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Salt Dough Snowman Ornament

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Every year we like to make new ornaments for our Christmas tree. This year, we decided to make these fun Salt Dough Snowman ornaments.

These are so easy to make for kids of all ages. Plus salt dough ornaments are great choices because they pack away easily and look great year after year.

Are you ready to make some fun Christmas crafts? Grab some supplies and let’s get started creating!

This Salt Dough Snowman ornament will make a great addition to your Christmas tree. This fun kids craft makes a great holiday keepsake.

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Supplies Needed:

A batch of your favorite salt dough recipe

Toothpick

White craft paint

Hot glue gun and glue

Buttons

Additional colors of craft paint

Twine

For this project, we used the Quickest Ever Salt Dough recipe from Rainy Day Mum since we did not have all day to work on this project. It worked great and we were ready to decorate our snowmen much sooner than if we would have used a traditional recipe.

This Salt Dough Snowman ornament will make a great addition to your Christmas tree. This fun kids craft makes a great holiday keepsake.

How to make a salt dough snowman ornament

Once you have your salt dough recipe made, make three balls of salt dough. You’ll want them to be three different sizes each one a little bigger than the other.

Flatten each salt dough ball into a circle. The thicker the circle, the longer it will take to dry. But, make sure it’s not too thin or it will break easily. Ours were between 1/8 and 1/4 inches thick.

Line your circles up and overlap the edges to get a snowman shape. Squish your overlapped edges together a bit so that they dry all in one piece.

This Salt Dough Snowman ornament will make a great addition to your Christmas tree. This fun kids craft makes a great holiday keepsake.

Use your toothpick to make a small hole in the top of your snowman’s head.

Now it’s time to let your salt dough dry and harden.

This Salt Dough Snowman ornament will make a great addition to your Christmas tree. This fun kids craft makes a great holiday keepsake.

Decorate your salt dough snowman

After your ornaments are dry, use the white craft paint to paint your entire snowman white. Let your paint dry.

If you desire, you can use another color of craft paint to paint your snowman’s face. One of my daughters wanted to paint a face, the other waited to create her face out of buttons.

This Salt Dough Snowman ornament will make a great addition to your Christmas tree. This fun kids craft makes a great holiday keepsake.

After the paint is dry, use your hot glue gun to attach your buttons all the way down your snowman.

We used hot glue because our salt dough snowman ornaments will be packed away each year and I wanted to make sure the buttons stayed put. Plus, both of my daughters are able to use a hot glue gun safely.

If you don’t want to use hot glue, any type of glue should work.

This Salt Dough Snowman ornament will make a great addition to your Christmas tree. This fun kids craft makes a great holiday keepsake.

Finally, string some twine through your hole and hang your snowman on your tree.

They look so great on the tree!

This Salt Dough Snowman ornament will make a great addition to your Christmas tree. This fun kids craft makes a great holiday keepsake.

You may also like these fun Christmas crafts for kids:

Salt Dough Candy Cane Ornaments

Joy to the World Christmas Ornament

The Best Salt Dough Ornaments for Kids

Christmas Tree Crafts for Kids

Fingerprint Nutcracker Salt Dough Ornament at Rainy Day Mum

Fun Christmas Paper Plates for the Kids’ Table

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Whether you don’t have enough tableware for all your Christmas guests or are looking for something that won’t break for your younger guests, you may want to turn to Christmas paper plates for your holiday dinner. 

I know, I know… that seems just too casual. 

But… maybe… it’s not. 

Check out all these fun choices of Christmas paper plates for the kids’ table. They’re fun, festive, elegant, and all are kid-friendly. Let’s set our table with style!

Make your life easier this holiday season when you set a festive table with these adorable and fun Christmas paper plates for the kids' table.

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Fun Christmas Paper Plates

The kids will love this set of fun Gingerbread cookies disposable dinnerware.

Or, you can choose this festive red and white snowflake dinnerware set.

Santa is a great theme for the kids table, so these blue Santa paper plates and napkins would be a fun choice.

Also, these Santa belly paper plates are another fun Santa Claus choice.

Festive Christmas Paper Plates

These Christmas lights paper plates will look great on any table.

If you’re looking for something a little bit elegant, but still fun for kids, try these gold dot plates and tableware.

Kids will absolutely love these fun peppermint paper plates that look just like fun Christmas candy.

Or, you can get some paper plates based on a fun Christmas movie, like these fun Grinch paper plates.

Make your life easier this holiday season when you set a festive table with these adorable and fun Christmas paper plates for the kids' table.

Christmas Tree Paper Plates

These red-rimmed Christmas tree plates are a classic choice and would look good on both the kids’ table and the adults’ table.

Or you could choose these modern Christmas tree plates that are just a bit whimsical. They even come with fun gold knives, spoons, and forks.

These buffalo plaid tree plates will make you feel like you’re having Christmas dinner at the cabin.

Traditional is also good and these pretty Christmas tree paper plates will look great on any table.

Which of these fun Christmas paper plates are you going to use this year?

