After we talked a little bit about winter and the new year and everyone got settled in, we read Snowzilla by Janet Lawler. This is a rhyming picture book about a girl who with some help, builds a gigantic snowman and how the town feels about it.
After mentioning our youth Tumblr page and asking for suggestions on content and promoting a later storytime, I explained each craft.
We started with some process art paintings. The group created winter scenes using blue and white paint, liquid glue, and Epsom salt. I explained to the group that this craft is very fun and the focus is on creating, not the end of the craft.
Blue paint is painted onto card stock or other thick paper any way they would like and then white paint is added, making different shades of blue and our winter scene. Once they are finished painting, it's time to add a lot of glue (the kids love this part) and sprinkle Epsom salt on top to make snow. We talked about the different color blues and the texture of the salt. They had a fun time painting and sprinkling their salt onto their art.
After they were done with their process art, we let them dry and it was time to make a snowman like the snowman in our story. We had different shapes, felt scarf pieces, and white and black paint in q-tips to make snowflakes and snowman faces.
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!
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