Survive the Snow Day!: Super Fun & Easy Winter Crafts & Activities for Kids

Snow. We have seen a lot of snowfalls this month. And with snow, that means snow days. We love to head outside & play in the snow, but that only lasts so long with three little kids. I love to find activities & ideas to keep my kids busy & happy inside while we are snowed in at home. Below, I am sharing some of the fun winter crafts & activities that we have done this month & hope you can enjoy on a fun “snow” day at your house!

1. Snow Ice Cream

My kids loved making snow ice cream. Unfortunately, all the snow had melted away by the next day so we only got to enjoy one night of this delicious dessert. It is super easy to make & it definitely isn’t truly ice cream, but my kids loved that they could make “ice cream” from snow.

Ingredients:

Big Bowl of Snow

1 Cup of White Sugar

1 Tbsp of Vanilla

1-2 Cups of Milk

Directions:

In a big bowl, mix snow with sugar and vanilla to taste. Add milk until you get the consistency that you want. Serve with sprinkles or chocolate syrup!

Snow Ice Cream Recipe || The Chirping Moms

2. Snow Dough

My boys loved this activity & kept them busy for many hours. I kept our snow dough in this Tupperware so it was easy to close and put up & kept it lasting for a few weeks. It’s super easy to make and my boys are already asking to make it again.

Ingredients:

1 cup of baking soda

1/2 cup cornstarch

1 tbsp. vegetable oil

1/2 cup & 1 tbsp of water

Directions:

Mix all ingredients in a saucepan. Place on medium heat and stir continuously for about five minutes (the mixture will thicken). Let cool before playing.

Snow Dough Fun & Recipe || The Chirping Moms

3. “Name” Snowman

This is a great activity for kids learning to spell their name. On separate paper plates, write the letters of the child’s name. Mix them up & place on floor. Have child find the letters in order and build the snowman. Staple the plates together. Add a paper plate for the head. Decorate the snowman. We used construction paper to make coal eyes, coal mouth, carrot nose, & hats. My son used foam stickers to add buttons & we used pipe cleaners to make “stick” arms.

Build A Name Snowman || The Chirping Moms

4. Mitten Handprint Banner

This is a fun craft for kids & easy to do with little ones. My kids love painting their hands & doing handprint crafts so this was a definite hit. Paint hands and stamp two handprints on several colored pieces of paper. Let dry. Cut out mitten shapes around hand. Glue cotton balls to mittens. Punch holes & string ribbon through to make matching sets. Hang a “line” & hang the mitten pairs.

Hanging Mitten Handprint Craft || The Chirping Moms

5. Snowman Snowstorm Bottle

We used a mini water bottle to make our snowstorm snowman bottle. I was using the idea of “calm down” jars to make this craft. Mix 2 cups of hot water, 1-2 tbsp of glitter glue, & extra glitter in a bowl. Pour into bottle. Shake together and it will make a glitter snowstorm. Decorate the outside of the bottle to look like a snowman. We added wiggle eyes (with glue gun), foam sticker nose, & a foam sticker mouth.

Snowstorm Snowman Shake It Bottles || The Chirping Moms

6. Winter Sticker Pattern Activity

This is a super easy activity to do with kids. I always manage to grab the $1 seasonal sticker pads from the craft stores & this is a great activity to do with those. I am working with my preschool on patterns & so we made different patterns (ABAB, ABBABB, ABCABC) together.

Winter Sticker Patterns || The Chirping Moms

7. Snowman Potato Prints

This is another fun one that allows you to use a potato as a paintbrush. Put some white paint on a paper plate. Cut a potato in half & dip into white paint. Make snowman on colored paper. Let dry. Decorate snowman.

Potato Print Snowman || The Chirping Moms

8. Marshmallow Snowman

(Honestly I would have used white marshmallows, but we were out!)

Make glue in the shape of a snowman. Have child add marshmallows to glue in the shape of the snowman. Decorate with marshmallows.

Marshmallow Snowman Craft || The Chirping Moms

9. Snowflake “Tape Resist” Painting

This is a craft that my oldest loved to do (age 6), but you can really do with ALL ages as younger ones can abstractly paint & it will still turn out cute! On a canvas, have child add masking tape to make a shape of a snowflake. Make sure tape is pressed down firmly. Paint the whole canvas. (We used blue paint). Let dry. Pull paint off. Add glitter glue, if desired!

Snowflake Tape Resist Painting || The Chirping Moms

10. Shaving Cream Snow

This is seriously one of my kids’ favorite activities & it’s SUPER easy to do! Put regular shaving cream on a cookie sheet. Let child play in the “snow”. My kids love to do trucks, but you could really play anything in the snow (animals, Little People, etc).

I hope you enjoyed some fun snow day crafts & activities . Below, I am sharing some of our older snow craft ideas & also several posts to check out for ideas to kick cabin fever:

Mitten Handprint Wreath

DIY Snow Globe

Fingerprint Snowman Canvas

Marshmallow Snowflake

10 Things to Do When It’s Too Cold to Go Outside Anywhere

Three Cures for Cabin Fever

50 Activities for Toddlers

Fun with Yogurt Paint