Queen Elsa is well loved by my preschoolers at school and by my own preschooler at home! If one child starts singing, “Let It Go” or “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?” they all start singing along. Frozen is acted out on the playground and talked about during snack time. The love {and obsession} with the movie isn’t going anywhere which is why creating Queen Elsa’s Frozen Snow World was so much fun!
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Queen Elsa’s Snow World
Setting up this snowy world was so fun!
My preschooler has never played like this before. In fact, I was trying to set it up secretly, but she saw what I was doing and insisted on coming over and helping! Her face, when she realized that the snow was sticking and the characters (which always fall over) could stand up on their own, was priceless!
To create Queen Elsa’s Snow World, I used painter’s tape to attach contact paper to our kitchen table. Take the backing off of the contact paper and place the contact paper sticky side up. I put a piece of small poster board under the contact paper because our table was dark in color and I wanted the white to really pop in the snow.
After the contact paper is taped sticky side up, I added the squishy foam beans from an old bean bag. If you don’t have a stash of bean bag beans laying around, use small cotton balls, white pony beads, or even cut up pipe cleaners or straws. My preschooler would have been happy with any white material for snow.
The pretend snow stuck to the contact paper and didn’t roll all over the floor. It made it easy for my preschooler to build the snow higher into piles which she thought was pretty neat. We left an ice skating area in the middle of the snow for all the Frozen friends. The tiny characters that always fall over when she plays, stood up on the contact paper. She was thrilled!
We added just a few simple accessories to the snowy play area. I turned our blue sand bucket upside down to be Elsa’s castle. We added wintery trees also. It took just a few minutes to set everything up and my preschooler ended up playing for a very long time!
After making it snow over and over again, my preschooler acted out different parts of the Frozen movie and one of her favorite Frozen books. She made up her own story lines and thought it was great that her mini little characters could interact with her bigger (yet still small) Elsa and Anna dolls. Most of the time though, the bigger dolls looked on and watched as if they were dreaming or talking about their adventures with each other.
Small world pretend play is perfect for preschoolers! Queen Elsa’s Frozen Snow World includes sensory play along with imaginative play. Preschoolers can practice recalling and retelling information, sequencing events, and making up new stories during this kind of play.
Q is for QUEEN!
This post is part of the Small World Pretend Play Ideas from A to Z series hosted over at Still Playing School! I posted earlier this month too, so make sure to check out all the super fun ideas!
The contact paper plus foam beads is pure genius! I want to play!