Artificial snow can help you have fun with your child and is also useful for a variety of crafts/crafts. How to make it so that it is quite affordable and simple? We have collected 20 artificial snow recipes for you - try them and share your impressions. Not all of them will completely imitate snow - fluffy, soft, cold and smelling fresh. There is “snow” paint for painting, “snow” slime, “snow” plasticine, and other interesting substances. But all of them are directly related to snow and will definitely appeal to children. And if you need “adult” options for use in needlework, then immediately proceed to the second part (point 9 and further)

For children, the most interesting options are those proposed by Crystal Andrewood

How to do artificial snow Houses

1. Shining Snow

It turns out cold, fluffy and very soft.

Ingredients:

Two boxes of cornstarch/cornmeal

Shaving cream

Peppermint extract (optional)

2. Snow plasticine

Ingredients:

2 cups baking soda

1 cup cornstarch

1 and 1/2 cups cold water

A few drops of mint extract

3. Snow slime

Ingredients:

2 cups PVA glue

1.5 cups hot water

Optional: a few drops of mint extract to give the slime a frosty aroma

Mix in a small bowl

Mix in a second bowl

3/4 teaspoon borax

1.3 cups hot water
Combine the contents of both bowls and mix with your hands for several minutes until the mixture begins to stretch.

4. Snow paint

Ingredients:

Shaving cream

School PVA glue

Peppermint extract

5. "Silk" snow

Ingredients:

Frozen white bars of soap (any brand)

Cheese grater

Peppermint extract

Preparation method: Place the soap in the freezer overnight. In the morning you can take it out one piece at a time (Crystal used 6 bars) and grate it. You will get fluffy snow, to which you can add glitter and mint extract. It molds perfectly, and you can make a snowman or any other figure.

6. Snow dough

Ingredients:

Cornstarch (freeze overnight to keep snow dough cold)

Lotion (refrigerate overnight to keep dough cold)

7. "Liquid" snow.

Ingredients:

Frozen Corn Starch

Ice water

Peppermint extract

Add ice water to the starch you took out of the freezer until you get the desired consistency. It is recommended to add a little at a time so that the “snow” does not turn out too liquid.

Also, if you've never made non-Newtonian fluids before, you might be in for a surprise. Because with active interaction, the mass becomes harder and more viscous, and at rest it spreads.

8. Snow made from shaving foam

Ingredients:

1 can of shaving foam

1.5 packs of soda

glitter (optional)

Squeeze the contents of the foam can into a bowl and gradually add soda. You will have a very nice mass of snow from which to sculpt figures.

Now let's move on to the adult part.

Artificial snow recipes

9. Snow made of polyethylene foam

Ingredients:
foamed polyethylene (used as packaging material for equipment, glass, shoe inserts) or polystyrene foam;
fine grater.
We wear gloves. Grind polyethylene or polystyrene foam and... Voila! Fluffy cereal all over your house!!! If you add sparkles, the snow will also sparkle. You can powder anything with this snow if you first lubricate the surface with liquid (diluted with water) PVA glue.

10. Snow from polymer clay

Ingredients:
remnants of dried polymer clay (plastic).
Craftswomen often have leftover polymer clay that they hate to throw away. It is very convenient to grind it by hand and then using a coffee grinder. The result is a light and multi-colored (when using colored clay) snowball, which can be used to decorate cards and other hand-made products.

11. Snow from a baby diaper

Ingredients:
baby diaper.
To get snow you need:
1. cut the diaper and remove the sodium polyacrylate from it, and then tear it into small pieces.
2. Place the resulting mass in a container and fill it with water. Pour gradually, in small portions, until the pieces of polyacrylate begin to resemble snow. Just don't overdo it or it will end up too wet;
3. To make the snow look more realistic, place the container in the refrigerator, but not in the freezer.

12. Frost from salt

Ingredients:
salt (preferably coarsely ground);
water.
Prepare a concentrated salt solution. To do this, fill the pan with a small amount of water and place it on low heat. Add salt until it stops dissolving. Dip the branches of spruce, pine or any other plant into the hot solution and leave for a while. The process of crystal formation is much faster in warm water! Let the water drain and leave the plants to dry for 4-5 hours. Sparkling frost is guaranteed! If you add brilliant green, food coloring or ink to a salty solution, the frost will turn out colored!

