Winter Craft – Marshmallow Snowman

12 Jan

There’s just something so WINTERY about a bag of miniature marshmallows!  I have been staring at my bag of mini-marshmallows for a week trying to come up with a fun activity to celebrate this delicious and seasonally helpful treat.

After I enjoyed a cup of hot chocolate piled high with those babies, I came up with this…!!!

Don’t you love it?!?!

I was so excited I worked way too fast and forgot all about taking pictures of the step-by-step process.  Talk about a moment of inspiration! :-)

But it’s pretty self-explanatory, really.

Just glue your mini marshmallows into a snowman shape.

Then take one marshmallow and dip it into white paint.  Decorate the background of your snowman scene with marshmallow-printed snowflakes!  I thought that this was such a clever way to make a winter-y background!

Add facial features and accessories to your snowman using paint (I used puffy paints – my fave!)

Don’t forget pretzel stick arms!

And let me tell you, the Happy Buddy is OBSESSED with pretzel sticks right now, so whenever he sees this snowman-of-magicalness (which is everyday because it is hanging on our fridge), he starts jumping up and down and trying to rip the pretzels off as a snack.  You’d think he’d want those sweet marshmallows but he only has eyes for the arms!  I literally came into the kitchen the other day and he had his mouth ON THE PAPER. :-)

Finally, sprinkle glitter or fake snow on the wet paint – because glitter makes EVERYTHING better.

Happy Marshmallow Snowman-ing! :-)

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24 Responses to “Winter Craft – Marshmallow Snowman”

  1. Anastasia January 13, 2011 at 12:01 am #

    CUTENESS!! In my prayer time this morning I had an idea…but I really need your help with it…we are going back to Palestine in a few months to visit my inlaws…I would LOVE to host a few women’s fellowship and craft nights:) I need some ideas…just like 3-4 simple but fun and meaningful crafts that I can do with these women:) Maybe even a few fun themed treats that I can throw together easily too… I think it would just be a really neat time to connect! Could you help????:):):)

  2. Local Fun for Kids Mom January 20, 2011 at 6:52 pm #

    How cute! You should come link up your craft with ‘Fun for Kids Friday’ http://www.localfunforkids.com/

  3. Brenda Francis November 29, 2011 at 4:24 pm #

    What kind of glue did you use for the marshmallows?
    I’m using this for a craft for my pre-school class, thanks!

    • Happy Home Fairy November 29, 2011 at 9:02 pm #

      Just Elmer’s white glue, Brenda! :-) Have fun!

      • Brenda Francis December 2, 2011 at 2:52 pm #

        The kids had alot of fun making their marshmallow snowman today. It was a great craft for practicing their fine motor skills. The parent’s thought they were really cute too! Thanks for sharing :)

    • Laurie Killen September 20, 2012 at 3:28 pm #

      no glue needed – simply lick marshmallows and place on paper – they stick easily.

  4. Rachel December 19, 2011 at 1:10 pm #

    I originally saw this on Pinterest. We did this with my 4 year old and two 2 year olds today. They had a blast mostly eating the marshmallows. Theirs didn’t turn out quite as perfectly, but they were still cute.

    • Happy Home Fairy December 19, 2011 at 2:06 pm #

      Rachel! I am so happy your girls had fun with the marshmallow snowman! He sure is delicious! You are a great mama!

    • Katrina January 27, 2012 at 4:14 pm #

      Just wanted to let you know that I pinned this on Pinterest – thank you for the idea :)

  5. Tami March 18, 2012 at 1:00 am #

    Just stopping by to let you know that I’ve featured your craft on Family Fun Crafts! You can see it here:
    http://funfamilycrafts.com/marshmallow-snowman/

    If you have other kid friendly crafts, I’d love it if you would submit them. :) If you would like to display a
    featured button on your site, you can grab one from the right side bar of your post above.

  6. Kim June 27, 2012 at 12:58 pm #

    I do a similar project at my preschool, but we don’t use glue to stick marshmallows on.. We bite the bottom half off ( and eat it :) ) then stick the marshmallow on our paper, since the middle is sticky, it works like glue. Fun project!!

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