Paint a few snowflakes for the Christmas tree

This wooden flat snowflake will be painted with many greens and blues using acrylics.

   

Oh, there is a little artist

Who paints in the cold night hours

Pictures of wee, wee children,

Of wondrous trees and flowers.

The moon is the lamp he paints by,

His canvas the window-pane,

His brush is a frozen snowflake;

Jack Frost is the artist's name.

I chose to follow the contours of this snowflake using pinks and purples.

       Snowflakes don't need to be white only. You can paint them in any color or shade that you like to match your collections on the tree. I've included one in cool blues and greens here and the other in pinks and lavenders. Students may follow the outlines of each snowflake or draw an abstract web of shapes within shapes in order to create multiple opportunities within each snowflake for color.

• Sing and mime "Snow Flakes"
• Read about Snow Flake Bentley and download 6 sided snowflake patterns

These snowflakes are painted but they would also be interesting decorated
 using colored glitter to fill the spaces.