13. Artificial snow for " snow globe"

Ingredients:
Paraffin candle
It must be grated on a fine grater. This “snow” is great for making toys “a la snow globe” when glycerin and artificial snow flakes are added to the water. The container is hermetically sealed and when shaken, the snowball smoothly sinks to the bottom.

You can actually take a simpler route - and add regular sparkles to such a ball. It will turn out no less impressive.

14. Snow made of PVA and flock

Flock is a very finely chopped pile. And if you're lucky enough to find a package of white flock on sale, rejoice. After all, now you will have “snow” for any craft in a matter of minutes. It is enough to generously coat the surface with glue and sprinkle flock on top (you can use a strainer).

15. Snow made from PVA and starch

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons starch

2 tablespoons PVA

2 tablespoons silver paint

Mix (grind) the ingredients thoroughly.

This kind of snow is suitable when you need to decorate the surface of a product with a voluminous white mass.

16. Mass imitating snow

Ingredients:

fine quartz sand or semolina or foam chips

white acrylic

thick PVA

1. Pour a small amount of your chosen material into a bowl. Approximately 1 faceted glass.
2. Currently bulk material start adding white little by little acrylic paint. Based on experience, it is better to buy it in hardware store for facade work. We add until such a state that our loose particles stick together, but do not float in the liquid.
3. Then add PVA, preferably thick. We also add very little so that the mixture is elastic and viscous.
4. Well, and some silver sparkles. Mix everything and... that's it!!!

Recipes for edible "snow".

17. Sugar snow

Ingredients:
sugar.
Dip the edges of the glass (glass) into water or syrup and then into sugar.

18. "Snow-covered" plants
Ingredients:
gum arabic;
egg white.
Using these components, you can sugar plants (non-poisonous and non-bitter). Flowers of pear, apple, cherry, rose, violet, primrose, lemon, begonia, chrysanthemum, gladioli have good taste, pansies. Candied leaves of mint, lemon balm, and geranium turn out beautiful and very fragrant. Dissolve 12 g of gum arabic in ¼ cup of hot water (in a water bath) with constant stirring. Cool the solution. Prepare sugar syrup: 100g sugar per ¼ glass of water. Cool too. Apply gum arabic solution first to the plants with a brush, and then sugar syrup. Sprinkle with fine granulated sugar (not powdered sugar). Dry on parchment or tracing paper. Such “snow-covered” beauty will not deteriorate for several months. These flowers can be used to decorate a birthday cake or your favorite small sweet pastries.

19. “Snow-covered” plants - option 2

Ingredients:
egg white;
sugar.
Beat egg white and sugar until foamy. Apply with a brush to the petals of the plant and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Place the plants prepared in this way on parchment and place in the oven over low heat. In two hours you can admire the beauty!

20. salted “snow” for meat

Ingredients:
a pinch of salt;
egg white.
Beat the egg white and a pinch of salt into a stiff foam using a mixer. Place this improvised snow on the meat and send it to the oven! Miracles: a chicken in a snowdrift!

I really hope that from these 20 artificial snow recipes you were able to choose the one that suits you.

New Year- a time of miracles and fairy tales. And what could better convey the desired atmosphere than the snow that lies on the windows, tree branches, festive table and doesn't melt? You can do this at home; we’ll tell you about popular methods.

Do-it-yourself artificial snow has different purposes, which depend on the materials chosen. Some options are suitable for decorating the floor under the Christmas tree, others are suitable for painting windows, bottles, and dishes. Knowing the properties of artificial snow, you can find the most unexpected uses for it.

Making artificial snow and frost from toothpaste

This option is perfect for applying to glass - mirrors, windows, crystal. Can also be used to decorate fir branches. This type of frost is easy to make, but has a small drawback: it is impossible to achieve precise spraying of the selected area; it can “smudge” adjacent surfaces.

