Hey, teachers! Are you ready to bring the magic of winter into your classroom while exploring the wonderful world of shapes? Get set for an engaging activity that blends snowy creativity with a deep dive into shapes through adorable snowman collages. Let's make snowmen!
1. Gather Your Materials
Round up vibrant construction paper in white, blue, orange, and black hues, along with cotton balls, glue sticks, scissors, and colorful markers or crayons.
2. Shape Safari
Let's kick off this snowy adventure by diving into shapes! Introduce circles, rectangles, triangles, diamonds, etc. Encourage your students to spot these shapes in their surroundings, from classroom objects to pictures. You can also use this handy worksheet to review all the various shapes.
3. Building Snow Buddies
Guide your students to cut three circles of different sizes from the white paper–a large one for the base, a medium one for the middle, and a small one for the head.
4. Constructing Frosty
Arrange and glue these circles onto a colored sheet to create the classic snowman structure. Ensure they leave spaces between the circles to mimic the segmented snowman body.
5. Feature Fun
Distribute orange paper for carrot-shaped noses and black paper for eyes, mouth, and buttons. Show how to cut triangles for noses and various shapes like circles or squares for the features.
6. Let it Snow
Dive into the snowy part! Help students tear cotton balls into smaller bits and place them on the collage to simulate falling snowflakes or add texture.
7. Designing the Scene
Encourage kids to illustrate a winter wonderland backdrop, such as snowy hills, falling snowflakes, or a cozy setting with trees and a house.
8. Shape Showcase
As the collages come to life, it's time for a show and tell! Each student shares their masterpiece, identifying the shapes used and naming them. Discuss how each shape contributed to their snowman creation.
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This snowman collage activity isn't just about crafting; it's a fantastic platform to introduce shapes in a hands-on, imaginative way. By merging creative expression with shape exploration, we're not only building snowmen–we're building shape-savvy minds in our classroom winter wonderland! Let's craft snowmen and shape budding imaginations together!
