Enjoy the cold with my snowman activities & centers for preschool, pre-k, & kindergarten students. Explore ideas for letters, numbers, sensory options & so much more in this post. Little learners love snow and winter so much, so why not use that to your advantage in the classroom? I have so many great snowman activities that I want to share with you today! Keep reading for freebies and tons of ideas to fill up your lesson plan book this winter!
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Snowman Activities for Fine Motor
Snowman Name Craft! Make a cute craft matching the snowman theme with this FREE template! Students practice spelling and writing their names, scissor skills, and gluing skills! So many benefits from one project; I love it! The free template comes with circles for the bodies and triangles for the hats in an easy-to-access printable template. Little learners will cut one circle or each letter of their name plus one for the head. They also get one triangle for the hat. Add ribbon for scarves, black circles for eyes, orange triangles for noses, and a pom pom or cotton ball for the top of the hat. Lastly, use brown strips of paper for the stick arms, and your snowmen will be complete!
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Snowman Hole Punch! Use these shape strips to practice fine motor skills and improve hand-eye coordination while students use paper punches to make a hole in each shape. You can use traditional hole punches or scrapbook punches that create shapes. Turn the strips into bracelets for some added fun!
Snowman Activities for Literacy
Snowflake Letter Match! Draw snowflakes on a large piece of paper and add letters on different areas of the snowflake. Then students sort letter tiles or manipulatives by laying them on the correct line.
Snowman Letters & Sounds! Students make snowmen by finding the cards with matching capital letters, lowercase letters, and beginning sound pictures. You can place these in a pocket chart, have students make them like puzzles on the floor, or put magnets on the back and build them on the whiteboard or a cookie sheet. In this activity, students practice letter identification, sound identification, recall, and isolating the beginning sound of a picture.
Fizzy Snowman Letters! Let your students enjoy science time with this fizzy snowman experiment! Use droppers, dish soap, vinegar, baking soda, letter manipulatives, egg carton, and liquid watercolor. I start by pouring dish soap into the bottom of the container, then put the liquid watercolor. Next, I add the letter manipulatives and cover the container with baking soda. For the snowmen, I used pieces of an egg carton and drew a snowman face on them. Then I filled them with soap, coloring, and baking soda. Students will add vinegar with the droppers to create snow explosions! They can search for the letters through the bubbles and watch the colors mix!
Snowman Syllable Smash! Practice counting syllables by smashing a ball of playdough for each syllable in these winter words. Then little learners can build a tower with cubes to match the number of syllables. Once they finish one word, students roll the play dough back into balls and try another word.
Snowman Writing Center! Use these snowman-themed words for a wintery snowman writing center! There are capital and lowercase words and snowman-themed writing papers. Add fun writing utensils to change the center and encourage students to write words, sentences, or stories!
Snowman Books! Check out my list of snowman books to bring “snow” to your bookshelf! There are fiction and nonfiction options to choose from. I have also collected some silly, serious, and snowy books following the snowman theme!
Snowmen At Night Book Retelling Activity! Practice retelling and sequencing events of a story with these free Snowmen At Night sequencing cards! Check out my post about the other book activities my class completed about Snowmen At Night here. Practice ordinal numbers, too, for some added math fun during storytime.
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Snowman Activities for Math
Snowman Shape Sort! Start by drawing snowmen onto white paper (I use white butcher paper.) and add some sort of classifier to the snowman. In the picture, I am going to have my students sort the buttons by shape. You could also have numbers, letters, colors, sizes, or any other classifier you want your students to sort by drawing in the snowmen.
Snowman Patterns Light Table! Add this one to your lesson plans for sure; have students practice building patterns by building snowmen. I set out pom poms, glass gems, tissue paper circles, and sticks to complete this math activity. If students are unable to make their own patterns, you can start some and have them practice continuing them.
Snowman Shapes! Students practice making and identifying shapes with these adorable snowman shape cards! I laminate mine for durability so students can use dry-erase markers on them. You can use play dough rolled into cylinders or marshmallows and toothpicks to create the shapes. Students will use a dry-erase marker to write how many vertices and sides each shape has.
Snowman Count! Build number snowmen and practice counting in multiple ways! Print on cardstock and laminate for durability so you can use these year after year! You can differentiate this activity by only using specific numbers like 1-5, 1-10, or 1-20, or you can differentiate by limiting the number of matches each number has (only using ten frames and not tally marks, etc.) Each number has a ten frame, tally mark, and empty circle match. In the empty circle, I have students count out a manipulative to match the number.
Snowman Fill! Grab some tongs, pom poms or cotton balls, and an egg carton to get started with this fine motor activity! I cut three circles of the egg carton and drew a snowman face onto the top one. To play, students can practice filling the cartons up and taking them out. If they are ready for something more challenging, give them a die, and they have to put the corresponding number of pom poms into the snowman. If they need something even more complicated, give them two dice and have them add the dots before putting the pom poms into the cartons.
Snowman Count! I love these Roll it, Find it, Write it, Count it snowman activity cards! Once you print and laminate, students will roll a die and figure out the number. Then, they will find the number by circling it with a dry-erase marker or covering it with a manipulative. Then, they will write the number. Lastly, they will count out that many buttons to complete the snowman.
Snowman More/Less! Print the more/less page and place it in a wipe and write pocket or laminate for durability. Then, print and laminate the snowman number cards. Students will pick and place a snowman card in the middle of the page. Then, they count and write the number that is one less and one more on the page. Use cotton balls, pom poms, or jewels for the counting manipulative.
