Do You Want To Build A
Snowman?
What
do you do when weather or other factors trap you inside the house, or you just
want something easy and fun to do with the kids-you create a Torn Paper Snowman
of course? This is a great project to inspire creativity all while helping to
develop your child’s imagination and small motor skills that become so
necessary later on in life. Let’s get
started:
You Will Need:
Large
Construction Paper or Tag board
White
Construction Paper or computer paper
Scraps
of assorted colors
Glue
White
Paint
Marbles
Empty
Box or box lid Place
Pencil
and scissors
Soundtrack
from Disney’s “Frozen”
Directions:
1) Tear White Paper into
small pieces-these will be the basis for your Snowman
2) Have your lightly draw the
basic outline of a snowman’s body-for younger children such as the ones in my
classroom, we actually “drew”
the bottom circle directly with the glue, and
when the students had completed the base, we drew the next circle.
3) Have the child glue, (or
place if the glue is already there) the torn white paper into the circles of
the snowman, making sure the pieces overlap.
4) Tear small bits of green,
pink and orange to create the snowman’s eyes, buttons and carrot nose.
5) From other scraps create a
hat, scarf and arms for your snowman. We used a Cricut to create the ears so
our snowmen could show their #DisneySide
6) Place the finished product
into the lid of a box.
7) Dip two marbles into a
bowl of while paint. Drop both marbles into the box and let the child roll the
marbles back and forth to create the snow
Don’t have any
paint on hand? Another fun alternative is to connect a large paper plate and a
small paper plate (or a large and small
circle cut from tag board) and put out an assortment of treasures from your
cabinets and drawers. Then stand back and watch their creativity take off!
Now the only question to
answer is “Do you want to build a Snowman”
( You know you’ve been singing it ever since I mentioned it)
Looking for the links on
previous Summer Camps and Kid's Korner Quick and Easy Projects?
Gayle is a Disney Gal that loves churros for breakfast, still gets
giddy with delight at the first sight of the “Disneyland next exit sign”, loves
the overwhelming emotions and memories that come with each and every return to
the Happiest Place on Earth and dreams of one day being the Captain of the
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