A felt snowman provides a simple match-up game on the flannel board for toddlers and preschoolers. Add this snowman matching game to your winter theme for hands-on fun .
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Brrrrr! it’s cold outside. This felt snowman needs a hat and mittens to stay warm this winter!
Your preschooler can help find just the right accessories for the snowman to wear. This activity is perfect for indoor play when winter weather doesn’t allow you to build a snowman outside!
Matching and sorting with hat and mitten cutouts is a simple way to strengthen cognitive skills – math, language, reasoning – through play: matching; counting; naming colors.
- A felt board is easy to make for preschool activities. And it’s a great prop for circle time or independent play. Simple felt cutouts invite hands-on interaction, with little or no instruction.
Add this felt snowman activity to daily play during your winter theme.
And grab one or more of the game ideas for a felt snowman at the end of the post!
Related: Build a Snowman STEM Indoor Play
Matching mittens on the felt board
The only supplies needed for this activity are felt, scissors, and glue.
Purchase felt online (#ad) or look for it in your local craft store. The colors and shapes are only limited by your imagination, and available materials.
Instructions for making a felt snowman
1. Prepare the felt cutouts: snowman, hats, and mittens.
The designs do not have to be exactly the same as these. Sizes and colors of your felt cutouts will vary depending on the felt pieces you have on hand.
Include the following:
- three white circles in different sizes for the snowman, or one large piece shaped like a snowman
- features for the snowman – eyes, nose, buttons, arms
- matching sets of hats and mittens in different colors
Add a scarf, boots, or other accessories such as a broom if preferred.
2. Glue the facial features and buttons to the snowman.
Small parts can be glued to the snowman template, or added with permanent marker.
Felt board games with a snowman cutout
Mitten Match-Up
Place a hat on the snowman. Invite students to find the matching mittens.
Offer variations of the game to include child-led play.
- Kids can take turns placing a hat on the snowman for another student to find the matching mittens.
Feely Bag
Place all the hats in a small paper bag. Your child can reach in, without looking, to remove a hat and place it on the snowman, then find the matching mittens on the flannel board.
Small Group Mitten Match
Children stand in a circle with hands behind their backs. Place a felt mitten in each child’s hand. Children then look at their mittens and move around the group to find the person with the same color mitten as their own. Children place the mittens on the felt board in matching pairs.
Mixed Up Mittens Game
Put all the mittens in one paper bag. Put the hats in another bag. Each child draws two mittens from one bag and a hat from the other bag. Dress the snowman in the resulting colors.
Mitten Scavenger Hunt
Place one felt mitten from each pair on the felt board. Hide the matching mitten for each pair in the room. Kids find a mitten and bring it to the felt board to make a pair of mittens.
Small Group Play
Provide a snowman cutout for each student. Place a variety of mitten and hat cutouts on the table. Kids can dress their snowmen in matching colors or a mix of colors. Name the colors and count mittens and hats as you play.
Snowman on the felt board
This simple felt board activity is a fun way to welcome winter. Talk about the seasons and the weather as you play mitten math games. Count and sort hats and mittens.
Have fun helping the snowman stay warm this winter!
Visit our Snow and Snowmen Pinterest board for more fun snowman activities.
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