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Snowman craft from cotton pads
momstown loves finding household items and incorporating them into crafts. Today we used cotton pads (used for makeup removal!) and turned them into snowmen!
So neat to see how differently three kids make the same craft! The cotton pads add texture and make it look like real snow.
What you need:
- Cotton pads
- Construction paper
- Glue
- Googly eyes
- Any scrap wrapping paper, ribbons, shiny paper
Have kids cut out circles to form the snowmen (good cutting skill practice!) and glue them onto the construction paper. Then, glue on the cotton pads to create texture and a snowy fluffy effect. You can pull on the pads to fluff them up a bit!
Add googly eyes, use scrap paper to make a hat, scarf, and any other embellishments your snowman may need!
momstown has so many snowman crafts - there is bound to be one your child will enjoy!
What you need:
This is the point where we figured out that you need to lay down the glue for the toddlers!
That's better!
What you need:
First, cut out three circles and tack them onto cardboard or cardstock. If you cut them out for a younger child, make sure they do the work figuring out smallest to largest and stick them on themselves.
The first snowman we made had an orange hat, buttons, and arms. This is a great way to teach or reinforce colour matching as you create different 'outfits' for your snowman. Tack the pieces on using blu-tack so they can be easily removed.
Once you've got a variety of colours and pieces, your child can have fun mixing and matching.
Make three circles in glue to form the snowman. You can do this step for your child, or have them give it a try. It doesn't matter if they are perfect, any excess glue will just catch the sugar 'snow'. You could trace the circles first and then have your child follow them with the glue.
Pour sugar over top of the glue and swish around. The sugar will stick to the glue and look like snow!
Use glitter glue to complete the picture (hat, arms, eyes, mouth). Then tip the paper and remove the excess sugar.
