filter with the paint. Once it dries fold it in half, then in half again, and then in half one more time. Cut it like you would a snowflake. When you open it will look like a blue tie dyed snowflake. Looks great in a window. Snowman Mobile Materials: paper, string Make a large circle out of white construction paper, a medium size circle then a smaller one for the head. Draw on a piece of paper, twigs for arms, eyes, buttons and hat/scarf. Carrot for a nose :-) Punch a hole on the top of the bottom circle and attach with white string to the middle hole. Attach another string from the middle circle to the head. Glue on the eyes, nose and arms. Sticky Snowflakes Materials: Fabric paint, plastic wrap Make them from fabric paint on plastic wrap. Let dry and then peel and stick to your windows or walls. Paper Tube Snowman Materials: Toilet paper tube (or half of a paper towel tube), paper, glue Make snowmen out of white toilet paper tubes (or paint them white). Cut them into sections and then the children can glue 2 or 3 sections together to make a snowmen. Add buttons for eyes or whatever, yard for a scarf, etc... Honeycomb Snowflake Picture Materials: Honeycomb cereal, white paint, glitter, blue paper 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. | Related Articles | Previous Features | Site MapContent copyright © 2008 by Diane Claus. All rights reserved.
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