35 Crafts, Activities, and Printables for The Snowy Day

The Snowy Day by Ezra Keats (aff link) was such a fun book to read (and re-read) with our children. The illustrations are so unique (and fun to imitate) and there are many activities that go-along with the book to encourage learning, aside from the hands-on ones: story sequencing, finding shapes, learning about the weather, and much more!

This is a book that has earned a permanent spot on our bookshelves – for visiting friends and someday grandkids! I just can’t bring myself to pull it off and pack it away!

Here is a collection of 35 activities, crafts, science projects, and printables to go along with your reading of The Snowy Day. If you have a link you love, please let me know so I can add it below as well!

The Snowy Day Activities and Crafts

1. Snowball pom-poms – love this idea from Delightful Learning!
2. Borax snowflakes – they are so pretty when they are done!
3. Snowman in a jar
4. Indoor snow angels – how fun!
5. Snowy Day sensory tub with peg dolls from Along the Way
6. Make snow tracks – absolutely LOVE this idea from Chasing Slow
7. Snow covered tree just like in the book
8. Shadow Box for The Snowy Day
9. Peter and his hat paper craft – cute!!
10. Make snowflakes!
11. Make a Peter doll for your child to carry around – love this idea from Wildflower Ramblings
12. Snow dough – such a fun idea for building a snow man indoors
13. Trace snow tracks and work on fine motor skills
14. 3 Ingredient Snow Paint
15. Snowy Playdough
16. Matching and finding shapes in The Snowy Day
17. Melted snowmen ornaments
18. Make snowflakes!
19. Edible snow dough from Wildflower Ramblings
20. Sparkle snow – SO pretty!

Snacks

• Snowman Pizza – make a snowman like Peter did!
• Snowball cookies
• Edible snowballs – not made from snow but SO yummy!
• Tortilla snowflakes
• Snowman on a stick – a yummy fruit and veggie snack
• Snowman snacks fro In Lieu of Preschool

Snowy Day Art Projects

• Ripped paper and stamped snowflake project to imitate illustration
• Snowy Day Chalk project – a neat perspective using chalk pastels from Deep Space Sparkle
• Spool Snowflakes and Bubble Wrap snow art
• Shaving Cream snow scene
• Puffy paint projects

Science Tie-ins

• Snow/Ice Melting – using snowflake ice cubes, Joyfully Weary tried four different methods to see how fast/slow ice melted with different mediums.
• Fizzy snow from Intentional By Grace

Printables to Go Along

• The Snowy Day printable pack
• Emergent Readers from In All You Do
• Lapbook and printables from Homeschool Share
• Snowy Day vocabulary Read, Build, Write cards
• Snowy Day pocket chart activity
• Story Map for The Snowy Day

Additional Literature Based Learning Ideas

Like this? Don’t miss these other literature based activity posts focused on some of our favorite children’s books.