Christmas Snowman Craft for Preschoolers

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Do you ever use store-bought pasta sauce?

How about salsa?

Jelly? Olives? Pickles? Applesauce?

If so, I bet you’re throwing away all those jar lids when you and your kids could be making a cute winter snowman out of them.

After reading this post, you’ll know exactly how to turn 3 of those jar lids into a snowman.

Materials Needed for Snowman Craft

Small paint stir stick (also available at Home Depot)
White acrylic craft paint
Light blue acrylic craft paint
Craft paint brushes
2 sheets of construction paper (or any other surface such as a paper bag, cardboard, etc… that can be used for paint drips)
3 jar lids in sizes small, medium, and large (we I used an upcycled jelly, pasta sauce, and salsa lid)
Sheet of blue felt
Two self-adhesive wiggle googly eyes
Orange self-adhesive foam sheet
Scissors
Blue self-adhesive rhinestone gems
3 small blue craft pom poms
Hot glue gun with glue sticks
2 small twigs in the shape of a “Y” (or you could use pipe cleaners)

Paint the front side of your paint stir stick white. Paint 2-3 layers for best coverage. (NOTE: We used a stir stick from a local hardware store, so we needed to cover their logo. If you’re just using a blank stick, you can skip this step and just paint it blue.)

Make sure to move your paint stick over to the other side of the paper once you paint the first layers, so that it won’t stick to the paper.

While the blue layer is drying, paint the top of the lids white. Paint 2-3 layers for the best coverage.

While the lids are drying, flip the stir stick over and paint the other side blue.

Flip the lids over, and paint the insides white. Again, paint 2-3 layers for the best coverage.

Tie the felt “scarf” around the handle of the stir stick. Tie it in a double knot on the right side.

Remove the backing and place the self-adhesive wiggle googly eyes on the small lid.

Active Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

Difficulty: Easy

Paint the front side of your paint stir stick white. Paint 2-3 layers for best coverage.
Once the paint is dry, paint a layer of blue paint over the white paint.
While the blue layer is drying, paint the top of the lids white. Paint 2-3 layers for the best coverage.
While the lids are drying, flip the stir stick over and paint the other side blue
Flip the lids over, and paint the insides white. Again, paint 2-3 layers for the best coverage.
Cut a strip of blue felt approximately 12 inches long, and 1 inch wide. Tie the felt “scarf” around the handle of the stir stick. Tie it in a double knot on the right side.
Hot glue the smallest lid onto the stir stick above the scarf and the medium and large lids below the scarf.
Hot glue the medium and large lids below the scarf.
Hot glue the blue pom poms down the middle of the medium lid.
Place the googly eyes, a carrot-shaped nose cut out of the orange felt, and rhinestone gems in the shape of a smile on the small lid.
Flip the stick over and glue twigs on the back for arms.