Make · Ages 3 to 5
Winter crafts for preschoolers
13 things to make for Winter, most searched first. Every one shows the level, the time and the cost before you start.
Homemade cloud dough
A 2-ingredient soft, crumbly, moldable sensory dough that feels like powdery snow and packs like wet sand.
Gingerbread play dough
A soft, warm-smelling homemade play dough that's perfect for rolling and cutting gingerbread people.
Paper plate snowman
2 paper plates stacked into a chubby snowman with a paper hat, a cozy scarf and button eyes.
Craft stick snowflakes
Glue craft sticks into a star, paint them white and add sparkles for a snowflake that hangs on the tree or window.
Cut paper snowflakes
Fold a coffee filter, snip little shapes, and unfold a lacy snowflake that's different every time.
Toilet roll penguin
An empty paper tube turns into a waddly little penguin with flippers, feet and a tiny orange beak.
Indoor sock snowball fight
Rolled-up white socks become soft snowballs for throwing, catching and target games on a cold day inside.
Cotton swab snowflakes
Arrange cotton swabs into star patterns on dark paper for snowflakes that build counting and pattern skills.
Frozen toy rescue
Freeze small toys in a block of ice and let your preschooler free them with warm water, salt and droppers.
Cotton ball polar bear
A soft, fluffy polar bear made by gluing cotton balls inside a bear outline on blue paper.
Handprint reindeer
A brown handprint turned upside down becomes a reindeer with finger antlers and a shiny red nose.
Mitten lacing card
A cardboard mitten with holes around the edge that your child laces with yarn, over and over.
Salt watercolor snow painting
Sprinkle salt on wet blue watercolor and watch frosty snowflake patterns bloom across the paper.
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