Buy the cheapest one toothpaste without multi-colored components. Place the contents of half the tube in a container convenient for mixing and gradually pour clean water. You want to achieve the consistency of sour cream, so add the liquid in small portions so as not to overdo it. The resulting composition is applied to the surface using a toothbrush. Dip it into the prepared mass and spray it with your finger on the brush. To decorate a window in this way, prepare a stencil, fix it to the glass with water and apply the patterns you need.

Using baking soda and shaving foam

This option is suitable for decorating the Christmas tree, its branches, the floor under the tree and any other place at your discretion. This craft is something a child can do – it will give him something to do on a long winter evening. One of the disadvantages is that artificial snow must be removed periodically so as not to litter the apartment.

The instructions are simple. Buy shaving cream. If it smells of frosty freshness, even better. Your snow will be just like real snow. Squeeze the contents of the bottle into any convenient container. Gradually add baking soda. The trick of this method is that the structure of artificial snow depends on the amount of soda. The more soda, the more free-flowing the material becomes. Therefore, the amount of filler depends on the final goal: creating snowdrifts or building a snowman.

If you plan to keep your children busy with crafts, use food starch. This way the baby's skin will not be harmed. This snow can also be colored in different colors using food coloring. Place a music box on the shelf, spread snow around it - the delight of your guests will know no bounds!

Artificial snow made from salt

This method is good for decorating Christmas tree or pine branches. You won't be able to create a snow texture, but the frost effect will be believable.

Pour 5 liters of water into an enamel bowl without chipping. Add two packs of salt. Extra or different doesn’t matter. Boil and keep on fire until the salt is completely dissolved. Let the water cool slightly and immerse the branches in it for 5-6 hours. Then remove and dry for half an hour.

You will achieve a frost effect. A few Christmas decorations as finishing touches will give the composition a natural, fairy-tale look. Such spruce branches delight children and adults and create a New Year's mood.

Imitation of snow using foam plastic

The method is suitable for those who like to spend time cuddling with a vacuum cleaner. “Snowflakes” scatter around the apartment even from a small draft, and collecting them is not so easy. To make such artificial snow, take foam plastic. Better is the one used for packaging small items. household appliances(it has less grain). Use a fork to scrape out the granules and place them in a bag for later storage.

You can use artificial snow obtained in this way as a decoration for the New Year's tree.

Making artificial snow from diapers

Yes, you didn’t think so, but we didn’t make a typo. You can also make artificial snow from baby diapers. The granules that are inside the diapers perfectly absorb moisture, while acquiring a loose structure.

To make artificial snow for decoration, carefully remove the filler. In the new diapers it looks like cotton wool.

Chop the material with scissors and place the resulting loose mass in a container. Pour clean water in a thin stream while stirring the contents of the container. It is best to do this with your hands, stirring and kneading the mass, as if you were kneading dough.

Artificial snow obtained in this way is difficult to distinguish from real snow even at close range. You can make snowdrifts under the tree, scatter snow over spruce branches, windowsills, and furniture. It does not melt, does not lose moisture and does not stain surfaces.

Winter is in full swing, and although last year's New Year's holidays have already passed and have even managed to be forgotten a little, winter-themed crafts are still relevant, especially if there are snowdrifts outside the window. Snow... It’s so good to make an original snowman that you often even want to take it home. However, the snow craft sparkling in the frosty sun will melt in the warmth in a matter of minutes, bringing grief and natural consequences. everyday problems. And if so, then let’s get down to business and learn how to make artificial snow, which will delight you and your loved ones, giving your masterpieces a truly fabulous winter flavor! In this article you will learn how to make artificial snow at home.

In fact, there is no one recipe for making artificial snow with your own hands: there are many known methods that differ from each other in the result - the resulting “snow” mass - sometimes quite strongly. However, each recipe has its adherents among craftsmen and can serve decorative purposes in its own style, for certain crafts. In this article we will look at several of the most successful, in our opinion, methods for making artificial snow and frost: we advise you to try each one, choosing for yourself best option(or variations).

