Crafts can be just the thing to fill a winter day when it's too cold to go out and play.
Structured crafts and activities can keep children from experiencing the winter blues due to boredom and the feeling of being stuck indoors. Winter crafts can keep kids involved and celebrate the season, with the added benefit of some new decorations for the home. Participate in some craft activities to keep your kids engaged and cure cabin fever.
Miniature Snow Globe
Make a tiny snow globe to display a favorite figurine or a plastic snowman from the craft store. Wash and dry an empty baby food jar and remove the label. Help children glue a miniature plastic snowman or other small figurine onto the inside of the jar lid. Glue it so that it stands upright when the lid is upside down on the table. Sprinkle a pinch of glitter into the empty jar and fill it with water. Screw the lid back on and set the jar upside down to see the finished snow globe with the snowman or figurine standing in the middle of the glittery snow.
Cotton Snowman
Take ordinary snowman drawing a step farther this winter with a three-dimensional snowman craft. Draw the outline of a snowman on a sheet of construction paper. Choose any color paper you want, but consider red or green if Christmastime is near. Fill in the outline with cotton balls to make a snowman appear to pop out of the page. Glue the cotton balls in place with white glue. Help the children cut a small carrot shape from orange construction paper and glue it on the snowman's face for a nose. Make eyes and a mouth with a black marker by making dots for coal. Find small twigs in the yard and glue them in place as arms for the snowman.
Winter Cap Magnetic Clip
Help kids make a winter-themed refrigerator magnet for their parents. Make it with a clothespin so that it will clip onto paperwork or maybe some artwork to hold it on the fridge. Draw a winter cap onto a sheet of heavy card stock. Help the children cut it out with scissors. Decorate the cap with crayons and markers. Glue a cotton ball at the top of the hat and glue the hat onto one side of a clothespin. Allow the glue to dry and place an adhesive magnet strip on the opposite side of the clothespin so it will stick to a fridge.
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