Kitchen Kids: Homemade Edible Snowballs Make an Ice Cream Snowman to Eat

Make a Homemade Edible Snowman for a Party: Think Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream

Want to make a snowman? This cute little guy is perfect for a birthday party or holiday get together. Just make ice cream balls and freeze them in advance. So, gather the kids in the kitchen and build your own eatable (edible) snowmen. Enjoy!

Make a Snowman from Ice Cream Snowballs.

Build your own eatable snowman as a party activity.

To Make Edible Snowman Art You Need:

Vanilla Ice Cream
Pastel or Peppermints (Soft wedding mints are kid friendly)
Candy for Decorations
Chocolate Syrup
Optional: Shredded Coconut, Powdered Sugar



Have a snowman decorating party with mini snowballs.

How to Make Ice Cream Snowman Dessert: 

With a melon baller, scoop mini ice cream balls.
Place balls on wax paper on a cookie sheet and keep in freezer.
Let set for 15 minutes.
Remove balls one at a time and roll in crushed mints and/or coconut.
Serve 3 balls in a dessert dish with assorted candies.
Build Snowman.

   

Ice Cream Snowman made from Mini Snowballs for  Winter Holiday Party. 

Recommended Reading: 

Recipes for your kids to mix and make*

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9 Easy Edible Winter Holiday Crafts for Kids

Here are 9 creative, fun ways to make edible, winter holiday crafts. 

These 9 Edible Holiday Crafts are perfect for a New Year Celebration. We just adore the Hot Chocolate Ornament idea below. These winter holiday crafts are fun ways to play with your food. Holiday creativity abounds in the blogosphere. Which one is your favorite? Enjoy!

 9 Easy Edible Winter Holiday Crafts for Kids. 

Edible Party Hat Craft for New Year's Eve Celebrations

Ice Cream Party Hats from One Charming Party.

New Year's Cupcake Countdown Clock

From Party Frosting

Hot Chocolate Ornament Gift

Hot Chocolate Ornament from Craft Berry Bush.

Star of David Cookies

Star of David Cookies from TheChocolateMaven.com.

Piped Icing Snowflake Ornaments

Edible Piped Icing Snowflake Ornament Craft.

Cinnamon Applesauce Ornaments

From JimmieWriter on HubPages.

Holiday Treats for Animals: Bird Seed Ornaments

Bird Seed Ornaments from Garden.org.

Edible Marshmallow Dreidel Craft 

Edible Marshmallow Dreidel from Celebrations.com.

Edible Marshmallow Snowmen Pop Pals

Marshmallow Snowman from TheDecoratedCookie.com.

Recommended Reading:

More Edible Christmas Crafts

New Year's Eve Activities

Turkey Games

Kids Creative Chaos Cooks: Kitchen Kids Series: Holiday Recipes*

Hands-On Art Activities for the Elementary Classroom: Seasonal, Holiday, and Design Activities for Grades K-5*

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Classroom Snowman Craft for Door: Pin it Online Scavenger Hunt

Classroom Snowman Ideas for Preschool and Elementary

Updated with Styrofoam Cup Snowman Tutorial and more Snowmen from our Pinterest friends who tired it! So, you want to make a plastic cup snowman for your classroom door or bulletin board. It's so cool, but how do you do it? Check out this Styrofoam cup SNOWMAN entered in a teacher's door decorating contest. 

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Did you know you can pin posts from your blog or pictures of your classroom door on our Pinterest board for teachers. We also have a Pinterest board just for Snowmen Stuff, just send a message in Pinterest with a request to join.

Scroll down the page for our favorite classroom snowman decoration ideas and the how to make the door snowman from plastic cups. Enjoy!

Edible Snowmen for Classroom Party

Christmas Games for Parties: Perfect for the Classroom!

Snowman Uploaded by Tiffany Cone Webb 
Click the pic to follow her on Pinterest.

Styrofoam Cup Snowman: This Classroom Door snowman was designed for a door decorating contest. Yes, he won! But, the question is...

How do you make a snowman for a classroom door from Styrofoam cups? 

The serious answer is very, very carefully with lots of patience. Plastic Cups are easier to staple than Styrofoam cups. They also have more give when assembling the snowman. Try using sticky Velcro strips to attach your snowman creation to the door, wall, or classroom bulletin board.

