Make Snowmen Indoors! Great Paper Craft for Kids

My daughter has never seen snow… and she is scheming to change that.  Despite the fact that we live in Florida, she longs to play in the snow and make a snowman.  A few days ago, she suggested we drive to “where’er” there is snow and bring it back “’cause itz cold here!”  So for my January circle cutter craft, I wanted to surprise her and let her see snowmen and snowwomen when she looks out the window.

Materials

I started with the usual paper, circle cutter, cutting mat, glue stick, googly eyes and some buttons from my “big bag o’ buttons.”

Let’s Craft

The project, like most in this series, begins with cutting circles in various sizes, graduating by an inch for each portion of the body.  I found the coolest snowflake paper and lined a few circles by cutting it 1/2″ smaller in diameter.  I also cheated and used two “prepared” snowmen from a bag of shapes I found in the dollar bin at Target.

I then laid out all my snowman parts and made sure I had enough to fill the window.

Then I began an assembly line to glue together the snow people and apply the finishing touches.  I glued the circles together to form the body, googly eyes and buttons.  I cut noses, arms and hats freehand from orange, brown and black paper, respectively.

Finally, hang your snow people in the window.  I would love to fill all the windows of my sunroom with these little people.  Alas, I need some sleep.

This is a great craft to do with your children if you precut circles and let them get creative with the assembly.  I did it without assistance because I wanted to surprise my daughter.  I can’t wait to see her face in the morning!