Crafts for a Snow Day

Is it too cold outside to do anything? Need something to calm those winter blues? Well with these cute little crafts you can kiss those chills goodbye! Here's something so you can decorate your home and enjoy the days like you should!

Make Your Own Snow Globe: Shake It Up Baby!

Materials:

* Empty and clean baby food jar or any larger jar (If you want a bigger one, It must have a tightly sealed lid!)
* Hot Glue Gun (CAUTION: Children ask for assistance from an adult!)
* Glitter or Foil Confetti (Your choice in style and color)
* Water
* Character Ornament (Must fit inside the jar!)
* Food Coloring (Optional: any color you want and if chosen make sure it won't stain your ornament)

Instructions:

*Take your ornament and hot glue it to the bottom of the jar lid. Set it aside to cool.

* Fill up your jar with water and confetti or glitter (Food coloring as well if chosen).

* Now make sure your ornament is stuck tight and your glue is dry (Test it by feeling the bottom of the jar, if it's cool it's ready!)

* If it's ready place your lid on the jar - ornament inside, and seal the lid tight. Water should not be able to leak!

* Now shake it up and watch the snow fly!

Paper Snowflake: A Classic! '

Materials:

*Construction Paper (Color is your choice)
* Scissors
* Tape

Instructions:

* Take your paper's top left corner and fold it all the way to the bottom so it makes a folded triangle, now take your scissors and cut off the excess paper.

* Take your new folded triangle, make sure the main point's facing up, and take it's left corner and fold it to the other corner to make another triangle.

* The new triangle's point should be facing up, now take both corner's and fold them up so they stick out. One should stick out left, one dead center, and the other to the right.

* Now cut off all the points at once and you should end up with an upside down triangle.

* Cut it however you want then undo it, but be careful the snowflake is delicate, so if you undo it to roughly it could rip!

* Take your tape and hang it around the house!

* Do this continuously and each time cut it differently! Remember no two snowflakes are alike!

Hot Fudge Snowman Sundae: Fun to make, fun to eat!

Materials:

*Large Bowl and Scooper
* Ice cream (Your choice on flavor[s])
* Peeled Banana (Optional)
* Whipped cream, chocolate chips, marshmallows, nuts, cherries, chopped strawberries, smashed cookies, or candy! Or any other topping you prefer.
* Chocolate syrup

Instructions:

* (If you chose to use the banana)Take your banana and place it at the bottom of your bowl you can slice it up if you want.

* Take three scoops of ice cream and place them on top of the banana or at the bottom of the bowl, make sure that one scoops in on the left, in the middle, and on the right. Place one more scoop of ice cream on the middle scoop, this is your snowman! You can use multiple flavors of ice cream and mix them up if you chose

* Take your toppings and spread them over the ice cream as you want. Decorate your snowman, use your toppings to make a face and buttons!

* Place your sundae in your freezer so it won't melt!

* Take 1/4 cup to a 1/2 cup of chocolate syrup and heat it in your microwave for 15 seconds, mix, then repeat the process till you get your desired temperature. (Be careful too much heating could burn the chocolate!)

* Take out your sundae and drizzle your hot fudge over it, add some more toppings if you like!

* Take your spoon and dig in!

Now you have a decorated house and a full tummy! Enjoy your holidays and stay warm! For more ideas and How-To's go to http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/holiday-seasonal-crafts/winter-crafts/