We offer another fun way to spend time with your child - make artificial snow. This snow will be useful for home decoration, postcards, and winter crafts with children. All these 7 methods are very simple and inexpensive. You can find all the ingredients at home.

Shining Snow

It will turn out cold, soft and fluffy. Simply mix two boxes of cornstarch or cornmeal, shaving cream and glitter.

"Silk" snow

Ingredients:

• frozen white bars of soap;
• cheese grater;
• sparkles.

Leave the soap in the freezer overnight. In the morning, take it out 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.

Shaving foam snow

Ingredients:

• 1 can of shaving foam;
• 1.5 packs of soda;
• glitter (optional).

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

Foamed polyethylene snow

Ingredients:

• foamed polyethylene (used as packaging material for equipment, glass, shoe inserts) or polystyrene foam;
• fine grater.

We wear gloves. We 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.

Snow from a baby diaper

Cut open the diaper and remove the sodium polyacrylate from it, then tear it into small pieces. Place the resulting mass in a container and fill 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. To make the snow look more realistic, place the container in the refrigerator, but not in the freezer.

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 goes 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!

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.

Based on materials from the site more-idey.ru

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 make artificial snow at home

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 made of 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 goes 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 a “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. We begin to gradually add white acrylic paint to this bulk material. Based on experience, it is better to buy it at a 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, and pansy have good taste. 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.

We associate winter with the New Year, gifts and, of course, snow. The New Year will definitely come, we will buy gifts ourselves, but what to do with the snow? After all, it doesn’t go as ordered, and even if it falls out, it happens that it immediately melts. Don’t be sad, because there is always a way out of any situation. It may seem strange, but you can make your own fake snow and it only requires two ingredients. If you want to please yourself and your loved ones with white and fluffy snow, then don’t miss this easiest way to make artificial snow!

This simple method will help you make fluffy, not cold, snow-white artificial snow, which also will not melt. The only caveat is to not taste it, as you probably won't like it!

How to make artificial snow

To make artificial snow you only need 2 ingredients:

• Baking soda;
• Hair conditioner

Step #1.

Pour three glasses of soda into a deep container. This is a “trial” option. The resulting snow will be enough to decorate a Christmas tree or sculpt a miniature snowman. But the more baking soda (and conditioner) you use, the higher your snow mountains will be.

Step #2.

Any hair conditioner will work for artificial snow. But your ideal candidate is one with an organic composition and a pleasant smell. For three glasses of soda you will need half a glass of the product.

Step #3.

Now comes the fun part of this easy way to make fake snow: beat the mixture with your hands until flakes form. Don't be alarmed: they are very pleasant to the touch and do not stick to your hands at all, like fresh morning snow. And if the mixture gets sticky, just add more baking soda.

Step #4.

Your artificial snow is ready! Pour it onto a convenient surface and start getting creative or just carefree fooling around.

As you can see, thanks to this simplest method, you can make wonderful artificial snow with your own hands and please yourself and your loved ones!

Watch also the video on how to make artificial snow!

The wonderful winter season has been dear to each of us since school. Who doesn’t have wonderful memories when, as children, they played fun winter games and enjoyed the airy snowflakes flying from the sky! However, as the climate changes, winter does not please us so often, but the soul still requires a holiday! How to create a festive snowy atmosphere for yourself? How to make snow with your own hands?

There is a surefire way to prepare snow by simply using a kettle of boiling water. However, this will require a “real” severe winter outside the window. At least 25 degrees below zero. Then you can go outside with a kettle of boiling water and turn it into a pile of snow in a matter of seconds. To do this, you need to carefully throw out all the water from the kettle and, lo and behold, water no longer pours out of it, but snowflakes fly out!

This method is good when it's really cold outside. But how to prepare snow if it’s warm there or just slightly frosty?

In fact, making artificial snowflakes at home is not that difficult. There are several methods that are suitable for this matter. You can make snowflakes from seven different materials:

• baby diapers;
• salt;
• Styrofoam;
• soap and toilet paper;
• soap and water;
• cotton wool;
• sugar and water.

Now in more detail about each method of making snow mass.

Making snow out of diapers

You can prepare snow happiness in three stages:

1. We buy this same diaper in the store. As a rule, its main component is special granules made of sodium polyacrylate. This element is not sold in its pure form. But from one large diaper you can get several handfuls of snow;
2. Now you need to gut the diaper, carefully cutting along the seam. Powder will spill out from under the outer soft coating, which must be carefully collected in a large bowl. There should be at least half as much powder as there is free space in the bowl;
3. Now you can add water to the container. The quantity should be slightly larger than the powder itself. Now the amazing part begins. The wet powder will begin to quickly increase in size! The picture is reminiscent of a fairy tale about a magic porridge that crawled out of a pot.

Our snow is almost ready! If you need multi-colored material, then any dye can be added to the water. Thus, you will get a multi-colored snowball, from which you can make any compositions or gifts.

