I am a special education teacher and I love a good winter craft! Crafts are so good to keep my students engaged throughout the holidays as well as focus on learning goals and fine motor skills.
Keep reading to see 4 winter crafts I use in my classroom!
Christmas Tree
This winter craft is perfect for students who are learning about size, length, and order! Students arrange strips from smallest to largest in order to make a tree.
Materials needed:
- Construction paper: red, green, brown, and yellow. Cut different sized strips of the green, cut brown for the tree trunk, and trace outlines of stars for the top of the tree – students can work on cutting skills by cutting the star themselves!
- Glue
- Optional: white paint for snow effect. Students can use a q-tip or their finger for snow.
Snowflake Mosaic
When doing a winter craft in my special education classroom, I love to give my students artistic freedom. A wonderful way to practice this is with a mosaic. This winter craft is super simple but also works on fine motor skills as the students need to peel off a paper on the back of each snowflake.
Materials needed:
- White paper plates
- Foam snowflake stickers
Bead Wreath
This bead wreath winter craft is a low-prep fine motor craft that your students will love! I love this craft because it works on patterning and fine motor (stringing) skills.
Materials needed:
Craft Stick Snowman
Here is another fun winter craft that allows for artistic freedom from my students! This craft stick snowman uses materials I already have.
Students first paint the stick white. While their stick is drying, they cut out a hat, nose, and arms. They can use a sharpie marker to draw on eyes, a mouth, and buttons. Then, they glue the hat, nose, and arms to their stick. Finally, take a pipe cleaner and wrap it around the stick as a scarf.
Materials needed:
- Craft sticks
- White tempura paint
- Sharpie marker
- Black, brown, and orange construction paper
- Pipe cleaners
- Glue
I hope you enjoyed reading about 4 winter craft ideas for special education! If you are looking for more ideas, check out this post on how to start a classroom ornament business.
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