This one was created by Destinie S. and uploaded to Pinterest.
Click Plastic Cup Snowman with lights to see the video with flashing lights. Great job!

Good news! We found a video that shows how to make balls from plastic cups. In the video, you'll see that they make two halves and attach them to form a ball. So, you'll only need to make one half and then attach it to the wall. However, if you make the entire ball , you can make a stand alone cup snowman decoration. Check out this cute one, made to look like Olaf from Frozen!

Plastic Cup Snowman made to look like Olaf! We found this one at diycuteness blog.


Get LEGO OLAF on Amazon.

diycuteness also shared this plastic cup snowman for the classroom door.

How to Make a Snowman from Plastic or Styrofoam Cups:

Watch the video above to learn how to make a classroom door snowman from plastic cups. In the video, it shows how to make balls to make light decorations for parties. You can adapt this method to create the snowballs to build your snowman on a door.

Get short Styrofoam cups like the plastic cups in the picture.

FYI: We tried making the Styrofoam cup snowman several times. We finally made something resembling a circle, but never felt it was a good enough snowball to share. However, we tried it with tiny medicine cups which were difficult to staple. And then, we tried using glue to attach Styrofoam cups together. The method in the video with regular size plastic cups stapled together seems to work, but the circles are difficult to get perfectly round. 

Good luck, you're going to need it!

• While you're at it, turn your kids into snowman with this cute snowman craft for the class! Then, place them all on your winter bulletin board.

The original source seems to be a teacher's album 

on Photobucket.com ~ michellelgagne's album

• We found some great Snowman crafts at OrientalTrading and fun, free snowman worksheets at TeacherSherpa.com. Check out our post and follow along on Instagram to keep up with all of our crafty classroom activities! 

Winter Bulletin Board: Snowmen, Penguins, and Snowflakes on Amazon.

• Get winter snowflake decorations for Snowman Mobile.

• Make a Snowflake Snowman! These are a fun classroom craft for the winter months. Go to Amazon to get snowflakes to make the mobile.

Recommended Reading:

Get the Companion Book, It's Snowing! by Gail Gibbons

Snowman Activities for Children

Cardboard Tube Snowman Treat Cup

Classroom Valentine Snowman

Homeschool Projects for Lesson Planning

Get Snowmen At Christmas Book

Plastic Cup Halloween Lights

Wordless Wednesday: Make a Recycled Pumpkin Snowman

Need pumpkin decorating ideas? 

Okay, he's not a recycled pumpkin just a leftover- "Make a Snowman Jack-o-lantern". Jake likes to keep his pumpkin in the house to protect it from would be smashers. He's been doing this since he was one. As long as no one uses them as a kickball or a chair, they last until spring, at which time we toss it in the garden and pray for pumpkin babies. Use Velcro to attach felt/foam shapes, and change his face. Enjoy!

No Snow, Pumpkin Man, made from a Snowman Kit.

Do You Want to Build a Snowman?

Creepy-eyed Pumpkin Man for Halloween.

A picture is worth a thousand words. One of these days, I'm going to start using my new camera, but it seems like such a chore when my phone is so handy. I guess my phone pictures are only worth five-hundred words! :-)

Let your picture tell the story, thanks for linking up!

Recommended: 

The Biggest Snowman Ever*

Pumpkin Decorating Ideas

Creative Snowman Ideas for Preschoolers

Easy Felted Snowman Snowball Craft for Christmas Tree Decoration

Snowman Christmas Ornament Decoration 

To make this easy, snowman holiday ornament, we purchased a plain, white, felted ornament and then glued on an orange pom-pom nose, googly eyes, and black foam pieces for the mouth. He has a little gold hang tag for hanging on a Christmas tree or a tree branch in a pot for a fun, winter theme indoor tree decorated with Snowmen. Enjoy!

Snow Simple Christmas Tree Ornament.

Recommended Reading:

Snowman Crafts for Children

Snowmen at Christmas Book*

Snowmen Treats









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Cute Penguin Printable Coloring Page for Kids

Find Penguin projects and printable coloring page for kids. This little guy is bundled up to keep warm for the winter.

Penguins are SNOW cute

Penguin Printable Coloring Sheet.

