Do you want to build a snowman? The song I was singing, much to the annoyance of my children, while sitting down to craft it up the other day. I was on a mission … a mission to build a snowman! Not a real snowman, please no, I am not ready for that cold, wet real snow, but cotton balls make a good replacement for snow. Today I share with you a super cute, fun and easy craft to do with toddlers, because that is about my skill level – toddler level. I swear, in some ways, I shall never grow up!
You will need cotton balls, googly eyes, glue gun (if you wish), Elmer’s glue, construction paper in brown, white and black. Oh and scissors!
Glue together 4 cotton balls for the base of snowman, 3 cotton balls for the body of snowman and 2 cotton balls for the head of snowman. Glue these together as if you are rolling together a real snowball outside in the winter with cold, wet snow.
Once you have your “snowballs” ready, you can move onto the next step… I personally prefer hot glue gun, but you may use Elmer’s glue for this step. Glue the snowballs onto a circular piece of white construction paper. In order of snowball size, just like a real snowman.
Then you will have your snowman all built up and you can draw the hands and get the googly eyes ready .. your snowman should look similar to this right now …
Then .. you draw the arms best you can on brown construction paper, and cut it out.
Once you have the arms cut out, and googly eyes chosen, you an start to place these items on the snowman …
The last step is to draw a black hat, like shown in first image in this post. Glue it to the top of your snowman. There you have it, how to build a snowman, without snow, toddler style!
If you make this craft and are not supervising the children, I am in no way at fault for any harm done, this craft is meant to be a supervised craft when the child is clearly not old enough to make this snowman on their own. Please use common sense when crafting up any craft ideas I share. I am not to blame for any malfunctions or injuries that occur when making my craft project ideas.
If you try to make this with your toddler or preschoolers please let me know they came out. I would love to see photos if possible!
So cute! Was it difficult to get the arms glued on? I know my kids would enjoy making a cute snowman plus the great thing is we have all these supplies.
The arms were more difficult to cut, being so small. I used hot glue to get them on the snowman, so that made it easier to stick them quicker.
This is such a fun and cute craft for the upcoming holiday! I’m sure the kids would love this!
This is too cute!! Going to have to do this with my princess :):)
When I first saw this – I laugh so hard – it was sooo adorable! HAHA!
Awww, that is so cute. You are such a crafty, creative mama!
Those snowmen are really cute! I miss having little ones to do crafts with!
This is very simple and easy to do. Cotton balls can really make a good snowman.
Oh this is adorable! Homeschooling my daughter now I’m always on the look out for fun and cute crafts for art!
The snowman is so cute and it looks so fluffy with all those cotton balls put together. It’s a great art project for children.
This is such a cute snowman. I will have to try this with my friends kids.
This is such a cute idea. It is the only kind snowman I can make here in Fl.
I can´t believe it´s already time to start winter crafting and cooking! This is such a cute little craft for the kids.
What a cute idea!! You’re really creative!!
Kids would love this snowman craft! So cute and creative!
It’s absolutely adorable and so darn easy! I like how he’s leaning. :O
It is cute. And I like that song too. LOL at the kids not appreciating you singing it. 😉
That is so cute, what a fun project for the little kids. This is such a magical time for kids to create crafts.
Such a cute craft idea for the upcoming winter holidays, I love these little snowmen!
That is way too cute. I think my son will still enjoy making it even though he’s no longer a toddler. 🙂
This takes me back to being a kid. What a simple and cute/perfect craft for children! Not to mention easy peasy!
This is super cute! I plan to make this with my preschooler!
awwww and my son loves olaf. cute!
That is so cute I love it!!!
such a cute snowman and at first i thought it was real snowman till you said it. I am singing that frozen song now, its catchy
Aw! That is such a cute idea!! I love it! 😀
Ohhhh, I love this. The perfect craft for wee folk!
Too cute and effortlessly easy! My son would love this craft. 🙂
I am going to try this. My non crafty self could at least do this and not mess up. Will follow the pictures so close lol.
This would be so much fun to do with my daughter. She is having Frozen fever these days!