China's female panda Tian Tian plays with the snowman at Edinburgh Zoo on Jan 19, 2013. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

China's female panda Tian Tian (Sweetie) at Edinburgh Zoo enjoyed playing with the snowman as snow fell all across the UK recently.

Snowmen started to pop up everywhere in the UK. Even the keepers at Edinburgh Zoo joined in with the frosty fun, creating a snowman of her own for Tian Tian.

With carrots for eyes, a nose and buttons and a hat made of panda cake, Tian Tian was quick to inspect the new addition to her enclosure and munch her way through the edible finishing touches.

Many people don't realize that pandas love snow and really enjoy playing with the cold, white stuff whenever it appears in their natural habitat of the Chinese mountains and forests. However, keepers think that this was probably Tian Tian's first encounter with an actual snowman.

Tian Tian also took great delight in demolishing the snowman in a playful burst, rolling the large snowballs of its body and head down the hill of her enclosure!