Make your life easier this holiday season when you set a festive table with these adorable and fun Christmas paper plates for the kids' table.

You may also like one of these Christmas ideas for kids:

Fun Christmas Snack Crafts for Kids

Healthy Christmas Treats for School

Christmas Tree Crafts for Kids

Salt Dough Candy Cane Ornament

Grinch Cake Mix Crinkle Cookies at 3 Boys and a Dog

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Healthy Christmas Treats for School

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There are a lot of challenges when it comes to planning a school party. 

One challenge is that you can only use store-bought treats. And it’s not always easy to combine store-bought and healthy. 

Luckily, with just a bit of crafty ingenuity, you can bring in some fun and healthy Christmas treats for school that the kids will love.

These fun and healthy Christmas treats for school are all made from store-bought treats and are perfect for classroom parties.

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Healthy Christmas Treats for School

Turn packaged string cheese into cute String Cheese Snowmen like this fun idea from No Biggie.

You can transform an applesauce cup into a fun holiday treat when you make these Rudolph applesauce cups from The Melrose Family.

Or you can make another Rudolph treat when you turn little oranges into these healthy reindeer treats from Hello Splendid.

Provide the kids with a healthy drink of milk when you create these fun Snowman Milk Chugs from Creative Kid Snacks. 

These free Melted Snowman Water Bottle Labels from That’s What Che Said will turn simple water into a fun holiday treat.

These fun and healthy Christmas treats for school are all made from store-bought treats and are perfect for classroom parties.

Healthy Snacks for School Parties

Let the kids fill these fun Snowman Popcorn Cups from Creative Kid Snacks from bags of store-bought popcorn.

Or, the kids can use a store-bought veggie tray to fill these cute Vegetable Christmas Party Cups from My Mommy Style.

Use a few simple decorations to turn Babybel Cheese into cute Santa Bellies like this idea from Cute Food for Kids.

It’s easy to turn fruit cups into cute snowman faces with this idea from Bren Did.

Or you can use those fruit cups to make cute Fruit Cup Santa Snacks like this idea from That’s What Che Said.

These fun and healthy Christmas treats for school are all made from store-bought treats and are perfect for classroom parties.

Any of these fun healthy Christmas treats for school would be a great hit in the classroom. Plus, you’ll feel better because you’re not feeding the kids endless amounts of sugar. 

There’s got to be balance, right? 

And, you can make any of these treats even more festive by serving them up on these fun Christmas paper plates!

You may also like these kids snack ideas:

Fun Christmas Snack Crafts for Kids

Holiday Classroom Treats for School Parties

Delicious Apple Snacks for Kids

Delicious Strawberry Snacks for Kids

Healthy Christmas Snack Resources

With just a little bit of creativity, you can make any healthy snack festive. If you’re short on time, here are some great holiday bags and containers to put your healthy Christmas treats for school.

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Grow the Grinch’s Heart Science Experiment

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One of the best parts of How the Grinch Stole Christmas is this scene: the Grinch is straining as he holds the sleigh balancing precariously on a mountaintop. He hears singing and then pop, pop, pop, his heart fills with joy.

I love watching How the Grinch Stole Christmas every year and I was dying to do an activity based on this favorite movie. So, we took a classic science experiment, gave it a Christmas-sy twist to get this fun Grow the Grinch’s Heart Science Experiment.

Try some Christmas science with this fun Grow the Grinch's heart science experiment. It's a STEM activity with a Christmas twist.

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Supplies Needed:

Green balloon
Red Sharpie
Empty water bottle
White vinegar
Funnel
Baking Soda

Before you begin your project, you’ll want to make the Grinch’s small heart.

Take a green balloon and use your red Sharpie to draw a simple heart on the balloon.

Give it a minute to dry before you begin your grow the Grinch’s heart science experiment.

Grow the Grinch’s Heart Science Experiment.

For the first step in your experiment, add some vinegar to your empty water bottle. I filled it up to about the second groove from the bottom. Eyeball it. You don’t need to be exact.

Attach your balloon to the bottom of your funnel (like the picture above). Fill the balloon with about two to three spoonfuls of baking soda. You may need to shake it a bit to get all the baking soda into the balloon.

Remove your balloon from the funnel.

Carefully, without dumping any baking soda into your bottle, attach the balloon to the top of the water bottle, like you see illustrated in the photo above.

You’re all set up! Get ready to grow the Grinch’s heart.

Grow the Grinch's heart with this fun Christmas science activity based on this favorite book. It's a STEM activity with a Christmas twist.

Lift the balloon up and shake the baking soda into the bottle. Your balloon will start inflating immediately.

You can let go once the balloon starts filling up and watch the Grinch’s heart grow three sizes (or more).

Why did the Grinch’s heart grow?

The combination of baking soda and vinegar formed a gas called carbon dioxide, which filled your balloon.

This is the same gas that forms the bubbles in your favorite carbonated drink.

Have you watched How the Grinch Stole Christmas yet this year?