For the sake of objectivity, it is worth mentioning that there are special aerosol cans with “artificial snow”, the contents of which very realistically reproduce real snow, as well as corresponding powders and granules for dissolving in water. However, we will not follow this simple, but significantly more expensive path, but now we will begin to roll up our sleeves and get down to business.

Any artificial snow recipe is multi-component in structure and consists of several ingredients, which, when mixed in certain proportions and under certain conditions, give the desired result. Almost all of the proposed options are easy to make in a regular kitchen or home workshop.

How to make artificial snow at home?

Method No. 1

You can get a great sparkling result by mixing cornstarch with shaving cream and glitter. You will have to experiment with proportions to achieve the result you want. If desired (and if available, of course), you can add mint extract when kneading. Instead of starch, corn flour is suitable, and glitter is often “replaced” with mica. In any case, the result of your efforts will definitely please you.

Method No. 2

Shaving foam can also be mixed with regular baking soda (sodium bicarbonate, sodium bicarbonate or sodium bicarbonate - they are the same thing, do not be alarmed by the differences on packaging from different manufacturers). It is important to gradually add it to the foam squeezed out in advance into a suitable container; the resulting white mass, pleasant to the touch, can be “seasoned” with sparkles, achieving the charm of snow sparkling in the sun. Usually one and a half standard packs of soda are required per can of foam.

Method No. 3

Pre-frozen toilet soap grated on a cheese grater looks incredibly believable as artificial snow. Any variety will do, as long as the color of the bar is as white as possible. Mint extract and glitter added to the resulting mass will also come in very handy for more decorative effect.

Method No. 4

Not exactly cheap and not at all free way(although, depending on who) - gut a regular baby diaper: we only need its sodium polyacrylate filler, which then needs to be torn into small pieces. This is an absorbent material that crystallizes when exposed to moisture and retains it. Therefore, the material extracted from the diaper is placed in a container and gradually filled with clean water, just make sure that there is not more than enough of it to form “snow”. If you have doubts about the harmlessness of sodium polyacrylate, take into account the fact that you took it out of the thing that is most loyal to the baby’s sensitive body - a diaper.

Method No. 5

In nature, snow, as you know, can look somewhat different, while remaining the same snow. This method also offers a slightly unique artificial snow - it is best used to create “snow massifs”, “snow-covered expanses”. You will need ordinary starch, PVA glue and silver paint: just take one equal part at a time (usually it is calculated in the volume of 2 tablespoons, but this is not important) and mix and grind thoroughly until you get the “snowy” mass you need.

Method number 6

This is not really snow, or rather, not snow at all, but “frost”, which may be required to create believable compositions. Sprigs of pine needles, ordinary twigs and grass are covered for this purpose with a very cool salt solution, which, when dried, crystallizes on their surface and shines, just like real frost! And achieving this effect is very simple: gradually pour coarse table salt into a container with hot water on the stove over low heat, and when the salt stops dissolving, turn off the heat and lower the pre-prepared plants into the solution. The twigs with future “frost” are infused until the water cools, then taken out and dried under normal conditions for about 4-5 hours - you will see the result for yourself!

Method No. 7

Often, to design a “winter” craft, you may need the so-called. "snow paint" To prepare it, let's take the shaving cream we already know (the brand doesn't matter - the main thing is that it is white), PVA glue, as well as the ubiquitous glitter - where would we be without them, and mint extract. Well-mixed ingredients form a characteristic mass, which is applied with a brush or sponge and can be used to either tint a craft or fully draw on a plane, for example, snowmen.

OK it's all over Now. “The Magic Seven” completes our selection of the most available ways making artificial snow to decorate crafts on a “winter” theme, giving them the necessary charm and appropriate color. In fact, there are almost three times as many such methods, however, those presented here will be quite enough to create real masterpieces!

Snow. Soft, fluffy, delicate, fresh, sparkling, captivating and alluring. Fun Science today suggests making snow with your own hands. Make snow at home. Children will definitely enjoy snow experiences and experiments. A snow fairy tale awaits you. Welcome, friends.