This method takes a little time, and the result is almost real crumbly dry snowflakes that do not stick to your hands and do not freeze your fingers. It turns out that making snow at home is actually quick and easy.

However, if there are children in the house, then it is important to ensure that the child does not eat such a “snowflake”. No matter how hypoallergenic diapers may seem, sodium polyacrylate is a chemical element. If used incorrectly, it can cause serious harm to the body.

Making snow from salt

With the help of salt, you can make not so much a handful of snow, but a delicate cover of frost. It is interesting to do this activity with your child. For him, this will be both an exciting activity and at the same time there will be a chance to gain some basic knowledge in the field of natural sciences.

You can make frost from salt in five steps:

1. buy rock salt at the store;
2. prepare a solution. One kilogram of salt will require two liters of water. Stir until completely dissolved. This will not be easy, but it is an important step in the entire process;
3. to obtain frost with any color tint, you need to add dye or ink to the solution;
4. Now comes the fun part. Take a twig (spruce, flower, string of beads) and dip it in the saline solution. Leave in this container until the solution cools completely;
5. Now you can remove your object from the saline solution and leave it to dry.

After final drying, the immersed object will acquire a white coating, which in appearance will very much resemble winter frost. Now you can use this twig to make bouquets or compositions.

Preparing snow mass from polystyrene foam

To prepare such snow, you just need a piece of polystyrene foam left over from purchasing household appliances or insulating a house. You need to take a fine grater and rub a piece of foam on it. The result is a pile of snow suitable for use in crafts or decorations.

The advantage of polystyrene foam is its harmlessness. This environmentally friendly product does not emit any odors or fumes. Therefore, even allergy sufferers can make snow from polystyrene foam. In addition, this is one of the most budget options, as it does not require any additional costs.

Using this snow you can make snow-covered branches. To do this, it will be enough to grease the twig with glue and then sprinkle it with prepared snowflakes.

How to make snow from soap and toilet paper?

The process of making snow from soap and toilet paper is somewhat unusual, but you can easily make crafts from such a snow mass. For example, you can make snowballs or even a whole snowman.

To prepare snow, you need to prepare several rolls of toilet paper and a bar of white soap. The paper needs to be torn into small pieces. Place a piece of soap at the bottom of a large glass dish and cover it with torn paper. This dish needs to be placed in the microwave at one hundred degrees.

The mixture should “bake” for about a minute, but every fifteen seconds it should be stirred, as if fluffing it. Do not allow the soap to completely dissolve. It should just become soft.

The resulting mixture should be poured with a glass of water, stir well and add another half glass. Our snow is ready. From the resulting mass you can sculpt any figures that your imagination can handle.

How to make snow from soap and water?

Such snow will not last long, but it will turn out to be an interesting activity for both the parent and the baby. To prepare it, it is enough:

1. grate one piece of white baby soap on a coarse grater;
2. add a quarter cup of boiling water;
3. Using a mixer, beat the solution until it becomes thick sour cream.

Knowing how to make snow using this method, you can prepare it in advance before bathing your child. This will give him a lot of pleasure, and will allow his parents to bathe him calmly.

Making snow from cotton wool

The advantage of this method of making snow is that after using it, the house does not require general cleaning. All ready-made snowflakes will be easy to place anywhere in the house, and also easy to remove. Here's the preparation itself:

1. roll a large number of rolls from cotton wool;
2. dip an ordinary thread in PVA glue;
3. string cotton balls onto a thread dampened by glue;
4. the thicker we string it, the more impressive the snow garland will be;
5. let it dry;
6. We decorate our home with the resulting snow garlands.

Preparing a sweet snowball

An unforgettable event for the whole family will be the preparation of sweet snow that can be eaten. For him, made in the shape of snowflakes and stars.

A pinch of sugar and an egg yolk are whipped with a mixer until very thick foam. The resulting foam can be used to decorate all the cookies and sprinkle with powdered sugar on top. Everything should be baked in the oven over low heat. As a result, you will be able to make a lot of snow, which will be fabulously tasty and beautiful!

You can also use sugar to frame the edges of glasses. After pre-wetting the glasses, you can dip them in sugar and let them dry. The sugar will securely attach to the glasses, creating an unusually beautiful decor.

Can artificial snow be used on ski slopes?

Interestingly, at the moment, some world-famous ski resorts use artificial snow for their slopes. Snow for the ski slope, of course, is not prepared by any of the above methods. For this purpose, special pumps or snow cannons are installed, which dispense snow quickly and automatically. Although in nature snow forms only at temperatures below zero, artificial snow is produced at higher temperatures under the influence of special proteins.

However, some experts believe that although this can replace real snow, harm to the environment cannot be completely avoided. The movement of large volumes of water from one place to another often leads to a sharp decrease in the water level in fresh rivers, and they, in turn, play a key role in supplying local residents with drinking water.

