Snowman Cotton Ball Craft

This is a super simple, inexpensive craft for little children. My children really enjoyed making this craft when they were younger. I believe even a two year old can do this one! They enjoy the feel of the cotton balls. We used black pom poms for the eyes, nose and mouth, an orange pom pom for the nose and popsicle sticks for the arms. We made a hat out of black construction paper.

Materials:
cotton balls (about 40 per snowman)
blue construction paper (1 sheet per child)
black construction paper
orange construction paper
brown construction paper

glue
scissors

Instructions:
You can draw or trace two circles onto the blue construction paper as a guide for the children to glue cotton balls inside. Have the children glue cotton balls in two or three stacked circles to make a snowman shape. I like to squeeze some glue onto a paper plate or margarine container lid and let the children scoop bits of glue with a q-tip. I find it gets too messy letting them squeeze the glue right out of the bottle onto the paper.

Cut out construction paper shapes (adults can do this prior to craft time for young children):
BLACK: 5 large circles per snowman (2 eyes and 3 buttons)
BLACK: 5 small circles per snowman (for the mouth)
BLACK: hat shape (rectangle with a square on top)
ORANGE: Cut out one triangle per snowman (nose)
BROWN: Cut out broom sticks (arms)

Have the children glue their snowman faces, buttons, hat and arms to their cotton ball snowman.