building snowmen

Carrot-nosed yard art

Building snowmen is the winter activity of shaping packed snow into a human figure, typically three stacked spheres of decreasing size topped with a face and accessories.

It requires wet, packable snow—powder won't hold.

The activity is associated with childhood play and the first heavy snowfall of the season: The kids spent all morning building snowmen in the front yard.

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top hat · coal · winter · frosty · rolling · packing · cold · hat · sticks · arms · nose · eyes · children · playing outside · yard · snowballs · frozen · white

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Opposites
winter activity type

building snowmensledding

Riding downhill on snow

skating · skiing · snowboarding · ice hockey · tobogganing

seasonal activity

building snowmenswimming

Locomotion through water

sunbathing · gardening · surfing · mowing the lawn · water skiing

creative vs. destructive action

building snowmendemolition

Deliberate structural destruction

tearing down · wrecking · dismantling

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G