Snowman Fun

C's snowman art

R's snowman art

The snowman ornaments were made with salt dough.  I cut the circles out of the dough with a biscuit cutter and then attached a carrot shaped piece of salt dough on top.  I used a straw to make the holes and baked them at 250 degrees for two hours.

Once they were hard and cool, C and R used white and orange paint on them and added the eyes and mouths with Sharpies.  They finished them with a coat of Mod Podge and a ribbon.

We read Snowmen at Christmas by Caralyn Buehner, a great book about how snowmen celebrate Christmas.  This is a companion to the best selling book,Snowmen at Night, and it is just as wonderful.  C and R love the little snow children and snow dogs, and little details like the snowman crossing sign on one page.  The illustrations are beautiful too.

I made snowman cocoa for C (R still doesn't like marshmallows - ugh, marshmallows are so easy to transform into cute things!).  I topped C's cocoa with whipped cream and then added some large marshmallows that I decorated with food coloring markers.  Super cute, right?


Make your own snowman snack:

Pretzel sticks, raisins, mini chocolate chips, and banana slices

The carrot nose is orange icing.

*The snowman art is a variation of a project from Mrs. Jackson's Art Room.