In any case, making artificial snow at home is a fun activity. It will bring happiness to children and adults, and will be remembered for a long time as a colorful and memorable event!

You can make snow with your own hands from objects whose properties you may not have even thought about.

However, it is possible to make artificial snow using modern technologies, but this does not mean that creating it will be expensive.

Scrap materials are an ideal and environmentally friendly option for creating snow.

Winter is a beautiful time, so it should be as beautiful at home as it is outside.

DIY snow from diapers

Who would have thought that in the production of diapers, products are used that could resemble real snow?

So, if you no longer have small children and, in fact, you don’t need diapers, you can buy a small pack exclusively for artificial snow.

Pharmacies also offer piece diapers, which can be purchased at least in a single version.

To create snow with your own hands you will need the following materials:

• diapers in any quantity;
• water (plain, not purified);
• knife or scissors;
• container where snow will be created (possibly a basin).

Artificial snow is easy to make; just cut the diapers and gut their contents.

We consider content to be something that is designed to absorb moisture. All this needs to be mixed well with water, but it is important not to overdo it with its addition.

If you doubt that enough water has been added, you can wait.

See if the “snow” is too thick. If it is hard and doesn't look like a real snowball, you can add more water and stir again.

Water can be poured several times - there are no restrictions on this.

You can use the resulting snow with your own hands for decoration, as well as for games. For example, if you buy a lot of diapers, you can even make a snowdrift, which will be suitable not only on the eve of the New Year holidays, but even in the summer. Of course, artificial snow made from diapers will not melt.

Do-it-yourself artificial snow from cotton wool

You can decorate your house and Christmas tree with artificial snow.

You can’t bring real snow home, but an artificial piece of winter in the house will pleasantly please the kids.

To create snow from cotton wool we need:

• cotton wool;
• threads;
• PVA glue.

Take and roll a large number of small balls from cotton wool. We take a needle and thread, which we moisten with glue, and begin to string cotton balls onto it.

We distribute the snow evenly along the entire length of the thread and let it dry for several hours.

An interesting option would be to decorate windows, walls and doorways with such a garland.

DIY snow made from salt

An excellent option for decorative decoration. Beautiful and shiny snow crystals will shimmer and create the effect of real snow.

If you want the artificial snow to be colored, you can add dyes, brilliant green or ink to the salt.

To use dyes or other coloring materials, you need to add 1 kilogram of salt to 2 liters of water.

Dip snowflakes or other crafts into the resulting solution and leave for several hours.

This way you can decorate your yard and other decorative elements.

DIY artificial snow from glue

If you have wood glue, you can wet it slightly. However, it should be done like this:

• take dry glue, put it in a bag;
• tie the bag tightly;
• Wet the contents of the bag with water, but so that the water does not flow from it in a stream. It is important not to skimp on water - it should be in moderation;
• after the bag becomes denser, when you realize that its contents have dried, you can tear the product, and inside there will be something similar to snow.

Of course, you can’t eat it, but other than that, such a snowball won’t harm anyone - it’s an absolutely environmentally friendly material that is suitable, if required, installed at home or on the street.

DIY snow made from foam plastic

A snowball can also be made from polystyrene foam. The amount of this material you have will equal the amount of snow you get, but even a large amount of it will not harm your health - polystyrene foam does not emit harmful substances, it is environmentally friendly and safe.

However, simply breaking the foam is not enough. It is recommended to grate it so that the chips are as fine as possible.

This artificial snow is pleasant to the touch, looks beautiful and gentle, and most importantly, it will look natural on the surface of the Christmas tree.

But how to make the snow stick to the branches?

Simply coat them with glue and sprinkle with white shavings. Of course, a lot of shavings will not stick to the glue, so repeating the procedure may still be necessary.

The top layers should be done especially carefully for a more natural appearance of the tree.

By the way, you can also make it from foam plastic shavings.

To do this, take a ball, possibly paper or plastic, smear it with glue and cover it with shavings. First, to get a shiny toy, you can add dry nail glitter to small foam.

Artificial snow made from soap and toilet paper

It's easy to make snow with your own hands from soap and paper. Why toilet paper? It is softer and thinner. The ideal option is to buy a white roll, but most are produced in gray.

Get a saucer that you can put in the microwave. Place white soap on it and layered toilet paper on top.

All this needs to be put in a microwave oven and heated at 100 degrees for one minute.

After you remove the saucer from the device, grind all its contents to obtain a homogeneous mass. In this case, during the rubbing process you need to add one glass of warm water, and later, if this was not enough, you can add a little more water (about half a glass).

With this kind of snow it is easy to make original snowmen and other crafts from it.

You can also make your own artificial snow from sugar. Children will like such a tasty and edible decoration, but it is important to explain that you cannot do this with all the snow by eating it.

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