Now that it’s quite chilly outside, you may find yourself spending more time indoors. Keep the boredom at bay with some crafts that are fun and educational.

Spend the day warm inside with the kids making this cute snowman name craft! They’ll practice name recognition and their fine motor skills when they make this fun craft.

It’s a simple paper craft that uses supplies you likely already have on hand. To make it even easier to put together, we have a free printable template that also includes an editable pdf to spell your child’s name.

Whether your kids do this printable name craft at home or at school, we think it’ll be a hit! Since the snowmen are personalized, this would be a great craft to display on a class bulletin board or on the child’s door!

If your kids loved building this snowman, be sure to check out all these other snowman activities for them to do! They’re a great way to keep the kids busy learning this winter!

Snowman Name Activity

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Our editable snowman name activity is the perfect winter craft for your kids to work on letter identification and visual-spatial skills. They’ll cut out the snowman pieces and then place them to spell their names! Name practice doesn’t get much more fun than that!

Download our free template to set up this easy prep name writing activity. Then, add it to your list of simple crafts to do this winter!

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Supplies

Colored cardstock or construction paper
Scissors
Glue stick
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Directions

Start by downloading the template and printing it out. Once you have the template printed, gather the materials needed for this fun activity. Get those scissors ready, and let’s help the kids bring this snowman to life!

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First, encourage your child to glue the carrot nose to the middle of the snowman’s face.

hands gluing carrot nose onto face of snowman

Take the hat shape and glue it to the top of the snowman’s head.

hands assembling hat onto head of snowman

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Next, help your child to glue the snowman’s head to the top of the snowman’s body.

hands assembling head onto body of snowman

Glue the stick arms to the back and top section of the body.

Finally, guide your child to use the button letters to spell out the child’s name in the middle of the snowman’s body.

hands placing letters of name onto body of snowman name craft

hands placing letters onto body of snowman name craft

Your kids will love making these snowman names! Be sure to check out our many other winter crafts for kids to keep them entertained this winter!

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Winter Ideas For Kids

This time of year is the perfect time to do indoor activities with the kids! Let the fun flow this winter with some easy crafts and activities!

Read on below for some of our favorite ideas.

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Winter Books For Kids

Reading to your children is an excellent way to stimulate their imagination, develop their language and social skills, foster a love of books, and so much more!

Reading aloud encourages kids to take in more information than they might on their own by providing a shared experience that can be discussed after the book is done.

A child’s growing understanding of new words, characters, and stories help build reading comprehension—opening up future opportunities in learning and life. Above all else, reading to your kids creates special moments between you that they will cherish forever!

Here are some of the top-rated winter books for kids:

The Biggest Snowman Ever – When the mayor of Mouseville announces the town snowman contest, Clayton and Desmond claim that they will each make the biggest snowman ever.

The Snowy Day – This story shows a child’s wonder at a new world and the hope of capturing and keeping that wonder forever.

Sneezy The Snowman– Sneezy is COLD! And he’s trying to warm up without success. But, the kids know exactly how to help him!

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Winter Crafts For Kids

Crafting is an activity we love during the winter when the kids are inside more and need to keep their hands and minds active.

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It not only helps them stay entertained and learn, but crafting also hones skills such as critical thinking, fine motor skills, and creativity. Add some crafts to your kiddo’s day for some fun this winter.

Toilet Paper Roll Penguin Craft – If you have some toilet paper tubes, you can have some penguins rolling around in no time. The kids will have a blast creating these waddling friends with some basic craft supplies! They’ll recycle that tube of cardboard into something fun to play with and learn about this cute winter animal at the same time.

Moose Handprint Craft – When you trace your kiddo’s handprints, they’ll turn them into a moose with this fun project! It’s an adorable winter craft to make over the Christmas holiday. Plus, there are so many different ways to customize this adorable winter craft, making it a perfect activity for children of all ages.

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Handprint Arctic Fox – Have your little ones learn about these beautiful arctic animals by transforming their handprints into a fox. This low-prep craft is also a fun way to give your kids some hands-on fine-motor practice! The concept is simple, but the result is an adorable keepsake and a great learning opportunity.

Puffy Paint Snowman – Kids will love building a snowman with this homemade puffy paint! First, they’ll make puffy paint with just a couple of supplies and then use it to paint their own snowman to give it a cool 3D look.

Kids will then use classic snowman apparel (like the snowman’s hat!) to make sure their snowman is complete!

Winter Activities For Kids

Easy Melted Snowman Craft

These walrus worksheets are a fun winter activity for kids that will have them learning. They’ll learn about this tusked sea mammal when they label the walrus, work on handwriting practice, and complete a letter maze.

This festive resource is great for preschoolers to kindergarten students to develop fine motor skills, letter recognition, and handling scissors.

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Your little cubs can practice counting as they connect the dots with these fun and cute polar bear dot to dot printables. As they go dot to dot, they’ll work on their fine motor control, number recognition, and counting up to 17.

Once they complete the final picture, they can grab the crayon to color in these festive polar bears!

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Grab the scissors and these snowman cutting activity pages where our fun and silly snowman will guide kids through cutting different paths, matching the missing half of the snowmen, and counting. This is a fun activity to keep the kids engaged and practicing essential skills while staying cozy indoors!

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If you’re looking for an indoor activity that’s a festive way for kids to learn math and reading skills, then be sure to check out this set of winter do a dot printables. Grab the dot markers and this printable resource so they can practice number and letter recognition while having fun!

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