It snowed the other day! And it is snowing as I write this. Huzzah! (Our poor desert state always seems to be in a drought so any moisture is very welcome.)
However. It just snowed enough to stick to the grass and look pretty on the trees.
There isn’t enough snow to build snowmen.
On the one hand that is nice. Roads aren’t snow packed. Sidewalks aren’t slick.
But!
What if your grandkids want to build a snowman?
What’s a grandma to do with the snow-challenged grandkids?
Why make spiral paper snowmen with the grandkids, that’s what! Nobody’s feet will be frozen. There won’t be a pile of hats, mittens, boots, or coats, deal with.
You can be in your cozy, warm, dry home while you’re having snowman fun.
These snowmen are super easy to make. Super inexpensive. And the grandkids love them!
Here’s what you’ll need:
- white cardstock paper
- scissors
- glue
- string
- paper hole punch
- my spiral snowman body printable
- my spiral snowman faces printable
First, print out the snowman body. Then, cut it out. Continue cutting on the lines making a spiral cut all the way to the center of the circle.
Punch a hole at the innermost end of the spiral. Cut a length of string. Thread it through the hole and tie it. (Emma needs help tying the knot in the string.)
Bend the innermost end of the spiral. This is so that the snowman’s face will stand out and not be flat. Glue on the face.
Ta da! You’re done! Wasn’t that fun? See how easy it was to make!
Everyone is proud of their snowmen.
No struggling with taking off soggy snow clothes. No frostbitten nose. No cold hands. Lots of fun instead!
You can make a whole herd of these fellas in no time flat!
15 thoughts on “Spiral Snowman Craft”
This is a much warmer way to make snowmen! Thank you for sharing this fun craft with us at Hearth and Soul, Nina.
This will be fun during our 3 week winter break! Thanks for sharing on #FridayFrivolity
THIS IS REALLY CUTE.
Awesome idea and perfect for little hands! Can’t wait to try with my own grandchildren 🙂 Thanks for sharing with us at Creatively Crafty #ccbg
What a great craft for the kids! I love that it is simple and fail-proof. I’m going to try this with my kids this weekend!
I hope you have as much fun with it as we did! Thanks for dropping by.
I like this. It is so simple to make. Awesome idea.
Thanks for your kind words — and for dropping by! I hope you have a lovely Christmas season.
ADORABLE !!! Can do with my grandchildren !!! You have some sweet ones!!!
Thanks for your kind words about my grandchildren!! I hope you have fun making these with yours!
Fantastic fine motor activity! #practicalmondays
Nina,
These are so cute and it certainly looks like your grandchildren were having fun making them. I’ve been having fits with my printer, but if I can get it to work I would love to make these with my little ones this week. Have a wonderful Christmas!
Teresa
I SO understand printer problems. I got a new black ink cartridge that my printer wouldn’t recognize. I spent lots of time trouble-shooting. I finally took it back to the store. Come to find out, the company was having issues with that specific cartridge. So it wasn’t my printer — it was the cartridge!
Hope you can get yours to work — and that you will have a great Christmas with your family!
These are so cute, you could make Christmas Tree versions too and even pop reindeer heads on the top for Rudolph ones, I can see a whole spiral family emerging!
I Love your ideas!! Reindeer, Santa, elves, trees — and even grandma and grandpa! Thanks for dropping by and commenting.