Stamping Snowflakes: a Preschool Winter Process Art
Engaging in preschool winter process art activities, such as snowflake stamping, is among the best winter activities for preschoolers. This hands-on project is always a blast for little ones. By using snowflake cookie cutters and washable tempera paints, children can create unique snowflake designs, making the art-making process both enjoyable and educational.
If you’re searching for creative ways to keep little ones entertained this season, look no further than this preschool winter process art. It’s a little bit of art and a little play.
This winter art activity not only allows the little ones to express their artistic side, but also introduces them to the wonders of winter in a tangible and memorable way. In this winter art activity, preschoolers and toddlers dip snowflake cookie cutters in a rainbow of paints and then stamp them onto paper, transforming ordinary snowflake cookie cutters into a canvas of wintery snowflakes.
This activity pairs well with our Winter Friends Preschool Centers.
Read this: Frame Worthy Process Art for Toddlers.
Why This Winter Art Activity?
This activity also doubles as a sensory experience as preschoolers listen to the sounds their cookie cutters make as they tap and stamp on their papers. Play some Christmas music while they work and you might find your preschoolers tapping to the rhythm of the songs.
But this isn’t just about fun; it’s a cleverly disguised exercise in motor skill preschool development and hand-eye coordination, wrapped up in the thrill of creating their own frosty masterpiece.
We also use this same technique in our Toddler Process Art Ideas for Fall Theme.
Preschool Winter Process Art – Snowflake Stamping
Snowflake Stamping is a creative and fun activity that allows children to create their own winter-themed artwork.
Materials
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The Set Up
Begin by asking your preschoolers what colors of paint they would like to use to make their snowflake masterpieces. Some preschoolers may stick to traditional winter colors like blue, gray, white, and purple, while others may ask for the full rainbow of colors.
But this is process art, so there are no wrong colors!
Squirt the paint in large circles on paper plates. These will be their paint palettes. Set them out with a variety of snowflake cookie cutters, which will be used for their stamps.
How to Make Snowflake Process Art
Now, it’s time to invite your preschoolers to join you in some stamping fun!
Select a cookie cutter and dip it into the paint, ensuring that paint gets on all edges of the snowflake. Then, press it onto the heavy card stock to make a snowflake stamp.
Fingers will get messy, and washable tempura paints might get on clothing, but that it ok. If you’re worried about the mess, try these children’s art smocks.
Some students were careful to not let the snowflakes touch one another, and others stamped over and over again in the same spot, creating a just a beautiful piece of cookie cutter art.
Some students will even push the cookie cutter around on the paper, smearing the stamp. That’s ok too.
Read this: Christmas Cookie Cutter Math.
Children will have the most fun if they have a variety of cookie cutter sizes and paint colors to use.
Snowflake stamping is a creative and fun activity that allows children to create their own winter-themed artwork.
Kids can develop their fine motor skills while engaging in sensory play, resulting in beautiful snowflake art pieces that capture the essence of winter.
Read this: Winter Sensory Bin for Preschooler.
Children’s Books About Snowflakes
Reading picture books to kids while they’re making winter art is a great way to mix stories and creativity. Not only does it help them understand winter better, but it also makes reading fun and can even inspire their art. Plus, it’s a cool way for them to connect what they see in the books with what they’re creating themselves.
- Shaw, Gina (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 32 Pages – 01/05/2016 (Publication Date) – Grosset & Dunlap (Publisher)
- Shulevitz, Uri (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 32 Pages – 10/06/2004 (Publication Date) – Square Fish (Publisher)
- Cassino, Mark (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 36 Pages – 09/05/2017 (Publication Date) – Chronicle Books (Publisher)
- Jones, Jerzy (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 31 Pages – 12/16/2020 (Publication Date) – Independently published (Publisher)
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- Zheng, Julia (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
Winter Art Projects for Preschoolers
Winter art projects for preschoolers are a fantastic way to combine fun with learning, allowing kids to express their creativity while exploring the magic of the season.
- Winter Art Project for Preschoolers
- Wax Resist Snowman Paintings
- Polar Bear Handprint Craft
- Snow Globe Craft
Winter Process Art for Toddlers
Preschool winter process art for toddlers are an excellent way to merge playtime with education, letting little ones showcase their creativity while discovering the charm of the wintertime. Try out some of these toddler process art activities for a winter theme to get you started.
- Sparkly Winter Process Art
- Fine Motor Winter Process Art
- Mitten Sticker Art
- Tin Foil Winter Process Art for Toddlers
- Winter Forest Resist Paintings
Read this: Butterfly Stamping Process Art.
Stamping Snowflakes: A Preschool Winter Process Art
Christmas cookies are synonymous with the holidays and winter.
Kids delight in using cookie cutters for baking, but they also love to use them for art and other activities.
Invite your preschoolers to join you in some cookie cutter fun with this snow-tastic preschool winter process art activity.
Your preschoolers will be so proud of their snowflake process art!
They will also get some excellent hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills practice as they create their cookie cutter masterpieces!
Materials
- snowflake cookie cutters
- washable tempura paints
- heavy cardstock
- cheap paper plates
Instructions
- First, ask the preschoolers which colors they would like to use. Any and all colors that you have on hand are absolutely fine!
- Squirt the paint in large circles on paper plates. These will be their paint palettes.
- Set the paper plates/paint out with a variety of snowflake cookie cutters, which are used as the stamps.
- Invite your preschoolers to join you in some stamping fun.
- Select a cookie cutter and dip it into the paint, ensuring that paint gets on all edges of the snowflake.
- Then, press it carefully onto the card stock to make a snowflake stamp.
- Encourage the kiddos to stamp as many times as they would like and with a variety of snowflake sizes and paint colors.
Notes
*Include a variety of cookie cutter sizes and paint colors to allow for the most fun and creativity for your preschoolers!
*This activity will get little hands (and possibly clothes) messy, which is why I always use washable paints for this one. The paint on their hands offers its own sensory experience, so don't sweat it!
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I’m Sarah, an educator turned stay-at-home-mama of five! I’m the owner and creator of Stay At Home Educator, a website about intentional teaching and purposeful learning in the early childhood years. I’ve taught a range of levels, from preschool to college and a little bit of everything in between. Right now my focus is teaching my children and running a preschool from my home. Credentials include: Bachelors in Art, Masters in Curriculum and Instruction.
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