Making Lois Ehlert style paper plate snowmen in preschool

“Snowballs” by Lois Ehlert is such a great book! I love the large snowman illustrations throughout the book and so do my students…

Miss Abby read the book to our class and as she came to each new snowman, she stopped and let the children explore what was new and different about each one…

Because we were getting ready to go on break, this was perfect timing for this project. We had lots of little left-overs that weren’t quite enough to use for snack but too much to throw out so we used the leftover snack items to make our own snowmen faces…

Well, not everything we used was edible.  We had also been exploring birdseed, so we used up some of the seed we had left over too.  We talked about which foods the animals might eat and then, just as they had in the snowball book, made our own snowman faces…

We had some interesting results. I think I would like to try this again with a broader variety of materials but for today – we were just using up what we had on hand…

The children glued the materials any way and anywhere they wanted on the paper plate…

Every snowman face was quite uniquely made…

And here are a few of our finished snowman faces…

Links to grow on…

Snowman in a Mason Jar from The Artful Parent

Easy to make Felt Snowmen from Frugal Fun for Boys

Last January from Teaching Two and Three Year Olds

Marshmallow Snowmen from Teach Preschool

Snowman and Mitten Activity Box from Teach Preschool

Deborah J Stewart

Deborah J Stewart

Every time I think I know everything I need to know about teaching young children, God says, "Hold on a minute!" and gives me a new challenge.

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With each new challenge that you overcome, you will find yourself better equipped and more passionate about teaching young children.

God didn't call wimps to lead, teach, or care for His children. Nope, he has high expectations, so get ready. You will have to give your very best but after teaching for over 30 years, I can tell you that it is a wonderful and rewarding journey.

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