When you do, add a little extra fun when you do this grow the Grinch’s heart science experiment.

You may also enjoy one of these winter science activities:

Hot Chocolate Science : How does temperature affect the rate that hot chocolate dissolves?

Snow Science Prediction and Observation: Make some predictions about how quickly snow melts in different conditions.

Hockey Science: Experiment with friction when you do this fun science project inspired by the game of ice hockey.

Christmas Magic Milk Science at Little Bins for Little Hands: Try another classic experiment with a Christmas twist.

Find lots of fun ideas for Christmas Science Experiments for Kids.

My must-have resources for STEM fun:

If you love to have STEM projects on hand, but don’t always have time to prep, why not give a subscription box a chance. I love Green Kid Crafts for this reason. The boxes are packed full of projects that are fun and inviting. You can choose to get a subscription or a one-off box based off of a specific theme.

Here are some of our favorites (you can purchase and  find out more at each link):

Get a monthly subscription.

Kitchen Science Box

Physics Box

Find all their fun STEM boxes here.

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Fun Christmas Snack Crafts for Kids

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Christmas will be here before you know it, in fact, it’s almost a month away!

My kids love getting into the kitchen around the holidays and helping bake or cook meals. Getting your kids involved in cooking while their young can teach them valuable kitchen skills, and even teach them to cook on their own in the future.

Making snack crafts is a fun way to get the little ones interested in cooking, and that’s why I put together 20 Christmas snack crafts that your kids can make. While they need a little parental supervision, most of these recipes can be made without you.

Let the kids get creative in the kitchen this holiday season with these fun Christmas snack crafts that that can make themselves.

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Fun Christmas snack crafts for kids

Turn serving cups into a cute Snowman Snack Craft from Natural Beach Living to make any Christmas party more fun.

This sweet and salty Christmas Popcorn from Mom Foodie would be great for a Christmas movie night.

Turn simple pretzels into fun Grinch Snacks from Wondermom Wannabe. (You can find the fun food markers here!)

Take an Oreo and turn into a cute Christmas Reindeer snack from Childhood 101.

A simple Snack Filled Ornament from Busy Creating Memories would make a great party favor or a simple gift for friends. 

This Gingerbread Christmas Tree from Busy Mommy Media is simple enough for even your littlest kids to make. 

Rudolph Christmas Snacks from Rainy Day Mum would make a fun after school snack.

Christmas Strawberries from Wondermom Wannabe turn simple strawberries into sparkly Christmas lights. Fun!

Turn pretzel sticks into fun Rudolph Treats likes these from Masshole Mommy. You can find similar candy eyes here.

A Rainbow Cookie Gift Jar from Red Ted Art makes a fun kid-made Christmas gifts. And, they’re also fun for the kids to make!

Serve any of these treats on these fun Christmas paper plates for kids to make them even more festive!

Let the kids get creative in the kitchen this holiday season with these fun Christmas snack crafts that that can make themselves.

More fun Christmas snacks for kids

These fruit Christmas Kabobs from Suburban Simplicity are a fun and healthy snack.

Fudge can actually be a very easy Christmas treat to make and this Easy Christmas Fudge from Tweenhood is the perfect recipe for your kids to try themselves.

I’ve never met a kid that hasn’t had fun turning an ice cream cone into a fun Waffle Cone Christmas Trees like these from Somewhat Simple.

Make a store-bought snack special by turning it into a Reindeer Granola Bar with this package decoration idea from A Night Owl Blog.

Use celery sticks to make this Healthy Christmas Tree Snack from Fantastic Fun and Learning.

Turn store-bought Jello cups into a fun Christmas Tree Snack from Craft Create Cook.

Build a Santa Candy Sleigh from Red Ted Art out of your Christmas candy. This would also make a fun gift for your friends!

These Wreath Chocolate Covered Oreos from Heartbeats Soul Stains would make a fun addition to the cookie tray. 

Make these Celery Reindeer Snacks from Wondermom Wannabe for fun and healthy after school snack.

Kids will love to make their own Christmas candy when they make these Chocolate Rudolph Bites from Chocolate and Wine, I’ll Be Fine.

Which of these fun Christmas snack crafts are you going to make with your kids?

Let the kids get creative in the kitchen this holiday season with these fun Christmas snack crafts that that can make themselves.

Our recommended Christmas snack craft resources:

You can make your Christmas snack crafts festive with some fun holiday-themed dishes and serving ware. Grab some cute paper plates for serving or display your fun creations on a pretty Christmas platter. Here are some of our favorite choices. 

You may also like one of these fun Christmas Activities for Kids

Gingerbread Man Paper Doll Decoration

Paper Plate Christmas Tree

Santa Hat Christmas Ornament

Salt Dough Candy Cane Ornament

Healthy Christmas Treats for School

Are you looking for more kids activities?

Join our fun Facebook community, Creative Family Fun for Busy Families, for daily activities that are great for kids and families. We’ll chat, share, and have fun. It’s a safe and private place to share idea for family and kids activities.

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