A winter/snowperson theme is perfect for dreary January with no major holidays to celebrate and lots of snow days to look forward to. We have had lots of success at my centre with some of these creative (and snow based) tactile activities with our preschoolers and toddlers.
- Snow Paint 1 - Mix equal amounts of shaving cream and white school glue. This mixture is excellent for making snow scenes on dark paper/cardboard
- Snow Paint 2 - Mix together a watered down blue paint and sprinkle with salt. Set aside. Have the children colour with white crayon on dark coloured paper. Gently paint over the crayon markings with your paint/salt mixture. Enjoy the sparkly winter snow scene.
- Fake Snow - Recycle your used ketchup/mustard bottles. Wash and save. Mix together equal parts of flour, water and salt. Fill squeeze bottles and make snowdrifts and snow men. "snow" dries puffy and sparkly.
- Make some marshmallow snowmen! - Three large marshmallows for the body, and a rolo for his hat. Pretzels for the arms and chocolate chips for eyes and mouth. Cut up orange gumdrops into triangles for a great carrot nose!
- Ivory Snow "snow". - Add small amounts of water to ivory snow detergent. Beat with electric beaters until desired consistancy is reached. Use mixture to create snowy lanscapes on dark paper.
Do you have any other winter crafts? Share them here.