Paper Plate Snowman (with free template)

Super simple snowman craft made from a paper plate, complete with free printable template

These super jolly snowman faces are very simple to make and great for young children.

And don’t worry about having draw the various features – hat, carrot nose and bow tie. Why? Because these can be printed from our free printable template.

Children can either paint these in their own colours, or you can use the template to draw round the shapes onto cardstock and then cut them out. The choice is yours!

Enjoy making snowman faces with different coloured accessories and different expressions. Draw the face on the paper plate using marker, or you can use googly eyes.

There’s lots of fun to be had from children adding their own flare and personalities to their snow people.

If you want to craft a paper plate snow man at home or in the classroom, you’ll find the instructions below. But first, here’s what you will need.

What you will need

• paper plate (white)

• paint (or as an alternative, coloured cardstock)

• glue or tape

• scissors

• white paper

• snowman printable (with hat, carrot nose and bow tie)

How to make the a paper plate snowman

Step 1

Start by printing out the snowman printable which has on it the snowman’s hat, carrot nose, and bow tie.

You can find the printable at the bottom of the post – it’s free for subscribers!

Step 2

There are two options for decorating the snowman’s accessories.

Firstly, you can paint them! Children can enjoy choosing their own paint colours.

Or an alternative is to trace round the different shapes onto cardstock and then cut them out.

Like so:

Step 3

Next it’s time to add the different items to the snowman.

Start by adding the hat. You can glue this on to the paper plate, or use a piece of tape.

We turned out paper plate over so that we were using the back of the plate as the face (so it stuck out, rather than being concave).

Step 4

Next, add the bow tie and the carrot nose. Again, use either glue or tape.

Step 5

Add the eyes and mouth to the snowman face. Start by drawing in pencil until you get everything just as you want it.

You can draw the eyes on, as we did, or you could also stick on googly eyes too.

Experiment with different types of eyes and mouths to create different faces.

Step 6

If they want to, children could add their own additional decorations to the snowman: add glitter to the bow tie or a strip of paper or piece of tinsel to the hat.

And your paper plate snowman is finished!

Get your snowman printable here!

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