Our children don't have school on Wednesday afternoons, so I had all four of them at home last week. It was rainy and stormy outside, so we lit a fire and engaged ourselves with a little craft project.

While my children were cutting out snowflakes, I took a quick look at Pinterest for inspiration and thought it would be fun to make some fun and friendly snowmen.

First the children finger-painted the snowflakes with white gouache on black paper (Casper created a snowstorm!). Then they cut out a circle and a body from simple white paper (I traced the circle for the smaller children). From coloured paper they made a scarf and the orange carrot nose.

It was a quick and easy craft that all my children really enjoyed, independent of their age. They are all so proud of their snowman!

We haven't gotten any snow yet here in Northern Europe (a fact I suppose you can be thankful or sorry for) -- but for now at least we have some cute snowmen on display on the window!

xxx Esther