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Toilet Roll Snowman

There isn’t an inch of snow in sight yet.. in fact, we never really get much snow here… but the kids where drawing the “school Christmas cards” this week and came home wanting to make snowmen…. so snowmen it was and what else than a TOILET ROLL SNOWMAN (how we do love a good ol’ Easy Snowman Craft)! You know us and loo rolls.. can’t resist them. And we thought we could make a little snowman game from them: Snowman Bowling! Great fun. If you are REALLY keen, you can draw numbers on your snowmen and as you bowl, practice your maths adding skills. We may still add some numbers on the back. Then there is a surprise element too. If you don’t fancy the bowling idea, these work great as little snowmen treat goodie bags or just have some fun playing with them.

Oh these guys crack me up - a fun game of Snowman Bowling (add numbers to the backs and you can incorporate some counting and adding practice) made from old socks and tp rolls! Just brilliant. #snowman #snowmancraft #snowmen #tprollsnowamn #snowmangames #snowday

Toilet Roll Snowman Materials

materials

Our snowmen are pretty much 99% recycled, we used a toilet roll, an old single sock, felt scraps and some paint and glue

Toilet Roll Snowman Craft

Toilet Roll Crafts (2)

1) First we painted our toilet rolls white.

TP Roll Crafts (2)

2) Then we picked one of our odd socks. We used the top end as the “bottom of the hat” – you know the elastic part of the sock? Cut across it and tied it with some string to create a bobble. Glue the hat in place if need be. Kids socks definitely work best for this!

Snowmen crafts

3) Using the second part of the sock (i.e. where the toe is) – I cut diagonally “round and round” the sock to get a long strip. Which the kids then tied on as a matching scarf. One sock: one hat + one scarf.

Snowmen crafts preschoolers

4) Draw on your face or use googly eyes.

5) Cut some felt buttons from scraps and glue on.

Snowman crafts for preschoolers. Oh these guys crack me up - a fun game of Snowman Bowling (add numbers to the backs and you can incorporate some counting and adding practice) made from old socks and tp rolls! Just brilliant. #snowman #snowmancraft #snowmen #tprollsnowamn #snowmangames #snowday

Finished!! Pip Squeak made three. Red Ted made two and I made one….

And with a minimum of 6 toilet roll snowmen, you have enough for a little bowling team! Add a tennis ball (or smaller) and you are all set to go. And remember you can sneak a bit of maths practice in if you like!

Want more Toilet Roll Crafts? Recently we made a Unicorn Marionette and a Toilet Roll Rudolph. We also have a special toilet roll craft video + links:

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30 Wonderful Snowmen Crafts. Oh these guys crack me up - a fun game of Snowman Bowling (add numbers to the backs and you can incorporate some counting and adding practice) made from old socks and tp rolls! Just brilliant. #snowman #snowmancraft #snowmen #tprollsnowamn #snowmangames #snowday

 

 

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  10. Kerstin says

    Obercool!
    Maggy, thx for the sock hat idea!
    Finally the purpose for all those little socks Felix has outgrown and those little snowmen will fit perfectly into our TProlls advent calendar of penguins & polar bears.
    Jiiipieh! 🙂 Kx

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  11. kewkew says

    It’s been a while since we did any crafts with toilet rolls. These are just adorable.
    Thanks for the linky. It’s been a while since I had time to post about what we have been doing. Hope to be around a lot more. This week I linked up my shape penguin (though we did do quite a bit more with our letter P)

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