Snowflakes

Learn all about Snowflakes, enjoy Snowflake crafts and games, and try
some Snowflake jigsaw puzzles!
Snowflakes at Activity Village:

Handprint Snowflake Painting
NEW!

Some messy fun to while away the long winter afternoons!
Winter Handprint Scene
NEW!

Snowflake jigsaws
Try our snowflake jigsaw puzzles (to download onto your own
computer).
Snowflake jigsaws
Christmas Snowflake decorations:
Snowflake
decorations - these are gorgeous!
Desktop wallpaper:
Why not decorate your
computer with snowflakes too!
Snowflake Wallpaper Snowflake design scrapbook paper:
Print out some pretty
snowflake scrapbook paper to use for wrapping paper, making gift boxes (use our
template) or scrapbook projects.
Snowflake learning games:
Print out our snowflake
number cards and use them for number recognition and counting practice for
little kids, or for a memory or snap game for older children.
Snowflake facts!
Did you know that large snowflakes can measure up to
2" across and contain hundreds of individual crystals?
The largest snowflake
ever found was 8" by 12"! It was reported to have fallen in
Bratsk, Siberia in 1971.
More about Snowflakes!
Learn about “The
Snowflake Man” and look at some photographs of real snowflakes
Cut some beautiful
paper snowflakes. Click below for inspiration and templates.
Snowflake
patterns for kids 1
Snowflake patters for kids 2
Here's another
paper-cutting pattern, but this one makes a special 3D snowflake
decoration!
3D
snowflake pattern
Why not try your hand
at designing
a snowflake on-line. This is a strangely addictive activity, once you
get the hang of it! And you can copy your creation to the clipboard to use
in a real cut-out snowflake if you wish.
If its snowing where you are, you could try
to catch some snowflakes. There is lots to learn on this page about
snow, and some good ideas for experiments.
Try this experiment to grow
your own snow crystals. You will need dry ice for this! If that proves
difficult to obtain, you could instead….
……..grow
a borax crystal snowflake in a jar
Learn how
snowflakes form
Older children can learn how
and why scientists look at snowflakes
Here's a little snowflake
rhyme for little ones and some “finger puppets” to accompany it.
Make a snowman snowflake!
http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/winter/
snowflake/6Point/make-it.html
Snowflakes
(to the tune of Mary Had A Little Lamb )
Snowflakes falling from the sky, from the sky, from the sky,
Snowflakes falling from the sky, to the earth below.
Watch them as they dance and whirl, dance and whirl, dance and whirl,
Watch them as they dance and whirl, soft white winter snow.
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