Snowball

A player rolling a snowball to increase its size.

Snowballs appear in every Animal Crossing series game to date; they will appear only during the winter and can be used to create a snowmen. When players find a snowball, they can roll it in the snow to make it grow. In Animal Crossing the player must control a snowball much like a ball, kicking it. In Animal Crossing: Wild World, the player is able to hold the snowball and roll it around, which gives him or her more control over the snowball/

If the snowball falls in the river or sea, it melts. If a snowball is hit with an axe or a shovel, it breaks. It will also break if it lands in a hole or falls from a cliff.

Once two snowballs are large enough, players can push them into each other and create a snowman. If the snowman likes the proportions of the snowball body the player created for him, he will reward the player with a piece of furniture from the Snowman series. However, if the proportions are incorrect, the snowman acts depressed and gives no reward.

Snowballs left along long enough will either melt or revert into a small snowball. If this happens, there may be a bug trying to push it away.