After the fun they had making simple construction paper snowmen, I was excited to let the kids experiment with something new – cotton balls!
At 4, Peanut is a pretty good drawer, so I had her draw her own snowman on paper.
Then I ran glue inside one circle and gave her a handful of cotton balls, telling her to cover the circle with them. She had fun with the fluffy white balls – stretching them and experimenting with them as she crafted.
I drew my 2 year old’s snowman for him, making sure to smear his bottom circle with glue so he could fill it up with cotton balls.
He didn’t like the fact that the cotton balls stuck to his glue-covered fingers, but eventually he filled in the circle and got excited about how his snowman was looking.
Once the snowmen were covered with cotton balls I got out the “extras”: google eyes and pieces of felt.
They had fun selecting eyes to glue on and telling Mommy what color mittens, scarves, and hats they wanted for their snowmen.
And they turned out super cute!
]I couldn’t wait for them to dry so we could hang the artwork up for everyone to see. And it’s just in time, too, since we’re beginning to take the Christmas artwork down and the doors are looking kind of bare…
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Lisa @ Two Bears Farm says
They are super cute. A great use for cottonballs!
admin says
Best use I’ve had of them… We’ve had the bag since my oldest was born (4 yrs. now); time to use them up!
admin says
They had fun doing it… Little ones have a hard time waiting for snow. We live in Ohio, and usually have had some by now, but I’m not complaining! Just hope it doesn’t decide to snow in March or April now!
Rach says
Fun!
MiaB says
These turned out so cute!!!
~MiaB
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admin says
Thanks! I fell in love with the finished products! Now the question is where to store them when I do take them down… b/c I can’t think of tossing them!
Carrie says
What a great winter craft! Thank you for sharing it at Sharing Saturday. We are definitely going to give this a try.
Mandi Wilfong says
This is a great idea. And, since we are stuck in tomorrow with snowday #2 … this will be perfect!
admin says
You definitely have more snow than we do then! Hope you had fun making your snowmen!
Carrie says
I just wanted to let you know that we tried this craft this week and I blogged about it with a link back to you at http://craftymomsshare.blogspot.com/2012/01/let-it-snow-from-bathroom-more.html. Thank you!
admin says
Yeah! I’m glad someone gave it a try! Hope you all enjoyed it; thanks for linking back to me! Can’t wait to check out your post!
Katie says
So Cute! I think I’m going to try this with my two kids!
Pinkoddy says
This is very cute and quick to set up – which is always good for me. Many thanks for sharing – we will def do this over the holidays.
OneMommy says
Easy and quick to set up is high on my list when it comes to crafts! 🙂
Mihaela says
Such a cute snowman! Love the big eyes! 🙂 Thank you for linking at Tots at Play this week! 😀 Pinned and will share on FB today!
OneMommy says
Those big eyes are one of my favorite features, too! Thanks for sharing!