This project focuses on teaching kids about primary and secondary colors. Fill several squirt bottles with water and add a few drops of food dye in red, blue and yellow to each one. Have the kids each bring in a container of clean snow free of debris. Each kid should squirt some colored water, one color at a time, into their container. Squirt a bit of each primary color. Then introduce the concept of secondary colors by mixing two primary colors together. It helps to have a color wheel on hand for this. Have the kids play around with mixing and creating colors. The tap water will melt some of the snow and create some interesting designs. Make sure to take pictures of your temporary creations.
This is a relatively simple project and will allow your little ones to add their own touch to the holiday decorating. Take a paper plate and have your child cut a large hole in it. This is your basic wreath. DLTK.com has some winter-themed templates of mittens and snowflakes you can print out and color on. After they're colored, help the kids cut them out and paste them to the wreath. Feel free to use glitter sticks, stickers and other decorations your child chooses. Tape a loop of yarn to the top, and you have a lovely wreath to hang on your door.
For an engaging painting lesson, visit Deep Space Sparkle's art lesson blog and have your kids (or students) complete the winter scene drawing and painting lesson. There are detailed instructions on walking your child through drawing and painting a scene with a tree, Santa Claus and, of course, winter snow. The project requires oil pastels and tempera paint. For more information, see Resources.
This projects take the traditional snowflake winter craft from a Polish folk art perspective. Gwiazdy is polish for "star." This craft is suitable for children age 6 and older. This particular snowflake is achieved through certain folds and cuts in the paper that vary a bit from typical snowflakes. For specific instructions, see Resources.