Mosaic pieces are a great way to create an invitation to play for older kids. Find out what you need to make mosaic snowflakes today!
Since there is a ten-year difference between my oldest and my youngest kiddos, I try to find activities that can be altered for my older girls especially during the winter time when snow days are never ending.
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Mosaic Snowflakes Materials
Mosaic Snowflakes INVITATION TO PLAY
What I love most about activities like these is that they are an open-ended invitation to create, explore, touch, feel, and let your child’s imagination run wild!
Sit back and enjoy their creations! My kiddos started out by working with different pieces and colors as well as exploring the uniqueness of each tile since they are glass.
My younger kiddos explored the same shapes using their foam tangram pieces that we ultimately turned into tangram process art.
Please note: Children should be supervised while playing with the glass mosaic tiles. Please check your pieces for rough edges before allowing your children to handle them. We used this brand of glass mosaic tiles and they were all pretty smooth for the most part, but we recommend checking them just to be safe!
This is a great activity to talk about symmetry and patterns in snowflakes and create some awesome winter art that you can glue together and enjoy too especially if you are stuck inside on a cold, snowy day!
You can also add a math twist and see what your snowflakes look like with a certain number of mosaic tile pieces. Challenge your kids to create a different snowflake each time and see what they come up with!
Check out more Winter STEAM
- Snow Day Winter Logic Word Puzzle
- Runic Alphabet Frozen Coding Activity for Kids
- Frozen Snowflake Symmetry Resist Art Winter Activity
SAVE THIS MOSAIC SNOWFLAKE ACTIVITY FOR YOUR NEXT SNOW DAY!
Winter STEAM
Find more winter STEAM activities for kids!
Winter Dolch Sight Word BINGO for Kids
Grab this free winter Dolch sight word BINGO for kids game that’s perfect for a snow day and designed for kids in Pre-K through 3rd grade!
Snow Day Winter Logic Word Puzzle
This Winter logic word puzzle activity is a way for kids to use logical thinking and pattern matching paired with spatial recognition and spelling.
Frozen Snowflake Symmetry Resist Art Winter Activity
Learn about rotational symmetry with Frozen snowflake symmetry resist winter art!
Ice Lantern States of Water Preschool Winter STEAM Activity
This ice lantern winter STEAM activity is a great way to teach young scientists about different states of water. If it’s already freezing outside, you can use your ice lanterns to decorate too!
Snow Cloud Dough
Grab the toddler snow cloud dough recipe below and pair it with some fun snowman pieces to build a snowman. This winter sensory activity is great for toddlers to explore and create. The recipe makes enough for 1-2 kids to play with and can be doubled for some more cloud dough fun!
Winter Unplugged Coding Worksheet: Frosty Sequences
Find the correct sequence to help Frosty the Snowman make his way through town before he melts away in this unplugged coding worksheet for kids!
Snowflake Symmetry Unplugged Coding Activity
This snowflake symmetry unplugged coding activity pairs math + tech! Build the snowflakes, determine the algorithm, and run the code to collect all of the snowflakes to make it through the maze!
Meet Toni, the Maker Mom behind Our Family Code
Hey there, I’m Toni! I’m a software engineer and Maker Mom that finds my joy in unleashing my children’s curiosity by exploring STEAM concepts with my fantastic five!
When I’m not chasing toddlers or raising tweens, you can find me tearing things up and putting them back together over here at Our Family Code.
I am the owner and content creator of multiple educational websites designed to increase access to STEAM & STEM education with a focus on teaching computer science and coding to kids of all ages!
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