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DLTK's Holiday Activities
Snowman Cotton Ball Craft
This is a super simple, inexpensive craft for little children.
They enjoy the feel of the cotton balls. |
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Tip from a viewer: I used black pom
poms for the eyes, nose and mouth, an orange pom pom for the nose and popsicle
sticks for the arms. I didn't make a hat.
Materials:
 | cotton balls (about 40 per snowman)
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| blue construction paper (1 sheet per child) |
| black construction paper |
| orange construction paper
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| glue |
| scissors
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| optional: popsicle stick |
Instructions:
| optional: I prefer to just premake the craft for them
to use as a model and let them make their cotton ball snowman freehand but
you can draw or trace two circles onto the blue construction paper as a
guide for the children to glue cotton balls inside.
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| Have the children glue cotton balls in two or three stacked circles to
make a snowman shape
 | I like to squeeze some glue onto a paper plate or margarine container
lid and let the children scoop bits of glue with a popsicle stick. |
| I find it gets too messy letting them squeeze the glue right out of
the bottle onto the paper
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| Cut out construction paper shapes (adults can do this prior to craft time
for young children)
| BLACK: 5 large circles per snowman (2 eyes and 3 buttons) |
| BLACK: 5 small circles per snowman (for the mouth) |
| BLACK: hat shape (rectangle with a square on top) |
| ORANGE: Cut out one triangle per snowman (nose) |
| ORANGE (or brown): Long rectangle shapes (arms)
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| Have the children glue their snowman faces, buttons, hat and arms to their
cotton ball snowman.
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