FUN Snowman Launcher – Winter STEM Activities for Preschoolers

This outrageously FUN snowman activity is a combination craft, activity, and winter stem activities too! This snowman launcher is simple to make and loads of fun as a snowman activity for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade and up! Follow our step-by-step how to make a snowball launcher for an adorable snowman craft and winter activities for preschoolers in January!

Snowman Activities for Preschoolers

Get ready to be the coolest mom on the block when you make this fun winter activity! First you will make the adorable snowman craft that will actually launch ‘snowballs’. See who can get their snowman launcher to send your pompom or marshmallow snowballs the farthest in this outrageously fun snowman STEM activity for winter! Whether you are a parent, teacher, or homeschooler – you will love this winter activity for toddlers, preschoolers, kindergartners, grade 1, grade 2, and grade 3 students.

Snowman Science

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Winter Activities for Preschoolers

All you need to make your own marshmallow shooter are a few simple materials you probably already have at home:

• White paper cup
• Balloon (s)
• Markers
• Cotton balls, Marshmallows, or white pompoms
• Ruler

Snowman Launcher

Start by carefully using scissors to cut out the bottom of your white paper cup.

How to Make a Snowball Launcher

Now blow up a balloon (any color) and tie off. Now cut the balloon in half. Pull the knotted end half over the newly created hole in the bottom of the cup.

Snowman Activity

Then finish creating your cute snowman craft by using markers to add black eyes, orange nose, and a scarf out of the rest of the balloon piece if you like.

Snowman Craft

Create just one or a group of cute snowman cup crafts! Now it’s time to grab some marshmallows, snowballs, or pom poms to move to the activity part of this winter STEAM activity.

Ask your students to make a prediction – will the marshmallow or cotton ball launch further?

Winter STEM Activities

Hold the snowman cup upsdie down so the hat is in your hand. Insert your material to launch.

Snowman activities for kindergarten

Pull back on the hat and release to launch your marshmallow.

Winter Activity

Record your findings on your worksheet. REmember to repeat your experiment several times as all good scientists do. Any experiment should be reproducible and yield similar findings.

Which material launched further the marshmallow or cotton ball?

Winter science activities for preschoolers

Looking for more fun winter science projects for kids? We’ve got lots of fun ideas for you to try!

• Super Cool Snow Volcano Science Experiment
• Melting Snowman Winter Science Experiment
• Snowman Eruptions – Simple Winter Science Experiments
• Melting Snowman Slime Recipe
• Easy Exploding Snowman – Winter Science Experiment
• Snowman Measuring Snowfall – Winter STEM Activity
• Erupting Snow Winter Science Experiment
• How to Make Frost in a Can Winter Science Experiment

Snowman Printables

Looking for snowman worksheets and educational snowman activity ideas? You will love these resources!

January Activities

• Snowman Word Family Spinners
• Snowman Math Craft for practicing addition and subtraction
• Winter Telling Time Worksheets
• Snowflake Dab the Letter
• Snowman Activities for Preschool – Count to 10
• Cute Snowman Shape Puzzles
• Free Snowman Coloring Pages

Snowman Worksheets

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