DIY sparkling snow

Ready to make fluffy, cold and very soft snow? The ingredients are simple and affordable. No dangerous ingredients. The recipe is easy. To make snow with your own hands, you need to thoroughly mix the following components together:

• corn starch,
• shaving cream,
• mint extract (optional)
• sparkles.

DIY snow plasticine

An unexpected combination, you must agree. If you want to sculpt snow mass, then write down the recipe. The child will undoubtedly enjoy this experience and will be useful for training motor skills and developing tactile sensations. The magic of this modeling compound is the ordinary ingredients and the shimmering shine. It won't take long to prepare the snow. Take:

• 2 cups baking soda,
• 1 cup cornstarch,
• 1 cup cold water
• a few drops of mint extract,
• sparkles.

Combine all recipe ingredients except glitter in a large saucepan. Simmer until the ingredients begin to bubble and the liquid begins to thicken. Stirring continuously, puree until smooth. Remove the pan from the stove. Transfer the mixture into a deep cup, let cool, cover with a towel. Once cooled, add rainbow glitter and knead into clay. How long to knead? Until you achieve the desired shine, smoothness, and plasticity. In order for the snow clay to slightly cool children's hands, store it in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

Making your own snow paints

Is it possible to paint with snow? Certainly. But first you need to prepare snow paints. This is exactly what we will do now. We prepared for this task in advance. In the evening we put the shaving foam in the refrigerator, and in the morning we put the glue in there (for 10 minutes). When everything was ready, we began to experiment.

In a deep cup, mix shaving foam and glue in equal parts. Add glitter + a few drops of peppermint (to add a fresh scent) and mix everything thoroughly. As you may have noticed, the recipe is simple. And what wonderful drawings you get. Try it! Your child will love this fun! See even more recipes for homemade and safe paints.

Making “silk” snow with your child at home

When you can't go outside to play in the snow in winter. Or there is no snow, and you miss it, ask your parents to organize a snow fairy tale at home. And now I will tell you the recipe for silk snow:

• frozen white bars of soap of any brand,
• cheese grater,
• sparkles.

Place a few bars of soap in the freezer overnight. Take out one piece at a time and start grating the soap. The last step in this short process is to add rainbow glitter and peppermint extract. Your own homemade snow is ready. It's time to build a snowman.

Snow dough - a super recipe for home cooking

This recipe is based on just two simple ingredients:

• 450 g corn starch,
• 250 ml of any cosmetic body lotion.

Friends, to make snow dough, just mix these ingredients with each other and that’s it. Adjust the density of the mass at your discretion. Little advice: You can reward the dough with pleasant coolness and special softness if you cool the ingredients before mixing. Want to keep the dough longer? Place it in a tightly sealed bag and put it in the refrigerator. If the dough becomes dry, mix it with hands moistened with lotion.

Liquid snow - prepare it at home with your child

Let me remind you that today we are making snow at home with the children. And therefore, most of the ingredients need to be cooled or frozen before starting the experiment. So, we take the starch out of the freezer and little by little add ice water to it until the consistency is not too liquid.

Friends, if you have never made non-Newtonian fluids before, you are in for a magical surprise. Be careful, with active interaction the mass becomes not only harder, but more viscous, and spreads at rest.

But that is not all. We have prepared for you the most complete selection of snow recipes that you can prepare with your child at home.

Artificial snow made from shaving foam, a simple recipe for making at home

The process of squeezing shaving foam into a basin is in itself exciting activity. Entrust this stage to your child, he will be wildly delighted. Empty your can of foam? Great, it's time to gradually add soda (1 pack). At the final stage, add glitter. The artificial snow is ready and you can sculpt figures from it. Cold homemade snow will be pleasant to the touch when it is pre-cooled in the refrigerator. Enjoy your experiments.

“Fragrant gentle snowball” for children’s entertainment

In previous recipes, we added peppermint extract. The fresh smell is amazing. But if you want other flavors, then you will probably like the following recipe:

• 2 cups of flour,
• ¼ cup baby oil.

