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Free Printable Snowman Craft with Accordion Legs ☃️✂️

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Snowman Papercraft – Free Printable Craft Activity ☃️

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Snowmen crafts are always a highlight of the winter season, and this Printable Snowman Craft with accordion legs is extra fun!

This project uses a free 7-page PDF template to create a festive frosty friend complete with a stylish hat, a warm winter scarf, and a classic carrot nose.

The springy accordion legs and arms give this snowman a fun, playful element that sets it apart from typical paper crafts.

It’s an easy project for kids to practice their cutting, folding, and gluing skills, resulting in a charming holiday decoration for your home or classroom.

Download the template, gather your supplies, and let the kids create their own happy, frosty companion!

Accordion Limbs: The Key to the Springy Snowman 🌬️

The accordion fold is essential for giving this snowman its fun, bouncy quality.

Since the body is white, the limbs are also cut from white paper, making them look like part of the snowman’s snow-covered structure.

Mastering the White Accordion Fold

  • The Strips: You will need to cut four 2-inch wide strips of white paper (two for the arms, two for the legs).
  • The Fold: To achieve the best spring, fold the paper back and forth lengthwise, ensuring each crease is sharp and the folds are consistent in size.
  • Durability: Just like with other accordion crafts, using cardstock (or heavy construction paper) for the body pieces and the accordion strips is crucial. It provides the necessary stiffness for the legs to hold their shape.

Personalizing Your Frosty Friend 🧣

While the template provides all the necessary components for a stylish snowman, you can easily customize the accessories to make him unique.

Accessory Customization

  • The Scarf and Hat: The template includes pieces for a hat adorned with holly, and a scarf. Feel free to use glitter or metallic markers on the hat and scarf pieces before gluing them on for extra holiday sparkle! ✨
  • The Face: The instructions suggest drawing the eyes and mouth with a black marker and adding a rosy cheek with a pink crayon. For a more dimensional face, you can swap the drawn eyes for small googly eyes or black buttons, and use a small, rolled piece of orange paper for a 3D carrot nose.
  • Buttons: The snowman body can be decorated with small black paper circles for buttons, or you could glue on small, real buttons for a fun texture change.

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Free Printable Snowman Craft Checklist

✂️ Materials

🖌️ Supplies

📝 Instructions

  1. Download and Print: Download the free template. Print each page on the appropriate color cardstock listed at the top of the page.
  2. Cut Components: Carefully cut out all the body pieces (body, hat, scarf, carrot nose, etc.) from the printed pages.
  3. Create Accordions: Cut four 2-inch wide strips of white paper for the arms and legs. Create a tight accordion fold in each strip, folding back and forth lengthwise.
  4. Assemble Body: Glue the character body pieces together. Use the black marker to draw the eyes and mouth, and add a rosy cheek with the pink crayon.
  5. Attach Limbs: Glue one end of each accordion strip to the appropriate spot on the body (arms and legs).
  6. Display: Let the glue dry completely. Display your happy, springy snowman on a shelf or mantelpiece! 🎁

Ready to Build a Paper Snowman? ⬇️

This Snowman craft is a great indoor activity for a cold day.

The accordion legs are easy to master and create a very satisfying finished product!

Where did you display your finished snowman? 

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Click HERE to download the free printable accordion leg snowman craft, so your kids can make this frosty holiday craft.

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