Shop for Snowbabies Department 56 Snowbabies Kristi Jensen Pierro's ideas for Snowbabies are inspired by watching children, and by thinking about her own childhood experiences. She makes rough sketches of her ideas and then refines these into actual illustrations. Department 56 Snowbabies can sled, make snowballs, ride polar bears and frolic with their animal friends. Since their introduction, Snowbabies have enchanted collectors around the country and have brightened the imagination of all in us who celebrate the gentle playof youthful innocence.