"Snowmen" reminiscing and discussion, trivia, singing, and craft project

Planning a Snowmen fun reminiscing day with resident and you are absolutely clueless on what to do?
Follow this simple steps and approach outline for by Jo Anne Harrison Becker. This article contains discussion and reminiscing, A Frosty the Snowman Facts, Trivia, Word Game and Sing the Song

Here just how you should starts with snowmen 

• Make a snowman collage for display; include snowman collectibles, stuffed snowman, snowman globe, etc.

• If possible, have a real snowman outside the window of the activity room

• Have door prizes – snowman pin, snowman tie, snowman note cards, snowman globe, stuffed snowman, etc.

• For refreshments serve Snowman cookies baked at a previous cooking/baking class

Discussion and reminiscing

What are your memories of building a snowman? Describe the experience (including where you lived)
Who did you build it with?
What did you use for the eyes? Nose? Mouth?
Did your snowman have a pipe? Where did you get the pipe?
What attire did you use for your snowman?
Did you children enjoy building snowmen? Explain.
What is the best kind of snow for building a snowman? Sticky snow; fresh snow; slightly heavy; not dry and powdery snow
How much snow do you think should be on the ground in order to build a snowman? At least 4 inches in order to effectively roll the snowballs into bigger ones
What are some tips to share in creating the perfect snowman? Rolling the snowball (parts of the snowman in different directions; patting the “growing” snowball to make sure it is tightly packed; don’t roll the ball too far away, because it gets heavy; make a small dent on the bottom snowball to prevent the second (body) from falling.
What do you think is the average weight for a snowman? Approximately 112 pounds for a typical snowman.
How tall do you think a typical snowman is? About 4 feet tall
When do you think is the "best time" to build a snowman? The next warmest afternoon directly following a snowfall with a sufficient amount of snow
Nowadays, they have snowmen kits, which include a hat, eyes, nose, and scarf. Would you prefer the kit or to find your own accessories? Explain.

Create some snowmen sayings. (Examples: Snowmen melt my heart; Snowmen are cool; Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow: My heart belongs to Frosty; Snowmen are a little flaky)

And, of course, sing “Frosty the Snowman”

FROSTY THE SNOWMAN

A Frosty the Snowman Facts, Trivia, Word Game and Sing the Song

FACTS

“Frosty the Snowman” was written by Steve "Jack" Rollins and Steve Nelson and recorded by Gene Autry and the Cass County Boys in 1950. The song was a response to Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. When song writers Jack Nelson and Steve Rollins saw what success Gene Autry was having in 1949, singing Rudolph's song, they decided to write their own silly but catchy song doing variations on an icon of Christmas. It took them months to decide on a living snowman as their subject, but they still had it ready in time for a 1950 release. Autry, delighted with the opportunity to ride his own recording's coat-tails back to the top of the charts, recorded it.

“Frosty the Snowman” has been covered by many artists over the years, including The Jackson 5, The Ronettes, Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Conniff, Alvin and the Chipmunks, The Beach Boys, Red Foley (and his daughters), The Partridge Family and Michael Bublé.

"Frosty" was subsequently adapted to other media including a popular television special

TRIVIA

1. What was Frosty’s pipe made of? Corncob
2. What were Frosty’s eyes made of? Coal
3. What was Frosty’s nose made of? Button
4. Did Frosty ever “come to life”? Yes, he did one day
5. What material was his hat made from? Silk
6. Where did the children get the hat? They found it
7. What happened when the children put the hat on Frosty’s head? He began to dance around
8. Who said that Frosty could laugh and play? The children
9. Why did Frosty say, "Let's run and we'll have some fun now before I melt away"?
10. Because the sun was hot that day
11. What did Frosty have in his hand when he went down to the village? A broomstick
12. What did Frosty say when he was running around the village square? “Catch me if you can”
13. When Frosty led the children down the streets of town, who did he bring them to? The traffic cop
14. What did the traffic cop holler? “Stop!”
15. As Frosty was leaving and saying good-bye, what words did he say? "Don't you cry, I'll be back again some day."

WORD GAME

How many words can you make from the letters in FROSTY?

For, fort, forty, forty, fro, frost, fry, of oft, or, ort, orts, rosy, rot, rots so, soft, sort, sot, soy, story, sty, to toy toys, try

How many words can you make from the letters in SNOWMAN?
Am, an, anon, as, awn, ma, man, mason, maw, maws, moan, moans, mow, mown, mows, no, non, now, on, own, owns, saw, snow, so soma, son, sow, sown, swam, swan, wan, was, woman

SING “FROSTY THE SNOWMAN”

Frosty the snowman was a jolly happy soul,
With a corncob pipe and a button nose
And two eyes made out of coal.

Frosty the snowman is a fairy tale, they say,
He was made of snow but the children
Know how he came to life one day.

There must have been some magic in that
Old silk hat they found.
For when they placed it on his head
He began to dance around.

O, Frosty the snowman
Was alive as he could be,
And the children say he could laugh
And play just the same as you and me.

Thumpetty thump thump,
Thumpety thump thump,
Look at Frosty go.
Thumpetty thump thump,
Thumpety thump thump,
Over the hills of snow.

Frosty the snowman knew
The sun was hot that day,
So he said, "Let's run and
We'll have some fun
Now before I melt away."

Down to the village,
With a broomstick in his hand,
Running here and there all
Around the square saying,
Catch me if you can.

He led them down the streets of town
Right to the traffic cop.
And he only paused a moment when
He heard him holler "Stop!"

For Frosty the snow man
Had to hurry on his way,
But he waved goodbye saying,
"Don't you cry,
I'll be back again some day."

Thumpetty thump thump,
Thumpety thump thump,
Look at Frosty go.
Thumpetty thump thump,
Thumpety thump thump,
Over the hills of snow.

INDOOR SNOWMAN CRAFT PROJECT

Materials

• 3 plain round boxes in successive sizes (papíer-mâché are the best). Good sizes 5, 7, and 9 inches in diameter
• White acrylic paint
• Hot glue or tacky glue
• Buttons
• Orange bumpy pipe cleaner
• Infant’s mittens
• 2-1/2-foot string
• Infant-size hat
• Cloth scrap

**Invite residents who are able to make the mittens and hat.

Instructions

• Paint each of the 3 boxes with white acrylic
• Let the paint dry.
• Use hot glue or tacky glue to attach eyes and a button mouth to the smallest box.
• Add a row of large buttons to each of the 2 larger boxes, leaving room for the box tops. If your boxes are the sizes suggested, add 2 buttons to the medium size box and 3 buttons to the largest box.
• Cut a tapered section from an orange bumpy pipe cleaner and glue it in place for the nose.
• For the hands, tape the mittens to the ends of a 21⁄2-foot string. Tuck the center portion of the string inside the medium-size box before putting on the lid.
• Stack the boxes.
• Dress your snowman with the hat and a scarf made from a scrap of cloth.

At the end of the winter season, store the snowman parts inside the largest box for next winter.

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