5 Snowman Snack Ideas for Kids to Make this Winter

Snowman snack ideas the kids can make during a preschool snowman theme! Be sure to add them to your winter activities for preschoolers.

Are you following Fun-A-Day’s Winter Pinterest board?

Making snacks together in preschool has a lot of benefits:

• You can talk with the children about nutritious choices versus “sometimes” snacks
• Lots of oral language development as you chat with the kids
• Children can working on following multi-step directions throughout the process
• Add in a written “recipe” to work on even more early literacy concepts
• Cooking and preparing snacks shows children how innate math is (shapes, colors, measuring, counting)
• Little fingers work on their fine motor skills while assembling many snacks

Some of these snacks are are more nutritious than others, and one definitely falls under the “treat” category!

Snowman Snack #1 – Apple Snowman

Related: Melting Snowman Activity

Cut apples into thin slices. Use a round cookie cutter or a small glass to cut the apple slices. into circles

Break pretzel sticks in half for the arms.

Add mini chocolate chips for the eyes and buttons.

Cut tiny triangles of cheddar cheese for the nose.

Add a red icing mouth.

Snowman Snack #2 – Cheesy Snowman

Use a circle cookie cutter or a small glass to cut circles from thin cheese slices.

Add mini chocolate chips for the eyes.

Break pretzel sticks in half for the arms.

Snowman Snack #3 – Bagel Snowman

Use a mini plain bagel, pulled apart into halves, for the snowman body.

Add plain cream cheese for the “snow” on the bagel.

Mini chocolate chips are for the eyes and mouth.

More prretzel sticks for the arms.

Snowman Snack #4 – Marshmallow Snowman

Use two large marshmallows for the snowman’s body. Add a dab of peanut butter to hold the marshmallows together.

Press mini chocolate chip “eyes” into the top marshmallow.

Grab some pretzel stick halves for the arms, and add a red icing smile and buttons.

If you and the kids want to be fancy, place a Hershey’s Kiss on top for a hat.

Snowman Snack #5 – Cracker Snowman

Use three peanut butter crackers for the body.

Add a pretzel stick, broken on half, for the arms.

Place mini chocolate chips on the top cracker for the eyes and the  mouth.

The kids can be involved in every step of creating each snowman snack. Of course, I’m sure they’ll also love to be involved in the eating of the snacks.

You can change out ingredients based on what you have at home, what foods your preschoolers like, and any food allergies you have at home or at school. I had intended to use raisins for some of the snacks . . . but apparently we ran out!

Do you have any favorite winter snack ideas for kids? Are there special snowman snacks they enjoy? Feel free to share ideas in the comments below.

Be sure to see what the rest of the #PLAYfulpreschool crew is up to for snowman week – at The Educators’ Spin On It.

Preschool Snowman Lesson Plans

Save time and get right to the playful learning with our printable lesson plan sets. Each set includes over 30 learning activities related to the theme, and we’ve provided different versions for classroom teachers and home preschool families so all activities are geared directly toward your needs.

This set includes active hands-on learning ideas, book suggestions, and the following printables:

• • Measure the Snowman Activity
  • Roll a Snowman Game
  • A to Z Build a Snowman Activity (focusing on uppercase, lowercase, and beginning sounds)
  • Snowman Pattern Cards
  • Roll and Cover Snowman Math Game Boards (numbers 1 to 12)
  • 1-20 Snowman Counting Mats
  • My Snowman Emergent Reader
  • 0-35 Snowman Counting and Calendar Number Cards

  Get your snowman themed lesson plans:

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