February. Just about when I hit my “winter wall” and am itching for Spring, even going as far as to start wearing bright colors and my hot pink and orange Toms, more snow falls. Thanks, Mother Nature, for slapping Chicago in the face with a blizzard and making me reach for my heavy boots once more. But instead of focusing on the negatives of winter, I am taking this month as my last opportunity to do as many fun winter crafts as possible with my kiddos. So I searched Pinterest for some of my favorites and created a board of adorable crafts. But if you have been following my blog at all, you know that I am most definitely NOT one of those Pinterest moms. So I’ve gone through and created some cute and easy winter crafts that are actually manageable and won’t make you pull your hair out. Promise. So here are my suggestions on cute and easy winter crafts to distract yourself until Spring comes:
Washi Tape Painting
Materials: Cardstock or Construction Paper, Scissors, Washi Tape
Let your little artist take the lead during this simple and easy prep craft. Cut strips of wash tape at different lengths and let your little artist put them on the paper in any design they prefer. Making a snowflake is one of the easiest approaches to take because you don’t really have to manipulate the tape very much, and after all, isn’t every single snowflake unique and different?
Pinecone Print Painting
Materials: Washable paint, pinecones, paper
This craft is a hit in our house since we love anything that is sensory focused and uses raw materials. The boys actually picked some pinecones from our winter display on the porch to use as their painting medium. After covering the pinecones with different colors of paint, they rolled the cones all over paper in different colors. Once the paint dried, we actually used these special “prints” as wrapping paper for winter gifts.
“Hidden Drawing” Painting
Materials: White paper, white crayon, watercolor paints, paint brush, water cup
This craft is a hit with my boys because they love the “hidden” aspect of it. After finding a piece of white paper, give your child a white crayon and encourage them to draw whatever winter scene they prefer. After they are done drawing, it is time to bust out the water colors. Using a wet paint brush and your favorite colors, paint the entire page. While painting, you will discover that whatever was originally drawn in white crayon magically appears and emerges through the water color painting.
Painted Snowmen
Materials: Washable paint, paint brushes, construction/cardstock paper, scissors, glue, 3 different size circular objects (for tracing)
We are still working on our fine motor skills by coloring and painting often, and this craft is a great way to use their authentic art in a more structured way. After having the boys paint their little hearts out on either construction or cardstock paper and letting the paint dry, we traced circles on the paper. Working together we cut the circles out and then glued them onto a bright piece of paper to make our snowman.
Snowflake Sun Catchers
Materials: Wax paper, snowflake template (printed off the Internet), tissue paper (cut into small squares), glue/water solution, paintbrush, scissors
There isn’t much sunshine during the winter, so when the summer decides to come out, we are all about basking in its warmth through this Snowflake Sun Catcher craft. Look online for free printables in the shape of any winter objects (we prefer snowflakes). After you print it out, carefully cut out the outline in its entirety (inside AND outside). Once it is cut out, glue it to a piece of wax paper. Next, mix together a simple glue/water solution (2 parts glue to 1 part water). Have your little one paint over the entire template and then cover it with small pieces of colorful tissue paper. After it is completely dried, cut out along the template lines, attach to the sunniest window in your house and enjoy!
Looking for other winter activities? Simply search “winter.”
Hope you find some inspiration from these cute and easy winter crafts and they melt away your winter blues…at least somewhat. Spring is coming, friends, I promise!
Amanda
My kids are going to love this. The taped snowflakes look so easy.
The taped snowflake was my favorite because it was so simple and ended up looking the best. Have fun!
These are so cute! I used several of these similar ideas during my years as a preschool teacher. Simple and fun is always the way to go!
Simple and fun is definitely the way to go with preschoolers! Thanks for stopping by!
LOVE all of these but the snowflake tape is awesome! Totally doing that tomorrow. Also, can you send me some pinecones? Thanks. SMH….Florida Problems!
these are some good winter crafty ideas, thanks for sharing
These are some really great crafts! I especially like the snowflake tape painting – it looks really nice and is so simple to do! 🙂
I love these! I pinned it! No way will I ever feel crazy enough to use glitter though 🙂
You or my husband. He calls it “the devil’s dandruff.”
I love the qtip snowflakes!! Of course I will have to monitor to avoid nose and ear insertion LOL on second thought maybe i should stick with the tape snowflakes…
Yes, thankfully nothing was shoved up any noses…
Thanks for sharing all of these! I’m always looking more east crafts to do with the little guy I nanny for.
They are so simple…perfect for my crazy little guys!
aw these are cute i love doing crafts with my kids. im always looking for new one to try. i think my kids are going to be excited to try these winter crafts
And they are easy….hope it works out for you!
Love these easy crafts! The paint and tape ones are my favorite! I did my son’s name with vinyl I put in my cricut and it turned out sooo cute for his room!
That’s such a great idea!
These are adorable and such great ideas!! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for stopping by!
These are all SUCH cute ideas! I love that snowflake tape painting; would be so fun with my daughter! Thanks for sharing these at Motivational Monday! Hope you join us again on Sunday! 🙂
The best part is that they are so easy to do!