As the winter season unfolds, what better way to ignite the spirit of joy and creativity in schools than by indulging in the magic of snow-based crafts? From crafting delicate snowflakes to building jolly snowmen, these hands-on projects provide students with the perfect canvas to express their imagination and infuse the school with an atmosphere of delightful winter wonder.
Snowman Showdown
You will need -
- White card
- Glue
- Coloured pencils/crayons/paints
- Scissors
- Glitter, Pompoms or other crafty essentials for decoration!
Instructions -
1. Fold a piece of white card as many times as you can, evenly and lengthways.
2. Draw a picture of a snowman on the top layer of your folded card, making sure that the snowman's hands touch the edges (and remember not to cut through these to make sure they stay in a chain!)
3. Cut around the snowman through all of the layers of the card.
Unforld the snowmen and then lay them flat on the tables to that you can start decorating each one individually.
4. Create a fabulous display with all of your class' creations. Another fun idea is to use the snowmen chains as an alternative to border roll.
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Super Snowflakes
You will need -
- Coloured Paper
- Scissors
No, really, that's all!
Instructions -
1. Choose a piece of coloured paper.
2. Cut the end off of the sheet of paper off to create a large square.
3. Fold the square piece of paper in half diagonally to form a triangle.
4. Then repeat this by folding it diagonally two more times each time creating a smaller triangle.
5. Using scissors carefully snip at the edges of the triangle to create a pattern.
Tip: Be careful not to cut straight through the paper as then the snowflake will break into two pieces.
6. Unfold the paper to reveal the snowflake.
7. Choose another colour and repeat the steps to create a range of pastel coloured snowflakes.
Wobbly Snowmen
You will need -
- Polystyrene Balls
- Children's Socks
- Watercolour Pencils
- White Paint
- Paintbrushes
Instructions -
1. Take a polystyrene ball and paint it white so it is completly covered and leave to dry (this will be the face).
2. Once dry use the watercolour pencils to drawn on the features of the snowman. To do this, simply dip the tip of the pencil into water to use as a watercolour, drawn onto the polystyrene ball and then leave to dry (be careful, this can be a little fiddly).
3. Take the socks and push the toe end of the socks inside of itself. Then tie a piece of string around the sock to section off the top third of the sock (making it look like a hat).
5. Place the stretchy part of the sock onto the top of the ball and glue in place.