The recipe is simple, and the snowball turns out delicate (ideal for children with sensitive skin), with a pleasant aroma. You will need a whisk for thorough mixing.

Important! The presence of oil in the recipe makes it difficult to clean up after playing.

Next up is another recipe for unusual snow. Are you tired yet? Then we continue.

Making artificial snow from a baby diaper

How far progress has come, science is advancing by leaps and bounds across the planet, and today, we will tell you how to make snow from diapers at home. Well, the components of this recipe are also simple:

• baby diaper,
• water,
• fridge,
• excellent mood (by the way, this is a mandatory ingredient in all recipes).

Parents and teachers go to great lengths to bring their child joy, pleasure and ignite a spark of interest in science. After all, we all understand that science is fun. The main thing is to find the right angle from which to show the child all the beauty of what awaits him tomorrow.

Today I suggest you gut your baby diaper and extract the sodium polyacrylate from it. Important note! Transfer the entire mass into a deep cup and gradually, in small portions, add water - continuously! Violation of technology and the snow will turn out too wet. Now it's time to add realism to our project, let's put the resulting snow in the refrigerator.

Dear scientists, are you tired of experiments yet? Fun Science has prepared for you some more entertaining instructions on how to create snow at home. It doesn’t matter whether the New Year comes tomorrow or in six months. This type of entertainment is relevant in any season. The main thing is the desire and availability of the necessary components at hand.

Do you have soap and toilet paper? If yes, then I suggest making snow from these elements.

Making snow with children from foam polyethylene

The idea is to dust the whole house before magical holiday do you like it? Prepare some PVA glue and coat the surface you plan to decorate with a liquid solution. Now begin the process of making snow. Children will especially enjoy working with gloves and it can be an amazing experience. You need to grate polyethylene or foam. As a base, you can use packaging material for equipment, shoe inserts or polystyrene foam. Add sparkles to this airy mixture and enjoy the decorating process.

Making decor, preparing frost from salt

Continuing the decorating theme, I suggest making frost. To do this, you need to prepare a base - a concentrated saline solution. Take a saucepan, pour a small amount of water into it and put it on low heat. Add salt to the pan until it stops dissolving. Dip the branches of spruce, pine or any other plant into the hot solution and leave for a while. And now the science is starting to work. The process of crystal formation starts, which goes much faster in warm water! Let the water drain and leave the plants to dry for 4-5 hours. That's it, you get frost-covered branches. Further decor is at your discretion. Send photos of your work in the comments to this article. What innovation can you add to the recipe?

Artificial snow for a “snow globe”

The glass ball is a fascinating children's toy. You can add regular sparkles to such a ball. But then the experiment will not work. Therefore, we take a white paraffin candle and rub it on a fine grater. That's it, the snow is ready. And to create a “snow globe” we need a ball, water, glycerin and artificial snow flakes. You can add shimmering accents with glitter. We close the container hermetically and when shaken, the snowball smoothly sinks to the bottom.

PVA snow and starch

Take and thoroughly mix the starting components:

• 2 tablespoons starch,
• 2 tablespoons PVA,
• 2 tablespoons silver paint.

Congratulations! You have just received excellent snow for 3D decoration of any craft for kindergarten or decoration of interior items.

Preparing a mass that imitates snow

Starting components:

• fine quartz sand / semolina or foam chips,
• white acrylic,
• thick PVA glue,
• sparkles.

When everything you need is ready, we begin the cooking process. Follow the instructions, follow the steps:

1. Pour 250 grams (a full faceted glass) of your chosen material into a deep plate.
2. We begin to gradually add white acrylic paint to this bulk material. Our task is to ensure that the loose particles stick together, but do not float in the slurry.
3. Now it's time to add thick (this is important) PVA glue. We try to achieve elasticity and ductility. Add PVA little by little.
4. And the last, very important touch is glitter. We thoroughly mix our artificial snow and... that's it!!!

Sugar snow

This recipe is suitable for decorating children's (and not only) parties. Before pouring juice, compote or cocktail into a glass, do a simple manipulation. Dip the edges of the glass (glass) into water or syrup. Done? Now you need to dip the wet edges in sugar. It is most convenient to do this on a tray. This is how fast and easy way make festive, snow-covered glasses.

