Snowmen Continued

I thought we were done with the Snowman Unit, but I still had a few tricks up my sleeve that I didn't want to pass up...so we did some more.

Marshmallow snowmen. A shish-kabob stick, 3 large marshmallows, 1/2  an Oreo, 1 Rolo, 1 Laffy Taffy and some cake icing. My kids loved these. (Hint: if you decide to stick your Laffy Taffy in the microwave to soften it  up and make it more pliable, 15 seconds is WAY too long...I'd go with 5. And yes, I'm speaking from experience.)

My sister-in-law let us borrow this movie called The Snowman, which is based off of the book by Ryamond Briggs. The movie (like the book) has no words, only classical music playing in the background to set the mood. My kids were mesmerized by this movie. I don't think they even moved for the whole 27 minutes that it was playing. Even Adelia. We will definitely watch this a few (hundred) more times before we return it to her. :) It's a fun picture book too, but I think I like the movie better because the music brings in so much emotion with it that you don't get as much just from the silent pictures in the book. It of reminds me of Peter and the Wolf in that way, with the music telling the majority story. Anyways, we like it. A lot.

I also, in my last post about the Snowman Unit, totally forgot to mention the book we've been reading and basing this unit off of. So I will do that now. The book is called Snowmen At Night by Caralyn Buehner. It's a fun rhyming story about what the snowmen to at night. My kids think it's a pretty silly book. And like to laugh at the snowmen mother's bringing ice cold chocolate for the snowmen kids to drink, and the other funny things the snowmen do to entertain themselves.

We still haven't gotten around to making a snowman out in the yard, but maybe one of these days.