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Potato Head Snowmen – Making Potato Head People with Snow

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Take your Potato Head accessories out into the snow today and let your preschoolers play with them in a whole new way!

Building a snowman is always a favourite winter activity among kids, and we usually do it the same old way: roll three balls, plunk a hat on top, pop on some eyes and a mouth, and done.  Well,  if you’re looking for a fun, new way to build a snowman this year, here’s a cute idea.  We built a whole family of Potato Head Snowmen in the backyard this morning!

The sun was really strong, and the snow was too soft and slushy to build a big snowman like the hooligans were asking for, so I brainstormed for a minute to see if I could come up with and new snowman ideas that might work with the weather we were having.  I’m happy to say that I found one that worked VERY well!  Potato Heads in the snow!

This turned out to be a terrific alternative to building a big snowman.  It’s perfect for when the weather’s not cooperating, or if you’re just looking for a fun activity that your kids can do in the snow.
potato heads in the snow
You could even fill a basin with snow and it would be a great indoor snow activity for those days when it’s too cold to get outside.

On this day, our snow was too wet to make anything larger than the snowballs you see here, but you can bet we’ll be trying this snowman idea on a larger scale when the temperatures are cooler.

Mr. Potato Head on a snowball.

What an easy way to make a snowman face if you don’t have buttons and a carrot handy!

playing with potato heads in the snowHow cute are these?Unique snowman ideas: 3 potato heads in the snow

I love that this combines two favourite kids’ activities into one.  Building Snowmen and Mr. Potato Heads.  Gotta love putting a new spin on an old favourite.

potato heads in the snow

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  1. Jeanie

    Oh my goodness! How do you come up with all these adorable play ideas?? You hooligans are so lucky to have you for their momma!

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    • happyhooligans

      Heehee, thanks, Jeanie. I think 15 years of entertaining little people just forces me to think “outside of the box” every day in order to keep things fresh and exciting here. 🙂

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  2. Tiffany M.

    These look so FUN!!!! I sure wish we had snow. I did the paper plate bird today with my kids. All three of them liked the craft. 🙂 They turned out really cute!

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    • happyhooligans

      Thanks, Tiffany, it was a fun little idea. So glad you liked the paper plate birds! We did them again here today with 3 hooligans who weren’t here yesterday. I think it’s one of my new favourites! 🙂

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