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Paper Snowman Craft for Kids

Kids Christmas Crafts

This paper snowman craft makes a great kids Christmas crafts project or just as a fun winter activity. This guy is so cute and fat with all his paper tear drop layers. Dress him (or her) up with a hat, scarf and even mittens.

This snowman is made completely of paper only so is really inexpensive as well as a great winter decoration. You can pick the colors you want and even use designer paper to give it a bit more flare.

The skills required for this kids Christmas craft are cutting and gluing. They may need some help with the gluing for some of the parts as it can be a little difficult to get it stuck just right.

As an alternative to using a paper cone as explained in the directions below you can buy a cone shaped styrofoam piece instead. This makes attaching the paper loops much easier as they would simply use a push pin to hold in place. However, these can get a bit costly if you are doing this paper snowman craft as a school project.

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Supplies

Poster Board
White Paper
Colored or Designer Paper
Styrofoam Ball
Wiggle Eyes
Pom Pom
Orange Pipe Cleaner
Scissors
Ruler
Tape
Glue

How to Make a Paper Snowman Craft

Step 1

Take the poster board and cut it in half. Then cut one half in half again for a smaller snowman. If you want a bigger snowman use the full half.

Step 2

Cut out a half circle on your piece of poster board. Roll this into a cone shape and tape and glue it in place.

Tip: Make sure the cone will stand up on it's own. If it doesn't you will have to trim off some on the bottom to even it out.

Step 3

Cut several strips of white paper measuring 4 inches to 5 inches long by 1 inch wide. If you are making a bigger snowman you may want to make these strips longer.

Step 4

Bring both ends of the paper strips together and glue in place to form a tear drop. Do not fold one end over the other as this will create a circle and not a tear drop.

Step 5

Starting from the bottom, glue on the tear drop strips to the paper cone. Press and hold each one to ensure they stick.

Step 6

Once you have the bottom completely covered, repeat the above step but glue these one above the first row and slightly off center of the other strips. Keep doing this until you have reached the top of the paper cone.

Step 7

Now place the styrofoam ball on top of the paper cone. You may need to use some hot glue to hold this in place.

Step 8

Using your colored paper, cut a triangle large enough to fit around the styrofoam ball. This will be the snowman's hat. Glue one edge of the triangle around the head. Then pinch and glue the other two edges together. This will form a peak. Glue a pom pom onto this peak.

Step 9

Fold the top part of the hat down and glue to the bottom part of the hat. This gives it that bent look. You can always just leave your hat standing straight up as an option.

Step 10

Cut two strips of colored paper an inch wide and 6 inches long. Create a tear drop with these. Now cut another color of paper into two strips about 3 inches long and 1 inch wide. Make these a tear drop as well. Glue the small tear drop to the back of a long tear drop. This will form the snowman's arm and mittens. Glue these to both sides of the snowman.

Step 11

Glue on some wiggle eyes and a small piece of orange pipe cleaner for the nose. You can also use buttons for these parts of the snowman.

Step 12

Finish off your paper snowman craft by accessorizing. We added a paper scarf and cut fringes and then glued it around the neck.

We also added some paper buttons folded into a small rectangle and then glued these to the front of our paper snowman craft.

We made our snowman all color coordinated with red designer paper but you can mix and match your colors and designs. Just use what you have on hand or try to find the perfect paper for this kids Christmas craft idea.