White sock snowmen

Children make soft snowmen from socks filled with rice.

Steps

1. Each child pours rice into a white sock through a funnel or cup (with an adult's help).
2. The teacher ties the sock with a hair band at the top and in the middle to make two balls.
3. Children tie on a scarf made from a strip of felt or a scrap of fabric.
4. They glue on buttons, eyes and an orange felt nose.
5. Finally, the snowmen join a game: children pass them round the circle during a song.

Tip: Rice is safer than dried peas for the youngest, because it does not roll across the floor if it spills.

Materials needed

• White socks (1 pair per 2 children)
• Rice (about 200 g per child)
• Coloured felt sheets (1 pack per group)
• Self-adhesive googly eyes (2 per child)