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3-5-01SNOW SCULPTURE you need 2 cups of either Ivory Snow or Dreft detergent and 1/2 cup water. Mix the two together using a wire whisk until blended make sure all the detergent is mixed. It should be a doughy consistency. If it is still powder like, add enough water to make a doughy consistency. Then let the children use brushes to paint on paper with. This is also a good way to get your brushes clean.
2-22-01For generic winter crafts, think snowmen from cotton balls, egg carton bumps, or paper plates. any of these can then be decorated with scraps for hats, scarves, features, etc. I also love large beads strung onto pipe cleaners to make snowflakes, or cutting snowflakes by folding paper and slicing out small sections. These can be decorated with glitter, also for really terrific, magic flakes. They look great on a black background or hung with several others from a coat hanger to make a mobile.
2-12-01Marshmallow snowman - Draw the outline of a snowman and have the child glue marshmallows on.
2-9-01Take a large round doily and place it on a paper plate. Then have your toddlers finger-paint over the doily with blue finger-paint. When they are done painting, lift the doily off the paper plate and look at the pretty snowflake pattern that has been left on the paper plate. Hang the snowflake plates from the ceiling for a winter display.
2-9-01For winter time, we finger-paint using cool whip to mimic snow. The kids love to spread it all over their trays and squish it together!
ideaSnow-Man Mobile In my 16 month old class I used 3 circles and let the children marble paint (if you put a lid on a container it's easier for them to move the marbles without them flying around) when the circles were dry I punched holes and used yarn to make a mobile.
Date: 2-9-01Winter Placemat Using a mitten pattern, a snowman pattern and a snowflake. I let the children "paint" glue on a piece of paper and put the snowflake, snowman and mitten on the paper. When they were done I wrote the child's name and Winter Placemat on their paper. Then you can laminate it and send home.
2-9-01Ice Skating- Securely tape a piece of aluminum foil to a piece of cardboard or other sturdy paper (tape to the underside so it does not show). Make sure the shiny side of the foil is up to paint on, this is your "Ice". Mix up some pastel paints using white paint tinted with other primary colors. (I use an old ice tray for the colors), and let the children "skate" on the ice by painting with Q-tips. The slippery texture of the foil is a great painting surface.
2-9-01A wonderful sensory art project is to mix equal parts shaving cream and glue and let the children finger-paint with it. Food coloring can be used depending upon your theme . We left it white and made snowmen we used all sorts of stuff to decorate our snowmen. It was very cute!
2-9-01I save all my holiday cards and some of the pretty holiday wrapping paper scraps. Then I cut out the pictures (snowmen, sleds, snow covered trees, etc) I take a piece of contact paper (the size of a sheet of small construction paper) and peel off the back. I staple the clear contact paper to a piece of blue construction paper, sticky side up. Then I put all the winter pictures on a tray and let the children stick them right on to the contact paper. I really comes out nice. I may also add some small, white paper doilies that look like snowflakes.
2-9-01Very simple winter craft - cut two mittens out of white/colored card and have the children use different supplies to decorate them.
2-9-01Snowflakes One way the toddlers make snowflakes is to cut a bell pepper in half across the middle. You can dip this in white paint and press onto a piece of paper to make snowflakes.
2-9-01Ice Cube Painting. Sprinkle tempra powder on white paper. (any color paint will work. white paint on blue paper also works). Give children an ice cube and have them "draw" through the powdered paint on the paper with the ice cube. The color on the paper will be very bright. If the ice cube is too cold for little one's hands, you can make ice cubes with craft sticks inserted inside them to make handles. I recently did this activity with older 2 yr. olds. They loved it.
Date: 1-24-01Snow-Pal Puppets I got a snowman pattern that the children painted. When it dried I drew a face and punched holes in it to make a puppet. This was done with my 16-24 month class.
Date: 1-24-01Blizzard Paint Place sheet of light blue construction paper in a shoebox or oatmeal canister with lid. Throw in a couple of small rubber balls and a few drops of white paint. The kids love to shake it. When the paper is removed it looks like a blizzard! This is also fun with heart or egg shaped paper and different colors of paint. You can also sprinkle with glitter while the paint is still wet.
Date: 1-24-01To make a snowman What you will need for this is: finger- paint paper, cooked instant mashed potatoes (cooled of course), a couple of raisins, a carrot sliver, you may also add 3-4 mini chocolate chips for a smile. To start by reading them a story like Frosty the Snowman, that will help give them a visual, have them sit at the table, with all the materials in front of them. Ask them to make a snowman out of the items they have. they will come up with some interesting snowmen. Have fun!
Date: 1-24-01Want a fun way to recycle old markers? Take them outside and let the children color the snow! Nothing is wasted and the kids have a blast!
Date: 1-24-01Idea: using contact paper, cut out three circles to simulate a snowman. Tape non-sticky side to table, peel off backing. The toddlers can apply cotton balls to the circles. If they pull them off, there still is some cotton applied to the contact paper.
Date: 1-24-01Freeze ice cubes the day before, and add tempra paint to the water before freezing. The next day, the toddlers can paint with the ice, it leaves beautiful water color markings when dry.
Date: 1-24-01To decorate my toddler room for winter we hung a sign that said, "Our Toddlers Create a Blizzard" and hung many different ways to create snow on paper. We finger painted with cool whip, we splatter painted and we also painted with glue and then sprinkled on salt with homemade salt shakers. We made the salt shakes by making pin holes in the bottom of a Dixie Cup and covering with plastic wrap.
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