Salty “snow” for meat

Young cooks can provide invaluable help to adults and prepare decorations New Year's table- meat.

For this recipe we will need:

• a pinch of salt;
• egg white;
• mixer.

Place egg white and a pinch of salt in a deep cup. Now turn on the mixer and beat our liquid mass into a stiff foam. What's next, you ask?

We take meat, for example, chicken, and put this improvised snow on it. Done? Amazing. It's time to put the meat in the oven. The result of our culinary experience is delicious and holiday dish: chicken in a snowdrift!

These are the recipes for creating a magical snowy atmosphere at home, prepared for you by Merry Science. Write about the progress of your experiments in the comments. Send your photos. Show your masterpieces to the scientific world. Tell us about all the stages of your preparation for the New Year. But remember that if in the summer you want winter, open this page and feel free to make snow. In summer! On own kitchen together with the children! This will be a lot of fun!

We might have missed something in this collection. Therefore, if you have your own recipe “how to make artificial snow at home” and you want to tell everyone about it, we are waiting for your letter. We will be happy to publish your New Year's experiments.

We have already done it ourselves. But for the first time it was intended to decorate our New Year's vase. The first experience ended quite comically, so this time I decided to go a different route. There are many different recipes for artificial snow on the Internet, but they would not have suited us, since we needed not just artificial snow, but one that “melts.” Or rather, with which my child could conduct an experiment.

This lesson was held within the framework of , where every day the child receives a letter from Santa Claus with various tasks and a small souvenir. We have 7 days left until the New Year!

Hello grandson, what kind of food have I eaten at your place? Thank you, I respected the old man.

And I have prepared a new task for you. Make me some snowmen. I know, I know, there is no snow in the Dominican Republic! But you and your mom can make artificial snow with your own hands. And don’t worry if the snowmen melt, because miracles happen on New Year’s Eve. The steam will carry them to me.

Did you like my gifts?

Making artificial snow with your own hands

We needed:

• Soda (454 g pack was enough for 4.5 snowmen)
• Glitter (any small ones to give a festive look)
• Water (we used about 30 ml)

At home, you can prepare artificial snow using different recipes. Since our snow was intended for experimentation, we chose a recipe suitable specifically for it.

They poured the baking soda into a bowl, touched it, and decided that it felt like sand. Dry soda definitely doesn’t look like snow.

I poured silver glitter into the baking soda and it began to shimmer beautifully. My glitter is small, so unfortunately it’s almost invisible in the photo. Now it was necessary to turn the “sand” into “snow”. To do this, I literally started adding water a few drops at a time.

As soon as the mass began to take shape, our artificial snow, which we made with our own hands, is ready.

For crafts made from artificial snow we needed:

• Artificial snow (which we made with our own hands);
• Beads (we use them to make eyes, we had blue ones);
• Foil (or any other material that does not get wet, for the nose);
• Confetti (small to give a festive look);
• Little ones disposable cups(it is important that the bottom is flat).

When the child had enough of playing with artificial snow, we took small fifty-milligram cups and began to decide what we should use to make the eyes and nose of the snowmen. Alexander suggested eyes made of beads, we only had blue ones, and a nose made of orange buttons.

But having put this combination into a glass, the child himself saw that the resulting face looked more like a pig. I looked through all my materials to find one that wouldn't get wet in water. My gaze fell on candy wrappers; they are made of foil on one side painted dark yellow.

I personally had the idea to cut out triangles and put them on the bottom of the cup. But my son said:

– Mom, I know how to make noses for snowmen easier and faster.

He took a candy wrapper and rolled it into a sausage with one end thinner than the other. All I had to do was cut a piece of the required length. I was very pleased with my boy's ingenuity and initiative

As I already wrote, my calculation with the amount of soda turned out to be incorrect. To fill all the prepared cups, I would need about 3 packs of soda, 454 grams each. But you can't run to the store in the middle of the process. Therefore, we filled as much as was enough.

