Coffee Filter Snowflakes
added 12-13-98
By
Christa from Preschool Education
Need: Coffee Filter,
Scissors, Blue Tempera paint, water, and a paint brush.
Directions: 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.
Making a Snowman
added 12-13-98
Original Author Unknown
Need: one cup of
ivory soap flakes, water, mixing bowl, egg beater and an out line of a
snowman on colored construction paper.
Directions: Mix the soap flakes and water in a bowl
until frothy and thick. (children assist or watch) Each child receives a
drawing of a snowman. A little of the white soap mix is spooned on it. The
child then spreads it all over the outline.
Fluffy Snowman
added 12-29-98 Original
Author Unknown
Need: empty 2-liter
bottle, white toilet tissue, glue, construction paper hat, buttons &
facial features, crepe paper for scarf
Directions: Tear the toilet tissue into squares.
Cover the bottle with toilet tissue by folding each square one at a time
over the end of a pencil. Dab each piece lightly in glue and attach it to
the bottle. When the bottle is completely covered, allow the glue to dry.
Make the hat, facial features, and buttons from construction paper and glue
these pieces in place on the snowman. Gently tie a length of crepe paper
streamer around the snowman for a scarf. Snip the ends of the streamer with scissors
to make fringe. You can also fill the bottle partially with sand to use as
a door stop. The project does take a lot of glue and patience, but they are
beautiful and fluffy when
finished!
Snowman stamping technique
added 12-29-98
Original Author Unknown
Need: packing
bubbles, paint, dark paper
Directions: Use
packing bubbles to make a snowman. cut the bubbles in to a snowman shape,
then the kids paint the bumpy side with white tempera and press onto dark
paper.
Balloon Painting added
12-29-98 Original Author Unknown
Need: balloons, Q
tips, white tempera paint, fruit loops.
Directions: Give each student a blown-up balloon.
Have him/her dip the balloon in white paint and then press three circles
onto a piece of blue paper - press lightly for the top circle of the snowman,
press a little bit harder for the middle circle, and press harder for the
bottom circle. Voila - you have three circles, Small, medium and large - a
snowman!!!! Next, add details with Q-tips dipped in different colors of
paint. You can also add snow with the Q-tips. use fruit loops to make the
buttons .
Dough Snowman
added
12-29-98
Original Author Unknown
Need: Flour, salt,
water, twigs
Directions: Use this
dough for each child to make into a snowman. No cook modeling dough... 2 cups
flour 1 cup salt, water (2 tablespoons vegetable oil unless you want it to
harden). Roll the dough into balls-Bottom
big, middle-- medium and head
small use twigs, material or other things for arms, face, hat, etc..
Paper Snowflakes
added 12-29-98 Original
Author Unknown
Need: paper,
scissors
Directions: Fold a
piece of paper several times and make cut outs in places, unfold and have
snowflakes. No two are alike.
Snowman mobile
added 12-29-98
Original Author Unknown
Need: paper, string
Directions: 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.
Poem to be used with mobile
I built a little snowman
who had a carrot nose.
Along came a bunny
and what do you suppose?
That funny little bunny
while searching for a snack
ate that snowman's nose
crunch crunch crunch
Snowflakes added
12-29-98 Original Author Unknown
Need: Fabric paint,
plastic wrap
Directions: Make
them from fabric paint on plastic wrap. Let dry and then peel and stick to
your windows.
Glistening Snowflake
added 12-29-98
Original Author Unknown
Need: tape, doily,
paper plate, paint brush, paint, silver glitter
Directions: Lightly
tape a doily to a paper plate. Use a paintbrush to gently dab blue tempera
all over the doily. While paint is still wet, remove the doily. Sprinkle
silver glitter on the wet paint. Shake off excess glitter and cut around
the pattern.
Snowflakes Everywhere
added 12-29-98 Original
Author Unknown
Need: A 4"
snowman pattern, Scissors, Oak tag, Hole puncher, Straight pins,
9"x12" construction paper, aluminum pie pan, metal caps and lids
from jars, old toothbrushes, compass, glue, 6" doilies
Directions: Trace
snowman pattern several times and cut out from oak tag. With a hole
puncher, punch out holes where for the snow man's eyes and buttons on the
oak tag snowman. Pin the snowman to a piece of construction paper with two
straight pins. Next, pour a small amount of white tempera paint into an aluminum
pie pan. Holding a metal cap or lid in one hand and a toothbrush in the
other, demonstrate to the children how to spatter the paint. Hold the cap
or lid over the paper and away from the face; dip the toothbrush into the
paint and brush down the edge of the cap or lid to spatter the paint onto
the paper around the snowman pattern. After the children have spatter-painted
their designs, remove the oak tag pattern. Using a compass, draw a 5"
circle onto the oak tag and cut out Children may trace the circle around
their designs and cut out then have the children glue the design onto a 6"
doily. Children can glue their doilies onto folded pieces of construction
paper to make cards or punch a hole near the top of the doily and tie yarn
through the hole to make
hanging ornaments.
