Give each child two foam balls of different sizes. Have them cover the larger one with glue and press it down onto a square of construction paper. Then, have them press the smaller one on top of the larger one and cover the smaller one with glue. Give them small cotton balls or pieces of white tissue paper that they can crumple up and press onto the foam balls to create a snowman. To add a learning component, help young children count the balls as you hand them to them.
Give your preschoolers a piece of black construction paper and Q-tips that have been cut in half. Show them how to arrange Q-tips to form snowflake shapes. Let them glue their Q-tips onto the black construction paper in snowflake shapes. To add a snowy appearance to the craft, give them glitter glue to spread on the construction paper around their snowflake.
Pre-cut winter shapes such as mittens, snowmen, snowflakes, penguins, pine cones and poinsettias out of craft foam. Then, make a foam ring for each child who will be making the craft. Give each child one of the rings and ask them what shape it is. Let them pick out six shapes from your pre-cut forms, counting them as they go. Help those who need help counting. Have them decorate the craft foam with markers, glitter, stickers or sequins. Then, have them glue one end of each foam shape onto the ring to make a winter wreath.
Give each child a paper plate and let them glue cotton balls all over it. Then, give them a paper cup and let them use markers or paint to turn the paper cup into a polar bear snout that they will glue onto the paper plate. Cut out ears for the polar bear using the rim of paper plates or construction paper and give two to each child to glue onto their polar bear. Create eyes with buttons, brown craft cotton balls or anything else that will work. Let each child count out two eyes before she glues them onto her polar bear. Afterward, consider reading a polar bear picture book to the preschoolers and letting them act it out with their polar bear plates.