While filling, you should try to keep the nose and eyes in place. Although Alexander is currently 5 years and 2 months old, he would hardly have succeeded. Therefore, I took on this mission. But she didn’t leave the child idle either. Putting some artificial snow on the bottom of the cup, I tried to compact it as they usually do when building castles on the beach. Then the child sprinkled some small waterproof confetti. I again added artificial snow and a pinch of confetti fell again. The idea here is that when our craft melts, the mass will look beautiful on New Year's Eve

While playing with artificial snow and forming snowballs from it, Alexander said the following phrase:

– Just like real snow, only not cold.

- What can be done to make it cold? – I supported the conversation.

– You can add ice to it.

“But then the ice will melt and our snow will turn into a puddle.”

“Then we can put it in the freezer!”

I thought it was a great idea and asked the child to put our cups in the freezer, where they spent 6 hours.

Logically, I understood that the water added to the soda would freeze, and our snowmen would become denser. But only after we started the experiment, I fully understood what this freezing did. Now I will tell you everything in order.

For the experiment we needed:

• A large plastic box (so that all the ingredients remain inside and not on the festive tablecloth);
• Glass bowl (where the experiment itself will take place);
• Magnifying glass (we have a children's one);
• Pipette (also from a children's set);
• Vinegar (we use 5%);
• Food coloring (to illustrate the process).

During children's astronomy classes, we conducted a lesson that my child really remembered. Then we simulated craters on the Moon. The soda simply hissed, its reaction to vinegar was interesting to Alexander, which is why almost 2 years later I decided to repeat the experiment.

So, after I took the snowmen out of the freezer, I simply turned the cups over by lightly tapping the bottom, and the craft easily popped out. The time that our artificial snow was in the freezer is arbitrary; I admit that I don’t know how it would behave if it stayed there overnight, for example. But in any case, if the snowmen don’t come out very well, you can put the cups in hot water for 20-30 seconds and then they will definitely jump out.

I dropped a drop of blue food coloring into the flask with vinegar. You can take any color, but I associate snow with blue. First, we examined our hand-made artificial snow snowmen through a magnifying glass.

Now we put everything in the hands of the child. Alexander conducted his own experiment: he took vinegar into a pipette and slowly poured it onto the snowman. The child quickly realized that the slower he poured the vinegar, the longer it would take to monitor his reaction.

Then we watched together through a magnifying glass how our artificial snow was seething. This is very interesting for a preschooler; my son’s eyes sparkled!

What we noticed together was that frozen artificial snow is not so easy to melt. Even when soaked with vinegar from below, look carefully at the photo below, the snowmen did not collapse. The child carried out the experiment itself for about half an hour, which took 250 ml of vinegar. I didn’t expect this at all, thinking that a chain reaction would start and that one test tube of vinegar would be enough for us. But it was not there!

In the end, all the snowmen went to the kingdom of Santa Claus, and we began to discuss our findings. My friend and reader of my blog, Maria Eliseeva, helped us make them:

The reaction of soda and vinegar has the following equation

NaHCO3 + CH3COOH → CH3COONa + CO2 + H2O

Soda and vinegar chemical reaction– as a result of the interaction, sodium salt, gas and water are obtained.

The child spent a long time sorting through the sodium salt mush; just in case, I touched it myself and made sure that there was no reaction to my hands. And this paste is really pleasant to the touch, so children are provided with a lot of tactile sensations during the experiment. Alexander then informed me that our artificial snow was no longer cold and asked to add ice.

After this, a new wave of play began, but it was no longer an experiment. My boy collected “snow” into snowdrifts and ice into icebergs. We added water so that an ocean formed and the child was occupied for another good 30 minutes.

This is where our experiment with artificial snow ended, my child was completely delighted. In addition to development fine motor skills, tactile sensations and simply interesting independent play, he discovered the characteristics of soda and drew conclusions. As you have seen, dear readers of my blog, artificial snow is quite easy to make with your own hands, maybe your imagination will tell you other crafts made from artificial snow. I will be very glad if you share your ideas with me.