Caroline
Winter brought us our first snowstorm last week and put us in the mood for a fun winter kids craft. Have you had some snowy weather too? You’re going to love having fun indoors making this swirly glue and glittery snowman craft. It’s bright and gorgeous and perfect for putting on display all winter long.
Supplies needed:
- watercolor paper (a piece cut to 4 ½ x 7 inches)
- blue and purple watercolors and paintbrush
- colored cardstock (color of your choice, cut in half)
- School glue
- Glue stick
- Glue stick
- Glitter Shakers
- Embellishments like buttons, ribbon, orange craft foam and brown marker
- place mat for collecting excess glitter
- pencil
Tutorial:
1. Paint your paper
Start by using your watercolors to paint the inside of your watercolor paper in blues and purples. We left an outside rim unpainted to act as a border but you can paint the entire sheet if you want. Let the painted paper dry completely.
2. Glue it to the colored cardstock
When your painted paper is dry, glue it onto your colored cardstock with your glue stick.
3. Make swirly circle of glue
Place your paper onto a place mat. Now it’s time to make your swirly snowman with your school glue. To make this process easier, lightly draw or trace two circles onto the painted paper with a pencil. Then trace the circles with your glue and create a swirly circle of glue on the insides of the circles.
4. Pour glitter over your swirly snowman
Get out your glitter shakers and choose a color for your snowman. Shake the glitter all over your swirly snowman. Then dump off the excess glitter into the garbage or into a baggy to save for another project. Let the glue and glitter dry completely.
5. Glue buttons to create eyes & mouth
Use your embellishments to decorate your glittery snowman craft. Glue on buttons for eyes, a mouth and down along the snowman body.
6. Cut out nose & draw arms
Make a carrot nose from a craft foam sheet and a scarf made from ribbon. You can also use a brown marker to draw twig arms on your snowman.
I love that my Kindergartner chose to make a pink snowman! And those twig arms…the cuteness! It’s so bright and cheerful hanging up on display in our home.
