Snowman Snow Globe Art Project

Suggested grades: 1-4

Time required: 2 blocks (10 minutes + 30 minutes)

Materials step 1:

• Coffee filters

• Washable markers

• Spray bottle with water

• Tin foil, cookie sheet etc (something to put it on while you spray to avoid messy tables)

Materials step 2:

• Dyed coffee filter from step 1

• White paper (1/2 page per student)

• Construction paper in various colours

• Scissors

• Glue stick

• Pencil

• Sharpie

• Optional snow - white acrylic paint, a touch of water and a large bristle paint brush

  • alternatively use white pastel

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Step 1:

• Use washable markers to draw on your coffee filter.

• Spray the coffee filter with a spray bottle and watch the colours start to bleed.

• If there’s a lot of ink, I recommend doing this on a cookie sheet or a piece of tin foil.

• Dry on a drying rack of possible. If not possible, leave to dry on something that you’re not worried about staining (table cloth, cookie sheet, tinfoil etc.)

Step 2:

• Cut out a snowman to place inside your snow globe. Can be done with three separate balls that are glued together or a single snowman shape.

• Glue the snowman onto the dyed coffee filter.

• Use construction paper and/or markers to add details like the hat, eyes, nose, mouth, scarf, arms, buttons etc.

• Choose a snow globe base colour and cut one out.

• Glue the base onto the globe.

• To add snow, I like to mix a tiny bit of water with white acrylic paint to loosen it up. Then we go outside and splatter it. Alternatively you can just draw on the snow or use a Q-tip to dot it on.