Winter Crafts
Winter crafts can be so much fun! You can make winter animals, snowmen, snow scenes, and more! Discover 25+ ideas below.
Preschool crafts and art projects are important for building skills and expressing creativity. Each of the crafts featured below are designed with kids ages 3-5 in mind.
Winter Crafts
Capture the essence of winter with this winter snowflake sensory bottle! It will make a great calming activity for toddlers and preschoolers.
Gather pinecones on your next nature walk, and your kids will have a blast adding felt features to make this pinecone snowy owl craft.
With crayons and watercolors, your preschoolers can create one-of-a-kind crayon resist winter landscape art.
There are quite a few different ways that your kids can create nature-inspired ice art this winter. Just add leaves, twigs, berries, and flowers to water filled molds and freeze. Then, hang them outdoors for the sun to shine through.
Introduce your kids to pointillism with this fun snowman art project. This type of project is also a great way to strengthen fine motor skills.
This adorable hot chocolate winter craft is sure to warm up your preschool crafting sessions on a cold, winter day.
Little crafters will love decorating construction paper mittens with fluffy pom poms of all sizes and colors.
Set up an invitation to create with foam snowflakes, paint sticks, stickers, adhesive gems, and more.
By cutting out the bottom of a paper cup and covering the opening with a balloon, you turn an ordinary cup into a fun pom pom popper. Draw snowman facial features for a fun winter activity.
You can turn a can of shaving cream into homemade puff paint! Then, your kids can use it to create a puffy painted snowman.
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Your kids will love making this simple glittery snowball slime recipe this winter. It's a great activity to add to your winter sensory activities.
Preschoolers will love this adorable cotton ball polar bear craft. It's easy enough for toddlers to make, too.
This snowflake printmaking project could get a little messy, but the end result is totally worth it.
I love how simple it is to maker this winter paper plate wreath with snowflake stickers and crayons. Kids could add other winter craft decorations such as pom poms, sequins, and glitter glue.
This adorable paper cup light up snowman craft is sure to be a hit with your little ones. Kids will love using it as a nightlight throughout the winter months.
This snowman paper plate craft is easy to make and absolutely adorable! Add this winter craft to your snowman activities for preschool.
I love the idea of mixing up watercolor snow paint and letting little ones paint designs in the snow. Too cold to go outside? Put snow in a plastic tub and let kids paint on the kitchen floor.
Kids can dip LEGO bricks into white paint to create this snowflake craft.
After painting coffee filters with watercolor paints and letting them dry, kids can practice their scissor skills making these coffee filter snowflakes.
Little ones will love revealing color designs as they create this adorable winter hat craft with scratch art.
You won’t believe how easy it is to turn an ordinary pinecone into an adorable preschool snowman craft! Read on to discover a fun new winter craft for kids.
This adorable cotton ball penguin craft is so easy for little crafts to make. The free printable template makes it easy for you to prepare.
Preschoolers will strengthen fine motor skills as they paint snowflake shapes with pom poms dipped in paint.
Craft sticks and corrugated cardboard make awesome popsicle stick penguin crafts. Add a magnet to the back and hang it on the fridge.
I love the cotton ball fur lining on this paper plate eskimo craft that your preschoolers will have a blast creating.
After reading Snowmen at Night, your students will love creating their very own Snowmen at Night art project and using this fun writing prompt printable to tell a story!
Are you looking for a new winter craft to do with your little ones? Don’t miss this waddling penguin preschool craft! It’s perfect for young crafters.
Dip a plastic fork in white paint and use it to create these unique fork-painted snowflakes.
Skinny blue tape on white paper make simple washi tape snowflakes. There's no right or wrong way to complete this simple craft.
Draw a snowman on the non-sticky side of a large piece of contact paper. Let preschoolers use craft supplies to decorate the snowman (taped to the wall sticky side out) for a fun gross motor winter activity.
This “ARCTIC WILDLIFE” quiet book introduces your baby the Polar animals, helps to develop imagination and fine motor skills!
This Arctic small world sensory bin filler includes everything your child needs to engage in beneficial sensory play. Sensory play encourages children to explore their senses and enhances creativity.