Give each child a piece of white construction paper. Put a blob of yellow paint in the center of each paper.

The children can use Q-tips to draw the paint out to form rays or give them a straw and they could blow on the paint to make the rays.

Have the children paint large circles with yellow paint. When the paint has dried the children can draw faces with markers. Then have the children glue short yellow streamers around the edges of their sunny faces.

Open the to of the milk cartons to form rectangular boxes. Grease or spray inside of cartons. Fill the cartons with the following five layers: shells, ice, shells, ice, and shells. Place a birthday candle in the center of the carton with wick exposed (shells and ice will hold it in place) Slowly pour melted parafwax into each carton until the wax is approx. 1/8 inch from the exposed wick. Allow to cool completely, even overnight. Tear away carton. (NOTE there will be water spillage due to trapped water in the carton, so complete this step over a sink or outside) Display the candles.

Let the children color the half of one paper plate and the rim of the other. When they are done, you will need to cut the rim out of the paper plate and discard the middle section. This becomes the band for there head. You staple one end to the one side of the half plate then the other end to the other side. You will need to check it to make sure it fits the child. You might need to tighten it up a bit. Once you staple it.

Take some tape and cover the staples. (Both sides) This way the children do not scratch their face and it is sturdy. We wore them when we went out to play that day.

• Create a template by tracing the jar lids (the smaller one above the larger one, their rims touching) onto the cardboard and cutting out the snowman shape. Use the template to draw snowmen on the craft foam (we fit six per sheet) and cut them out.

• Now your child can use puffy paints to add facial features and buttons. While the paint dries, she can cut out ribbon or fleece scarves (about 12 inches long) to tie around the snowmen’s necks, as well as brimmed felt hats or stocking caps–complete with a small pom-pom glued to the end–to glue on their heads.

• To string the snowmen into a garland, loop the ribbon once around the back of each of their scarves.

  Keep the loops loose enough that you can slide the snowmen into place along the strand.