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Snowflakes and Snowmen
Winter Crafts for Little Ones By Kymberly Pratt
A fun idea is to make the garland with 25 circles. Every day, have your child remove one for a Christmas countdown.
Nature Snowflakes
For colorful snowflakes, paint before adding the glue and glitter. You'll need:
Small sticks
White tacky glue
Glitter
Floral wire
Paintbrush
String
Old shoebox
Help your child tie small sticks together with floral wire. Floral wire is easy to work with and very kid-friendly. Helphim make a snowflake shape. After the snowflake is done, help your child paint some glue all over it. Hold it over the shoebox forhim whilehe sprinkles on glitter. The shoebox will capture the glitter so you can reuseit and save on clean-up time.
Allow the snowflake to dry completely, then tie a piece of string to hang.
Plastic Snowmen
Use different size bottles and make a whole snowman family! You'll need:
Clear plastic bottle (water bottle or coke bottle)
White paint
Black Paint
Paintbrush
Snowman embellishments
Make sure your water or drink bottle is completely dry on the inside before beginning thisproject. Help your child squirt a substantial amount of white paint into the bottle. Put the lid on and let him shake and roll it until the whole bottle is covered on the inside.
Next, help your child decorate the outside of the bottle as a snowman. Help him paint on a face with the black paint. You can use a small piece of scrap fabric to make a scarf. Look around the house for interesting embellishmentssuch asold buttons, doll hats, beads, etc.