Click on image, then click Ctrl/P to print or click save as and rename and print from your computer. 

Penguin Printable for PDF click here.

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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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How to Craft a Snow Globe or I Spy New Year's Time Capsule Activity

Make a New Year's Time Capsule from a Christmas Ornament

A clear glass or plastic Christmas ornament makes a fun party favor and Mini Time Capsule for  New Year's Eve party celebrations with kids.

Festive New Year Decoration

I Spy Something,

How to make a New Year Time Capsule from a glass Christmas Ornament Decoration

You will need:

A clear ornament with a large opening.

Iridescent sparkle paint.

Glitter glue.

Cotton Balls or Fake Snow or Shredded Paper.

Miscellaneous items such as sparkly pipe-cleaners, star confetti, and mini-tree ornaments.

Remove the top and drip paint inside.  Let dry by standing on a toilet tube.  Once dry, insert snow. We tore cotton balls and stuffed them inside using a straw.  Add piece of sparkle (pipe-cleaners or confetti).  Insert surprises to "I Spy". We added a nutcracker soldier. Replace top. Using toilet tube as an easel paint "Happy" with glitter glue on outside.  Add glitter glue dots of varying colors. Attach shiny ribbon and hang from mantle.


Recommended Reading:

I Spy Fantasy: A Book of Picture Riddles*

Can you spy what's inside?  You can also make a real snow globe. 

Winter Day Play!: Activities, Crafts, and Games for Indoors and Out

Snowman Face

Fun Tip:  Fill with "Snow" and then paint or draw a snowman's face for an all-winter mantle decoration.

Snowman Craft for Kids out of Egg Shells by Mama Mia

Snowman Crafts for Kids Eggshell Snowman

One of my old blogging buddies came up with this cute snowman craft. You could make a whole day of learning with preschoolers or homeschoolers with this little project. For a science lesson, discuss the properties of an egg, boil some eggs, remove the shells, eat the eggs, and craft with the shells! Imagine the possibilities if you colored your eggs with Easter egg dye first. You can make egg shell mosaics for an art lesson for kids. We've got a flock of chickens, so I am always looking some activity to do with eggs.

Preschool snowman craft with egg shells from Mama Mia's Heart to Heart.

Recommended Reading:

Snowman Surprise

Sneezy the Snowman

Reuse Cardboard Toilet Tubes Holiday Party Favors or Christmas Decorations: Treat Baskets

Treat Baskets Ornaments for Christmas Tree

How to Reuse Cardboard (Toilet ) Tube rolls to make Treat Basket Ornament Decorations for the Christmas Tree or a Classroom Party Gifts.These little Christmas Tree Decorations from Toilet Paper Rolls are fun to make.  Enjoy!

This post contains affiliate links for your convenience.*

Update: This post was created in the days of flip phones. Our apologies for the photos, but it is such a rewarding project, you'll enjoy creating something beautiful to hang on the tree and fill with goodies! If you do, share a photo in the comments.


I saw a post on toilet tube crafts. They look like they were made by a professional. I thought we'd try it out. Here are our kid versions. We added a mouse, penguin, tree, and an angel.

Easy Toilet Tube Cardboard  Holiday Ornaments.

Cut your toilet or paper towel tubes in half. I cut up the middle and then cut in half. Your cut won't show. Tape together. Cover the cardboard with felt, fabric, or construction paper and decorate to your hearts content!

What great Christmas tree decorations and ornaments to fill with goodies from Santa, but they also make good party favors or table placeholders too!

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Santa made by 7 yr.old boy, Angel by teenager.

Snowman Angel.

Christmas Tree.

Mommy's Penguin.

Mommy's Snowman.

Made by 5 yr. old.

Reindeer with Harness.

Mommy's Mouse with Pipecleaner tail.

Whiskers are wires from bread twist tie.

More Holiday Crafts for Kids:

Reindeer  Sausage Business Card Snowman Felt Scraps Cream Cheese Peanut Tree Puppet Waffle Cone Pipecleaners Buy Felt and other supplies for this project at Amazon: Felt* Googly Eyes* Recommended Reading: Little Christmas Decorations to Knit and Crochet* Holiday Crafts from Cardboard Tube Rolls

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