Page Toppers

(Many of these page toppers were compiled by Jean Gifford. They are for free distribution only.)

Quotes

• Even when it's cold outside our memories keep us warm
• February is merely as long as is needed to pass the time until March. (Dr. J. R. Stockton)
• If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant. (Anne Bradstreet)
• In winter why do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in summer when we complained about the heat?
• A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water. (Carl Reiner)
• May we never forget the flavor of snowflakes.
• The snow itself is lonely or, if you prefer, self-sufficient. There is no other time when the whole world seems composed of one thing and one thing only. (Joseph Wood Krutch)
• Snow may fall, Winds may blow, but Love keeps us warm.
• Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things,
  but just look what they can do when they stick together. (Vista M. Kelly)
• A snowman is shaped from the cold by the warmth of young hearts
• Snowmen have good ice-sight
• There's one good thing about snow, it makes your lawn look as nice as your neighbor's. (Clyde Moore)
• Whenever a snowman melts away
  A snow angel is added to heaven that day.

ABC's

(Compiled by Denny Davis)

A - abundance of snow, absolutely beautiful, amazing fun, Arctic weather, awesome
B - Brrr, boots, blizzard, below zero, beautiful scenery, blankets, bundled up
C - cold, Christmas, chilly, coats, cocoa, coughing, cozy, coasting
D - December, drifts, dashing through the snow, delicate patterns of frost, dressing warmly
E - earmuffs, energy, entertaining, enjoyment, enthusiasm, excitement
F - February, freezing, fireplace, Frosty, fabulous fun, frost, first snowfall, fairyland
G - gliding on the ice, gloves, gleeful, glowing
H - hot chocolate, holidays, hockey, hat, Hanukkah, happiness, hearth
I - ice, icicles, ice skating, ice hockey, igloo
J - January, jingle bells, Jack Frost, jacket, joyful
K - kids, kinfolk, Kris Kringle
L - luge, lovely landscape, layers of clothing, leather jacket
M - mittens, memories, muffler, magnificent, magical, Merry Christmas, Mother Nature at her loveliest
N - New Years, nature's glory, north wind
O - old-fashioned fun, oodles of _____, ordinary day, outdoors, overshoes
P - peaceful, penguins, perfection, poinsettia, polar bears, pop corn
Q - quiet, quite ____, quilts
R - rabbit hunting, reflection, remarkable, rituals
S - snow, snow flakes, snowman, snow angel, skiing, sledding, shivering, sleigh rides, snow day, snowball fights, shoveling snow
T - toboggan, thrills, togetherness, traditions
U - unbelievable, unforgettable
V - very ____, vigor, visiting
W - windchill, winter wonderland, whiteness, weather
X - eXcitement, eXtraordinary, Xmas, eXuberance
Y - yippee, young-at-heart, yule log
Z - zero degrees, zesty, zippy

Snow Page Ideas

(See also Christmas) A snow idea for the black page: make the border with thin DL or very thin strips of paper (lilac, purple or metallic silver or pastel) You can mix the colors or use all of one color. You will have 2 strips on each side of the page with less than an inch between the 2 strips. The outside strip all around should be about 3/4 of an inch from the edge (just enough so you can put the word "winter" with white ABC stickers above the top one). The strips cross each other in the corners - if you use more than one color you will need to decide how to interweave them. Cut 2 white and 2 purple or lilac diamonds. Put one white one at the top left and one at the bottom right. The points should overlap the border but the corner of the border should still show - in other words most of the diamond will be inside the borders. Next put the purple or lilac diamonds overlapping the white ones - ever how much looks good to you. Then on each purple diamond put a winter tree sticker.

Little Nose

Where did you get that little red nose?
Jack Frost kissed it, I suppose.
He kissed it once, he kissed it twice.
Poor little nose, it's as cold as ice.

January

January sparkles.
January's bold.
January huffs and puffs.
January's cold.

January

(Leland B. Jacobs)

January opens
The box of the year
And brings out days
That are bright and clear.
And brings out days
That are cold and gray,
And shouts, "Come see
What I brought today!"

February

(N. M. Bodecker)

When skies are low
and days are dark,
and frost bites
like a hungry shark,
when mufflers muffle
ears and nose,
and puffy sparrows
huddle close -
how nice to know
that February
is something purely
temporary.

February Twilight

(Sara Teasdale)

I stood beside a hill
Smooth with new-laid snow,
A single star looked out
From the cold evening glow.

There was no other creature
That saw what I could see -
I stood and watched the evening star
As long as it watched me.

Winter Woods

(Hal Borland)

To see a hillside white with dogwood bloom
is to know a particular ecstasy of beauty,
but to walk the gray Winter woods and find
the buds which will resurrect that beauty in
another May is to partake of continuity.

Winter at Home

(Rea Williams)

Though wind may blow and snow may drift
While frost 'round grass will rime,
I have no desire to go in search
Of some far away warmer clime.

Bare trees form patterns of delicate lace,
Sycamores are stark and white,
My mulberry tree abloom with birds
And cedars with berries are bright.

My feathered friends are gathered near,
Those who chose to stay,
To cheer me on through dull drab days
And chase winter's blues away.

They come to my feeder each winter day
to enjoy the tasty fare
With flashing color and cheerful song
Their love and joy to share.

A fire burns brightly on my hearth,
While frost jewels sparkle and glow,
So I ignore the howling wind
And watch the swirling snow.

I don't envy those who leave
Their homes to search in vain
For love and warmth I have right here
As I wait for spring again.

Winter

(Bill Morgan Jr.)

Winter came down to our home one night
Quietly pirouetting in on silvery-toed slippers of snow,
And we, we were children once again.

Wintertime

(Beverly J. Anderson)

A Winter Surprise

(Solveig Paulson Russell)

Wintertime

Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening

(Robert Frost)

The Snowman and the Bunny

A chubby little snowman had a carrot nose.
Along came a bunny and what do you suppose?
That hungry little bunny, looking for his lunch,
Ate that little snowman's nose - Nibble, Nibble, Crunch!

Snowman Soup

The Soup:

1 package hot chocolate mix
3 Hersheys kisses
15 or so marshmallows
1 Candy Cane

The poem:

I was told you've been real good this year
Always glad to hear it
With freezing weather drawing near
You'll nee to warm the spirit.

So here's a little Snowman Soup
Complete with stirring Stick
Add hot water, sip it slow
It's sure to do the trick!

Snow Globe

Cut a 5 or 6 inch circle out of light blue paper. Cut 2 more circles the same size as the first (one white, one black). You will use half of the black circle to make the base of the snow globe. Put the straight side of the half circle along the bottom edge of the page. Lap the light blue globe over it so that it looks right to you. The white circle will form the snow. Cut across it with a slightly wavy motion so you end up one piece that is 1/3 of the circle. Match the curved bottom of the snow to the bottom edge of the snow globe. Set a snowman die-cut or sticker on the snow. Make some white paper punch dots and adhere at random on the globe so they look like snow.

Variations:
Make the circle smaller and use a snowman sticker.
Tilt the snow and use the skier die-cut
Use snowflake stickers instead of white dots
Make a base using 2 narrow strips of brown paper with the corners rounded

Something to think about: Where does the white go when the snow melts?

Something else to think about: How does the guy who drives the snowplow get to work in the morning?