3-D Snowflake
added 10-9-99
Original Author Unknown
Need: 2 white paper doilies per child, white
glitter, white ribbon, glue, tape
Directions: Give each child 2 doilies. Have them spread a little glue on
their doilies. Sprinkle with the glitter. Let Dry. Make a cut on each
doily which extends from one outer edge to the middle. Help the
children line up the cuts and fit on doily over the other, to create a 3
dimensional snowflake, tape into place. Curl and tape the ribbon to each
snowflake and hang them in a window or from the ceiling.
Snowflakes
added 1-6-00
Original Author Unknown
Need: water colors, coffee filter, Scissors
Directions:
Fill cups with different watercolor colors. Invite each child to fold a
coffee filter into a triangle and dip each corner into a different color.
Let dry. Cut pieces out of creases to make beautiful snowflakes.
Glitter Painting added
1-6-00 Original Author Unknown
Need: Dark blue paper, 3 T. Liquid starch, 1 tsp.
Glitter, Jars, Paint brushes
Directions: Mix the starch with glitter to make
glitter paint. Let each child experiment with glitter paint on dark paper.
Talk about the pictures after they dry.
Paint with Ice
Cubes added
1-6-00 Original Author Unknown
Need: Food coloring, Water, Ice cream sticks,
Coffee filters, Paper
Directions: Put colored water in ice cube trays,
put in ice cream sticks to make the cubes easier to handle. Freeze. Let the
children paint on the filters with the ice cubes. For something different let
them use other textured paper and ask them what happens.
Snowman
added 1-6-00
Original Author Unknown
Need:
paper, glue, scissors
Directions:
We make a cute snow man with paper chains. Each students links
together 3 strips of white paper (just like you do to make the winter
holiday chains). Each piece of ours is about 2" by 8". Then we
use scraps to make hats, scarf, buttons, face , etc. They are very nice to
hang up and make a 3-d display.
Ice Painting
added 3-27-00
Submitted by: Carla Edwards
Need: water, use of a freezer, cups, craft sticks,
powdered tempera paint
Directions:
Put water and a craft stick in small Dixie and freeze. Remove Dixie cup.
Dip ice "popsicle" in powdered tempera paint and paint with it.
Glue and Glitter
Snowflake added 1-20-01
Original Author Unknown
Need: Glue, iridescent
glitter, and wax paper
Directions: Last week we make glue/glitter
snowflakes. Have children squeeze Elmers onto waxed paper or foil.
Any pretty "snowflake" pattern will do. Sprinkle with iridescent
glitter. Dry for 2 days until clear. Peel carefully and hang.
Pretty!
Paper Tube Snowman
added 10-29-01
Original Author Unknown
Need: Toilet paper tube
(or half of a paper towel tube), paper, glue
Directions: 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
added 10-29-01
Original Author Unknown
Need: Honeycomb cereal,
white paint, glitter, blue paper
Directions: 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.
Snowflake Headbands
added 10-29-01
Original Author Unknown
Need: paper, stickers,
stamps, or crayons, white doilies, glue
Directions: Take a long strip of
3" wide paper decorated it with stamps, stickers, or crayons. Cut up small pieces of a white doilies.
Glue the dollies to the strip. When dry fit around the child's head and tape or
glue.
Glue/Glitter
Snowflakes added 10-29-01
Original Author Unknown
Need: iridescent glitter, wax paper, glue
Directions: Have children squeeze Elmer onto wax
paper. Any pretty "snowflake" pattern will do. Sprinkle
with iridescent glitter. Dry for 2 days until clear. Peel carefully
and hang.
Icicles
added 10-29-01
Original Author Unknown
Need: paper, white paint, iridescent glitter,
scissors
Directions:
Finger paint with white tempera on a sheet of
art paper. Before the paint
dries, have each child sprinkle his paper with clear or iridescent glitter.
After the paint is dry, cut one long edge of each paper into jagged icicle
shapes. Mount the straight edge of each at the top of cubbies or tables.
Snow Painting
added 11-6-01
Submitted by: Esther Joy Holbrook
Need: Snow, paint, squirt bottle
Directions: In a squirt bottle mix up powder or
liquid tempera paint, making it very watery. Let the children go out and sculpt
the snow and paint the snow sculptures. This will provide hours of creative fun
during the snowy months.
Inside an igloo added 11-6-01
Submitted by: Britta Jensen
Need: blue and white paper, glue, scissors, and
markers or crayons
Directions: Cut out an igloo shape on
he blue paper Make the igloo almost as big as the entire paper. Cut doors that
can be opened up (like barn doors.). Glue it down to the white paper- make sure
that you don't glue the doors shut! The children draw igloo patterns (ice
blocks) on their igloo and draw a picture of what should be inside/or might be
inside an igloo. Write underneath their writing and put the caption "Inside
(child's name)'s igloo..."
