Friday, January 9, 2015

Snowmen, Snowmen

I've been doing several winter themes and last week I focused on snowmen.  This first one is one that we make ages ago (& despite the photo it is still very white).

We used a rhyme from RHYMES FOR FINGERS & FLANNELBOARDS by Louise Binder Scott.  We added the last four lines since the children were upset that the original rhyme didn't have arms.

THE SNOWMAN
 
Roll a snowball large,
Then one of middle size;
Roll a snowball small;
Use lumps of coal for eyes.
Place a carrot for a nose,
An old hat on his head,
And for his necktie, tie around
His neck a ribbon red.
A corncob pipe goes in his mouth,
Some buttons on his vest;
And there he stands so round and fat;
Of snowmen, he's the best.
But's something's missing...Can you guess what?
Let's give our friend a hand;
Some sticks from a tree will work just great
As arms for our snowman.
 
 
 
 
This guy is new (& also white)  I found the following rhyme in an old book that was donated to us & loved the fact that it used pebbles for eyes and raisins for the mouth.  I've since seen some very similar rhymes on the web. 
 
LET'S BUILD A SNOWMAN
 
First the body
And then the head.
A stovepipe hat
And a scarf of red.
Pebbles for eyes,
And a carroty nose,
And a mouth made of raisins
In two smiling row.
 
 
 
Just by adding a heart, you can use any snowman for Valentine's Day:
 
VALENTINE SNOWMAN
 
I made a snowman yesterday
So jolly, fat and fine.
I pinned a red heart on his chest
And called him Valentine.
 
 
Lisa at Libraryland is hosting Flannel Friday this week, so visit her site for lots of good ideas.
 


1 comment:

Jane said...

Love the snowman with the heart. He's precious.