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How to build a snowman with kids

August 18, 2016 by Kate 16 Comments

Do you want to build a snowman? *joke* Well Frozen aside, in this post I share with you how to build a snowman with kids. Playing in snow is lots of fun and provides a fabulous sensory experience for all those who are privileged enough to be able to enjoy it and so getting children to build a snowman would have to be quite the highlight of things to do when your around snow.  Of course if snow isn’t easily accessible then my 3 ingredient snow paint might interest you.
How to build a snowman with kids

Where we live it doesn’t snow and to reach anywhere that does snow we have to pack up the car and drive a good couple of hours from home. With both Possum (aged 4.5 years) and Boo (1.5 years) excited by the idea of touching snow, we found our little family on a wonderful snow holiday!  

Snow Collage

Of course there were a few things we all wanted to do while we were up at the snow. Snow angles, tobogganing, eat handfuls of clean snow and of course, both girls were excited to build a snowman. We even bought a carrot with us for it’s nose! 

Why real snow is great for a child’s learning and development

Here is just a few reasons why I think children should be given the opportunity to experience snow and how it can benefit their learning and development.  

  • It’s very cold to touch – temperature
  • It can be compacted to be hard or be light and soft – texture
  • It melts quickly when heated by the hands – science of solid turning to a liquid
  • It can be quite easily moulded – creating shapes or characters in snow
  • Endless number of games can be played in snow – social skills and more! 

Small snowball for building a snowman with kids

How to build a snowman with kids

I know what you’re thinking, there is really no right or wrong way to build a snowman and you’re right, anything goes, however, we were conscious of the fact that we were building a snowman with very little children and wanted to make the process as easy and enjoyable for them as possible.  To build a snowman with kids who are little you might be interested to learn what we did. 

You will need – 

  • snow
  • suitable clothing (gloves etc)
  • sticks
  • rocks or seeds x2
  • hat
  • scarf

Start by finding a safe and open space of snow to build your snowman and begin creating a small snowball of snow. It’s a good idea to compress it a little between the hands. 

Building a snowman with kids
Place the snowball on the ground and begin dragging all the snow around it up and over the snowball. This will increase the size of the snowball and create a body-like shape. Continue to do this until it is of a suitable height for your child. 

Having little kids we chose not to make it in what might be considered traditional, with three varying sized snowballs on top of each other. Instead, ours looks a little more like a mountain shaped body with a snowball shape for the head. Possum loved it because it looked like Olaf.
decorate frozen snowman with kids
Once the snowball head was positioned securely on top of the larger mountain shaped snowball we were ready to start decorating. We found some twigs for arms, a twig for it’s mouth, large tree seeds for it’s eyes and of course, a lovely long orange carrot for it’s nose. 
Do you want to build a frozen snowman with kids. Here is how to do it.

Once the facial features were added the snowman almost came to life! The girls were both so very excited and had fun talking to it and smoothing out the surface of it’s body. 

Decorate

We added a lovely wrap around it’s neck and Possum gave her new snowman friend a woollen hat to keep his head warm. He really did seem to come alive, although Boo seemed very keen to eat the carrot (see pictured above). It was really lots of fun and such a lovely thing to do as a family. We were laughing and working together to create something special. 

Have you ever made a snowman with your children?  

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Comments

  1. Penny says

    August 19, 2016 at 5:34 pm

    Miss Possum and Boo have grown us SO much since I last visited. They are both totally adorable. Our nest holiday will be at the snow because, well, they want to build a snowman. Doesn’t every little girl these days?

    Wonderful tips and a timely reminder why I need to keep saving $ in the bank for out snow holiday!

    Reply
    • Kate says

      August 19, 2016 at 11:22 pm

      That snow is so much fun Penny. Totally worth it. ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  2. Renee says

    August 20, 2016 at 6:16 pm

    ohh you all look like you had so much fun. Love that last pic of boo!
    brrrrr it looks so cold….. We have snow on the agenda NexT season, we haven’t been able to get there yet.

    Reply
    • Kate says

      August 21, 2016 at 10:29 am

      It was so much fun Renee. We will probably wait a few years before going again, but it was certainly a huge highlight for our family.

      Reply
  3. Nursery Rhymes says

    August 20, 2016 at 10:15 pm

    I enjoy a lot making a snowman and dressing it up in nice-looking attires

    Reply
    • Kate says

      August 21, 2016 at 10:28 am

      I had so much fun with it. I think it was especially fun doing it with children. ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  4. Kate says

    August 22, 2016 at 11:49 am

    Being able to build a snow man is how my kids decide of we’ve had ‘real snow’ on our close by mountain! We never get enough for anything other than a very dirty snowman near us so we took our kids to Lake Mountain last year to see a decent amount of snow and they loved it!
    Looks like you guys had an awesome time.

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    • Kate says

      August 22, 2016 at 12:55 pm

      Snow is just so much fun and it was quite eerie how ‘alive’ it felt when you added the facial features. LOL

      Reply
  5. Kelly says

    August 22, 2016 at 1:26 pm

    Cute! You guys looked like you had such a great snow adventure ๐Ÿ™‚

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    • Kate says

      August 22, 2016 at 3:04 pm

      We really did Kelly. Snow didn’t actually fall, which was what I was really hoping for, but it was fabulous fun anyway. ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  6. trixi symonds says

    August 22, 2016 at 6:03 pm

    Wow, what a fun thing to do!! I still have building a snowman on my list of things to do !!!

    Reply
    • Kate says

      August 23, 2016 at 4:40 pm

      It was wonderful fun Trixi. I really hope you get to the snow sometime soon. Highly recommend it. ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  7. Nichole says

    August 23, 2016 at 1:16 pm

    It looks like so much fun Kate! Our kids are yet to see snow but hopefully we’ll get there soon than I did. I think I was in my mid-20s before I got to the snow.

    Reply
    • Kate says

      August 23, 2016 at 4:18 pm

      Thanks Nichole. I’m sure I too was in my twenties before I got to the snow too. It was wonderful fun and so great to be able to get my girls there. ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  8. Jaclyn says

    August 28, 2016 at 7:04 pm

    It looks like you and your girls had so much fun building a snowman! We took our little man to see snow for the first time a few months ago (we live a little closer to snow so we were able to go for a quick visit one morning). I look forward to him being big enough to be able to enjoy the snow even more!

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    • Kate says

      August 28, 2016 at 10:54 pm

      It was such wonderful fun Jaclyn and you’re lucky to live so close to snow! We can’t wait to go again sometime soon.

      Reply

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