In Vancouver, we get winter, but not winter like other parts of Canada.
Our winters typically consist of rain and maybe a day or two of snow that immediately turns into slush.
This year has been the opposite of what we're used to. The second week of December it started snowing and it pretty much just stopped.
We actually had so much snow (for us) that I had to run around with all the other unprepared moms and buy snow boots, snow pants and mittens for the girls.
The first day we even had enough to build a snowman.
This snowy weather was actually quite fitting for this months Winter Themed Monthly Crafting Book Club activity.
Since building, (and destroying) a snowman was fresh in our heads, we read,
"The Snowman and The Snowdog" by Raymond Briggs.
Olivia got this book for her first birthday and it's still a favorite even though she's almost 3 and Lauren is four!
The craft we did was painting snowmen and snowdogs with homemade puffy 'snow' paint.
Puffy snow paint is so simple to make, and you only need 2 ingredients.
Homemade Puffy Snow Paint
We painted snowmen and snowdogs so below are the supplies and instructions to make the puffy paint and snowmen.
Supplies:
- White glue
- Shaving cream - makes sure it's shaving cream, not gel
- Glitter - optional
- Dog cutouts - we used a wiener dog shape!
- Snowman cutouts
- Snowman collage items such as:
- Small Pom-Poms for buttons
- Orange construction paper carrot noses
- Small black construction paper circles for eyes and a mouth
- A top hat
- A bow for the hat - my girls request!
Instructions:
Before painting the snowmen, we glued the top hats and bows on.
- Mix equal parts of white glue and shaving cream in a large bowl and stir well
This bowl was way too small for the amount that we made! |
- Using hands, apply paint to cutouts
- Sprinkle, or in my kids case, dump glitter on the snowman
- Use pom-poms and construction paper shapes to decorate your snowman
The finished products...
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Lauren (on the left) told me I was only allowed to take one picture, so that one was it! Oh those sassy 4 year olds... |
I wasn't able to get the best pictures, because while I was taking pictures of the girls doing art, my camera fell off the table and the flash broke.
I wanted to get a close up of the snowmen because the paint actually dries puffy and is really soft like snow.
And of course when the art is done, it's time to play!
And of course when the art is done, it's time to play!
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