New Frosty the Snowman for kids to make

As you probably are aware, I grow up in New England and now that I live in Texas the only thing I miss about snow is making snowman. Here are some more wonder snowman for kids to make indoors.

Eco-Friendly Frosty Ornament

Make this cute snowman ornament with recycled items you already have. from Parents Magazine.

 Materials:  3 white jar lids (approximately 11/2", 2", and 2 1/2" in diameter); Scissors; Cotton batting; Felt (white, black, orange, red, light green, and dark green); Hot-glue gun; Black bottle top and String

Directions:

Hot-glue the white jar lids edge to edge, in size order. Glue a slight mound of batting on the inside of each lid.

From felt, cut two white and two black circles for eyes, an orange circle for the nose, a red semicircle for the mouth, and three dark-green circles for buttons.

Glue all of the elements in place.

Cut a 1/2" x 8" strip of light-green felt and fringe the ends. Wrap it around the snowman's "neck" and glue to secure.

Glue the bottom edge of the bottle top to the center of a 1 1/2" black felt circle, then glue hat to the top of the smallest lid.

Glue a loop of string to the top of the ornament to hang.

Build-Your-Own Snowman

Materials:  8 1/2- by 11-inch sheet of card stock or heavy paper; Craft knife and scissors; Glue stick; Card stock in white, black, and orange; 7- by 1/2-inch piece of red felt; 6-inch piece of embroidery floss or string; 6 large black seed beads; Snack-size Ziploc bag; Clear tape; A9 or 6- by 9-inch envelope

Directions:

 

 

 

 

 

Fold the 8 1/2- by 11-inch sheet of card stock in half widthwise. Open the card and use a craft knife to cut a 6- by 3-inch rectangle from the front of the card (leaving a 1 1/4-inch border). If you like, glue the cutout inside the card, opposite the window, as we did below.

Cut 3 white circles, a hat (ours is 1 1/2 inches wide at the brim), and a 3/4-inch-long carrot from the card stock. (For easier cutting, use our templates.) Fringe the ends of the red felt strip and tie the floss or string into a loop.

Place all these parts plus the beads into the Ziploc bag, seal it, and tape it behind the window. Finally, add a message letting recipients know that a little glue is all it takes to put together their ornament.

Craft-Stick Snow Clan Holiday Ornaments

Materials: Wide craft sticks or tongue depressors; Wooden craft spoons; White craft paint; Colored felt, beads, pipe cleaners, mini pom-poms, twigs, markers; Craft glue and Ribbon

Directions:

Paint the craft sticks, or tongue depressors, and wooden craft spoons with white paint and let dry. (If you're preparing for a party, paint them the night before to cut out the drying time.)
Once you've got that white snowy base, let the kids plunge into the felt, beads, pipe cleaners, mini pom-poms, twigs, and markers to create a snow person self-portrait, or a whole snow clan complete with family pet. After the glue has dried, add the artist's name and the date to the back of the ornament and glue on a loop of ribbon to hang it on the tree.

Snowman Garland

Decorate your doorways or mantels with this shimmering snowman garland.

Materials:  white paper; white glitter glue with sparkles and scissors

Directions:

Cut out the snowmen from white paper and paint with white glitter glue for extra sparkle.

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