Winter Projects and Activities

Winter Projects and Activities

Projects

5 Little Snowmen

Coffee Creamer Snowmen

Winter Melted Crayons

Here is the link to my original post when my son and I made these for his Kindergarten class 5 years ago.  We have so much fun making these each and every year!

Snowman Footprint

Stained Glass Snowman

Here is the link for the Snowman Template

Cardinal Handprints

Plastic Lid Snowmen

                                     

Penguin Footprint

                                                 

Cold Hands, Warm Hearts

                                   

Learning Projects

Dress the Snowman Cut and Paste

Skills:  cutting, following directions

Here is the link for Dress the Snowman

My Mitten is Big Enough . . . 

Skills:  writing, drawing

Here is the link for My Mitten is Big Enough

Draw, Cut and Paste Your Own Snowman

Skills:  shape recognition, shape drawing, cutting

 

Learning Activities

Snowman Button Counting

Skills:  number recognition, counting

Here is the link for Snowman Button Counting

Winter Beginning Sounds

Skills:   beginning sounds

Here is the link for Winter Beginning Sounds

Snowman Letter Matching

Skills:  upper and lowercase letters, beginning sounds, matching

Here it he link for Snowman Letter Matching

                              
                             

Winter Hat Letter Matching

Skills:  upper and lowercase letter matching

Here is the link for Winter Hat Letter Matching

                                          

Winter Learning Pack for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Here is the link for all of the activities below that are included in this Learning Pack

Beginning sound Letter Matching

Skills:  beginning sounds, matching

 Winter Counting/Number Cut and Paste

Skills:  counting, number recognition, cutting

Penguin Number Order

Skills:  number recognition, counting, number order, cutting

Winter Patterns

Skills:  what comes next, cutting

Penguin Shape Matching

Skills:  shape matching, shape identification

Snowman Number/Counting Matching

Skills;  counting, number recognition, cutting, pasting

Apples

Apples

Projects

 Apple Sun Catcher

Paint a coffee filter with watercolor paints.  Let dry.  With red construction paper, cut out an apple shape and cut out the middle leaving a border.  Then, glue or tape the painted coffee filter to apple.

Paper Strip Apple

Cut 8-10 strips of red construction paper.  Punch holes on each end.  String green or brown pipe cleaner through the bottom holes of the paper strips.  Secure with tape.  Then, string the pipe cleaner through the top holes of the paper strips.  Spread out the strips as you are stringing.  Add a green leaf with hole punched in it.  Secure with tape.  Curl the pipe cleaner.

Learning Activities

The following learning activities come from the Apple Picking Pre-K Fun Pack  I did not post all of the activities this Fun Pack has to offer, but there are many great learning activities!

Tracing Shapes

Skills:  tracing, shapes, letters

Which one is Biggest?

Skills:  Biggest

ABC Maze

Skills:  ABC order and recognition

We also did the lowercase maze!

Letter A Apple Sorting
Here is the link for A is for Apple Sorting  We did have tree on the wall to make it look like an apple tree, but it kept on falling down from the wall!  

Skills:  letter a, upper and lowercase a, sorting

Apple Lacing Card

Here is the link for this cute Apple Lacing Card

Skills:  fine motor

Apple Counting Number Matching

Here is the link for Apple Number Match

Skills:  number recognition and matching

The Letter S and Spiders

The Letter S and Spiders

The Letter S

S is for Spider

S is for Snake

S is for Stars

Spider Projects

Spider Hand Prints

Paint both hands black - do not paint the thumbs.  Press hands onto paper one hand at a time overlapping the palms.  When dry, glue on two googly eyes.

Clothespin Spiders

Cut a circle from black, craft foam.

Directions:  Paint 8 clothespins silver - or use glitter, Glue multiple googly eyes onto the circle craft foam.  When the clothespins are dry, clip them onto the circle to make the spider's 8 legs.

Spider Suckers

Take two black chenille stems and cut each stem in half, so you have 4 pieces for each sucker. Align the 4 chenille stem pieces and place a sucker in the center. Wrap 1 side of the chenille stems  all the way around the sucker's stick.  Pull tight.  Bend the ends to make feet.  Use glue to attach googly eyes.

 Spider Hats

Here is the link for this cute Spider Hat project - she gives great instructions!

The Kiddos wearing their hats

Learning Activities

Spider Letter Matching

Skills:  letter recognition, letter matching 

Here is the link for Spider Letter Matching

S is for Spider

Skills:  letter S, letter writing

Here is the link for this Spider Paper

Spider Matching

Skills:  matching

Here is the link for Spider Matching

Size Sequencing With Spiders!

Skills:  size sequencing, scissor practice

Here is the link to this Spider Size Sequencing Activity.  It is under the Tot Pack Section.  There are many more wonderful activities on this site!

Spider Web Lacing Cards

Skills:  fine motor

Here is the link for these cute Spider Web Lacing Cards

Spider Colors

Skills:  Color recognition, coloring

Here is the link to this adorable Spider Colors Book

Spider Web Scissor Practice

Skills:  Scissor practice

I created this scissor activity for the kiddos to practice their cutting skills.

Spider Number Matching

Skills:  number recognition, counting, number matching

Here is the link to this Spider Themed Number Matching activity