Recycled Snowman "Potato Head" Craft for Kids from Christmas Ornaments

Build a Snowman Toy Craft

Make a Potato Head style Snowman toy from recycled Christmas Decorations and Ornaments. This is Snow Much Fun for kids to craft their own homemade toys. Enjoy!



Recycled Snowman Craft Toy to make with kids.

Make a Snowman Potato Head Toy

You will need: 

White or Satin Ball Christmas Ornaments that are unravelling

(white Styrofoam balls work too)

                                                                                         
Sticky Back Velcro

                                                                                              
Craft scraps: Felt, Foam, Buttons, Fabric, Googly Eyes

                                                                                             
Marker Lids

                                                                                             
Cardboard Toilet Tube Roll for Stands

Cut velcro into small pieces, attach to back of items.

Place velcro on balls where arms, eyes, hair should go.

Make your own Potato Head Snowman and Accessories.

We placed the small parts in a baggie and the rest in a plastic container. Now Mayhem has her very own Mr. Snowman which she prefers to dress-up as Mrs. Snowman.

Mayhem simply adored this project. We can always add new parts! Note the Kitty ears headband and blonde wig.


Years ago, I learned to save old marker lids to use as game pieces. These make perfect arms in interchangeable colors. The possibilities are endless. More Snowman Activities for Preschoolers.


Recommended Reading:

Indoor Activities for Kids*

Homemade Christmas Ornaments

Hibernation Station*








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Duh! Leprechaun or Santa hand-print craft for preschool

Easy Santa hand-print craft for preschoolers.

Jealous Much? I  came up with this hand-print leprechaun craft for preschool a few years back. It never occurred to me that I could also turn the handprint into a Santa.  Enjoy!

Leprechaun, just paint red and white for Santa Handprint.

Now why didn't it occur to me to do Santa? Found this on Pinterest.  What a great idea for a Homemade Christmas Card from She Knows.

Santa Family Handprints Gift from How Does She.

Recommended:

Santa Gift Bag Idea

How to Catch Santa*

Santa Tangram Activity





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How to make a Counting Sheep costume for Halloween

How to make a sheep costume for Halloween

Guest post written by Liz Hughes

It's always a struggle to come up with a good group Halloween costume theme for me and my roommates. In the years past we went as the three blind mice and then the Spice Girls. But this year I decided that I just wanted to go as something that would include an outfit that is comfortable and warm.

I started looking online for some ideas about what I could convince my friends to dress up as and I came up with the idea to dress up as counting sheep.

Making a sheep costume has been pretty easy. I bought some sweatpants and a sweatshirt. I can't decided if I want to bother putting cotton batting or balls on it to make it look better. But I might just stick a number on the costume. I think my roommates are glad that I chose something that's so comfortable and easy to pull off, especially in comparison to the Spice Girls! I think that they'll never forgive me for that idea after they had to walk around in platform shoes and short skirts on a cold Halloween night.

Activities for Children: How to Make a Straw free Scarecrow with Recycled Items

How to make your own Kid Scarecrow without Straw

When we visit a local farm, there are lots of activities for children including an area set aside to make your own scarecrow. It is very messy and smelly! We all sneeze. Wouldn't it be cool to have a scarecrow without straw?

Activities for Children: Mini Scarecrow for Indoors.

So, a few years ago, I decided to design my own allergy-friendly scarecrow activity for kids. We used paper and recycled bags!

Tired old allergy free scarecrow.

How to Make an Allergy-Free Scarecrow

Old kid's clothes (short sleeves work too).
Paper lunch sacks or plastic pumpkins
Plastic grocery bags
Raffia, yarn, staples, or duct tape to attach the parts.

Grab your kid's old , torn clothes. Stuff the pants with plastic grocery bags. (Tie them in knots or blow them up like balloons for extra padding.) Stuff your shirt.Ties the feet and arms off with string or tape with duct tape. Stuff shirt into waist of pants. Duct tape works best here. Attach it to look like a belt. Cut arms or hands from paper bags as needed. Staple to end of shirt. Make feet too. Stuff a paper lunch sack with plastic bags, tie it off, and attach to the shirt. You can use a plastic pumpkin for the head too- not as easy to attach. Throw on a straw hat or cut out strips of the lunch bag and staple on for hair.

Recommended Reading:

Companion books for this children's activity are:

The Big, Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown

The Little Scarecrow Boy by Margaret Wise Brown *ad

Easy Recycled Bunny Costume Ideas and Easter Bunny Jokes for Kids

Easy Recycled Bunny Costume Ideas: Bunny Jokes for Kids

Need a bunny costume? We made a Funny Bunny for 2009 from a recycled stuffed Easter bunny. Now, I'm getting the biggest stuffed bunny I can find and improving the design. Here's the old version to help spark your creativity. What ideas do you have for a homemade bunny costume?

Here's a silly bunny joke for Easter. Enjoy!

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Make your own diy Homemade Easter Bunny costume
 and tell some jokes to the kids.

Bunny Jokes for Kids:

So what do you call a bunny with fleas? 
"Bugs Bunny!"

What is important in an easy, cute recycled costume?

1.  Ease of construction.
2.  Crafty Cleverness.
3.  Cuteness Factor.
4.  Comfort
5.  Frugality

Simple, cheap costumes rent for $50 and sell for about $90.  We made this costume from an over-sized, stuffed bunny.

We took a creative trip to Goodwill, found some bunny p.j.s and a giant, floppy, stuffed bunny for $1.99.

Sadly, we cut off all of her appendages, removed the stuffing, cut out eye holes, then re-attached her eyes.

The ears are stuffed with a metal clothes hanger. My daughter loved wearing the stuffy's fuzzy feet and paws. I added a simple, black half-face mask for the interior structure.

NO SEW - just tacky glue.

The stuffy's main body/belly became a tunic to hide the wearer's neck. We'd planned to attach it to the back to cover hair, but later decided she looked like a cute girl bunny with her hair spilling out. The stuffy's tail is hot-glued to the back of the p.j.s. Get Hoppin'!

Recommended Reading: 

Easter Knock Knock Jokes*

Easter Jokes for Kids*

Bunny Costume Ideas.

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