Some of our 2 year olds and young 3 year olds have been showing interest in letters. We don’t formally teach letters to this age group, but we love to provide activities that expose them to the alphabet. A perfect example is our alphabet construction sensory bin and our ABC soup sensory bin. They are hands-on and playful! I also love to add literacy to the art table. That leads me to this post. I decided to add some literacy while making super simple snowmen. And then I sat back and observed the playful learning that took place while they constructed them.
Alphabet Toddler Snowman Art Activity
What we used:
Felt letters Paper cut into circles – 2 different sizes Scraps of construction paper Googly eyes Yarn Glue
Assembling the snowmen:
Cut 2 different sizes of circles from the paper (one set for each child) Glue the smaller circle on top of the larger one Place the scraps of construction paper and other pieces on a tray
Before inviting the children to make their snowman, read a snowman picture book with them at circle time.
The Itsy Bitsy Snowman Sneezy the Snowman The Biggest Snowman Ever Frosty The Snowman
Invite your toddlers to apply glue to their snowmen. I don’t normally hand a bottle of glue to a 2 year old, as they will simply want to squeeze as much glue out as they can. However, since I was standing right there, and this little guy really wanted to do it himself, I let him squeeze the bottle himself. For like a moment. And then I told him he had enough glue on it. Because he truly would have kept on going! Added in 2025: Fast forward many years later, and I DO now hand 2 year olds bottles of glue! And I’ve learned that it’s a great fine motor activity! I talk about it here.
Since we are almost halfway through the school year, we are beyond that stage. But that’s how we started. Oh, and see that small button? Yeah, don’t use those with toddlers unless you are very carefully supervising. I know this sounds like common sense, but I have to say it anyways. They lined them up, they put them back in the bowl, dumped them out, lined them up again. In fact, for some of the children, this was the highlight of the activity. They loved those little fabric letters!
I helped them find some letters in their names, and then they added others.
And yes, you did see those flowers in our spring math activity! Add some eyes and hair, and there you go.
No two look alike. Fun toddler snowman art!
Easy Toddler Snowball Prints
More Activities:
Winter Sensory Bin Mitten Winter Art Easy Snowflake Sugar Cookies
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