Making Snowflakes

Materials: Cotton balls, glue, a dish, a paint brush (about an inch wide), and construction paper

1. Start by pouring some glue into a small dish.

2. Use the paintbrush to paint the glue onto the construction paper in the shape of a snowflake.

3. Give your child the cotton balls and let them place the cotton balls on the glued area.

This will also help to teach your child about different textures like the sticky glue, soft cotton balls, or the rough/smooth paper.

Ingredients

2-3/4 cups all-purpose flour

1-1/4 teaspoons baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup butter, cubed

1-1/2 cups packed brown sugar

2 tablespoons water

2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

2 large eggs

1/2 teaspoon almond extract

1 can (16 ounces) chocolate frosting

decorations:

Candy eyes

Reese's mini white peanut butter cups

Miniature pretzels

Peanut butter M&M's

Directions

Whisk together flour, baking soda and salt. Place butter, brown sugar and water in a large saucepan; cook and stir over low heat until butter is melted. Remove from heat; stir in chocolate chips until smooth. Stir in eggs and extract. Stir in flour mixture. Let stand until firm enough to shape, about 15 minutes.

To freeze dough, shape level tablespoonfuls of dough into balls; flatten each to 1/4-in. thickness. Place in a covered container, separating layers with waxed paper; freeze until firm. (May be frozen up to 3 months.)

To bake, preheat oven to 350°. Place frozen dough portions 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Bake until set, 12-14 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks; cool completely.

Spread cookies with frosting, reserving a small amount for mouths. Decorate faces with candy eyes; add peanut butter cups for snouts, pretzels for antlers and M&M's for noses. Pipe mouths with reserved frosting.