Snowy Day Craft Projects
Snowy Paint
At Winfield Children’s House, a favorite winter time craft is mixing up a batch of snowy paint. In these photos from our Celebrate the Night festival, the children are painting snowy moons, inspired by the book Kitten’s First Full Moon, by Kevin Henkes.
Snow paint is easy to mix up at home. Here’s our recipe:
- Supplies: Shaving Cream, White Glue, paintbrush or Q-tips
- Mix shaving cream and white glue in equal portions in a bowl or cup
- Stir until it is a fluffy and thick consistency.
- Use paintbrush or Q-tip to create a winter scene or add texture to a pre-made shape
- Drying time depends on thickness of paint, typically overnight is long enough
- The dried paint will feel soft and squishy
For a colorful extension, add a small amount of colored paint to the snowy paint mixture.
Scented Gingerbread Baby
A favorite author in winter is Jan Brett. Her books The Hat, The Mitten and the Gingerbread Baby are popular with all ages because of her beautiful detailed illustrations and the simple and funny stories. The Gingerbread Baby, an extension on the traditional tale The Gingerbread Man, lends itself to many cooking and crafting projects.
One tried and tested activity is to create a gingerbread person out of sandpaper. Rubbing cinnamon sticks, whole nutmegs and cloves adds scent to the paper. What a nice sensorial experience! Of course, crayons and collage materials can be used, as well.
For an outstanding tutorial on sandpaper gingerbread creations, visit Happy Hooligans blog.
Wishing all of our families a wonderful holiday season!