Whew! Is it just me or did Christmas really come and go that quickly?
Well, I say quickly now, but it sure was an exhausting couple of days. Filled with more fun, food, and laughter than I ever could have imagined and it was perfect.
Now that it’s over though, we’re starting to get back into our normal routine and right now, that includes lots of winter activities! Especially those that include snowmen 🙂
They’re just adorable and honestly, who doesn’t love snowmen?!
Now take those snowmen, turn them into puppets and use them with a song like 5 Little Snowmen, and it gets even better!
Songs and quick little finger plays like this one are such a fun way to either introduce new concepts or review ones that you’ve already started working on in a new way.
This one in particular not only works on simple counting but introduces the concept of subtraction as well.
Not to mention that creating them is super simple!
We printed ours off on card stock so they wouldn’t fall over or bend too easily, cut them out, and glued them on to jumbo, colored craft sticks to make them a little bit more fun.
Once they’re dry, all you’ve got left to do is sing!
If you’ve already got your own version of the song, go ahead and use it 🙂 But if not, we’ve included our as part of the printable as well.
Ours happens to include the sun melting the snowmen away, so we use that opportunity to talk about subtraction and “taking away” from a group of objects.
However you use them, I hope you enjoy them as much as we do!
Want more fun snowman activities? Here are a few of our favorites!
Winter Games for Kids: Snowman Bowling
Printable Color Matching Snowmen
Thank you! My kids LOVE these! They take turns “being” the sun and melting a snowman each time we sing.
You are so welcome Meg! I am so glad they like them 🙂
These little snowmen are just adorable! What a great printable. I would love it if you shared this at the Saturday crafty showcase at http://www.bowdabrablog.com
~Crystal
Thanks Crystal! So glad you like them and I’ll be sure to stop by and check out the showcase this weekend 🙂
Great post Amber! I love your website nd i find a lot of inspiration in it! Thank you for writing and for linking up with the #pinitparty
Thank you so much Otilia! And thank you for hosting such a fun party!
Such a cute activity to do with the kids and play during the winter season. Thanks for sharing on Merry Monday. Pinned.
Thank you so much Erlene! We really don’t have any snow to speak of but these are definitely making up for it 🙂
Livvy loves the 5 little monkeys so this would be perfect for her! Great idea!!
Oh that’s one of our favorites too!
These are absolutely adorable Amber!!! The boys would go nuts over these. I can also think of a few other songs that would make great puppets. I have a whole mess of popsicle sticks. I see a Saturday project coming on!
Thanks Katy! Oh we have so many fun songs that we use puppets for 🙂 Nicholas loves them! There is just something about little Popsicle stick puppets that makes it so much more fun.
I absolutely love this! So adorable!
Thanks Echo! We’ve been having fun with them for the past couple of days and the 3 year old still seems to love them 🙂