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This week we read Snip, Snip...Snow!, by Nancy Poydar. When I saw it in the library I knew it would be perfect, especially since the ground here is still covered in snow!! It is a cute story about a little girl that is anxiously awaiting the first snowfall of winter. She is very disappointed when the forecast calls for snow, but when she wakes up there was nothing! (I could totally relate to this when I was little!!) At school her she makes a ton of paper snowflakes and to her surprise it starts to snow. This story was fun to read and the perfect story to go with making your own paper snowflakes!
Emily, Juliette and I had fun making colored coffee filter snowflakes and then dancing around with them! Although this is not very original, it was so much fun :0)
Emily and Juliette colored on their coffee filters with markers.
Next, we used a spray bottle to wet the coffee filters and make the colors run.
Then we let them dry.
While we were waiting we made some plain white snowflakes.
Emily folded the coffee filter in half and then in half 2 more times to make a triangle shape.
Although she has no problem using a pair of scissors on plain paper, she had a hard time cutting the small pieces out. So when the colored filters dried she asked me to make them.
I have been meaning to get this book. Sounds like a whole lot of fun. The snowflakes turned out great. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteWe read that book and made snowflakes last year. It's a fun book and the kids love making snowflakes!
ReplyDeleteI have learned here we don't read many books about snow since we get so little and they always make Selena sad. We do have to start making more crafts like this though since Selena thought it was pretty cool that by folding a piece of paper in half she cut a perfect tree all by herself yesterday. I love how their snowflakes turned out!
ReplyDeleteI keep reading about this book, and it sounds like so much fun! Coffee filter snowflakes were a big hit here too.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a cool book I'll have to check it out! We just did this on Monday (except we just mixed blue paint with water to paint on our coffee filters)
ReplyDeleteGreat story find! You're right too, coffee filter snowflakes are sooo much fun - it never gets old!
ReplyDeleteI always love the snowflakes cut outs they are fun, easy to make and just like snowflakes there are never two of the same.
ReplyDeleteLove the way they turned out, this one is on our to-do list too :)
ReplyDeleteMy daughter was having problems cutting snowflakes out of regular paper, so I brought out some of our white square paper napkins (the really cheap kind available in the store) and folded them. They were a lot easier for her to cut. We've never read that particular snow book, but by the looks of it, our snow will be sticking around long enough to find a copy! :)
ReplyDeleteI liked your idea of coloring coffee filters using a spray bottle.
ReplyDeleteWe love this book too! Your snowflakes turned out very cute and colorful!
ReplyDeleteI love how colorful the snowflakes are. Thanks for sharing these great books. We haven't read any of them!
ReplyDeleteWhat great cutting skills! I love the spray bottle painting. JDaniel would love it too.
ReplyDeleteI just found your blog and great link up. I linked up the snowmen activities from preschool. It's probably not in the right format, but there's a book and art project as well as some others. From now on, I'll get it right :) Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI'll have to look for this book. We could use an excuse to practice snipping!
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