Kids Craft -- Snowman Snow Ruler

Measuring the snow is something that your kids will love to do.  Well this is a simple craft for kids to create a snow ruler.  I did it as a holiday workshop project at my kids school and they loved it!

Items needed:

Wooden paint stick from any paint supply store or Home Depot.
White paint
Felt scraps -- any color
Yarn
Small pompoms
Squiggle eyes (optional)
Sharpie permanent markers (red, black, orange)

Paint the wooden paint stick white and let it dry.  Starting from the bottom of the stick mark off  (6- 8) 1 inch intervals by drawing a small line and putting the number 1,2,3 etc...  next to each line (similar to a ruler). Use a black sharpie marker to do this.

Now it is time to be creative:

Make a  top hat out of felt and glue it to the top of the paint stick.  Cut a piece of felt about 9 inches long and 1/2 inch wide (be sure to fringe the ends) or use a piece of yarn about 11 inches long and tie it right at the point where the paint stick indents slightly. Note: if you use yarn tie it into a bow.   Between the hat and the scarf make a face.  Be creative -- you can use squiggle eyes or marker for the eyes, an orange dot from a sharpie marker or an extra-small pompom for the nose and a red line or dots  using a red sharpie marker for the mouth.  Then add 3 or 4  pompoms for buttons below the scarf.

Now you have your snow ruler.  All you need to do is wait for snow and send you littler meteorologist out to measure it!!!

Let us know how it works for you -- send pictures to info@allstaractivities.com