Snowman Crafts for Kids

After lunch on Sunday, I told my grown kids we were making dessert together. They looked at each other and sighed.  {Thinking, “Here goes Mom, again!”}

With a big grin, Steve said he’d be back when they were finished.

As they cleared the table, I got all the supplies for Rice Krispy Snowmen. Ashley & Kali had already made our frozen banana snowmen before lunch.  I had a few examples printed from pinterest, but they used their creativity to make edible snowmen.

Before you knew it, they were all having fun and laughing . . . even Steve 🙂

I suggest reading a book about snowmen or winter before making these snowman crafts for kids.

The Snowman by Raymond Briggs
The Biggest Snowman Ever by Steven Kroll
Snowballs by Lois Ehlert
Sneezy the Snowman
The Mitford Snowmen by Jan Karon
The Snowman Storybook by Raymond Briggs
Eloise and the Snowman (Ready to Read Level 1 Reading)
Snowmen All Year by Caralyn Buehner
Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner
Snowmen at Work by Caralyn Buehner
Henry and Mudge and the Snowman Plan by Cynthia Rylant (level 2 reading)
Case of the Sneaky Snowman (Nancy Drew  the Clue Crew #5)
The Case of the Christmas Snowman (Jigsaw Jones Mystery 2)
The Abominable Snowman Doesn’t Roast Marshmallows by Marcia Jones (Bailey School Kids #50)

Use a variety of candies & cookies to decorate your snowmen

Hunter makes the rice krispies – Melt 1/2 stick butter, bag of marshmallows. Once melted add 6 cups rice krispies.

Form 2 balls of rice krispies. The kids used a toothpick to keep them together. Add eyes (mini chips), nose (starburst or Reeses pieces), arms (pretzel sticks), buttons (mini chips, Reeses or M&Ms) and scarf.

Ashley & Jesse used chocolate covered marshmallow cookies for hats, as well as starburst for noses.  These are the dad & mom of our snowman family.

Hunter & Kali used tootsie rolls for hats. Cut tootsie roll in half. Press one half flat to make bottom of hat. Put second half on top. They easily stick together. They also cut strips on the end of the scarf candy.  These are our little ones in the snowman family.

So the kids got a little carried away. I mean creative.
They started making rice krispy animals as pets for our snowman family.

After skewering your banana snowmen, cover with clear wrap. Place in freezer until you are ready to craft.

We tried dipping bananas in melted white chocolate, but it was too thick.  We changed to white candy bark which was much easier to use.

Before candy hardens, add mini chocolate chips for eyes & buttons and orange Reeses piece for a nose.

Add a tootsie roll hat (see above).

By the way, Steve did participate in our desert making.  He held these snowmen against his solid gray shirt so I could take pictures.  Thanks, hubby for a dark background 🙂

If you post pictures of this craft, let me know. I’d love to see your family’s creativity.

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