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Throughout the years, when we get our first snowfall, my kiddos are outside building a snowman. It doesn’t matter if it is a dusting. They will make a snowman if the snow can be rolled into a ball. There is just something about building snowmen that appeals to kids. So, why not add fun to your winter day with some snowman activities?!
Now, I happen to live in a region with snow. Not everyone does, though. That’s why I can up with snow-themed activities for outside and indoors.
So, since I love finding ways of making learning fun, I decided to come up with a list of snowman activities kids anywhere can enjoy. Snow isn’t required.
Table of Contents
- Snowman Activities to Make Learning So Much Fun
- Snowman Activities: Arts and Crafts
- Snowman Early Learning Activities
- Other Fun Snowman Activities
- Creating Learning Fun with Snowmen
Snowman Activities to Make Learning So Much Fun
There are so many snowman activities that are both fun and educational. If learning is fun, kids will want to do it. Right?
I broke down the snowman activities into different categories. Let’s take a look.
Snowman Books
I LOVE snowman books. I’ve read so many to my elementary students and my own kids, and a ton when I ran a preschool. I own a bunch but have gotten a lot from libraries. So here are some fun ones to read to your kids.
23 Read Aloud Snowman Books for Preschoolers from Fun with Mama: You can find board books and picture books.
Snowman Picture Books by All About Learning Press. I love this list. There are so many different types of books. Plus, you can print out the list so you can bring it with you on your next library visit.
To add to the lists above, I have some books we have enjoyed.
- Snowmen at Christmas and Snowmen All Year by Caralyn Buehner. These are books in the Snowmen at Night series.
- There was a Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow! By Lucille Colandro
- The Biggest, Best Snowman by Margery Cuyler
- Froggy Builds a Snowman by Jonathan London
For Older Kiddos:
- A Jigsaw Jones Mystery: The Case of the Christmas Snowman by James Preller
- Ready to Read Henry and Mudge and the Snowman Plan by Cynthia Rylant
- Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew The Case of the Sneaky Snowman by Carolyn Keene
How to Catch a Snowman Read Aloud by Toadstools and Fairy Dust. Here is a fun YouTube video that reads the story to kids.
Snowman Activities: Arts and Crafts
After reading a snowman book or two, it is then time for arts and crafts. Arts and crafts allow kiddos to explore their creative side and work on fine motor skills (coloring, cutting, gluing small objects, etc.).
One of my ALL.TIME.FAVORITE sites is Red Ted Art. You can find 30 Easy Snowman Crafts for a variety of ages. In addition, you can find painting projects, clay projects, activities with toilet paper tubes, and even food crafts (yum!).
The Meaningful Mama also has some great Snowman Crafts for Kids. You can find snowman puppets, sponge painting, pointillism art, and snowman bookmarks (great for your snowman books). All are great snowman activities kids will have fun doing.
Snowman Early Learning Activities
I put together a fun Snowman Activity Pack for kids. Inside there is a variety of snowman-themed early learning skills practice. You can find activities such as:
- Find the 10 Snowmen Search
- Snowman Counting from 1-10 and 11-20
- Snowman Number Mats 1-20
- Symmetry practice
- Coloring page
- Color-by-Number
- Upper and Lowercase letter match
- S writing practice
- Words that make the “s” sound
- Snowman game
- Snowman book
- Snowman story writing
- Maze
- Circle practice
- Roll a Snowman
Other Fun Snowman Activities
Want even more learning fun around this snowman theme? Here are some other great options.
STEM Activities
Well, here are some fun snowman STEM ideas. I LOVE STEM projects because they get kids to use critical thinking skills.
- Winter STEM Challenge: Snowman Bridge at The Secret Life of Homeschoolers. This is probably better suited for kids a little higher than Pre-K or Kindergarten. However, it would be fun to do as a group or for the older kiddos in your homeschool to do while the younger kiddos do other snowman activities.
- Fun Snowman Launcher at 123 Homeschool 4 Me. What kid doesn’t like launching things?!
- The Biggest Snowman Ever: Build a Snowman Challenge at Carly and Adam. This activity goes with the book The Biggest Snowman Ever.
- The Snowman Marshmallow STEM Challenge at Living Life and Learning. Great to get the little ones thinking and having fun with marshmallows.
- Fluffy Snowman Slime at The Best Ideas for Kids. Slime. Enough said.
Snowman Sensory Bins
Sensory bins or sensory tables are a great way for kids to explore textures and smells and have time for imaginative play. Don’t worry, though, if you don’t have a sensory table. Instead, you can use a plastic bin. It works just as well. After, you can even put on the lid and store it away.
Ideas for snowman sensory tables:
- Make fake snow and allow kids to make their own snowman or village. You can put in googly eyes, sticks, buttons, and such so they can decorate their snowman.
- Fill a bin with cotton balls, white beans, white rice, or other white materials. Add in little snowman figures to play with, or make a snowman figure for kiddos with an empty plastic water bottle. Draw a snowman face on a water bottle and let the kids use the white items (rice, cotton balls, etc.) to fill the bottle to make a white snowman.
Contact Paper Snowman
With this snowman activity, you tape a clear sheet of contact paper on the wall with the sticky side facing out.
Next, place cotton balls and paper circles of different sizes (these are great for snowman bodies) out for the kids to use. Also, you can use any other cutouts you might want like little paper trees, hats for snowmen, animals, etc.
Now, kiddos use the cotton balls to make a snowy ground by sticking it to the contact paper.
Then they add their snowman (circle shapes) and other items to the sticky paper to make a snowman scene.
This snowman activity not only works on creativity but also on planning skills.
Also, when kids are building on a vertical surface, it helps them improve their dexterity. This is because kids are using those larger muscles in their arms.
Pin the Nose of the Snowman Activity
Cut out a big circle, draw a snowman face except for a nose, and you are ready to play. Make a carrot nose to pin on the snowman!
Snowman Bowling
Get kids working on some P.E. Skills with bowling. It is excellent for hand-eye coordination and depth perception activity.
You can easily make a game with water bottles or 2-liter soda bottles. Fill them with water, tape or draw on a snowman face, and give the kiddos a ball. It’s that simple.
Creating Learning Fun with Snowmen
As you can see, there are so many ways to make learning fun using snowmen.
Kids will enjoy listening to stories that build their vocabulary and understanding of story structure.
Arts and crafts and sensory bins help kids with fine motor skills and creativity.
While STEM activities also work on creativity, they help kids develop problem-solving skills.
With one simple idea, the snowman, kids can find fun ways to work on the skills they need. Plus, kiddos can do fun snowman activities in the Snowman Activity Pack to brush up on those early-learning academic skills.
Hopefully, you and your kiddos can get out and make your own snowman. However, if you can’t, here are some great ways to have some snowman fun!
Happy Homeschooling!
