Cute & Creative DIY Snowman Crafts Ideas for Small Children

Looking for a way to creatively keep your children occupied during the weekends? Do you want to get them excited for Christmas? Then you’ve come just to the right place! With these super easy and adorable DIY snowman crafts, you will be offering your family a wonderful and joyful activity that everyone can take part in! 

Creating winter holiday-themed crafts is one of the easiest and quickest ways to get you in that festive mood. Not only that, but you will be helping your little ones develop important motor skills and also unleash their creative flow.

Cute & Creative DIY Snowman Crafts Ideas for Small Children

Most of the ideas you will find below are best suited for children of a smaller age like 3 to 5 with provided parental guidance of course. Bigger children can also take part in making these decorations, as well as adults for a great family activity. The required materials can either already be found in your household, or will cost you close to nothing from a crafts store. So, are you ready to make some adorable DIY snowman crafts? Let’s begin!

Felt Christmas Tree Ornaments Snowman Craft for Preschoolers

Are you searching for an activity that will put your preschoolers’ developing creative skills into practice? Why not create these super easy snowman Christmas tree ornaments out of felt? Here is what you will need:

Materials:

• Felt in white & black
• Small buttons (preferably black, but color choice is up to you)
• Tread in white, black and red/orange
• Ribbons in different colors and patterns
• Small pompom for the nose
• Scissors
• Needle

How to make a felt snowman? 

1. Start by cutting out a snowman shape from the white felt fabric. To make it easier on yourself, you can first outline its shape with a pencil and then simply cut it out as per the outlines.
2. Then cut out a small hat for the snowman out of the black felt fabric. You can use the same method with the pencil.
3. With a needle and black thread, sew the hat into the snowman shape.
4. Sew as well the small button eyes, and use white thread to sew in the ones for the coat.
5. Sew the small pompom with red/orange thread for the nose.
6. Now take a small piece of ribbon and sew it into the back of the snowman to work as a hanger like in the picture above.
7. Decorate your cute snowman craft with another ribbon to serve as its scarf, and you’re done! Let your children hang their creations on the Christmas tree and enjoy them.

Also read: Preschool Christmas Crafts: 5 Easy Ideas to Make with the Children

DIY Snowman Crafts with Toilet Paper Rolls

DIY crafts out of toilet paper rolls are one of the easiest and most budget-friendly ideas out there! Here’s what you will need for them:

Materials:

• Toilet paper rolls
• Pompoms in different colors
• Felt tip pens in black and orange
• Piece of white paper
• Scissors
• Adhesive

How to create them? 

1. Simply create a set of eyes, a smile and buttons for the toilet paper roll snowman with the black felt-tip pen.
2. Then create a carrot-resembling nose with the orange pen.
3. Cut out a small piece of the white paper to serve as the snowman’s headphones. Glue it to the corners like in the picture above.
4. The glue to pompoms on each side. And you’re done!

An Easy Winter Landscape for Very Small Children

This craft is especially suitable for very small children. How to make it?

Materials:

• Cotton pads
• Cotton wool
• Blue cardboard paper
• Black & white felt-tip pens
• Items for hat & nose
• Glue

How to create an easy winter landscape?

1. Help your little one glue three cotton pads on top of one another to form the body of a snowman.
2. Draw his arms, mouth and eyes.
3. Use whatever materials you like to create the nose and hat. Simplest idea would be to cut them out, out of colored paper.
4. Then proceed to draw the stem of the tree. Glue three cotton pads to form its snowy crown.
5. Glue the cotton wool to the bottom of the paper to create the snowy ground.
6. Finish your winter landscape with the white felt-tip pen by adding small dots to resemble falling snow.
7. Hang the picture and enjoy!

Also read: 20 Free Printable Christmas Coloring Pages for Kids & Adults

Video Tutorial: Colorful Snowman Paper Craft for Kids

Here is another easy snowman craft you can enjoy with your children!