Introduction:
Winter is here, and it’s time to have some frosty fun with your preschoolers. Snowman activities are a wonderful way to bring out the creativity and excitement in children during the cold months. So bundle up, grab your mittens, and get ready to explore these 20 snowman activities perfect for preschool-aged children!
1. Snowman Building Contest: Split the children into groups and see who can build the best snowman! Provide props like hats, scarves, and carrots for noses.
2. Snowman Bowling: Set up empty water bottles with snowman faces drawn on them as pins and use a soft, lightweight ball to teach the kids how to bowl.
3. Snowman Puppets: Help the children make their own snowman puppets using paper plates, cotton balls, and craft sticks.
4. Frosty Relay Race: Divide children into teams and have them race while carrying snowballs between their legs or on a spoon held in their mouth.
5. Snowman Sensory Bin: Create a sensory bin with fake snow made of shaving cream mixed with white glue, and let kids decorate mini snowmen using buttons, googly eyes, and beads.
6. Paper Plate Snowmen: Decorate paper plates with crayons or paint as faces for a fun art project.
7. Shaved Ice Painting: Use crushed ice mixed with watercolor paint for an icy twist on traditional painting.
8. Freeze Dance: Play music and encourage the kids to dance like wobbly snowmen – stopping every time the music stops.
9. Melted Snowman Slime: Create white “melted” slime by mixing clear glue, Borax, and water; then let the kids play with it like real melted snow!
10. Edible Snowmen Treats: Make simple no-cook treats with marshmallows, pretzel sticks, and chocolate chips to resemble snowmen.
11. Sticky Window Snowmen: Use clear sticky paper, construction paper cutouts, and cotton balls to create interactive window decorations.
12. Snowman Name Puzzle: Customize this activity for each child by creating a snowman with each child’s name spelled out vertically using paper circles.
13. Shivery Snowman Science: Teach children about the melting process by letting them watch an ice sculpture or ice cubes melt and then discussing how it relates to real snowmen.
14. Frosty Footprints: Have kids step in white paint and make footprints on large sheets of construction paper, then decorate the footprints as snowman feet.
15. Roll-a-Snowman Game: Use a simple custom-made dice with drawings of snowman parts (hat, scarf, eyes, etc.) to let children roll the dice and add the indicated part to their snowman drawing.
16. Button and Beads Snowman Craft: Encourage fine motor skills by threading buttons and beads onto a pipe cleaner – then twisting them into a snowman shape.
17. Snowball Toss: Set up straw baskets or plastic bins at varying distances for kids to practice their throwing skills with soft white balls representing snowballs.
18. Felt Board Storytime: Create felt pieces of a snowman story and engage children in interactive learning as they help you retell the story by placing the felt pieces on the board.
19. Mitten Match-Up: Provide pairs of mittens and scatter them around the room; have the children race to find two matching mittens like they would help a snowman find matching gloves!
20. Cotton Ball Snowmen: Assemble three different sized cotton balls from small to large with glue or adhesive dots; then decorate with craft items such as buttons, googly
