Mitten Lacing Cards

Construction paper is cut into a mitten shape with holes punched around the edges to make mitten lacing cards with busy bee kids crafts.  She then lets the kids practice their find motor skills by threading the cards with yarn.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:

http://www.busybeekidscrafts.com/Mitten-Lacing.html

Hygloss also has a lacing card tutorial but with a winter theme of mittens. The cute idea is they use full page construction paper so the kids can actually wear the mittens once they're laced.

Snow Measuring Stick

A yard stick is painted blue and decorated with silver snowflakes to help kids measure the amount of snowfall with all kids network.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.allkidsnetwork.com/crafts/winter/snow-measuring-stick.asp

Frost Paint

Epsom salt is the secret to making a winter snowy paint with homemade mamas.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.homemademamas.net/2010/01/frost-paint.html

Snowman Poo

White tic-tacs are covered with a special label to turn the minty candy into snowman poo with a free printable from phar ma.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the template here:
http://phar-ma.com/snowman-poop-free-printable/

Penguin Puppets

Black, white and orange felt is cut into penguin finger puppets with fantastic find.  

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://fantasticfind.blogspot.com/2011/01/penguin-finger-puppets.html

Ice Skating Tin

A paper clip and magnet are the secret to making this paper ice skater skate around an empty tin.  Small world land shares the templates including a scenic winter background.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the template here:
http://smallworldland.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/ice-skating-rink-from-altoid-tin.html

Magazine Snowflakes

Give your snowflakes a little color by using magazine pages for the paper.  Michele made me shares the details.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.michelemademe.com/2011/11/reader-question-how-do-you-cut-your.html

Plastic Cup Penguins

Happy Penguin Awareness Day.  To celebrate here are some plastic cup penguins crafts to make.

Coupons are great covers her plastic cup in place paint and adds paper wings, feet and beak and googly eyes.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.couponsaregreat.net/crafty-tuesday-plastic-cup-penguin/

Almost unschoolers uses paint for the whole penguin.

Get the instructions here:
http://almostunschoolers.blogspot.com/2012/01/painted-penguins-three-projects-for.html

Popcorn Wreath

Decorate your doors with these popcorn wreaths for National Popcorn Day.

Planet forward threads the popcorn on to a paper plate with the middle cut out.

Good for ages 12 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://planetforward.ca/blog/popcorn-wreath-an-eco-friendly-craft-for-kids-at-christmas/

Sweet paul shares a popcorn wreath as well.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.sweetpaulmag-digital.com/sweetpaulmag/holiday2010/#pg74

Winnie the Pooh Puppets

Paper bags turn into Winnie the Pooh puppets with free printables from Disney's go network.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://family.go.com/crafts/craft-976013-pooh-and-friends-paper-bag-puppets-t/

Snowmen Jars

Jars are painted white and then given black dot eyes, a mouth and an orange triangle nose to make a snowman with crazy little projects.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://crazylittleprojects.com/2012/12/snowman-ornaments-for-christmas.html

Coffee Filter Snowmen

Three coffee filters are placed in a column and then decorated with a paper hat, arms and a face to make a snowman with cherished bliss.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://cherishedbliss.com/coffee-filter-snowman-tutorial/

Clay Snowflakes

Clay is rolled out, cut into a pretty snowflake, sprinkled with glitter and baked to make winter ornaments with dollar store crafts.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://dollarstorecrafts.com/2012/11/sparkly-clay-christmas-ornaments/

Snowflake Bottle Cap Bracelet

Bottle caps are painted white and then spray painted with a pretty snowflake template.  Next, they're glued onto elastic to make a nifty winter bracelet with condo blues.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.condoblues.com/2011/11/make-stenciled-bottlecap-bracelet.html

Snowflake Soap

Plastic snowflakes are coated in melted soap and set to dry to make snowflake soap with suzys sitcom.  She then peels off the plastic snowflake.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://suzyssitcom.com/2010/12/feature-friday-snowflake-soaps-tutorial.html

Ice Bird Feeder

Birdseed is placed into decorative ice trays and combined with water and frozen to make a winter inspired bird feeder with my very educated mother.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.myveryeducatedmother.com/2013/01/ice-heart-birdfeeders.html

Felt Snowmen

Felt is cut into snowmen to make a fun winter scene with crafts by amanda.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://craftsbyamanda.com/snowman-felt-board-snowman-crafts/

Snowmen Hand Puppet

A wool glove is embellished with felt snowmen to make a cute hand puppet with buzzmills.  She even adds colorful hats and scarfs.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://buzzmills.typepad.com/blog/2012/01/five-little-snowmen.html

Ice Wreath

Cranberries and water and placed into a bunt pan and set outside to freeze.  Next it's strung up with a thick red bow and tied to a tree.  Craftown shares the details.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.craftown.com/Cranberry-Ice-Wreath.html

Yarn Snowmen

White yarn is rolled up into increasing sizes snowballs to make a snowman with better homes and gardens.  They then add wire arms, a knitted scarf and sew on eyes and mouth.

Good for ages 10 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.bhg.com/christmas/crafts/make-a-felted-snowman-craft/  

Tea Light Snowmen

An electric tea light is dressed up with a scrapbooking paper hat and scarf.  Eyes and a mouth are drawn on with marker and the light makes the nose.  Maryann jenkins shares the details.

Good for ages  6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.maryannjenkins.com/2012/12/snowman-tea-lights.html

String Cheese Snowmen

String cheese is dressed up as snowmen using markers to draw on face and buttons, ribbons and felt hats.  Nobiggie shares the details.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.nobiggie.net/string-cheese-snowmen/

A Flock of Paper Birds

No time for flash cards cuts out bird shapes from scrapbooking paper and adds folded paper wings.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2009/06/birds-of-a-feather.html

 

Domestic goddesque uses cup cake liners to make her birds.

Get the instructions here:

http://domesticgoddesque.com/2011/08/cupcake-cases-creatures/

All kids network folds a brown paper in half and give them a red tummy to make a robin.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.allkidsnetwork.com/crafts/animals/birds/robin-craft.asp

Spoonful curls up the paper to make the birds three dimensional.

Spoonful uses bent paper clips to give them legs and feet.

The website is no longer available.

Helen hopcroft puts hers on sticks and uses outside as garden decor.

Get the instructions here:
http://helenhopcroft.wordpress.com/tag/kids-craft-project/

Family Mittens

A cute twist on family hand prints, cut out paper mittens from scrapbooking paper in each of the family hand sizes and glue them one on top of each other to make a winter family montage with cindy derosier.

Good for ages 1 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.cindyderosier.com/2013/12/family-mittens.html

Plastic Spoon Snowmen

A white plastic spoon makes a perfect canvas for a fun snowman.  Add on a black paper or felt hat, orange triangle nose and draw on eyes and a mouth.  Activity village shares the details.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/plastic-spoon-snowman

Ice Lanterns

Empty cans are filled with water and left outside just until the bottom and sides freeze to make nifty ice lanterns with kix cereal.  Next, they wait for nighttime and place a glow stick underneath for a beautiful winter luminary.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://kixcereal.com/kix-cereal-glow-stick-ice-luminaries/

Willowday freezes the water in balloons  and uses electric tea lights.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.willowday.com/2012/01/ice-art-2-ice-art-with-balloons.html