During momstown Hamilton’s Toddler Time we used our senses to discover “SNOW!”
Squishy snow, white snow, sparkly snow, sticky snow, cool snow, paint snow, fluffy snow…
If you’re feeling like the warm comforts of your home would be a preferred place for your children to discovery snow, as apposed to the cold, wet, messy alternative, here are a few recipes you can try!
ERUPTING SNOW RECIPE
Ingredients:
- Baking Soda
- Shaving Cream
- Vinegar
Directions:
- Pour baking soda in a large bowl, add about equal amounts of shaving cream.
- Mix into mold-able snow.
- Play, mix, form into snowballs and snowmen, make a mess.
- Then either spray snow balls with vinegar or drop snow ball into bowl a bowl of vinegar.
From One Mom to Another…
This is a super simple snow recipe. Yet it is absolutely the most fun to play with.
Somehow this mixture feels naturally cool, the texture is snow-like,
and is easily mold-able into snowballs for snowmen.
Then, when the kidlets get bored, spray a snowball with vinegar
and it begins bubbling up and exploding.
FLUBBER
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups Warm Water
- 2 cups Elmer White Glue
- 1 1/3 cups Warm Water
- 3 tsp Borax
- Food Colouring
Directions:
- In one container, mix 1 1/2 cups of warm water, white glue and a few drops of chosen food colouring.
- In a second container, mix 1 1/3 cups of warm water and Borax.
- Mix the Borax mixture into the glue mixture until combined
- Place the flubber on a tray and let stand for a few minutes before playing with it (drain any leftover water).
- Stored in an air tight container, it could last for at least months.
SHIVERY SNOW PAINT
Ingredients:
- Shaving Cream
- Elmer White Glue
- Glitter
Directions:
- Mix about equal parts shaving cream to white glue.
- Add desired amount of glitter.
- Paint, leave over night or until dry. Then decorate!
SOAP SNOW
Ingredients:
- Ivory Soap (only Ivory will work)
- Warm Water (very small amount)
- Food Colouring (a few drop of desired colour)
Directions:
- Put Ivory soap on a piece of paper towel, in the microwave on High for 2 minutes.
- Carefully remove. Once cool, break into pieces in a large bowl.
- Later, add soap and a very small amount of water to a blender. Mix until smooth and mold-able.
- Mold by hand or use cookie-cutters to create own soap shapes.
