Today we’re making a light up snowman craft. Kids of all ages will love these super cute light up snowman. You just need a few craft items and you can make adorable snowmen who are all bundled up for winter. And they’re safe because they’re made with LED candles. You can make this light up snowman craft at home or in the classroom.

Snowman Craft

Since it’s winter and kind of dreary and cold, what better way to enjoy the cold, especially if you don’t have the snow and can’t make a real snowman, than making your own light up snowman. Light up the winter night with these adorable snow men.

They’re easy to make, budget-friendly, and can be used over and over again. It does require a hot glue gun, so kids may need a little help or adult super vision, or you could even use something else. It’s up to you!

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Related: We also have a snowman reading tracker that lets you build paper snowmen!

Supplies Needed To Make This Light Up Snowman Craft

How To Make This Snowman Craft

Step 1

Draw eyes and a mouth on your candles. Make it look like coal eyes and mouth, so basically using dots.

Step 2

Cut down your pipe cleaners so they fit on top of the snowmen’s heads like headbands.

Step 3

Carefully hot glue on the pipe cleaner to the top of your snowman’s head.

Step 4

Hot glue the pom poms on the side.

Step 5

Light up your snowmen and enjoy!

Change Up This Snowman Craft To Be Your Own

Just like all our other crafts you can change this snowman craft to fit your needs. You can change things like:

Using googly eyes
Adding a ribbon scarf
Using different colors of pom poms or pipe cleaners
Use different colored LED tea candles
Swap out the LED tea candles for flickering candles
Use different colors to make the mouth and eyes
Draw a traditional smiley face

Snowman Craft- Finished - 3 LED candle snowmen with ear muffs and light up noses against a silver and wood background - Kids Activities Blog — Aren’t they so cute!?

Our Experience With This Snowman Craft

We had fun making these snowmen. And it worked out, because we had a storm come through and our power went out and while they weren’t the brightest, my kids were so proud they had cool lights to use. It was sweet.

But we also don’t typically get snow where we live, so it is kind of fun being able to enjoy “making a snowman” too, even if it’s in an unconventional way.

Either way, we had a blast. I did help them with the glue gun, but I suspect tacky glue would have also worked just fine. Unfortunately I didn’t have any on hand. But either way, I hope your family enjoys making this light up snowman craft as much as mine did!

Fun and Simple Snowman Craft

Let's make a snowman craft that can light up the cold winter night!

Materials

LED Tea Candle Lights
Black Permanent Marker
Pipe Cleaners
Pom Poms
Hot Glue Gun

Instructions

Draw eyes and a mouth on your candles. Make it look like coal eyes and mouth, so basically using dots.
Cut down your pipe cleaners so they fit on top of the snowmen’s heads like headbands.
Carefully hot glue on the pipe cleaner to the top of your snowman’s head.
Hot glue the pom poms on the side.
Light up your snowmen and enjoy!