Melted Snowman Graph! Print on cardstock and laminate for durability. Use a spinner or make a spinner with a paperclip and pencil. Students will spin the spinner and add a block or manipulative to the correct snowman piece. Students continue until one part fills the graph. Then talk about most, least, and ties for some added math vocabulary!
Snowman Patterns! Practice expanding patterns with these cute snowman pattern strips: practice AB, AAB, ABB, and ABC patterns. Students can place pom poms, beads, or jewels on the pattern cards. Add in more fine motor by making the students use tongs or tweezers to place the manipulatives on the snowman pattern strips.
Snowman Roll & Count Light Table! Make some cute snowman by drawing a face on a clear ornament. I also use these in my sensory table. Students rolled a die and put that many pom poms inside the snowman. I added tweezers for more fine motor practice. Make it harder by giving students 2 dice to practice addition. You could also make this a color-sorting game by adding tape to the top of the snowmen, and students have to sort the pom poms by color in the snowmen.
Snowman Activities for Blocks, Art, & STEM
Snowman Block Center! Give your block center a refresh with these fun snowman resources! I set out balls of foil, plastic cups, cotton balls, small disposable cups, felt squares, and blocks with snowmen on them. I used the positional cards to encourage students to practice building a fort and placing the snowman in the correct position.
Snowman Tissue Art! This art project is so fun and simple to complete! First, cut snowmen out of wax paper. Next, give students pieces of tissue paper. They place the tissue squares on the snowman and paint them with liquid starch. The colors melt together and create a beautiful stained-glass effect. Once dry, hang in a window for a snowman-themed sun-catcher!
Melted Snowman Art! Your little learners are going to love this melted snowman art project! Beforehand, mix shaving cream and liquid glue in equal parts. Then, students will paint or spread the glue mixture onto the paper in a puddle shape. I let them use a little silver glitter to add some shine. Then, they put the rest of the snowman pieces in the glue mixture while it is wet so it sticks.
Snowman Activities for Sensory
Snowman Play Dough Tray! Set out all the things needed to make the perfect little snowman, and watch your students grow their imaginations with this fun sensory snowman activity! I set out buttons, sticks, rocks, white play dough, foam carrots and hats, and pieces of felt or fleece for scarves. Play dough is a great tool to strengthen hand and wrist muscles for little learners.
Snowman Sensory Bin! I used dyed chickpeas, white pom poms, mini erasers, and snowflake sequins for this snowman sensory bin. Check out my post on how to dye chickpeas here! I added in some measuring cups and spoons, trays, cookie cutters, tongs, and tweezers. Students can just free play in the sensory bin, but try a color sorting activity if you want to add in some academics.
I used clear plastic ornaments for the snowman coloring sorting activity and drew a snowman face on them. Then I put colored tape around the top for the different colors of chickpeas in my sensory bin. Students will use tweezers, tongs, or fingers to sort the chickpeas or pom poms into the ornaments. Lots of fine motor practice with this activity!
Snowman Sensory with Real Snow! If you have access to snow, bring it inside! Students will jump at the chance (literally!) to play in the snow and build snowmen! I add pieces of fleece or felt for scarves, carrots, rocks, and pipe cleaners or sticks for arms. For the hats, I have cut socks or old mittens to make miniature hats for the snowmen.
Snowman Activities for Science
Watch Me Melt Snowman Experiment! Observe solids changing to a liquid during this melting snowman experiment. The day before, fill three balloons with different amounts of water and place them in a freezer. When you are ready to start the experiment, pull them out of the freezer and take the balloon off the ice spheres. Place them in a snowman shape on a tray. I used felt pieces for the snowman accessories, which stuck onto the ice. You can also use foam, but it didn’t stick as well. We measured the snowman using a rainbow ruler (see directions below) at different time-lapse intervals. Then, we made observations about him.
I used a normal wooden ruler to make the rainbow ruler and colored each inch a color in rainbow order. This way, students can practice measuring with a ruler without having to read the numbers. They can count each block of color; this is the beginning stage of learning to use measurement tools.
Snowman Activities for Gross Motor
Snowman Toss! This is a fun game that can be used at a winter party or inside recess. Take a laundry basket, place tape from one side to the other, and place snowman pieces to make a face. I left the rest of the basket open so students could throw balls into the basket. You can find stuffed snowballs at Target or Walmart, but any small, soft ball would work.
Snowman Activities for Dramatic Play
Ice Skating Rink Dramatic Play! Set up an ice skating rink in your classroom for a fun winter-themed dramatic play area. I laminated white paper for the ice rink, and students skated in their socks. I also set up areas for cashiers, managers, food servers, and whatever else the students want to create at the ice rink. Little learners practice social skills, sharing, and imaginative play through dramatic play areas.
I hope these snowman activities are just what you need to bring winter into your classroom! Little learners love snow, and snowmen are the perfect tools to captivate their attention and encourage academic development with a cute theme. Don’t forget to grab Snowman Name Craft FREEBIE! If you need all the Snowman activities, click here for the Snowman Math & Literacy Centers, click here for the Snow & Ice Science Unit, and click here for the Ice Skating Rink Dramatic Play Unit.
Need more snow activities? Check out my Winter Literacy and Math Centers!
My I Can Build STEM Unit for Winter would be great for snowman activities!
Also, check out my post about Polar Animals to see more great winter ideas!
Hibernation is another excellent theme to do in the winter; check out my resources here!
Want more sensory options? Check out my post about how to make Winter Oobleck!
Also, make some winter sensory bottles to complete your snowman activities!
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