How to Catch a Snowman - Storytime Online
- Leanna Chappell
- 2 days ago
- 4 min read
Hello everyone! We hope you are all excited for How to Catch a Snowman by Adam Wallace.
We have put together a bunch of fun activities and crafts for the little ones. Starting today, Monday, December 1, the kits are available to pick up for our online storytime this month!
Enjoy a FREE copy of the book and more!
"How to Catch a Snowman" by Adam Wallace
"Our heroes’ entry for the snowman contest has magically come to life―and ran away! Can YOU help catch it? Get ready for snow much fun as you travel through a winter wonderland with running, skating, and bouncing through trap after trap to catch the snowman and claim the winning prize. Will the snowman teach our heroes a lesson they'll never forget? Who snows!"
Visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khSVu9-Q-sI to watch the book read aloud for the Central Mississippi Regional Library System. Then, enjoy the activities! Everything is yours to keep!
Kits include:
a FREE copy of How to Catch a Snowman
information page
colors game (5 colored snowmen)
rhymes/song pages with weblinks (instrument included)
2 activity pages
2 coloring pages
snowman sticker craft
3 magnets from the story
Frosty stickers
Here are the following pages that you will receive with your kit!
HANDOUT GAMES – play with included snowman handouts
Can You Show Me…?
(Tune: “Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush”)
Can you show me the white snowman?
White snowman, white snowman?
Can you show me the white snowman?
And wave it in the air?
Blue… purple… pink… gray
Hold It High – Choose one snowman from handouts
Hold your snowman high and stand
Now wave it around in gestures grand!
Hold your snowman below your chin
Now hold it way up high again
Hold your snowman against your nose
Now touch the snowman to your toes
Touch your snowman to the ground
Now wave that snowman all around!
Hold your snowman in front of you
Now turn around – one time, two!
Hold your snowman and jump up high!
Now let your snowman fly fly fly (throw it in the air)
SONGS & INSTRUMENT – use included instruments
Let’s Make A Snowman by Super Simple Songs
Snowman Shimmy by Kids’ Funtime Rhymes TV
Snow Man Freeze Song by The Learning Station
I’m A Little Snowman by The Kiboomers
BOUNCE RHYME (bounce along with child in lap)
A-Sledding We Will Go
(Tune: “The Farmer in the Dell”)
A-sledding we will go.
A-sledding we will go.
We’ll hold on tight and sit just right,
And down the hill we’ll go!
A-sledding we will go.
A-sledding we will go.
We’ll bounce up high, up to the sky
And down the hill we’ll go!
A-sledding we will go.
A-sledding we will go.
We’ll go so fast it’ll barely last
As down the hill we’ll go!
ACTION RHYMES
Once There Was a Snowman
(Tune: “Have You Ever Seen a Lassie”)
Once there was a snowman,
A snowman, a snowman.
Oh once there was a snowman,
So tall, tall, tall, tall.
(reach up as tall as you can)
In the snow he melted
(start to melt to the ground)
He melted, he melted.
In the snow, he melted,
So small, small, small, small.
(curl up as small as you can)
The Snowkey Pokey
You put your mittens in, you put your mittens out.
You put your mittens in and you shake them all about.
You do the snowkey pokey and you turn yourself around.
That’s what it’s all about.
...knit hat, scarf, carrot nose, snow boots...
I’m a Little Snowman
(Tune: “I’m a Little Teapot”)
I’m a little snowman, short and fat,
Here are my eyes and here is my hat.
(point to eyes and hat)
I love to play with children, dogs, and cats,
(make pretend whiskers)
And catch (clap) some snowflakes just like that!
(put hands out to catch snowflakes)
I’m a little snowman, made of snow
Here are my buttons, all in a row.
(point to buttons)
When the sun comes out I cannot play.
(hold arms over your head to make a sun)
I just slowly melt away.
(melt to the floor)
Five Little Snowmen
Five little snowmen on a winter’s day.
(hold up 5 fingers)
The first one said, “Wake up so we can play.”
(hold up 1 finger and pretend to wake up)
The second one said, “Let’s stomp on the ground.”
(hold up 2 fingers and stomp on the ground)
The third one said, “Let’s roll around.”
(hold up 3 fingers and roll your arms)
The fourth one said, “Let’s run and run and run.”
(hold up 4 fingers and pretend to run)
The fifth one said, “I’m afraid I feel the sun.”
(hold up 5 fingers and look towards the sun)
“Oh dear,” cried the snowmen,
(put hands to face)
As they looked towards the sky,
(look towards the sky)
And the five melting snowmen waved a fond goodbye.
(wave goodbye)
EXTRA LINKS!
Adam Wallace’s site:
How to Catch… Club:
We hope you enjoy these activities and would love to hear what you thought of the book! We also hope you enjoyed the extra links. Remember, you can comment here on this website, email us at swantonpl@gmail.com, or come in and turn in a physical copy!