Shaving Cream
Snowmen added 11-6-01
Submitted by: Ashley Dymond
Need: Shaving cream, glue, and black paper
Directions: 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.
Winter Hats
added 12-16-01
Original Author Unknown
Need: Construction
paper, paste, crayons, paint, brushes, cotton balls
Directions: Draw a stocking cap shape for each
child on a piece of construction paper. A half circle with a cuff across the
bottom and a tassel at the top is simple to do. Cut out shapes. Have the
children decorate their cap shapes with crayons or paint, by pasting on scraps
of colored paper, or sponge painting. Let them each paste a cotton ball on the
tassel area. While the children are working, talk about the changing weather and
how hats help keep heads and ears warm. The children may make mittens to match
caps.
Sparkling
Snowflake added
1-18-02
Submitted by: Jules91986
Need: Paper
plate, scissors, shaving cream, glue, white or opal glitter
Directions: Take a paper plate, fold in 1/2
3X's then cut out shapes from the folded paper plate (triangle, squares, or cut
off the edges). Unfold paper plate and have a snow flake. To
decorate, mix together 2/3 shaving cream to 1/3 glue, have children cover the
plate with shaving cream/glue mixture. While wet and when completely
covered, then sprinkle with white or opal glitter. Let dry over night.
Snow
added 1-18-02
Original Author Unknown
Need: Paper,
crayons, brushes, Epsom salt, water
Directions: Have
children draw and color winter scenes. Then have them paint over the entire
picture with a mixture of (Adult Part!!) 16 ounces
Epsom salts dissolved in 4 ounces of very hot water. As the picture dries,
frosty crystals will appear.
Snow Paint
added 2-02-02 Original Author
Unknown
Need: Elmers School
glue, shaving cream, dark paper
Directions: Mixed equal parts of white Elmers
school glue and shaving cream. It made a marshmallow like substance that
was great fun and a lot of mess. Paint with the mixture on dark colored paper.
Winter Arts & Crafts
added 2-10-02 Original Author
Unknown
Need: Paper, black or dark blue paper, cotton
balls, white paint
Directions: Cut out a snowflake from paper. Then,
lay the snowflake on top of a black or dark blue piece of construction paper.
Dip a cotton ball in white paint and "dab" all over the snowflake with
the paint. The paint will go through the spaces in the snowflake and onto the
paper. Then, remove the snowflake. There will be a beautiful snowflake painted
onto the paper.
Coconut Snowman
added 11-11-02 Original Author
Unknown
Need: Paper, chalk, paste or glue, coconut,
raisins.
Directions: Draw outline of a snowman on black
paper with chalk. Spread paste over snowman. Sprinkle shredded
coconut over the paste. Use raisins for eyes, mouth, buttons!
Shape Snowman
added 12-17-02 Original Author
Unknown
Need: blue construction paper, white construction
paper, small white paper circle, black rectangle
Directions: Have children glue on circles to form
the snowman. Then have them glue on the rectangle for the hat. Next have
children draw stick arms. Next have them draw on carrot for nose, eyes, smile,
buttons on stomach, scarf, etc.
Snowflakes
added 11-10-03 Original Author
Unknown
Need: paper and scissors
Directions: Use white napkin or light white
paper in square shape. Fold square
in half, then fold in three parts radiating from center-point on fold. Cut
your own design and open.
Spatter Paint Snowflake
added 11-10-03 Original Author
Unknown
Need: construction paper, paint brush, white
tempera paint
Directions: Cut a large circle from black or
blue construction paper. Fold in half and open. Dip brush into white
tempera paint that is thinner than normal. Hold brush over paper, being
careful not to touch brush to paper. Shake brush, allowing paint to fall
randomly. Fold on original crease and press. Open and symmetrical
design appears.
No Melt Snow Dough
added 11-10-03 Original Author
Unknown
Need: 1 C Flour, 1/2 C Salt, 1 C water, 2 TBSP veg oil, 1 TBSP cream of tartar, 1/3 C
Clear or silver glitter, 1/4 C white tempera powdered paint
Directions: Mix all ingredients together, Cook over medium heat, stirring until a ball is formed. Knead the dough as it cools. Store dough in an air tight container.
Winter Hats
added 12-7-03 Original Author
Unknown
Need: Construction paper, paste, crayons, paint,
brushes, cotton balls
Directions: Draw a stocking cap shape for each
child on a piece of construction paper. A half circle with a cuff across the
bottom and a tassel at the top is simple to do. Cut out shapes. Have the
children decorate their cap shapes with crayons or paint or by pasting on scraps
of colored paper. Sponge painting. Let them each paste a cotton ball on the
tassel area. While the children are working, talk about the changing weather and
how hats help keep heads and ears warm. The children may make mittens to match
caps.
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