Coin Counting Snowman Craftivity

I LOVE craftivities!! They are fun, keep students engaged, and usually turn out oh so cute! Here is a craftivity that I created this year. There are no templates, but it is easy-peasy to implement and adorable. 

We have been learning about coin counting for the past two weeks. I wanted a fun way to assess their skill so far so coin counting snowmen it was! 

Kids cut out three circles out of white construction paper. One big, one medium, and one small. Then they got to choose (choice is soooo important for kiddos) how many coins to put on their snowman. Of course the dimes had to go on the biggest circle because dimes have the most value, nickels in the middle, and pennies on top. Luckily our math curriculum came with these little paper coin manipulatives, but you could always just print pictures of coins off the internet too. Once they glued their coins, they had to find the value of each circle as well as the value on the whole snowman. After I checked that their math was correct, they could add arms and other details like bows and buttons. Some kids got really creative, even using pennies to make eyes and smiles. Happy day!