Foam Shapes Activity

I came across this post on the Fun At Home With Kids blog. It was simple enough, and sounded like something my girls would get some enjoyment out of. We did a felt snowman last year, and they did enjoy it when it was first made, but they lost interest quickly afterwards. Since this idea clings to the window I thought that they would get a kick out of it. Boy was I right!

I made the snowman pieces first while A was at school. S had such a fun time placing the pieces - albeit it is more of an abstract snowman (I envision one that just got knocked down by some kids on a sled).

S wanted more pieces. So we decided to make a Santa (it's pretty rough, but it works - and I don't mean S's placement, I mean my shape-cutting ;-)). 

Still, she wanted more. So we made a tree with some decorations. 

It was time to get big sister from school; S was so excited to show A the activity when we got back home! They did all of the shapes again - plus we made a reindeer and a house (the wreath we had from last year, but it was also foam - A wanted a house to put the wreath on) to add to the mix. The girls have played with this on multiple occasions already, as well as used some pieces in the bath!  

Gotta love Google AutoAwesome animation!

I forgot to cut out a beard shape.