Snow-Inspired Kid Crafts!

BIG snow fall here this past weekend so I guess, against my springtime wishes, winter is still here to stay!  Today, we are so excited to join a great group of bloggers for the Winter Wonderland Blog Hop that features some fun and awesome winter-themed crafts, recipes, printables, and more.  

Today, we are going to share TWO great winter crafts for little ones and one big craft FAILURE!!!  (It happens to us all and the boys and I had a major craft fail so I just have to share with you)

1.  FROSTY Hands:  My boys are in love with the movie, Frosty the Snowman, so this craft was perfect for them.  We love painting hands or feet so this was a fun project for the boys.  Each boy made a handprint on the paper.  Then, we added eyes, nose, scarf, and hat to make little Frosty hands!

2.  DIY Snow Globe

Supplies: Baby food jar

Water

Glitter

Small toy

Something to prop up toy (we used the top of a baby food pouch)

Hot glue or other waterproof glue

Ribbon or ricrac (optional)

Directions: Glue the toy to what you are going to use to "prop it up higher". Then glue the toy & "prop" to the inside of the baby food jar lid. Fill the baby food jar with water, about 3/4 full. Sprinkle in glitter. Screw on cap. Then we put another line of glue around the lid to prevent leaking & added some ricrac for fun!

And now for the big craft FAILURE!  We decided to attempt to make those cute glue "snowman" that I have seen searching the web for winter crafts.  We put glue down on parchment paper in the shape of snowman (I think this was my problem as I was supposed to use wax paper, but I didn't have any so I was trying to substitute!  Or maybe I didn't get the glue thick enough, anyone have advice on what happened?).  

 After making the snowman, we decorated with pom-poms, wiggly eyes, pipe cleaners, and glitter!  The boys had a lot of fun with this project and I thought that the snowman turned out really cute, right??

 But once the glue dried, it disappeared!  So we may have to try this craft again because the boys really did have fun with it with and see if we can make this project work...(Has anyone tried this?!?!)

 Hope you enjoyed our winter "activities" for you!  On the hunt for more winter-themed crafts?

Check out all the great ideas in the Winter Wonderland Blog Hop from these other amazing bloggers:

The Iowa Farmer's Wife - B-Inspired Mama - Kid World Citizen - Love Play Learn - 

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