Using pom pom 'snowballs' to create snowy rooftops is a fun wintery process art craft for toddlers.
What you need:
- black card or construction paper
- black card or construction paper
- tape
- colored houses (we used paint chips, but you could make them from colored paper or card)
- glue
- pom poms
- white paint
- box or tray
- a washable messy mat is ideal (we used the Bumkins Splat Mat)
- colored houses (we used paint chips, but you could make them from colored paper or card)
- glue
- pom poms
- white paint
- box or tray
- a washable messy mat is ideal (we used the Bumkins Splat Mat)
How it works:
It's always so exciting when the first snow falls in the winter. 20 month old baby sis hasn't had too much experience with snow so I thought this craft might help us get into a nice wintery mood.
Firstly, get your little one to choose some houses to glue onto their black card. This is a great opportunity to work on color recognition and vocabulary. Glue the houses onto the black card.
Use the tape to secure the piece of black card to the bottom of your box or tray. Then let your little one dip the pom pom 'snowballs' into the white paint. Encourage them to drop them onto their picture in the box.
Baby sis took it upon herself to use the pom poms to stamp some snow onto her houses. That's the great thing about process art- there is no right or wrong way. If your child enjoys experimenting with the materials, let them!
Now comes the really fun part! Show your child how to pick up the box and tip it from side to side. The pom poms will roll all over the picture, leaving a snowy trail!
Baby sis thought this was pretty cool. She loved experimenting with moving the box in different ways to cover the houses in snow. Once you are done, take out the pom poms and leave the picture to dry in the box, before taking the tape off and removing it ready for display!
There are plenty of ways to switch up this activity. You can use different objects as the snowballs (marbles would work great!), you could make rainbow snow by using different colors of paint, or you could even use a large piece of paper to make a huge snowy scene, with multiple kids holding sides of a large cardboard box! Happy painting!
Firstly, get your little one to choose some houses to glue onto their black card. This is a great opportunity to work on color recognition and vocabulary. Glue the houses onto the black card.
Use the tape to secure the piece of black card to the bottom of your box or tray. Then let your little one dip the pom pom 'snowballs' into the white paint. Encourage them to drop them onto their picture in the box.
Baby sis took it upon herself to use the pom poms to stamp some snow onto her houses. That's the great thing about process art- there is no right or wrong way. If your child enjoys experimenting with the materials, let them!
Now comes the really fun part! Show your child how to pick up the box and tip it from side to side. The pom poms will roll all over the picture, leaving a snowy trail!
Baby sis thought this was pretty cool. She loved experimenting with moving the box in different ways to cover the houses in snow. Once you are done, take out the pom poms and leave the picture to dry in the box, before taking the tape off and removing it ready for display!
There are plenty of ways to switch up this activity. You can use different objects as the snowballs (marbles would work great!), you could make rainbow snow by using different colors of paint, or you could even use a large piece of paper to make a huge snowy scene, with multiple kids holding sides of a large cardboard box! Happy painting!
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