Draw your snow picture Create your snow picture by squeezing the glue out in your desired design or picture. We made snowmen, snowflakes, snow-covered Christmas trees, and more.
How to Make Snowman Paintings with Glue
How to make snowman paintings with glue, beads and watercolors. This winter art project is easy and beautiful. Updated December 2022 We’ve made glue resist paintings in the past – the process is perfect for spiderwebs at Halloween – and loved the process and the product. Now that winter is here, we are trying the glue resist art idea again – this time with snow as the theme. Little kids love squeezing white glue! This art project gives them the chance to do so, and make a fun snowman (or other winter) picture at the same time!
Snowman Paintings with Glue Resist
- White glue
- Watercolor paper (or white posterboard/cardstock)
- Small beads, sequins, and/or googly eyes (optional)
- Watercolor paints (either in a palette or liquid watercolors if you have them)
- Salt (optional)
INSTRUCTIONS
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Draw your snow picture Create your snow picture by squeezing the glue out in your desired design or picture. We made snowmen, snowflakes, snow-covered Christmas trees, and more.
Note: Toddlers and young preschoolers might find it easier to squeeze the mini glue bottles.
If your child doesn’t want to squeeze at all, you can provide a pot of glue and a paint brush and let them paint the glue on.
Decorate your snowman Press the beads, sequins, and googly eyes into the glue to decorate the snowman, Christmas tree, snowflake, or abstract design (optional).
If you like a more snow-like effect – in a night sky for example – then sprinkle salt over the still-wet watercolor paint.
Aren’t these so fun? They are a great inside art activity for kids of all ages on a snowy day!
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Materials we used:
- Oil Pastels
- Watercolor paint
- White Tempera paint
- Watercolor Paper
- Paint Brushes
- Q-tips
How to Draw and Paint and Snowman:
- I talked to the kids about cropping and perspective as they were creating their initial composition. I will admit, it was a bit of a challenge at first, but they caught on quickly.
- Once they were happy with their initial drawing, they used oil pastels to color in the background and highlight the details. I love the look of watercolors painted over oil pastels. If you are looking for a more in-depth explanation of the process, check out our Spring Oil Pastel and Watercolor Resist.
- The Snowman was then painted using layers of white tempera paint.
- Once their paintings were dry, they added snowflakes. They use white tempera paint and a Q-tips dotted all over their paper. It looks just like the snow is falling.
Our little Snowmen were inspired by one of my favorite art sites Deep Space Sparkle, if you haven’t visited her site yet, I highly encourage you to! It is PACKED full of amazing art inspiration and tutorials.
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The Easter long weekend brought some warmer temperatures (finally!), which meant the snow in our backyard was starting to melt. That also meant that the snow would be perfect for building a snowman. Nothing beats celebrating the end of winter by building one last snowman. My husband even suggested that we bring out the spray bottles and paint the snowman too, which was a great idea!
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We painted some snow just last week by mixing water and food coloring in spray bottles (see post), so we did the same thing for this activity, just using a snowman as our canvas instead. You could also use liquid watercolors as a substitute for food coloring.
My husband made the snowman while the boys and I played in the snow. J already spotted the spray bottles, so once the snowman was finished, he quickly went to work. He really enjoys painting lately.
K decided to just draw in the colored snow and give it a taste.
I love how colorful the snow can get. Tie-dye snow, anyone?
And I absolutely love how the snowman turned out. Of course, we added some other natural materials, like leaves and sticks, for the snowman’s facial features and limbs. It even has a mustache. Oh, and a shovel. snowmen need shovels, right?
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About the Author: Dyan Robson (she/her)
This Canadian muggle might be a no-laugher (despite her energy vampire husband’s jokesies), but Dyan’s a fierce advocate for her two boys and passionate about all things hyperlexia and autism.
She’s an avid book reader, lifelong learner, and former piano teacher. She likes Toad as her Mario Kart driver and prefers to listen to audiobooks and podcasts at 2.8x speed. Her idea of a perfect lunch is nachos. You can frequently catch her saying, “It’s Dyan, not Dylan. There’s no L.”
She has a B.A.H. in Psychology, an ATCL diploma in Recital for Solo Piano, an RCM Grade 10 Piano certificate, and an RCM History & Theory: Intermediate certificate.
