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DIY Fake Snow

Published: Jan 8, 2016 · Modified: Jan 22, 2016 by Ashley Phipps · 380 words. · About 2 minutes to read this article. · 7 Comments · This post may contain affiliate links · This blog generates income via ads and sponsored posts · This blog uses cookies · See our privacy policy for more info Filed Under: Craft, Holiday

I love that here in Indiana we regularly get snow during the winter time!  It is so much fun and my children love to play in it!  But we also get really bitter cold weather so often we have snow, but it is too cold for the kids to go and play.  I will bundle them up and let them play outside as often as they can.  But when negative temperatures hit, we all bundle up and stay inside as much as possible!  And since we have been having negative degree weather here I thought it would be really fun to bring the outdoors inside and create a little DIY Fake Snow to play with while staying nice and warm!

DIY Fake Snow

DIY Fake Snow

Supplies for Fake Snow

Here is what you will need:

  • 1 lb Baking Soda
  • Shaving Cream
  • Glitter (optional)

Make Fake Snow

I began by dumping out an entire box of baking soda onto a cookie sheet.  Then I sprayed a bit of shaving cream on top.  You don't need too much shaving cream, just enough to get the baking soda to start to stick together.  Remember you can always add more shaving cream so begin with a little and add more until you get the right consistency.

Make Your Own Fake Snow

Using your hands, mix the baking soda and shaving cream together!  This is actually a really fun and messy part so you can definitely let your children do this too!  Mix and mix and mix and the magic will begin to happen!

How to Make Fake Snow

The shaving cream and baking soda create a really fun snow-like texture that is cool to the touch and really fun to play with!  You can use less shaving cream and have it be like dry fluffy snow, or use a little more and you can actually mold it together!

Fake Snow

Add a few sprinkles of glitter if you like (who doesn't love glitter!?) and let your kids enjoy playing with this DIY Fake Snow while staying warm indoors!  And when we are stuck inside we also love making yummy drinks like this Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate to help keep us warm!

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This post was originally posted on Mohawk's Creative Home Blog but was created, written and photographed by Ashley of Simply Designing.

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Comments

  1. Lee MacArthur

    January 11, 2016 at 1:52 pm

    This is cool. I can see using this in a play if I needed a bit of snow for a scene.

    Reply
  2. Kim~madeinaday

    January 12, 2016 at 11:27 am

    HI Ashley, It's freezing here but sadly no snow yet! This sound too fun! Thanks for linking up to Merry Monday! Sharing on Facebook! Have a great week!
    Kim

    Reply
  3. Leslie

    January 12, 2016 at 1:55 pm

    I know my kids would love this. Can't wait to try it out!

    Reply
  4. Cassie @ Little Red Window

    January 14, 2016 at 9:25 am

    So fun, my 5 year old will love this! Thanks for linking up with The DIY Collective, come back and visit us again next week! xo! Cassie

    Reply
  5. Gina

    January 14, 2016 at 10:24 pm

    This is so cool! I'd love to do this with my nephews. Maybe it will even distract them from video games the next time they come over. But, also this could be WAY cheaper than buying fake snow for future crafts. I made a craft with fake snow recently, and I bet this would work just perfectly with it! 😀 I can't wait to try it! Pinned for later!

    Reply
  6. Jamie

    January 19, 2016 at 11:39 am

    How fun!! We were finally blessed with snow here in the mountains of AZ, but the last few years I've wanted to just make my own!! 🙂 Thank you for sharing with us at the #HomeMattersParty

    Reply
  7. Ivy Baker

    April 27, 2017 at 9:11 pm

    My nephew lives in an area that doesn't get any snow. So, I would love to make some fun memories with him that involve snow even if it is fake. It is cool that you can make it with shaving cream and baking soda. But it would be hard to cover a huge area with that recipe.

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