Once There Was A Snowman…

It’s been cold here, but not cold enough for snow.  That hasn’t stopped us from making snowmen.  Both Isaac and Grace love snowmen, or “nomen” as Grace calls them, so I knew this snowman building activity would be a hit with them. 

First we read the book Snowmen at Christmas.  Christmas is over and we had already read that book during our Christmas countdown, but it is still a favorite.  Emma read it to the babies a second time while I finished getting things ready for our art project.  We mixed equal part of shaving cream and white glue to make our “snow”.  (If anyone knows how to measure equal parts of shaving cream and glue, let me know.  I just squeezed and mixed until I hoped it was right!)  Then we used our fingers to build snowmen.  Well, actually Emma and I used our fingers.  Isaac and Grace touched the stuff once and immediately wanted their hands washed. 

Emma didn’t have any problems getting her hands dirty though!

Isaac and Grace had much more fun assembling the pieces of their snowmen. 

They added a hat and nose…

…arms, buttons, eyes and a mouth to their snowmen.  They loved it!

They have been so proud of their snowmen.  They are hanging in the nook and they love to point out their very own snowman.  Those snowmen have prompted many rounds of “Once There Was a Snowman” at our house! 

They should all be proud of their creations, they turned out pretty darn cute!  The “snow” dried all puffy and has stayed that way.  I love Emma’s snowman family, notice they are all holding hands.  I also like the arms on Isaac’s snowman, it looks like he is giving a hug.  We had to laugh when both Isaac and Grace piled their buttons and mouth pieces down at the bottom of their snowmen.  It was a fun activity!

Art Show

Emma just finished up a fun art class last week.  She learned about several artists and their different techniques.  Then she made her own masterpieces demonstrating each artist’s favorite medium. The babies and I got to go see her work on her last day of class. 

  She did a great job on all of her works of art and I was especially impressed at how much she remembered about each artist. 

The most exciting thing about the class for Emma was that it was taught by one of her favorite people in our ward, Sister Tidwell.  Emma has wanted to take an art class from Katie for a long time and she finally got her chance!